Nintendo DS

The Nintendo DS, sometimes abbreviated NDS or simply DS, is a dual-screen handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo, released in 2004. The name "DS" is short for both 'Dual Screen' and 'Developers' System'. The DS has a horizontal clamshell design, similar to some Game & Watch video games, and the Game Boy Advance SP. It is backward compatible with Game Boy Advance games (although multiplayer does not work), but like the Game Boy Micro, it does not play Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. A redesigned model, the DS Lite, was released in 2006. This DS is thinner, brighter and smaller than its predecessor, and also plays GBA games. A third model, the DSi, was released in 2008. This DS is thinner and brighter than the DS Lite; however, it does not play GBA games. A fourth and final model, called the DSi XL (called DSi LL in Japan), was released in 2009. This is much larger than the regular DSi. Like its predecessor, GBA backward compatibility is removed. The codename for this system during development was "Project Nitro". In 2014, the Nintendo DS has officially been discontinued; however, much of its games are still playable via its successor, the Nintendo 3DS.
==Castlevania games available on the system==
*Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow
*Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
*Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia
===Related games===
*Flash Puzzle: Maxwell's Mysterious Notebook - Alucard (as well as other iconic Konami characters) can be summoned in this emergent puzzle game.
*New International Track & Field
==Gallery==
Ds lite black onyx.jpg|An onyx DS Lite.
Ds-lite.jpg|A white DS Lite.
1024px-Nintendo-DS-Fat-Blue.jpg|A blue DS.
Baee624d-b766-4489-b6d4-1405a9a912c7 1.ec0a24340814aa21a9c930d0c57f20c9.jpeg|A blue DSi XL.
Dsixl-5afd761343a103003726ae22.jpg|A burgundy DSi XL.
==External links==
*Nintendo DS Lite Onyx Discontinued
*Nintendo Discontinues Lite Handheld and End GBA Support
*Nintendo DS at Wikipedia
*DSi XL Product Page on Walmart
*The Difference Between the Nintendo DSi XL and Past Models
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