Nintendo DS

The Nintendo DS (an abbreviation of Dual Screen) is a handheld game console created and designed by Nintendo. It was originally released in late 2004 as the successor to the Game Boy Advance. At the time, the selling point of the Nintendo DS was its two screens, especially the lower one, the Touch Screen, which features touch control and input. It is backward compatible with Game Boy Advance cartridges, which can be inserted in Slot-2. The first Final Fantasy game that released for the Nintendo DS was a 3D remake of Final Fantasy III, in late 2006.
In 2006, a second model was released, Nintendo DS Lite, which has a brighter screen. In 2008, another model was released, the Nintendo DSi, which has enhanced features such as a built-in camera, an SD card slot, a built-in Internet Browser, and unique downloadable. apps. However, the Nintendo DSi did not retain backward compatibility with Game Boy Advance games. In 2011, the Nintendo DS was succeeded by the Nintendo 3DS, but the system's lifespan would continue until 2014. 
==Features==
Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection was a service that let other players connect to each other in games. the Nintendo DS remake of Final Fantasy III had Mognet, a service that let other players send mail to each other. This also was where the player could get sidequests.
The DS also supported multiplayer, either with other owners of the game (multi-card multiplayer) or with people without their own copy (single-card multiplayer). Final Fantasy Fables:Chocobo Tales supports both, the former with minigames and pop-up duels, the latter with only minigames.
==Games==
Several Final Fantasy games, including a few Chocobo titles, were released for the Nintendo DS.
The first Chocobo game for the Nintendo DS is Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales, first released in Japan in December 2006. In 2008, a sequel to the game was released exclusively in Japan, Chocobo to Mahō no Ehon: Majo to Shōjo to Gonin no Yūsha. In 2009, another Chocobo game was released for the Nintendo DS, also exclusive to Japan, Cid to Chocobo no Fushigi na Dungeon Toki Wasure no Meikyū DS+, a re-release of the Wii title, Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo's Dungeon.
The third Final Fantasy title that released for the Nintendo DS was Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings, released in 2007 as a direct sequel to Final Fantasy XII. The same year, another game sequel was released, Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift, a sequel to Final Fantasy Tactics Advance.
Besides Final Fantasy III, two other early Final Fantasy games were re-released for the Nintendo DS, a 3D remake of Final Fantasy IV and Blood Bahamut; the latter game only released in Japan just like its original Super Famicom release.
Two games of the Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles series were released for the Nintendo DS, Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates and Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time, the latter of which received a simultaneous release for the Wii.
In 2009, Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light was released as the last Final Fantasy title for the Nintendo DS. It would go on to become the basis of the Bravely spinoff series.
 
# 	Game 	JP release 	NA release 	EU release
1 	Mario Hoops 3-on-3 	July 27, 2006 	September 11, 2006	February 16, 2007
2 	Final Fantasy III (remake) 	August 24, 2006 	November 14, 2006 	May 4, 2007
3 	Final Fantasy Fables: Chocobo Tales 	December 14, 2006 	April 3, 2007 	May 25, 2007
4 	Final Fantasy XII: Revenant Wings 	April 26, 2007 	November 20, 2007 	February 15, 2008
5 	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates 	August 23, 2007 	March 11, 2008 	March 22, 2008
6 	Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift 	October 25, 2007 	June 24, 2008 	June 27, 2008
7 	Final Fantasy IV (remake) 	December 20, 2007 	July 22, 2008 	September 5, 2008
8 	Chokobo no Fushigi na Danjon Toki Wasure no Meikyū DS+ 	October 30, 2008 	N/A 	N/A
9 	Chocobo to Mahō no Ehon: Majo to Shōjo to Gonin no Yūsha	December 11, 2008 	N/A 	N/A
10	Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Echoes of Time 	January 29, 2009 	March 24, 2009 	March 27, 2009
11	Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days 	May 30, 2009 	September 29, 2009	October 9, 2009
12	Blood of Bahamut 	August 6, 2009 	N/A 	N/A
13	SaGa 2: Hihō Densetsu Goddess of Destiny 	September 17, 2009	N/A 	N/A
14	Final Fantasy: The 4 Heroes of Light 	October 29, 2009 	October 5, 2010 	October 8, 2010
15	Kingdom Hearts Re:coded 	October 7, 2010 	January 11, 2011 	January 14, 2011
16	SaGa 3 Jikū no Hasha: Shadow or Light 	January 6, 2011 	N/A 	N/A
Category:Handhelds