DS - Timeline

Wednesday6th Aug 2014

  • Art Controller Evolution Photo Series Hammers Home The Nintendo Factor

    A visual record of how Nintendo has pushed the industry forward

    Nintendo has been responsible for some major innovations when it comes to controllers — the NES D-pad, the N64 analogue stick, the Wii Remote — and Spanish artist Javier Laspiur has put together a photographic whistle-stop tour of the evolution of the game pad which shows just how...

Tuesday22nd Jul 2014

Monday21st Jul 2014

Thursday17th Jul 2014

Thursday19th Jun 2014

Friday13th Jun 2014

Friday6th Jun 2014

  • News Nintendo Spain Secures Win Over R4 Card Retailer

    Better late than never

    While Nintendo has, for the most part, successfully held off the mass proliferation of pirated software on 3DS and Wii U, it was a major issue for the DS, in particular. R4 cards, regardless of their potentially innocent use, were largely sold and utilised to download and play ROMS of DS games for free, and for a time they...

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Wednesday4th Jun 2014

Tuesday3rd Jun 2014

Wednesday21st May 2014

  • Feature Memories of the Wii and DS Wi-Fi Connection Era

    When the Nintendo Network was but a twinkle in Iwata-san's eye

    It's finally happened, the Wi-Fi connection on the Wii and DS is gone, disconnected on 20th May. The DSi and Wii Shop platforms are still running, but online multiplayer and content in games is now shut down, prompting the end of an era for the last-gen systems. Regardless of the...

Tuesday20th May 2014

  • News Nintendo Overcomes Patent Dispute With Non-Practicing Entity

    Five year fight finally comes to a close

    Way back in February 2009, Wall Wireless LLC – a company whose primary focus is to enforce patents – took Nintendo to court claiming that it had infringed a patent with the DS and DSi hardware systems. Finally, however, after the United States Patent and Trademark Office cancelled all of the patent claims...

Monday19th May 2014

  • Reminder Nintendo's Wi-Fi Service on Wii and DS Closes on 20th May

    Get in those last online rounds

    An era ends on 20th May. Not a glittering golden era that will live on through the ages, but nevertheless a period of time that brought plenty of good times for Nintendo gamers. Nintendo is shutting down its Wi-Fi connection service on Wii and DS, primarily as a result of the closure of the GameSpy infrastructure that...

Thursday15th May 2014

  • Matters of Import Tomodachi Collection

    The best of friends?

    Tomodachi Collection is more a toy than a game in that very special Nintendo way: your own mad little island full of Miis that you never knew you wanted but you suddenly find yourself unable to live without, and while it may be the five-year-old prequel to the upcoming English language Tomodachi Life, that doesn't mean the...

Wednesday14th May 2014

Tuesday13th May 2014

  • News Pokémon Black and White 2 Soundtrack Album Completes Set on iTunes

    The era of the Super Music Collection is over...

    Over recent months Game Freak has released six substantial Pokémon albums, and has now confirmed the final entry — Pokémon Black 2 & Pokémon White 2: Super Music Collection. This is available on iTunes right now for $9.99 / £7.99 / €8.99. It features a whopping 172 tracks from Pokémon...

Monday12th May 2014

Wednesday7th May 2014

Thursday24th Apr 2014

Tuesday8th Apr 2014

  • News Pokémon Black and White Soundtrack Now Available on iTunes

    Remastered music collection joins iTunes' growing Pokémon library

    A few short weeks after the release of the Pokémon Diamond & Pokémon Pearl: Super Music Collection on iTunes, today we get the Pokémon Black & Pokémon White: Super Music Collection, which you can preview and purchase here for $9.99 / £7.99 / €8.99. This digitally...

Friday4th Apr 2014

Thursday20th Mar 2014

Monday17th Mar 2014

Sunday16th Mar 2014

Friday14th Mar 2014

Tuesday11th Mar 2014

  • News Aksys Games Confirms 999: The Novel For iOS

    The official website does plug the full games, at least

    During February Zero Escape series creator Kotaro Uchikoshi emphasized the challenges he was facing to make a third game in the franchise, with publishers apparently not deeming another entry financially viable. Uchikoshi-san was touched by fan support, however, and is contemplating alternative...

Sunday9th Mar 2014

Thursday6th Mar 2014

Thursday27th Feb 2014