Platform: Nintendo DS
Dragon Ball: Origins
Electroplankton
Monsters vs. Aliens
Glory of Heracles
Shrek the Third
Etrian Odyssey
Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan
Metroid Prime Hunters
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
Mega Man ZX Advent
Ultimate Mortal Kombat
Zubo
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Games
Go! Go! Cosmo Cops!
Harvest Moon DS
One Piece: Gigant Battle!
Shrek: Ogres and Dronkeys
Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition
Suikoden Tierkreis
Giana Sisters DS
Captain Tsubasa: New Kick Off
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!
Spanish for Everyone!
The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Tipton Trouble
Star Fox Command
Pac 'n Roll
Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
Victorious: Taking the Lead
Jetix Puzzle Buzzle
James Pond: Codename Robocod
Pokémon Diamond Version
Trauma Center: Under the Knife 2
Deal or No Deal
Contact
Nanashi no Game
Dragon Quest Heroes: Rocket Slime
iCarly 2: iJoin the Click
Trace Memory
Soma Bringer
Professor Layton and the Unwound Future
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Mini-Land Mayhem!
Adventures of Pinocchio
Super Princess Peach
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Top Trumps: Doctor Who
Silly Bandz
Yoshi Touch & Go
Pokémon White Version 2
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There is an unused button called a "DEBUG" which is only present on development units. It is however possible to get this to work under emulation.
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In the Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection Instruction Booklet, the fake WEP Key used is '8675309', a reference to Tommy Tutone's "8675309/Jenny".
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A trademark filed by Nintendo in 2004 suggests the Nintendo DS was originally going to be named "City Boy," expanding on the Game Boy brand and putting an emphasis on taking the device with you in your everyday life.
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The 'DS' in Nintendo DS is short for "Developers' System" or "Dual Screen".
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The Nintendo DS is based on a prototype system called Iris, which was intended to succeed the Game Boy Advance. The name Iris comes from the Japanese Iris plant, or Iris Ensata. This is evident by the name of Intelligent Systems's official DS emulator provided with DS development kits: Ensata.
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A Nintendo DS system has been to the top of Mt. Everest, and even faired better than many other electronic devices on the journey.
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The Nintendo DS having two screens was suggested by former Nintendo president Hiroshi Yamauchi to then-current president Satoru Iwata, and was inspired by the Game & Watch LCD game series' clamshell two-screen design. In a 2016 Retro Gamer interview with former Nintendo designer Satoru Okada, he delves into its origins:
"The project was moving forward at a good pace but during the development, something at unexpected happened. President Iwata then came to see me. He was obviously bothered and he said: 'l talked to Yamauchi-san over the phone and he thinks your console should have two screens... A bit like the multi-screen Game & Watch, you see?' [...] at the time, everybody hated this idea, even Iwata himself. We thought it did not make any sense. Back in the Game & Watch days, it was different because a second screen allowed us to double the playing area and the number of graphic elements on display. But with the modern screens, there was no point. We were free to choose the size of our screen, so why bother splitting it into two? Especially considering that it was impossible to look at both screens at the same time. This is why we did not understand his idea."