Platform: Nintendo DS
Mario vs. Donkey Kong 2: March of the Minis
The Bee Game
Sonic Classic Collection
iCarly 2: iJoin the Click
Electroplankton
Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin
Yoshi's Island DS
Dementium: The Ward
Elite Beat Agents
The World Ends with You
Mega Man Star Force: Pegasus
Adventure Time: Hey Ice King! Why'd You Steal Our Garbage?!
Nintendogs: Dachshund & Friends
Nicktoons MLB
Pokémon White Version
Magical Starsign
Gyakuten Saiban Jiten
Mega Man Star Force: Dragon
Pokémon White Version 2
Viewtiful Joe: Double Trouble!
The Legend of Spyro: Dawn of the Dragon
The Suite Life of Zack & Cody: Tipton Trouble
Mario Hoops 3-on-3
Super Scribblenauts
Far East of Eden II: Manji-maru
Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth
Sonic Colors
Mega Man Star Force 3: Black Ace
Kingdom Hearts Re:coded
Soma Bringer
Daigasso! Band Brothers
Monsters vs. Aliens
Science Papa
Max & the Magic Marker
Ms. Pac-Man: Maze Madness 2
Animal Crossing: Wild World
Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Trials and Tribulations
Elf Bowling 1 & 2
Galactic Taz Ball
Grey's Anatomy: The Video Game
Tales of Hearts: Anime Movie Edition
JAM sessions
Again
Pokémon HeartGold Version
Resident Evil: Deadly Silence
Etrian Odyssey II: Heroes of Lagaard
Chibi-Robo!: Park Patrol
Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
Mario & Sonic at the Olympic Winter Games
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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."