Before the release of the Nintendo DS there had only been single screen handhelds from Nintendo such as the GameBoy and GameBoy Advance but the DS changed all that.
It was Nintendo's first dual screen and touchscreen handheld allowing for much more detailed and involved games many of which utilised the device's built-in microphone, another first.
The original DS was however not exactly what you would call an attractive machine, in fact I'd say it was rather ugly quite frankly but thankfully this was rectified with the subsequent releases of the DS Lite, DSi and DSi XL. It is though quite comfortable to hold and use.
It had a massive software library including some excellent titles, many of which still hold up to this day.
And finally if we hadn't have had the DS we probably would never have got the 3DS, still, in my opinion the best handheld Nintendo ever made.
So all in all the DS was a real game changer and a handheld which will go down in history as a revolutionary device.
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