Nintendo DS
The Nintendo DS is a handheld video game console made by Nintendo and released in 2004. It features a dual-screen layout, with the lower one being a touch screen. Two Metroid games were released for the Nintendo DS: Metroid Prime Pinball in 2005 and Metroid Prime Hunters in 2006. Additionally, a demo version of Metroid Prime Hunters titled Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt was bundled with Nintendo DS consoles at the system's launch in 2004. The Nintendo DS is also backward compatible with Game Boy Advance games.
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Three revisions of the Nintendo DS were released: the Nintendo DS Lite, which features a smaller design and a brighter display, in 2006; the Nintendo DSi, which added various features to the console's operating system and removed Game Boy Advance backward compatibility, in 2008; and the Nintendo DSi XL, a larger version of the Nintendo DSi, in 2009. The Nintendo DS was succeeded by the Nintendo 3DS in 2011.
Several Nintendo DS games, including Metroid Prime Hunters, were re-released on the Virtual Console for the Wii U.
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- ↑ Consolidated Sales Transition by Region, nintendo.co.jp (PDF)
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