When it was in development, Nintendo presented the device as a "third pillar" to complement the Nintendo GameCube and the Game Boy Advance, rather than claim that the DS was the latest iteration of the Game Boy hardware line. Recognizing it was giving the system name recognition already, Nintendo made "DS" the official name. But because of its two screens, the gaming press kept thinking it stood for "Dual Screen".
#NINTENDO DS GAMES CODE#
* It was initially developed under the code name "Nitro" in-house DS games still carry the "NTR" indexing code as a result, with the exception of games capable of using the DSi's additional features, which use "TWL" instead. The public prototype was codenamed the "Developer's System", or the "DS" for short. With the DS, the method was to add a touchscreen in between the d-pad and the buttons, while keeping the regular screen above it.
Their first step was, instead of simply making "a more powerful Game Boy", trying something new with the system to alter the gameplay and get developers out of a rut. Now how much of that is true is debatable, but it can't be argued that Nintendo's steps to remedy this created an unbeatable counter to the PlayStation Portable. Long story, Nintendo got a little nervous about the rising development costs in games, because other developers were making bigger and better games appealing to a gradually narrowing audience.
Short story, the Nintendo DS succeeded in just about every way the Nintendo 64 faltered.
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