Nintendo's Great Leap Sideways: The History of the DS

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Polarium (2004)
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This video is an introduction to the original Nintendo DS, first unveiled at E3 in May 2004. It was the start of Nintendo's new grand strategy, a strategy they're still following today; to offer unique experiences instead of just more powerful hardware. This was Nintendo's great leap sideways.

CUBE Magazine:
https://archive.org/details/cube-29/
https://archive.org/details/cube-33/
https://archive.org/details/cube-39/

NGC Magazine:
March 2004 and July 2004
https://outofprintarchive.com/catalogue/NGCmagazine.html

00:00 Intro
0:07:32 Rumours and Speculation
0:10:44 CUBE Magazine: Issue 29
0:19:31 NGC Magazine: Issue 91
0:40:28 E3 2004 Reveal
0:52:17 Risks and Success
0:58:30 E3 Games and Demos
1:26:09 CUBE Magazine: Issue 33
1:44:18 NGC Magazine: Issue 95
2:02:20 Old Books and Boxed Hardware
2:06:29 In defence of Polarium
2:09:35 Broken Hardware and Final Thoughts



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