DELIBERATING THE DS
The team recalls their first encounters with Nintendo’s handheld
DARRAN JONES
NICK THORPE
TIM EMPEY
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[DS]
Dr Kawashima’s Braining Training
may not have been a conventional videogame, but it was extremely popular.
Has it really been 20 years since Nintendo’s dualscreened marvel first launched?
Well yes it has, and the team is marking that important milestone by looking back at Nintendo’s ‘third pillar’ and reminiscing about those first few experiences with the system.
DARRAN
What was your first encounter with the DS?
NICK
You know, I can’t actually remember. I feel like it was a demo unit in a shop? I’ll be honest, I wasn’t particularly hyped up for the DS.
TIM
We got some on
Cube
just before they were released in the UK. Not enough for the whole team, but I managed to nab one because I was quicker than Ryan to shout, “Gimmie!” when one was offered to us. It was alright, we shared a flat at the time so he got to play it loads.
DARRAN
I had one of the first on
games™
as I imported mine from the states. Mine came with
Super Mario 64 DS, Spider-Man 2
and
Feel The Magic: XY/XX
(aka
Project Rub).
What’s the first game you guys played on it?