Nintendo DS console!

Released: November 21, 2004

The Nintendo DS , sometimes abbreviated NDS or DS , is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo , and first released in 2004 . The console features a clamshell design, with two LCD screens inside - one of which is a touch-sensitive screen .

The DS can stand for "Dual Screen," and Developers' System, from Nintendo's belief that the system "gives game creators brand new tools which will lead to more innovative games for the world's players."

On March 2 , 2006 , Nintendo released the Nintendo DS Lite in Japan , a redesigned system which is slimmer and lighter with brighter screens, a longer and thicker stylus for the touch screen, and a relocated microphone. It was released later the same year in North America , Europe , Australia , and China.

The Wii (pronounced as the pronoun we)s a video game console released by Nintendo. The console was previously known by its project code name of Revolution, and is the successor to the Nintendo GameCube . Although Nintendo states that its console targets a broader demographic than that of Microsofts Xbox 360 and Sony 's PlayStation 3, as part of the seventh generation of gaming consoles it competes with the other two on some levels.

A distinguishing feature of the console is its wireless controller , the Wii Remote , that can be used as a handheld pointing device and can detect motion and rotation in three dimensions . Notable among the console's internal features is WiiConnect24 , which enables it to receive messages and updates over the Internet while consuming very little electrical power.

Nintendo first mentioned the console in the 2004 E3 press conference and later unveiled the system at the 2005 E3. Satoru Iwata revealed a prototype of the controller at the September 2005 Tokyo Game Show . In the 2006 E3, it won the first of several awards.