{"id":16541,"date":"2024-11-13T15:38:09","date_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:38:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/pushing-buttons-nintendo-ds-at-20-the-console-that-paved-the-way-for-smartphone-gaming\/"},"modified":"2024-11-13T15:38:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-13T14:38:09","slug":"pushing-buttons-nintendo-ds-at-20-the-console-that-paved-the-way-for-smartphone-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/13\/pushing-buttons-nintendo-ds-at-20-the-console-that-paved-the-way-for-smartphone-gaming\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: Nintendo DS at 20 \u2013 the console that paved the way for smartphone gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s newsletter: With its clamshell design and innovative touch-screen, the DS was the bridge between handheld games devices and the iPhone<\/p>\n

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By 2004, video games were well into their adolescence. The war between Sega and Nintendo that defined the early 1990s was in the rear-view mirror \u2013 the PlayStation had knocked both of them off their perch, and Microsoft had released the Xbox. The critical and commercial hits of the day were not cartoon platformers but operatic space shooters (Halo) and anarchic crime games (Grand Theft Auto). There were lots of guns, and most games were embracing increasingly cinematic cutscenes.<\/p>\n

Nintendo, meanwhile, had fallen into third place with its Game Cube home console \u2013 but it still owned the handheld game market with the Game Boy Advance. Everyone was expecting the next iteration in the Game Boy family. But instead, Nintendo released a strange-looking silver clamshell console that you controlled with a stylus.<\/p>\n

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\nIn this week\u2019s newsletter: With its clamshell design and innovative touch-screen, the DS was the bridge between handheld games devices and the iPhone
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\nBy 2004, video games were well into their adolescence. The war between Sega and Nintendo that defined the early 1990s was in the rear-view mirror \u2013 the PlayStation had knocked both of them off their perch, and Microsoft had released the Xbox. The critical and commercial hits of the day were not cartoon platformers but operatic space shooters (Halo) and anarchic crime games (Grand Theft Auto). There were lots of guns, and most games were embracing increasingly cinematic cutscenes.
\nNintendo, meanwhile, had fallen into third place with its Game Cube home console \u2013 but it still owned the handheld game market with the Game Boy Advance. Everyone was expecting the next iteration in the Game Boy family. But instead, Nintendo released a strange-looking silver clamshell console that you controlled with a stylus. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In this week\u2019s newsletter: With its clamshell design and innovative touch-screen, the DS was the bridge between handheld games devices and the iPhone \u2022 Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here By 2004, video games were well into their adolescence. The war between Sega and Nintendo that defined the early 1990s …<\/p>\n

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