Tuesday, December 18, 2012

IGN All: IGN Bids Farewell to the Departing DS

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IGN Bids Farewell to the Departing DS
Dec 19th 2012, 00:23

Finally, at long last, we've come to the end for the good ole DS. It's had an exceptional run. It's been active for more than eight years. But we are gathered here today to finally say our goodbyes, paying our last respects to Nintendo's original, groundbreaking, not-a-gimmick-after-all, two-screened handheld.

You're probably familiar with the story of its origins, but it still merits mention – especially since it's now been more than nine years since Nintendo first announced this "third pillar." The GameCube console and Game Boy Advance handheld were right in the middle of their relevance, neither one ready to be replaced, when the company decided to introduce a third piece of hardware into the marketplace alongside both of those established systems.

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