Retrospective: The Awkward Birth of the DS, Nintendo's Most Successful System
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How a third pillar became a golden goose
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The original was posted on /r/todayilearned by /u/brainrooted on 2025-04-16 19:29:33+00:00.

Original Title: TIL that the Nintendo DS was never meant to replace the Game Boy line of systems, but to act as a “third pillar” between the Game Boy Advance and the GameCube. This was so Nintendo could just continue releasing Game Boys if the DS flopped.