Here's some information on how this series came to be: In 2019 I ended up releasing only a handful of videos. I was working a grueling retail job that I hated and I was, quiet frankly, depressed. I finally quit that job and made some other changes that quickly brought me back to my feet by the end of the year. So I started working on a five step plan to get everything in my life on track. This series ended up being the fourth of those five. This video idea was actually recommended by a comment on another video that I sadly did not get a screen cap of. I thought the DS was at that perfect nostalgic point like the GameCube was for me in 2018 and it led me to using this series as a jumping off point on what I thought would be my final rodeo on RUclips. Work for this series began sometime in either March or February of 2020. Right around when the pandemic hit! This series was held back by some online classes I was taking at the time so it took a lot longer for me to make this than anticipated. But I had a lot of fun researching the series and getting back into the groove of video making after taking nearly a year off. And now? I honestly don't remember much about this series. It's so weird that this series that I used to make a leap back into the RUclips grind has so few memories associated with it. I still love my DS and I had some fun tracking down all the DS consoles used in the video. I ended up buying all of my extra models in the lead up to this series from local sellers during the start of the pandemic. I guess you could say that early covid defined this work. It was a way to stave off the boredom of quarantine and flex my creative muscles. I hope you all enjoy the series a little over a year after it came out!
Dude I look your Documentaries, You've a huge talent and skillset. I'm glad you got through your depression, I was badly hit by dep a few years ago, and would like to thank you for being you. Keep doing you and stay strong.
@@leeartlee915 still working on stuff. SNES was covered in the great console war. I think my nostalgic bits are in the final episode, but it's been like two years since I made it.
@@DoubleDog Oh duh, I always forget you covered those systems since it was console wars. Well I was mainly kidding. You do whatever you feel inspired to do…. 3DS would be cool ;-)
The DS is the greatest handheld game console ever made. I do like the PSP also, but the DS was just an incredible juggernaut. That era was easily the golden age of portable gaming.
@@highnootnoot7254 I just found his channel and its SO GOOD! the quality and subscribers are not even close I would think it would have at least 300-500K
I theorize that DSi was actually not a DS but rather an early 3DS prototype modified for commercial release as a DS system. It has more in common with a 3DS than it does with previous DS devices, and even its charger is all-new and forward compatible with all 3DSes but none of the other DSes.
RUclips algorithm recommended this video and I'm so glad it did. Great video and voice presentation. I remember launch being pretty rough though. I picked up my pre-order and after a bit, I was finding it difficult to justify the purchase to myself. I even bought a PSP off a friend in December '04 as there weren't many titles worth playing on DS. Then Kirby: Canvas Curse released in March 2005. Oh man, loved that game. I think that's when the DS hit its stride with noteworthy follow up 2005 releases such as Trauma Center, Phoenix Wright, Castlevania DoS, Sonic Rush, and Mario Kart DS. Sold my PSP (needed money for college books) towards the end of that summer as I was barely using it.
Thank you for this! I absolutely love the DS, and I’ve been building my DS library since I was about 11 years old (over a decade ago). Currently playing Phantasy Star Zero on my DS while watching this.
I'm here at the end of 2023, looks like he's gained some more (22K). I love this kind of content. So Mr double dog, or anyone, feel free to tell me a bunch of channels that are like this. And keep your content coming. I'm working through your back lot, but I'll watch anything like this!
This video was absolutely fantastic, thank you for taking me down the trip of nostalgia lane man, this really brought me back to the simpler and happier times of my childhood :)
This is still my favorite Nintendo Handheld to this day still have my DS Lite its nearly broken but it still works. I've played so many DS games like Fossil Fighters,New Super Mario Bros,My Sims Kingdom,and Mario Kart DS I've had such a good childhood because of it.
Hey I'm totally binge watching all of the series, they're great! Amazing analysis between what the effects were for both the companies and the consumers!
Great video sir! Just discovered your channel this week on a Wii U video much like this and I love your content now. You probably already have this on the pipeline, but a 3DS and Vita history treatment would sure be awesome!
omfg words cannot describe how much I love the DS- PinkoChat with the family on long car rides was so fun. Thank you for helping me revisit my nostalgia, this makes me want to find my DS.
I quite enjoyed this. I love listening to retrospectives of gaming consoles and hearing people's personal memories of them. I didn't get a DS until 2009 when I moved out of the country and didn't really play it much. I didn't get a 3DS until 2016 right before Pokemon Sun & Moon launched. I love collecting for both these consoles and I will continue to keep collecting them for as long as possible. Great video ^^
Great video! I have to say though, the App Store didn't release until the 2nd generation iPhone (3G) in 2008. The first one had only preinstalled apps. But seriously, great work on this whole thing!
The ds is hands down my favorite console! Its the one i have the most memories with as a kid, and even nowadays i prefer playing my dslite more than my switch sometimes haha! My fav game to play on my ds is love plus :)
It can't be understated how much the DS literally saved Nintendo from going 3rd party or even worse, going bust completely. I remember reading in a magazine around 2007 that the DS by end of 2006 was responsible for some 300% growth since the release of the handheld until 2006. In that short of a period it had basically made a bigger impact on Nintendo's size as a business than anything they ever made before, combined.
The DS was still popular even after 2010 and I got my copy of the DS back in 2011 and got new super Mario bros and it felt like it was 2006 but I didn’t know at the time and I played the heck out of my DS
I remember getting the PSP before it even released in australia, my dad got a friend in japan to send one over as soon as it released I was the king of the schoolyard for a few months (until I made my battery operated mobile PS2 slim as a science project in 2007, where even the teachers wanted to play it)
Love to see you've got the red Advance SP. I've got mine right here in front of me as I type, same exact console that's been with me almost since launch day. GB version of Pokemon TCG occupies its slot.
This video makes me sad that I missed out on the DS era. The system has so many great games and it brought so many good and interesting ideas to the table, and once I finally got one, it quickly became my favorite portable system of all time! I just wish I could've gotten it sooner
How come you missed out on the ds era??? That’s how I felt for the Nintendo switch, I got it years later then the pandemic started and the console started selling out everywhere. A new era.
@@kalexis6484 At the time, videogames and consoles weren't really my focus per say, even though now I wish they were after realizing how good they were, specially the DS
It's so strange but I think I have the most nostalgia for the Metroid Prime Hunters demo than any other DS game. And I think it's because I got my DS on Christmas and played this demo for a while that day, but did not really play it much afterward (I also received Super Mario 64 DS that day).
Weird that playing video games wasn't cool when you were in high school? When I was in high school my friends and I ditched all the time to play games. Good video!
I remember getting Pokemon Diamond... My grandparents were in town, and ir was also a sunday. They took us to radio shack (... Game stop was right next to it, so i could be remembering wrong), and they asked if we wanted anything. And they got us Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
I played with my DS lite during lockdown here in Spain. I still have the original R4DS v2 card. It was nice to download some games and forget about the pandemic, being a prisoner in your own home and death.
I still have my DSi XL in matte blue in near mint condition to this very day with the only cosmetic flaws being the clear plastic on the outside being all scratched up and very visible wear on the areas around the A, B, left & right D-pad buttons from playing literal thousands of hours of mario kart.
NOOO WAYYY! that's how i lost my ds too! the hinge was broken! I still managed to play it for a month or so afterwards. but it was done for. i dropped it one last time and it snapped- I hope to God I still have it somewhere- this video is golden
The Nintendo DS kicks ass! I remember my younger cousin getting Pokémon Ranger and he gave it to me cause he thought it was whack. I gave it a chance and it quickly became one of my favorite Pokémon games. I recently discovered Megaman ZX and gave it a chance, and it too became one of my all time favorites. That’s a tough game man!
Thinking deeper the dual screen setup on the hardware would prevent DS games from being ported to mobile devices easily and would help them lock in exclusivity without having to pay publishers for it.
I love the DS, because I feel like if Nintendo made games on the PS1 back in the day and they didn't have the fallout with Sony. The games would be like what we have on DS.
To be completely honest I'm actually surprised that in 2003 Nintendo actually reported a loss at any quarter of that year. I get that the GameCube was a commercial failure although I enjoyed my GameCube back then, but the Game boy Advance actually sold really well and didn't have any legit competition at all. Anybody remember the second highest selling handheld during that generation the N-Gage? 😂 One thing that I think is really mesmerizing about the Nintendo DS is that even though I grew up in the 90s and grew up playing game boy and of course I have very fond memories of playing game boy, but surprisingly my memories of playing DS or actually even more fond even though I was already late teens and into my adulthood when I would get a Nintendo DS. I didn't even think about the fact that oh yeah the iPhone came out in 2008 and Android came out in like 2009 and 2010 or whatever and how that definitely would take a giant bite into the handheld market that Nintendo had dominated. Smart move actually mentioning that. The one thing that really annoys me which is unrelated to this video, but nevertheless it seems a lot of people seem to think that the iPhone is the first ever smartphone ever made and they completely forgot that like 5 years before that there was the blackberry which a lot of people actually did have although it was mostly for businesses so that's probably why I didn't really take off as highly. Kind of like how Microsoft actually came up with the first tablet PC in 2003 but nobody cared and then when Apple can't with the iPad like in 2010 or whatever everybody just completely was ecstatic acting like it was a revolution. I actually had a friend back in the early 2010 to had that same problem you just described with his ds. Difference is that it wasn't almost completely broken in half like I just saw on your video but it was still broken off the hinge in the same way. If I remember correctly he told me that his dog stepped on it when he was on the ground and that's what happened. A complete accident although could have been avoided if he never had it on the floor and to begin with. 😂
Here's some information on how this series came to be:
In 2019 I ended up releasing only a handful of videos. I was working a grueling retail job that I hated and I was, quiet frankly, depressed. I finally quit that job and made some other changes that quickly brought me back to my feet by the end of the year. So I started working on a five step plan to get everything in my life on track. This series ended up being the fourth of those five.
This video idea was actually recommended by a comment on another video that I sadly did not get a screen cap of. I thought the DS was at that perfect nostalgic point like the GameCube was for me in 2018 and it led me to using this series as a jumping off point on what I thought would be my final rodeo on RUclips. Work for this series began sometime in either March or February of 2020. Right around when the pandemic hit! This series was held back by some online classes I was taking at the time so it took a lot longer for me to make this than anticipated. But I had a lot of fun researching the series and getting back into the groove of video making after taking nearly a year off.
And now? I honestly don't remember much about this series. It's so weird that this series that I used to make a leap back into the RUclips grind has so few memories associated with it. I still love my DS and I had some fun tracking down all the DS consoles used in the video. I ended up buying all of my extra models in the lead up to this series from local sellers during the start of the pandemic. I guess you could say that early covid defined this work. It was a way to stave off the boredom of quarantine and flex my creative muscles. I hope you all enjoy the series a little over a year after it came out!
You did awesome, This video is great!
Dude I look your Documentaries, You've a huge talent and skillset. I'm glad you got through your depression, I was badly hit by dep a few years ago, and would like to thank you for being you. Keep doing you and stay strong.
I love your retrospectives. I hope you keep making them (maybe even some that weren’t from your youth… like SNES?)
@@leeartlee915 still working on stuff. SNES was covered in the great console war. I think my nostalgic bits are in the final episode, but it's been like two years since I made it.
@@DoubleDog Oh duh, I always forget you covered those systems since it was console wars. Well I was mainly kidding. You do whatever you feel inspired to do…. 3DS would be cool ;-)
I love the DS, this series is great!
I tell everyone it literally had the best library out of every console ever launched.
Its wild that nintendo didn’t discontinue the GBA until 2010. That handheld felt ancient by that time.
The DS is the greatest handheld game console ever made. I do like the PSP also, but the DS was just an incredible juggernaut. That era was easily the golden age of portable gaming.
WHY DOES CONTENT THIS GOOD ONLY HAVE 1900 SUBS?!?!?!
You’re telling me that this channel only gained 3.5k subs in a month?! Bullshit!
@@highnootnoot7254 I just found his channel and its SO GOOD! the quality and subscribers are not even close
I would think it would have at least 300-500K
RUclips is missing a few zeros
alot of the various documentaries are all about the same but theres a few that go into about how nintendo is a yakuza front that just got lucky
he has 17,000 Subs. Thats right, 17 THOUSAND Subscribers dude
I theorize that DSi was actually not a DS but rather an early 3DS prototype modified for commercial release as a DS system. It has more in common with a 3DS than it does with previous DS devices, and even its charger is all-new and forward compatible with all 3DSes but none of the other DSes.
Great piece. As an old man who reminisces about the 70s and 80s playing games it’s nice to hear about your journey with one of your favorite consoles.
The ds was a major staple of my childhood and got me thru some rather dark times. So it holds a special place in my heart
same. My ds was a much-needed source of enjoyment during a very bad time for my family.
Me too!
Love your stuff, here at 5 views, this channel will be big very soon, very well edited and presented - please keep it up
Hopefully gonna have a new series out in July.
RUclips algorithm recommended this video and I'm so glad it did. Great video and voice presentation.
I remember launch being pretty rough though. I picked up my pre-order and after a bit, I was finding it difficult to justify the purchase to myself. I even bought a PSP off a friend in December '04 as there weren't many titles worth playing on DS. Then Kirby: Canvas Curse released in March 2005. Oh man, loved that game. I think that's when the DS hit its stride with noteworthy follow up 2005 releases such as Trauma Center, Phoenix Wright, Castlevania DoS, Sonic Rush, and Mario Kart DS. Sold my PSP (needed money for college books) towards the end of that summer as I was barely using it.
I’m glad you showed on my recommendations, quality content right here.
Such memories. Such time has gone.
I hope they remake gen 4 and 5 games.
Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl came out! dreams come true
@@PFworth ye now I can't for battle Network now
Still my favorite handhelds of all time! I still have my 3DS XL. 🤩
Thank you for this! I absolutely love the DS, and I’ve been building my DS library since I was about 11 years old (over a decade ago). Currently playing Phantasy Star Zero on my DS while watching this.
I'm here at the end of 2023, looks like he's gained some more (22K).
I love this kind of content. So Mr double dog, or anyone, feel free to tell me a bunch of channels that are like this.
And keep your content coming. I'm working through your back lot, but I'll watch anything like this!
These retrospectives you do are so well made and researched.
I cherish the DS/3DS so many phenomenal games. I’m still really sad the era is over
with over 3500+ games in the DS/3DS library there’s enough to last a lifetime.
@@enzowarren9832 and so many of them are fantastic
@@novustalks7525 Agreed!
This video was absolutely fantastic, thank you for taking me down the trip of nostalgia lane man, this really brought me back to the simpler and happier times of my childhood :)
I love the Phantom Hourglass, and it’s totally underrated, so I love seeing it here!
Such a great channel, man. I’ve been catching up on all of your content
This dude need s more Subs and views.
FANTASTIC CREATION!!! You’ve got some great talent my friend. This is a great retrospective
Your channel is amazing. I have been binge watching this week! Thank you for doing this!
This is still my favorite Nintendo Handheld to this day still have my DS Lite its nearly broken but it still works. I've played so many DS games like Fossil Fighters,New Super Mario Bros,My Sims Kingdom,and Mario Kart DS I've had such a good childhood because of it.
So happy to have these videos back. Don’t ever leave us again Double Dog (sorry you got hacked).
Can't believe you only have 5k subs, you genuinely deserve way more with content like this!
Thank you for this video it's exactly what I was looking for
Never bothered much with the DS but this was entertaining. Good job.
Dude your channel is 🔥 fire. You remind me of The Gaming Historian. Keep it up 👍🏾⭐❤
Hey I'm totally binge watching all of the series, they're great! Amazing analysis between what the effects were for both the companies and the consumers!
Great video sir! Just discovered your channel this week on a Wii U video much like this and I love your content now. You probably already have this on the pipeline, but a 3DS and Vita history treatment would sure be awesome!
I love the format of your videos, its like an world history Ap DBQ essay
Man, I loved the DS. I want to go back to those days.
omfg words cannot describe how much I love the DS- PinkoChat with the family on long car rides was so fun. Thank you for helping me revisit my nostalgia, this makes me want to find my DS.
I quite enjoyed this. I love listening to retrospectives of gaming consoles and hearing people's personal memories of them. I didn't get a DS until 2009 when I moved out of the country and didn't really play it much. I didn't get a 3DS until 2016 right before Pokemon Sun & Moon launched. I love collecting for both these consoles and I will continue to keep collecting them for as long as possible. Great video ^^
YOU ARE A GOD, SO MUCH QUALITY CONTENT
you deserve more attention ! much love ! !
Great content as usual man! Keep it up!!
Great video! I have to say though, the App Store didn't release until the 2nd generation iPhone (3G) in 2008. The first one had only preinstalled apps. But seriously, great work on this whole thing!
God i love your videos so much. Thank you
Please don't ever give up on you tube we need well made stuff not made by crummy companies thanks a lot this was a ton of fun to watch
The ds is hands down my favorite console! Its the one i have the most memories with as a kid, and even nowadays i prefer playing my dslite more than my switch sometimes haha! My fav game to play on my ds is love plus :)
Love these quality videos !!!
Very very good content man. Subscribed 👍
Can u sub to me too?
love your work man keep it up!
Loving these video documentaries. Reminds me of what the gaming historian does/did. Keep up the great work man!!
Norm is a huge influence of mine so I appreciate it!
Great vid. To this day i still play Pokemon HG and Black 2.
Dude this is a great video, seriously awesome job.
What an amazing video. Seriously. The editing, voice-over and footage is all brilliant. Subscribed :)
Great work again, really enjoyed this video I love gaming marketing history
Nice video, up there with the gaming historians work
Remember me when your really big.
I see Lucario, and I click. But I'm really glad I checked out these videos. Great series.
The fact that the 3ds can run the massive ds games as well as 3ds games is the reason I smile.
Your channel is an amazing!
It can't be understated how much the DS literally saved Nintendo from going 3rd party or even worse, going bust completely.
I remember reading in a magazine around 2007 that the DS by end of 2006 was responsible for some 300% growth since the release of the handheld until 2006.
In that short of a period it had basically made a bigger impact on Nintendo's size as a business than anything they ever made before, combined.
Such a good video you deserve more views
Awesome, just Awesome
So much nostalgia.
Bruuuh.. 'the story of' videos are so nostalgic. I need a list of all the background music lol.
The DS was still popular even after 2010 and I got my copy of the DS back in 2011 and got new super Mario bros and it felt like it was 2006 but I didn’t know at the time and I played the heck out of my DS
I subscribe easily. Your videos are amazing
Love this video and the Wii U video, maybe one on the Wii next? Not even a huge fan of the system just love your videos!
Amazing Video, Man! :D
I remember getting the PSP before it even released in australia, my dad got a friend in japan to send one over as soon as it released
I was the king of the schoolyard for a few months (until I made my battery operated mobile PS2 slim as a science project in 2007, where even the teachers wanted to play it)
Love to see you've got the red Advance SP. I've got mine right here in front of me as I type, same exact console that's been with me almost since launch day. GB version of Pokemon TCG occupies its slot.
just got a new referb ds lite for my 48th birthday man this thing is still good also great video
I'm just glad this is on my reccomended...
Am I the only one that thinks that this guy’s voice is eerily similar to that of the Defunctland guy? Is it just me? Great video by the way!
I love Kevin Perjurer's work so I'll take it, but my voice has changed a lot in the year since I made this.
This video makes me sad that I missed out on the DS era. The system has so many great games and it brought so many good and interesting ideas to the table, and once I finally got one, it quickly became my favorite portable system of all time! I just wish I could've gotten it sooner
How come you missed out on the ds era??? That’s how I felt for the Nintendo switch, I got it years later then the pandemic started and the console started selling out everywhere. A new era.
@@kalexis6484 At the time, videogames and consoles weren't really my focus per say, even though now I wish they were after realizing how good they were, specially the DS
Late to this video but so so glad it found its way to me! Love the content and subbed immediately 🫶🏼
It's so strange but I think I have the most nostalgia for the Metroid Prime Hunters demo than any other DS game. And I think it's because I got my DS on Christmas and played this demo for a while that day, but did not really play it much afterward (I also received Super Mario 64 DS that day).
Great video bro
the Ds and 3DS is my childhood
Weird that playing video games wasn't cool when you were in high school? When I was in high school my friends and I ditched all the time to play games. Good video!
I play my DSi XL almost daily to this day. Between that, my Wii U and Switch.
My DS also had the hinges break 😂 and of course I too have multiple DS's in my collection 😂
I remember getting Pokemon Diamond... My grandparents were in town, and ir was also a sunday.
They took us to radio shack (... Game stop was right next to it, so i could be remembering wrong), and they asked if we wanted anything. And they got us Pokemon Diamond and Pearl
Excellent content here
Metroid prime hunters, best fps I ever experienced to this day
I played with my DS lite during lockdown here in Spain. I still have the original R4DS v2 card. It was nice to download some games and forget about the pandemic, being a prisoner in your own home and death.
I still have my DSi XL in matte blue in near mint condition to this very day with the only cosmetic flaws being the clear plastic on the outside being all scratched up and very visible wear on the areas around the A, B, left & right D-pad buttons from playing literal thousands of hours of mario kart.
You made me relive my childhood again the DS for me was a great journey with a rather bad ending as i lost my girlfriend in early 2011
“lost” as in breakup or lost as in she died?
@@enzowarren9832 it’s been more of a break up but you can’t even call it that as we were forced to do by our parents
Im loving this stuff!
NOOO WAYYY! that's how i lost my ds too! the hinge was broken! I still managed to play it for a month or so afterwards. but it was done for. i dropped it one last time and it snapped- I hope to God I still have it somewhere-
this video is golden
Nice video good game system i am have nintendo ds and play zelda game for the first time and i love phantom hourglass
I hope u had a pokemon themed wedding. Congrats nice video
Around 2009 or 2010 my grandma got me and my cousin a ds lite i still use it I've been getting new games for it
Nintendo has gone mostly unchallenged in the handheld market since the OG Gameboy.
The Nintendo DS kicks ass! I remember my younger cousin getting Pokémon Ranger and he gave it to me cause he thought it was whack. I gave it a chance and it quickly became one of my favorite Pokémon games. I recently discovered Megaman ZX and gave it a chance, and it too became one of my all time favorites. That’s a tough game man!
Spent an inordinate amount of time on MarioKart DS, awesome game
You deserve more subs.
I’d love for you to do a story on the Wii (or really any Nintendo system you haven’t covered yet).
The App store did not originally launch with the first iPhone
Thinking deeper the dual screen setup on the hardware would prevent DS games from being ported to mobile devices easily and would help them lock in exclusivity without having to pay publishers for it.
I love the DS, because I feel like if Nintendo made games on the PS1 back in the day and they didn't have the fallout with Sony. The games would be like what we have on DS.
35:14 nice save
To be completely honest I'm actually surprised that in 2003 Nintendo actually reported a loss at any quarter of that year. I get that the GameCube was a commercial failure although I enjoyed my GameCube back then, but the Game boy Advance actually sold really well and didn't have any legit competition at all. Anybody remember the second highest selling handheld during that generation the N-Gage? 😂
One thing that I think is really mesmerizing about the Nintendo DS is that even though I grew up in the 90s and grew up playing game boy and of course I have very fond memories of playing game boy, but surprisingly my memories of playing DS or actually even more fond even though I was already late teens and into my adulthood when I would get a Nintendo DS.
I didn't even think about the fact that oh yeah the iPhone came out in 2008 and Android came out in like 2009 and 2010 or whatever and how that definitely would take a giant bite into the handheld market that Nintendo had dominated. Smart move actually mentioning that.
The one thing that really annoys me which is unrelated to this video, but nevertheless it seems a lot of people seem to think that the iPhone is the first ever smartphone ever made and they completely forgot that like 5 years before that there was the blackberry which a lot of people actually did have although it was mostly for businesses so that's probably why I didn't really take off as highly. Kind of like how Microsoft actually came up with the first tablet PC in 2003 but nobody cared and then when Apple can't with the iPad like in 2010 or whatever everybody just completely was ecstatic acting like it was a revolution.
I actually had a friend back in the early 2010 to had that same problem you just described with his ds. Difference is that it wasn't almost completely broken in half like I just saw on your video but it was still broken off the hinge in the same way. If I remember correctly he told me that his dog stepped on it when he was on the ground and that's what happened. A complete accident although could have been avoided if he never had it on the floor and to begin with. 😂
Ay! Started off right with Mystery Dungeon Blue!
Nintendo DS is soo good i have 4 ds lites they all awesome