Yes. The success of the DS is basically that it was a smartphone (wrt games) before smartphones (and without a phone ;)). The brain games (Brain Age, Big Brain

Yes. The success of the DS is basically that it was a smartphone (wrt games) before smartphones (and without a phone ;)). The brain games (Brain Age, Big Brain Academy - 3 of those games are in the top20 best selling ds games[1]) were a big reason why it was so succesful. Also tamagotchi with dogs/cats (nintendogs). But 150 million could only have been reached with a) longevity, b) weak competition (PSP, sold enough to be seen as a threat, but didn't hinder the DS) and great software support (once a hardware is successful the third party support basically reinforces itself due to good sales). Also, quite a few hardware revisions helped also (the first DS was clunky). [1]https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Nintendo_DS_games https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_best-selling_Ninten...