...of the DS really left many of us excited for the future. #PictoChat, #DownloadPlay, wireless local and global multiplayer! Beaming demos of games to others to try, and others beaming demos to you without you having to part with your copy of the full game. #Internet was growing in accessibility and popularity, but still wasn't anywhere near the level we have today.

Those are just stock DS features.

:mima_rule: Mima-sama (@mima)

If my godchildren did this to me I'd be giving them a DS, download play the MKDS into it and show off to them on all courses with my snaking skills :koishtare: RN: I started to play Mario Kart with my niece, she’s very young. She hands me the remote and explains to me how to play. “Girl, I been playing this for 20 years. I got this” 🥹😀😝

Makai

@blazemonkey
ah, so like the #NintendoDS's #DownloadPlay feature, but for more moderns consoles/handhelds? https://nintendo.fandom.com/wiki/Download_Play

There is a bit of convoluted method to share a single game between multiple #NintendoSwitch consoles/handhelds, but it doesn't allow co-op: https://www.digitaltrends.com/gaming/nintendo-switch-reportedly-game-share-two-consoles-same-time/

Download Play

Download Play is a feature first introduced on the Nintendo DS that allows units to share one Game Card for multiplayer gameplay, or send and receive game demos. Download Play has since then been included in all forthcoming Nintendo DS models (Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, and Nintendo DSi XL ) as well as on both Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL. DS Download Play is located within every Nintendo DS model which allows players to use Download Play. The host (the player with a Game Card that...

@kelbot the feature when you use a single cart for multiplayer with multiple NDSes is called #DownloadPlay apparently, here's a fairly extensive list of games that support it: https://www.reddit.com/r/3DS/comments/32hv1u/list_of_ds_games_with_download_play