{"id":460770,"date":"2016-12-22T11:39:57","date_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:39:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/?p=460770"},"modified":"2016-12-22T11:39:57","modified_gmt":"2016-12-22T16:39:57","slug":"get-a-good-look-at-the-original-ds-prototype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nintendoeverything.com\/get-a-good-look-at-the-original-ds-prototype\/","title":{"rendered":"Get a good look at the original DS prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"

When the DS was initially introduced during E3 2004, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime walked out on stage with hardware that looked different from the final design. The big differences between the initial model and the one at launch are the shoulder buttons.<\/p>\n

Now we have a better look at the DS prototype thanks to Evan Amos, who unearthed a few photos from Nintendo’s FCC filing. We’ve rounded them up below. Since this was only a filing, it doesn’t look quite as “nice” as the model shown at E3 all those years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n \t\t\n\t\t\t\t