1.0Kotaku Australiahttps://develop.kotaku.com.aukotakuinternationalhttps://develop.kotaku.com.au/author/kotakuinternational/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="60hetpxQRS"><a href="https://develop.kotaku.com.au/2017/01/theman-who-worked-on-the-original-game-boy-explains-why-nintendo-created-the-ds/">The Man Who Worked On The Original Game Boy Explains Why Nintendo Created The DS</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://develop.kotaku.com.au/2017/01/theman-who-worked-on-the-original-game-boy-explains-why-nintendo-created-the-ds/embed/#?secret=60hetpxQRS" width="600" height="338" title="“The Man Who Worked On The Original Game Boy Explains Why Nintendo Created The DS” — Kotaku Australia" data-secret="60hetpxQRS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://develop.kotaku.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/02/datmmvfcl9ojjyk6uapx.png?quality=75800483Image Credit: Nicolas Nova Satoru Okada, who was General Manager of Nintendo Research & Engineering before he retired in 2012, said in a recent interview with Retro Gamer Magazine that no one on the handheld team liked the idea of the DS when it was first proposed. If some folks had gotten their way, Nintendo […]