The Download Play menu as it appears on the Nintendo 3DS. Demos are also available in select retail stores. In this case, no Game Cards are involved and the Wii will serve as the host. Using the Wii's Nintendo Channel, owners of Nintendo DS can download demos of retail games.

Main article: List of titles that support Download Play Some games that allow Download Play include Mario Kart DS, Metroid Prime Hunters, and The Legend of Zelda: Phantom Hourglass. Due to limitations in the system's hardware, the game cannot be saved onto the system nor does gameplay during Download Play allow all features of the game to be accessible. Once the host powers off their Nintendo DS or ends the game session, the other players will then be forced to turn off their systems as well or go to the system's menu. Once the players have been confirmed by the host, the lobby will be closed and the game will begin downloading onto the other player's systems. The host (the player with a Game Card that allows DS Download Play to be used) will create a lobby and other players will join by pressing the DS Download Play icon on their system's menu. The DS Download Play icon as it appears on a Japenese Nintendo DS system.ĭS Download Play is located within every Nintendo DS model which allows players to use Download Play. Download Play has since then been included in all the forthcoming Nintendo DS models ( Nintendo DS Lite, Nintendo DSi, and Nintendo DSi XL) as well as on the Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS, New Nintendo 3DS, New Nintendo 3DS XL, and New Nintendo 2DS XL. 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.

Free ds download