Who Made the Nintendo DS?

Nintendo (Kyoto, Japan) developed, manufactured, and published the Nintendo DS.

• Launch: Nov 21, 2004 (JP), Nov 21, 2004 (NA), Mar 11, 2005 (EU/AU).
• Key figures: Satoru Iwata (president), Masato Kuwahara (hardware lead), Shigeru Miyamoto (software vision).
• Manufacturing partners: Foxconn, Mitsumi, Sharp (screens), Samsung (memory) – but Nintendo owned design & QA.

The "DS" stands for "Dual Screen" (or "Developers' System" per early docs).