{"id":315406,"date":"2025-10-19T07:13:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:13:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/315406\/"},"modified":"2025-10-19T07:13:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T07:13:11","slug":"rumour-nintendo-patent-supposedly-points-to-return-of-ds-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/315406\/","title":{"rendered":"Rumour: Nintendo Patent Supposedly Points To Return Of DS Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Nintendo<\/a>Image: Nintendo Life<\/p>\n

The Switch Online service has already been expanded with GameCube games this year, and the Virtual Boy library will be making a comeback early next year. Now, a new Nintendo patent filed in April and published this week has ignited rumours about Nintendo DS games potentially returning in the future.<\/p>\n

As highlighted by Mike Odyssey on social media (via GoNintendo)<\/a>, the three methods of dual-screen gaming detailed include “Dual Screen (Parent and Child Screens), Single Screen Mode (Picture in Picture) and Switch Mode (Switch between Screens)”. You can read the abstract and see each image<\/a> in the post:<\/p>\n

Nintendo DS coming to NSO Confirmed! Patent Discovery of a lifetime! Breaking News! The following patent shows how Nintendo will manage the dual screen situation on Switch 2. You will have 3 options.
1. Dual Screen (Parent screen, child screen)
2. Single Screen Mode (Picture in\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/MH1Ytv4Kfo<\/a>\u2014 Mike Odyssey (@MikeOdysseyYT) October 16, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Nintendo DS library previously appeared on Wii U’s Virtual Console service. It featured over 30 games and supported touch interaction on the system’s GamePad. Considering this particular collection has already appeared on a Nintendo online service, it wouldn’t be the biggest surprise if it did resurface at some point in the future.<\/p>\n

Of course, this is just a patent, so it doesn’t necessarily guarantee anything is in the pipeline for the Switch Online ‘Nintendo Classics’ library, and it could just be Nintendo going about its usual business. If we do hear anything else about this latest discovery, we’ll let you know.<\/p>\n

What other retro game libraries would you like to see added to the Nintendo Classics service? Do you think we’ll see the DS library return any time soon? Tell us in the comments.<\/p>\n

[source gonintendo.com<\/a>]<\/p>\n

\"Liam<\/p>\n

Liam is a news writer and reviewer across Hookshot Media. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of many iconic video game characters.<\/p>\n