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Nintendo DS series - guess the codename? Mar 16, 2011 12:50:42 GMT -5

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Post by nocturnal YL on Mar 16, 2011 12:50:42 GMT -5

You know, the development names of the systems that end up in the model numbers. Famicom is HVC, Nintendo 64 is NUS and so on.

So here's a list of what I already know (thanks old NinDB), and those that I don't know yet. Since Nintendo didn't officially reveal what they are, it's time to guess!

G&W = game dependent (Fire is RC-04, Mario Bros is MW-56...)
FC = HVC (Home Video Computer)
NES = NES
GB = DMG (Dot Matrix Game)
SFC = SHVC (Super Home Video Computer)
SNES = SNS
VB = VUE (Virtual Utopia Experience)
N64 = NUS (Nintendo Ultra 64)
GBC = CGB (yeah, SO creative)
GBA = AGB
GC = DOL (Dolphin)
Pokémon Mini = MIN
GBA SP = AGS (ugh... Advance GB SP)
DS = NTR (Nitro)
GBM = OXY(gen)
Wi-Fi Connector = WAP (WAP is no codename, it's just "Wireless Application Protocol")
Wii = RVL (Revolution)

What we don't know (= the newer ones)
DS Lite = USG
DSi = TWL (...Twilight?)
DSi XL = UTL (...Ultra/Ultimate TWL?)
3DS = CTR

Anyone creative enough to give them a guess?

Last Edit: Mar 16, 2011 12:58:37 GMT -5 by nocturnal YL

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