With the release of the 3DS, the regular DS will eventually cease to breathe life. The way I see it, Pokemon Black and White are the death od the DS. It's like Nintendo is saying "It's been a good 6 years. Let's try to give it one last big hurrah to end it." Which isnt a bad thing, this way by having pokemon be our last DS memory(which is always a good one), we will have a strong, positive, sentimental impression of the DS left in our brains. And the DS deserves a big finally, it really does; it's been a strong console and it's provided us with a good 6 years. Now, I don't think that the DS lived up to the Gameboy, but I don't think it's fair of us to expect it to. The Gameboy was phenomenal and once in a lifetime. I do, however, think that we will look back on our time with our DS's just like we look back on the GameBoy today.

So, here's a cheer to the Nintendo DS. You will always be in our hearts.

Thanks for the fun times

-Your friends at gamespot