- The Nintendo DS Lite Rumble Pak amps up your handheld gaming experience
- Just plug in and feel the action when you play rumble-ready games
- Delivers a smooth, quiet rumble
- Slides into the DS Lite / DS Slot 2 flush with the case
- Requires no batteries or additional power
- Color: Black
- Accessory Only. DS Lite not included
- Only works with Nintendo DS Lite, NOT work with Nintendo DS (NDS)

The Rumble Pak is a removable device from Nintendo which provides force feedback  while playing video games. Games that support the Rumble Pak cause it to vibrate in select situations, such as when firing a weapon or receiving damage, to immerse the player in the game. Versions of the Rumble Pak are available for the Nintendo 64, the Nintendo DS, and the Nintendo DS Lite. A select few Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance games use a similar technology built into the game cartridge. The use of external Rumble Paks, since their introduction, are still rare today. This, however, is mainly because the force feedback vibration that they provide has become a built-in standard feature in almost every home video game console controller since.

The Rumble Pak for the Nintendo DS is an official DS Option Pak shaped like a Game Boy Advance  cartridge and is designed to be inserted in the system's Game Boy Advance game slot (SLOT-2). It was the first DS accessory to utilize the slot. In North America, it was first made available bundled with Metroid Prime Pinball, but is now available through other promotions or as a stand-alone purchase from Nintendo's online store. The accessory was released differently in Europe due to a delay of Metroid Prime Pinball in that region. Various DS games supporting the Rumble Pak (Metroid Prime Hunters, Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time, and 42 All-Time Classics) had been released in Europe before the accessory was available. The accessory was eventually released as a pack-in with the game Actionloop in the UK.

Although the Rumble Pak works with both the Nintendo DS and the redesigned Nintendo DS Lite, it protrudes from the Nintendo DS Lite when inserted, as do Game Boy Advance cartridges, because of the DS Lite's smaller size. For this reason, a smaller version of the Rumble Pak is available in Japan, which is flush with the system when inserted. It was initially available in just black, but other colors produced by third party manufacturer eWin, such as white (see picture), have been released. Other color variations and releases in other regions have yet to be announced.

Some flash cartridges for the Game Boy Advance (SLOT-2 flash cartridges) have a built-in rumble feature that, when used in tandem with a SLOT-1 flash card on a DS can provide rumble as if it were an ordinary rumble pak.

The Nintendo DS Rumble Pak is incompatible with the Nintendo DSi as the DSi lacks a SLOT-2. However, none of the games supporting the Rumble Pak require it for proper operation of the game, meaning that the games themselves are still compatible with DSi (some software titles, such as Nintendo DS Browser and Guitar Hero: On Tour, have SLOT-2 peripherals that are required for operation, and are hence incompatible with DSi, although the former already has an alternative version for the DSi).

Reception

The DS Rumble Pak was initially met with harsh criticism as reviewers pointed out the limited number of games compatible with the card (at the time only four were compatible). Reviewers also pointed out the annoying "squealing noise" or "electronic chirp"  that the device made when 'rumbling'. IGN stated that "Good thing it's free, because at this point we wouldn't bother buying it as an extra." as they felt it was "broken".


List of compatible games

This is the currently known list of Nintendo DS games (in alphabetical order) that support the Nintendo DS Rumble Pak. None of them require the Rumble Pak. Even if inserted, most games will require the feature to be enabled in their respective options menus before the force feedback will be enabled.

    * Air Traffic Chaos
    * Akagawa Jirou Mystery: Yasoukyoku
    * Animal Boxing
    * Bomberman 2 (Custom Battler Bomberman in Japan)
    * Club House Games (42 All-Time Classics in Europe)
    * Custom Robo Arena
    * Diddy Kong Racing DS
    * Dirt 2
    * Elite Beat Agents
    * Ferrari Challenge
    * GRID
    * Hotel Dusk: Room 215
    * Higurashi no Naku koro ni Kizuna: Dai-Ichi-Kan - Tatari
    * Higurashi no Naku koro ni Kizuna: Dai-Ni-Kan - Sou
    * Higurashi no Naku koro ni Kizuna: Dai-San-Kan - Rasen
    * Iron Man
    * Jam with the Band (Daigasso! Band Brothers DX in Japan)
    * [[Juiced 2: Hot Import Nights]
    * Last window: midnight promise
    * Magnetica (Actionloop)
    * Mahjong Fight Club DS: Wi-Fi Taiou
    * Mario & Luigi: Partners in Time
    * Mario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story (Feature removed from US version)
    * Metroid Prime Hunters (Rumble Pak came with some of the US version)
    * Metroid Prime Pinball (Rumble Pak came with US version)
    * Moon
    * Need For Speed: Undercover
    * Need For Speed: Nitro
    * Moero! Nekketsu Rhythm Damashii: Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan 2
    * Orcs & Elves
    * Picross DS
    * Power Pro Kun Pocket 9
    * Power Pro Kun Pocket 10
    * Professional Fisherman's Tour: Northern Hemisphere
    * Puyo Puyo! 15th Anniversary
    * Race Driver: Create and Race
    * Sega Superstars Tennis
    * Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing
    * Space Invaders Extreme
    * Space Invaders Extreme 2
    * Star Fox Command
    * Star Trek: Tactical Assault
    * Super Princess Peach
    * The Legend of Spyro: A New Beginning
    * Theta
    * Tomb Raider: Underworld
    * TrackMania DS
    * Treasure Gaust: Gaust Diver (Deep Purple)
    * Treasure Gaust: Gaust Diver (Crimson Red)
    * V8 SuperCars Australia 3
    * Viva Piata: Pocket Paradise
    * Wario: Master of Disguise
    * Wild West, The
    * WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2008