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Players who both have a DS but only one copy of a game can use "Download Play" to play together without everyone needing a copy of the game. The player with the physical cartridge will host the game while the other players connects using a "downloaded" version received from the host. Normally they are either simple mini-games or , stripped down versions demos of the main game, so in or a limited version of multiplayer. In most cases it is 's better to use connect using multiple cartridges multi-cart instead. However, however there are some games, like ''Mario Party DS'', that requires Download Play in order to use its multiplayer.

Download Play is supported by melonDS. Like with local multiplayer, it is very hit and miss and but unlocking the framerate helps. melonDS will often fails fail during the download process , but some games actually go as far as booting, and sometimes in-game as well.