Pokémon Dash is a racing video game developed by Ambrella and published by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo for the Nintendo DS. It was a launch title both in Japan and Europe. Dash was released in Japan on December 2 2004; Europe on March 11 2005; North America on March 14 2005; and Australia on April 7 2005. It was the first Pokémon game to be released for the Nintendo DS. The player uses a stylus to control a Pikachu and race through checkpoints. After players have passed each of the number of checkpoints in order the course is completed. Dash has multiplayer support and can connect with 6 different devices.