Nintendo announces 3DS handheld

By Tom Bramwell Published 23 March, 2010

To be unveiled at E3.

Nintendo has announced plans to unveil a new handheld called the Nintendo 3DS as E3 this June.

The handheld will be released before the end of March 2011 and will allow the player to experience 3D games without 3D glasses.

It will also be backwards compatible with existing DS games.

The announcement appeared on Nintendo's Japanese website today.

Check out Digital Foundry's In Theory piece on what Nintendo may go for out of available 3D technologies.

Thanks to EG forumites for the heads-up on the press release.

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  • Hulle #1 2 years ago

    Yes! So looking forward to this.

  • tossetaz #2 2 years ago

    30fps 3D on a portable device (remember each frame must be rendered twice so it needs to be rendered as 60FPS)? how on earth they gonna pressure that out of the processors and remain decent graphics and batterylife?

    Looking forward to seeing this at E3!!
    Edited by tossetaz at 23/03/10 @ 07:55

  • MORZTAN #3 2 years ago

    HAHA!! FUDGE YES NINTENDO!!
    Edited by MORZTAN at 26/03/10 @ 09:36

  • Dark_Era #4 2 years ago

    I will reserve my comments till i see it fro real and experience it for real.

  • Domar #5 2 years ago

    Handheld and 3D? Oh no, it'a a new Virtual Boy!

  • MeBrains #6 2 years ago

    I seen a tech demo over the past month and it looked damn impressive.

    found it too for you all to gawk over... here's it: [link url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5QSclrIdlE&feature=player_embedded
    ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5QSclrId...[/link]

    waw!

  • tossetaz #7 2 years ago

    Thanks for posting that MeBrains, reminds me of those 3d reflective images I got in serialboxes when I was a kid :)

    edit:
    Actually that seems to be running on a DSi so it might well not be the same technology?
    Edited by tossetaz at 23/03/10 @ 08:04

  • MaoZedong #8 2 years ago

    Post deleted at 09:40:08 17-12-2011

  • MORZTAN #9 2 years ago

    3D which requires glasses is a fad yes.

    Now there can be no doubt about the next Wii being "not just HD" but also 3D. With no glasses :D

  • dupplawt #10 2 years ago

    @MeBrains - that's mind boggling! o_0

  • peterfll #11 2 years ago

    Look, I've said it before and I say it again, I'm not interested in 3D until you can do away with the glass...es oh!

    :-0

  • Britesparc Verified Creative, ITV #12 2 years ago

    No way. This DOES sound cool.

    Although at first I thought the "3" might stand for three screens, d'oh!

  • Praetorianer #13 2 years ago

    Whatever they are going to release, I'll buy it. Why? The GBA and the DS have been SO much fun and there have been SO many great games for that system...they pretty much topped every other system during that period.

  • des #14 2 years ago

    Sony to counter with PSP GoGoGo

  • GamesConnoisseur #15 2 years ago

    WTF!!!

    Seem brilliant but as others say, gonna be processor heavy if they are serious about really enabling 3d games and in magnitude of 2 gens above NDS. We are talking about PS2/Xbox graphical processing as a minimum? The benefit beyond 3D is that we would be able to see console equivalent output on 3DS.

    BioShock 3DS and so on.

    Cant imagine Nintendo suddenly becomes the hardware leader in term of processing and yet cheap enough to manufacture and sells massively.

  • MeBrains #16 2 years ago

    spam: looks like you're right chapski.

    impressive technology still and 3D-without-glasses it is. maybe this 3DS thing is a continuation of this tech?

    we'll see. roll on E3!

  • neonxaos #17 2 years ago

    There is nothing about this announcement that isn't pure awesome. The Nintendo DS is the only console that has consistently surprised me over the last few years, and I bring mine everywhere. Giving it more power (I'm also wondering about battery life, but let's see) and more options plus backwards compatibility is most definitely going to mean money in the bank for Nintendo. And my money will be among the first batch streaming in from Europe, that's for damn sure. 30+ gamers like myself can't spend hour upon hours gaming like we used to (probably a good thing), but those hours on the bus might as well be spent in the company of the "3DS".

    As for the tech demo on the DSi, I assume that this is just a placeholder. I distinctly remember reading that the next generation of the DS would have a much smaller area between the screens, and that would definitely make sense in terms of making the 3D effect look its best.

  • erp #18 2 years ago

    Woah, I wasn't expecting to read this this morning! A nice surprise.

    So, to work without glasses 3D will need a separate display per eye. And whilst that DSi tech demo is neat, for a more robust and flexible effect it's best that those separate displays are isolated... This really is starting to sound like the Virtual Boy!

    Edit: IGNORE ME! I stand corrected and humbled by those talking about lenticular displays below. I didn't know such magic was possible.
    Edited by erp at 24/03/10 @ 09:49

  • Beano #19 2 years ago

    "Although at first I thought the "3" might stand for three screens, d'oh! "

    No 3DS = Three double screens= 6 screens!! :D

  • Anthony_UK #20 2 years ago

    Hmmm Virtua Boy 2?

    That said give me a 3D conversion of wind waker and I'll sell my mum for this!

  • Widge #21 2 years ago

    Sounds lovely. I'm only really interested in a DS for Final Fantasy games but will keep an extra special eye on what happens with 3D.

    Separate display per eye? I believe that the screen does all the work of creating the 3D image without glasses, unless I'm mistaken.

    Glasses give a pop-out 3D effect, like you'd see at the cinema, where glasses free would be a pop-in I would assume. Where it would be like looking through a window into a virtual 3D world with depth.

  • des #22 2 years ago

    "gonna be processor heavy if they are serious about really enabling 3d games and in magnitude of 2 gens above NDS."

    DS is like 1995 hardware so i don't think that will be a problem.
    Besides don't expect every game to be in "3D"...

  • Der_tolle_Emil #23 2 years ago

    If the countless rumors about the next DS using nvidia graphics then you can be sure that it will be powerful enough to pull this off. Looking forward to it - and glad I skipped the DSi and the DS XL.

  • kincaide #24 2 years ago

    WTF?! How is this possible? Explain to me now.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #25 2 years ago

    WTF?! How is this possible?

    The screen has a funny lens arrangement that directs different images toward each eye, provided you hold it at the right angle to your face (which is a lot easier with a handheld than it is with, say, a living room TV).

    This camera:
    [link url=http://www.fujifilm.com/products/3d/camera/finepix_real3dw1/
    ]http://www.fujifilm.com/products/3d/came...[/link]
    has such a display. I've seen one, and it looks OK.

    Here's a video:
    <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhDKJ1hUo00
    ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IhDKJ1hUo00
    </a>
    though obviously you can't see the effect properly on the video since it's not in 3D.
    Edited by MENTAL1ST at 23/03/10 @ 09:10

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #26 2 years ago

    We are talking about PS2/Xbox graphical processing as a minimum?

    From what I can tell, the Nvidia Tegra likely to be in this console is in a similar power range to the PowerVR SGX chip in iPhone 3GS, iPad, Palm Pre and new high-end Android phones like the Nexus One and Droid. And therefore you can expect similar poly counts to PSP, but with potentially fancier effects applied thanks to the programmable pixel pipelines. At GDC, Nvidia had the same Unreal Engine 3 demo running on an unnamed Tegra device as Epic had going on iPhone 3GS and Palm Pre.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #27 2 years ago

    Also, I think it may be likely that the 3D will be limited to the top screen if the device is of the same form factor as DS (as is implied by the software compatibility). I can't help but think that a stylus of fingertip on a 3D screen would mess with your 3D perception and give you a headache.

    Plus, as far as I'm aware, nobody makes fuji-style 3D displays that are resistive touch enabled.

  • RodHull #28 2 years ago

    DS. DSi. DSi XL. DSi XL with new car smell.

    Thanks Nintendo for releasing a slightly better product year on year without any significant advantage! I love you nearly as much as I love Apple!!!

  • GaryHoward #29 2 years ago

    Cool, at least I won't have to wear those ridiculous Austin Power-looking polaroids! 3D Baby Yeah!

  • drxym #30 2 years ago

    Anyone who is expecting something mindblowing should remember who is building the thing. Most likely the 3DS is nothing more than a souped up DS with a tilt sensor so that a game can render the 3D view differently depending on how the user is tilting the display.

  • ChrisS #31 2 years ago

    It's already been said that the next DS will have similar architecture to GameCube, and the mention in the press release of the word 'succeed' would suggest this is much more than just a current DS with 3D. It's using totally different tech to that DSi game, which uses head-tracking via the DSi camera, and requires pretty much ideal lighting conditions to consistently work.

    What's odd about this is the timing of the announcement. Pre-emptive strike? Did Nintendo fear a leak? It's certainly keen to retain its stranglehold on the handheld market, arguably more so than it wants to win the war for your telly.

    Whatever the reason, E3's certainly going to be exciting.

  • Flying_Pig #32 2 years ago

    Interesting. But I'm reserving judgement 'til I see the hardware and games in action...

  • Razz #33 2 years ago

    So hopefully this will be out by March next year, I hope they manage to keep the cost down to less than £200

  • Quak #34 2 years ago

    3D without glasses?

    Hmm. I don't see how they'd get a 3D image without glasses, so instead of an actual 3D image I think this is where the accelerometers would come into play, allowing you to tilt the console backwards and forwards to manipulate the "3D" space on the screen. That would allow Nintendo to say it's a 3D console, it wouldn't require glasses and it wouldn't require 60fps refresh rates to give a smooth image.

    The reality would be a little disappointing compared to the suggestion, but it's more realistic IMO.

  • CallousB #35 2 years ago

    "What's odd about this is the timing of the announcement. Pre-emptive strike? Did Nintendo fear a leak?"

    Maybe they got wind of another company announcing their own 3D handheld so got the news out first? they have other stuff to announce at e3 so thought they'd announce this now...or it could simply be because their financial year is about to end so they want to create a buzz for the next year.

  • KDR_11k #36 2 years ago

    That announcement is so low on details I find it really hard to believe that Nintendo would tell everybody about it. It's probably true but why the hell, Nintendo? What could they possibly gain from an announcement like this? It just makes the thing sound stupid (yeah, another DS except with a disincentive for making 2D games, AWESOME!). They know that 3D alone is not enough to carry a new system. Telling people they're doing this will just give competitors more time to react and you know Sony will be all over the opportunity to make a 3D PSP.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #37 2 years ago

    I don't see how they'd get a 3D image without glasses

    Let me explain.

    Look at this image:
    [link url=http://innovativegames.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/crosseye.jpg
    ]http://innovativegames.net/blog/wp-conte...[/link]

    If you cross your eyes properly, at an appropriate distance, you can see the hallway in 3D.

    Now imagine that the screen has a lens effect that does the eye-crossing for you SO YOU CAN JUST LOOK AT THE DEVICE NORMALLY, so one image is sent in one direction, and another in the other direction. Thus, you get glasses-free 3D. However, if you tilt the screen away from your face, you'll see one image, the other, or both ghosted on top of one another.

    Funny, thinking about it, this sort of 3D tech won't work very well with the accelerometers that were rumoured to be included in the device. If it has them, I guess games will have to use one or the other.

    Edit: perhaps if I put stuff in bold, people will actually bloody read past the first sentence of this post.
    Edited by MENTAL1ST at 23/03/10 @ 13:22

  • thewool #38 2 years ago

    The music in the second part of that YouTube clip reminds of the 'resort hotel' music in Leisure Suit Larry III: Passionate Patti in Pursuit of the Pulsating Pectorals...

    [link url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWAg1s7xfz0&feature=player_embedded
    ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWAg1s7xf...[/link]

    old school Leisure Suit Larry > 3D technology

  • Toothball #39 2 years ago

    My first instinct was to check that today wasn't actually next Thursday. I guess we'll see soon enough how well it'll work. In the worst case though it'll probably be a more powerful DS, which won't be such a bad thing.

  • Drpwnage #40 2 years ago

    Must be a pre-emptive strike from Nintendo, they probably got wind of PSP3D!

  • FortysixterUK #41 2 years ago

    As long as the screens are the same size or bigger than the DSi XL I'm there

  • konniehuqfan #42 2 years ago

    If this is true then I'm buying one!

  • Phishfood #43 2 years ago

    Hmm 3DS, a DSi with 3 screens or a DSi with better 3D capabilities. Whatever they bring its gotta be good. The DS had some really great games during its lifetime but due to piracy and tons of mediocre titles it started to die off. With better piracy protection I hope to see this new hand held has the same momentum the original DS had at launch.

  • Monkey_Puncher #44 2 years ago

    Seems completely pointless to me. But then I initially thought the same about the original DS, so I'll wait and see.

  • mcmonkeyplc #45 2 years ago

    Interesting, does it require 4 metres of space to view?

  • Ryze #46 2 years ago

    Oh shit Virtual Boy II: The Revenge!

  • jerrymanu #47 2 years ago

    OK, Nintendo may finally have gained my interest for the first time since Goldeneye. If this performs and the 3rd parties support it, then maybe, just maybe...
    Edited by jerrymanu at 23/03/10 @ 11:15

  • SpaceMonkey77 #48 2 years ago

    Interesting, but this announcement is too low on details, for me. I'll wait til E3, when something tangible is available.

  • Razorus #49 2 years ago

    Nintendo innovate again! While I'm a little annoyed that ANOTHER DS is coming out, I can't deny this could potentially be very special. Now we can all wait to see how Sony try to imitate them. I give them 6 months until we see a prototype 3D PSP.
    Any bets?

  • Machetazo #50 2 years ago

    ooooo, wow!

  • justMe #51 2 years ago

    Hitachi provides the LCD screens for Nintendo, they recently announced this tech. So there you have it, the N3DS.

    Smoke and mirrors, without the smoke.
    Edited by justMe at 23/03/10 @ 11:29

  • Rorsch #52 2 years ago

    Touché Nintendo, touché

  • Quak #53 2 years ago

    If you cross your eyes properly, at an appropriate distance, you can see the hallway in 3D.

    Sorry, but I really don't see Nintendo releasing a console that asks you to cross your eyes and hold it a special distance from your face.

    edit: I'm getting voted down for this, so I guess you must all think he's right on the money with that one.
    Edited by Quak at 23/03/10 @ 16:12

  • rick1199 #54 2 years ago

    It cant be done with the cross eyes idea, surely that could be done on any console / handheld ?

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #55 2 years ago

    My God, you people are thick.

    Tiny mirrors, embedded in the glass, direct left and right images to either side. You won't have to cross your eyes, but you will have to look straight at the screen.

  • CallousB #56 2 years ago

    I'm sure this will have a true 3d screen. I can't see it just being something where you cross your eyes or just having head tracking.

    Mario Kart 3D would be a no brainer for launch as it would be a great style of game to show off the tech.
    Edited by CallousB at 23/03/10 @ 12:02

  • jonobabes #57 2 years ago

    A sequel to Super Paper Mario or a game in that vain could work nicely with this tech :)

  • Beano #58 2 years ago

    "If you cross your eyes properly, at an appropriate distance, you can see the hallway in 3D."

    LOL... ok, let's get real here. Nintendo is not planning on launching a device where the consumer is require to "cross" his/her eyes to get a 3D effect.

    3D displays which do not require special glasses are on the market (called autostereoscopic) and that's propably the display tech Nintendo plan on using. One of the limitation of autostereoscopic displays is the the limited angles where the 3D effect is working, but for a handheld device the angle is allready narrover and may not be a issue.
    Edited by Beano at 23/03/10 @ 12:24

  • Mkwone #59 2 years ago

    From the video MeBrains posted it looks brilliant. my one concern is the seperation between the two screens hampers the effect. I wonder if an OLED screen which is flexible and thus foldable will be used. or is that a step too far?

  • lavalant #60 2 years ago

    ^^yeh the separation between the screens is annoying, why do they even need 2 screens for the next handheld, only a very small number of titles uses the twin screens effectively, one screen would be better for a 3D handheld and the screen could be split via software if needed.

  • makeamazing #61 2 years ago

    I suspect there is a 3d PSP coming, and they have done a pre-emptive strike. What with all the 3D talk from Sony recently, this would not surprise me. Well more tech is always good :)

  • Quak #62 2 years ago

    Hilarious that I've been marked down for stating something that DigitalFoundary has come out and echoed. Are you losers going to mark them down as well because they don't predict a 3D hologram protruding 6 inches up from the console's face?

    Pricks.

  • Lukus #63 2 years ago

    Razorus
    23/03/10 @ 11:27
    Nintendo innovate again! While I'm a little annoyed that ANOTHER DS is coming out, I can't deny this could potentially be very special. Now we can all wait to see how Sony try to imitate them. I give them 6 months until we see a prototype 3D PSP.
    Any bets?

    It's hardly innovation is it. 3d is the way everything will probably end up in gaming sooner or later, even if it does end up being a huge waste of time with hindsight. Nintendo have just announced their hardware before everyone else. They've said nothing to make me thing it will be particularly innovative. Yet.
    Edited by Lukus at 23/03/10 @ 13:24

  • darkmorgado #64 2 years ago

    @Quak

    Actually, you idiot, DF does discuss the flat-screen display with mirrors approach (at the end), and says that it would be a perfect fit for the 3DS, just that he thinks it unlikely that Nintendo would use tech that it is unreliable in low lighting conditions (which doesnt mean anything - they could have a solution to that). So shove that up your arse and smoke it.

  • youhavenomail #65 2 years ago

    I felt aggrieved when they announced the DSi XL straight after I bought my DSi. Now I'm kinda glad I couldn't afford an XL at launch, a couple of weeks before they decide to announce this. But would it be too much to ask them to just release the supadupa 3DSi XL to begin with this time around instead of messing us about again? I know they like to fleece us, but come on!
    Edited by youhavenomail at 23/03/10 @ 13:46

  • ant72 #66 2 years ago

    I'll put £20 quid on a lenticular display

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lenticular_...

  • Eraysor #67 2 years ago

    If it's back-compatible it'll be a day 1 purchase for me.

  • GamesProgrammer Verified Games Team Programmer, Eutechnyx Ltd. #68 2 years ago

    If they think its unlikely that Nintendo would use tech that's unreliable in low lighting situations they obviously don't remember the original GBA or the original DS

  • Quak #69 2 years ago

    @darkmorgado

    Actually, you moron, as DF and a load of other people on here have already worked out, Nintendo isn't going to alienate their casual user-base with technology that only works under special circumstances in unique conditions. It will have to be pick-up-and-play - intuitive and easy to use so that even grandparents and soccer moms can use it (as with the current lineup of DS consoles).

    If you want real, cutting edge, untested technology that only works if you squint at the right angle then you'll have to look elsewhere.

    Anyone except total pricks like you can see that.

  • smelly #70 2 years ago

    @Quak : "Hilarious that I've been marked down for stating something that DigitalFoundary has come out and echoed."


    Yes - because DF *Really* know what they're talking about.. *sigh*.

    I've seen 3d screens which work without glasses.. and without head tracking.. And they work... And handheld sized ones will be more than viable.
    Edited by smelly at 23/03/10 @ 15:36

  • smelly #71 2 years ago

    >I'll put £20 quid on a lenticular display

    Lenticular displays are hard to turn off for a 2d game.. so unless they have some whizz bang new tech (unlikely) it wont be backwards compat with DS.

    MORE LIKELY (imho - and as andrew oliver says) is the parallax approach.. Which is basically a layered screen.. You dont get images popping out at you, but you do get a really good perception of depth..

    Could be wrong. But i think those predicting just head tracking are WAAY off, as you can do that with the DSi in software - and would only work for the person playing (Which'd be a crap for showing it off in game shops, etc).

    Edited by smelly at 23/03/10 @ 15:33

  • smelly #72 2 years ago

    @Quak (again) quote : "If you want real, cutting edge, untested technology that only works if you squint at the right angle then you'll have to look elsewhere."

    Erm.. I dont know where you're getting this "needing to squint" or "right angle" stuff from? 3d displays have existed for years, they work from a wide angle range (about the same as a normal lcd screen), and dont require you to squint

    So i dont know why you're getting offensive there? Why are you so upset you need to call people "pricks" who seem to know more about the availble tech than you do?


    Quote "Nintendo isn't going to alienate their casual user-base with technology that only works under special circumstances in unique conditions"

    Exactly.. which is why they almost definately WONT be doing head tracking - which only works for the person playing.. under special circumstances.. (unless you had a blue glowing ball on your head ala playstation move).

    Japan are already putting 3d screens in nearly everything from phones to cameras.. the prospect of having it in a games machine 1 year away isnt exactly sci-fi.

    Edited by smelly at 23/03/10 @ 16:11

  • smelly #73 2 years ago

    @KingAntoine : True.. But then if history also repeats itself.. sony will be too scared to take the risk to implement the tech.. and just laugh at this and call this a gimmick.. THEN when this succesful they'll release their version of it.. while trying to plaster over the fact they called this a gimmick a few years earlier.

  • Quak #74 2 years ago

    @smelly

    Yes - because DF *Really* know what they're talking about.. *sigh*.

    Yes they do, and they said the same thing I said this morning so... thanks for backing up my point.

    Erm.. I dont know where you're getting this "needing to squint" or "right angle" stuff from?

    Really? That's odd. Try reading the post I was quoting.

    Why are you so upset you need to call people "pricks" who seem to know more about the availble tech than you do?

    So someone who's suggesting that Nintendo will employ a technology that requires you to squint (read the fucking post before you reply) knows more about it than I do?

    And smelly, I wouldn't *start* getting on my high horse if I were you. We all remember your claims from back in the day that the Wii would be just as powerful as the 360 and PS3. We all remember how you were adamant that Nintendo would somehow be able to put together a console that was just as powerful and sell it for £200 at a profit while Sony and Microsoft would be selling theirs at a loss.

    Yeah, that showed us all exactly how much of a fuck-wit Nintendo fanboy you are, so I really wouldn't count on anyone taking anything you have to say about a new Nintendo handheld seriously.

  • smelly #75 2 years ago

    This is how the paralax approach (most likely imho) works:
    [link url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/12/3d_illusion/
    ]http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/12/...[/link]

    And that was from 6 years ago.. so tech is almost definitely far enough ahead now to work..

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #76 2 years ago

    To be fair to Sony, they have been doing stereo 3D tech demos for months now on PS3, although they're aiming for the buy-a-massive-Vaio-3D-TV crowd.

    I'm not sure what I expect Sony to do with the PSP, though. They clearly need to do something, but PSP Go has bombed. In terms of graphical quality, Tegra and PowerVR SGX chips aren't so much more powerful than PSP that it'd make much difference to the games. What they probably need to do is keep the hardware spec as-is, but just bite the bullet, put a phone in it and slash the prices of their downloadable games.

  • Quak #77 2 years ago

    @Mentalist(air)

    Hiya. Regarding Tegra not being much more powerful than the current PSP, did you see the DF post that talked specifically about that? They seemed to think a Tegra-powered follow-up would be a lot more powerful because it would contain a lot more cores.

    I don't have the link but it will be on their site. It's a good read.

  • smelly #78 2 years ago

    quiote : "We all remember your claims from back in the day that the Wii would be just as powerful as the 360 and PS3."


    No i didnt.. If you search and read.. you'll see in context it was when we were discussing low def vs high def and before we knew specs of machines - i said that in THEORY even if it had less power than the other 2, because it was outputting in low def it could possibly have more effects and more things on screen as it wasnt wasting time rendering at a higher resolution.. And in theory a game running at lower resolutions could use the extra power to look better than those running at higher resolutions... And that high resolutions dont automatically make a game look better.

    Turns out the wii had less power than we thought back then.. but i was right, which is why games like halo 3 dont run at 720p... And why (imho) mario galaxy is one of the best looking games of this gen despite running at low-def.

    And yes - play the "smelly is a nintendo fanboy" card if you like.. anyone who bothers to look at my gamer profile will see i spend easily more time on the 360 than wii.


    But why are you so defensive and angry? Are you some psp lover who's currently very upset? I wouldnt be if i were you, im sure sony will do their own version of this tech - when it's proved succesful.
    Edited by smelly at 23/03/10 @ 16:29

  • smelly #79 2 years ago

    If this is true - then it seems like i was even right about the display they're using:

    [link url=http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/nintendo-3ds-to-come-with-3d-control-stick-vibration-and-sha/
    ]http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/23/ninte...[/link]

    quote : suggesting that the new portable game machine with feature a parallax barrier LCD from Sharp

  • Buenos_Estente #80 2 years ago

    Super Paper mario cubed, Mario Kart 3D, Zelda 3d (windwaker stylee), Metroid 3d

    Yes perlease

    hopethe 3D is quite impressive (not expecting miracles just something that will make me feel a bit more like im living in the future), reasonably priced, well back lit and can hold a charge

    Always buy the first incarnation of Nintendo handhelds and always update to the "lite/advanced". Hope they get it closer to right the first time round this time!

  • Incarta #81 2 years ago

    Sounds good. It's ticking alot of boxes for me. At the right price, and if it works as well as initial observations say, i'll be getting one.

  • MENTAL1ST Verified Senior Software Engineer, Picsel UK Ltd. #82 2 years ago

    They seemed to think a Tegra-powered follow-up would be a lot more powerful because it would contain a lot more cores.

    I reckon Nintendo will use a cheap one, though. They have certainly done that with the Arm chips in both GBA, DS and DSi up to this point.

    One thing the 3DS certainly won't have at launch is the ability to be used as a telephone, even if it does have some sort of whispersync-style 3G network connectivity in it, as has been mooted. That's the angle Microsoft are working for mobile games with Windows Phone 7 Series, and that's where Apple is at.

  • FladgeMangle #83 2 years ago

    Everyone thought the DS was a gimmick until it went stratospheric in it's DS lite form. This could be amazing or cause massive "wonky eye headache" lawsuits.

    Interesting to see what Sony do about it. Maybe they'll come up with something that Nintendo will copy 10 years later...

    [link url=http://www.mywii.com.au/img/news/NewsSuggest_RSQWBSYW.jpg
    ]http://www.mywii.com.au/img/news/NewsSug...[/link]

    I'm expecting red, but try to imagine a smiley where these words are.

  • hahayou #84 2 years ago

    This is interesting, but the majority of the best games on DS are pure 2D games that wouldn't benefit from it.
    I do hope this doesn't produce a race to 3D and leave developers neglecting 2D, I like my 2D handheld games.

  • IneptPercy #85 2 years ago

    I don't care about the constant DS updates as I have chose to ignore them and stay with my DS lite.

    But if this brings something new and isn't to big then I may well be in.

  • Vedfolner #86 2 years ago

    Here we are once again - poor Sony and MS: "Oh no, me too!! Me too!!" " We already made one of those in ´88 but it was too boring" etc.

  • coolbritannia #87 2 years ago

    I'm loving how one man's conjecture can be so casually dismissed by another man's conjecture. This press release says nothing in terms of detail, so who can say who's right?

  • Shikasama #88 2 years ago

    Sony must be seething with rage right now

  • smelly #89 2 years ago

    >"but the majority of the best games on DS are pure 2D games that wouldn't benefit from it. "

    I dunno.. Take a game like NSMB - now just seperate it into say 3 seperate planes.. where you control mario on the foreground, and the background has depth behind him.. and when you kick a turtle it flies out the screen.

    it'd still be 2d gameplay.. but would take advatnage of the 3d depth and stuff.

  • smelly #90 2 years ago

    Its interesting people keep going on about the DS updates.. when there's actually has been more updates to the psp than the ds...

    And, not to mention the iphone/ipod touch... which has gone thru 3 iterations in a couple of years.

  • Dizzy #91 2 years ago

    E3 certainly is going to be interesting. Looking forward to any nintendo product.

  • canIdoyabombsforya #92 2 years ago

    youhavenomail
    "I felt aggrieved when they announced the DSi XL straight after I bought my DSi. Now I'm kinda glad I couldn't afford an XL at launch, a couple of weeks before they decide to announce this. But would it be too much to ask them to just release the supadupa 3DSi XL to begin with this time around instead of messing us about again? I know they like to fleece us, but come on! "

    So you bought a pair of trousers, they announce a larger size and you felt aggreived, LOL
    If the regular DSi was too small or it didn't have all the features you need, then why the fu#k buy it?

    All DSs are still a current platform and supported by the industry. It's good that Nintendo can evolve them for the new gamers who come into the hobby.You should feel aggrieved your parents produced a whinging tw#t who's never happy with his toys.







  • jonsaan #93 2 years ago

    Nintendo's last 3D console was a massive success wasn't it? Oh wait...

  • SG #94 2 years ago

    There goes my purchase of the DSi XL. Think I'll hang on to my Lite for the time being...

  • JJrabbit #95 2 years ago

    @jonsaan - Yeah, you're right. Technology hasn't improved in over a decade. Oh wait....