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Nintendo announces the Nintendo 3DS, will be revealed at E3 and release before March 2011

March 23, 2010 in Press Release comments 12

In a press release released via its Investor Relations site, Nintendo has announced a new handheld: the Nintendo 3DS, a portable that will succeed the best-selling Nintendo DS, which has sold over 125 million units worldwide as of December 2009.

The Nintendo 3DS will feature 3D without the need for 3D glasses, ushering in a new generation of handhelds. Additionally, the device will be backwards-compatible with Nintendo DS and DSi software. The 3DS will be formally unveiled at this year's E3 by Nintendo in Los Angeles on June 15th. The system will release within the next fiscal year, which ends in March 2011.

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  • 0
    Rabla Mar 23, 10
    Dayummmmm.

    Ninty sure knows how to keep the money coming.
  • 0
    Spike Spiegel Mar 23, 10
    3D without the need for glasses? I'm a bit skeptical... How does that work and for that matter, how well? I can't wait to see a demo.
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      Hideo1 Mar 23, 10
      There's a gif demonstrating the effect that I saw somewhere and it was actually quite brilliant, if it's the same one they're using. That said it's still a gimmick and won't make the core games themselves any better, so meh.
  • 2
    Insanity Prevails* Mar 23, 10
    Looking forward to this. Was not keen on the whole DSi thing but this does look to be a proper step up.
  • 0
    Ech0ez Mar 23, 10
    3D without the glasses? Whilst I'm extremely skeptical of games in 3D anyway, this could well be quite interesting, especially considering it's a handheld system. Nice to hear it's backwards compatible as well.
  • 0
    Murray3 Mar 23, 10
    Virtual Boy was in 3D... That is my sentence.
  • 0
    Aussie Legend Mar 23, 10
    Oh jesus, 3D is finally here

    Ugh... not something I would buy.
  • 0
    Daweii Mar 23, 10
    I hope they aren't going to use a lenticular effect. You know those novelty posters that have a bumpy texture as it is two layers of directional plastic to give the image underneath a 3D effect. I don't see Nintendo being the first to do no glasses 3D through hardware, I do think it will have to be a screen gimmick that will lower the quality of the image.
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    Onvacation Mar 23, 10
    I reckon it will have a camera on the front that will move the viewpoint of the in game camera according to your head movements, it's a very good 3D mimic
  • 1
    Xenctuary Mar 23, 10
    Wow! I'm really looking forward to seeing how this one pans out.
  • 0
    Ground Mar 23, 10
    Ugh. 3D, like in movies?


    I'm sorry, I probably won't buy this until the DS completely dies.
  • 0
    Cirno Mar 24, 10
    Ugh, not another one. The graphics on this thing are horrible, they'll look even worse in 3D.

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