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Nintendo Announces 3D Successor of Nintendo DS

Posted by Soulskill on from the had-to-check-my-calendar dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Nintendo has posted a press release (PDF) titled 'Launch of New Portable Game Machine,' promoting a new, upcoming handheld game console temporarily named the 'Nintendo 3DS,' which will feature 3D graphics without the need for any sort of special glasses. It will be backward-compatible with DS and DSi games." An article at Kotaku speculates on how the 3D tech will work. The launch window is vague — sometime between April 2010 and March 2011. More details will be revealed at E3 in June.

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  1. Virtual Boy by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Virtual Boy anyone? I thought they did this before :P

    1. Re:Virtual Boy by binarylarry · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hey, it works for Windows!

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  2. April - June wormhole? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Between April of this year and March of next year? Details to come in June? So if it launches in April, we wont find out about the tech until June?

  3. so..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    can i hold my wii in my hands now?

    1. Re:so..... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

      sure, but it'll drip though your fingers.

  4. Successor to the 3DS? by Archaemic · · Score: 3, Funny

    I look forward to the successor of the Nintendo 3DS: the Nintendo 3DS Max.

    1. Re:Successor to the 3DS? by Necroloth · · Score: 2, Funny
      sorry, don't know why it chopped it off.. but here's another attempt!:

      Dsi

      3DSi

      3DSi Turbo

      3DSi: Rainbow Edition

      DSi Alpha 2

      DSi Alpha 3

      DSi EX2

      DSi EX3

      DSi3

      DSi3 2nd Impact

      DSi3 3rd Strike

  5. 3D without glasses? by davegravy · · Score: 4, Funny

    That's easy. The user closes the left and right eye rapidly in an alternating fashion and in sync with the stereo signal switching.

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  7. Let's hear from the haters. by samael · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm looking forward to all of the "Use both of my eyes? Why would I want to do that? I also prefer my games in black and white, and with subtitles held up between scenes rather than hearing the dialogue. Also, I have live musicians sit next to me on the bus and play the game music." comments.

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  8. Re:When will it end? by nullnick · · Score: 5, Funny

    As a cyclops who doesn't see in 3D anyway, I have no interest in the gimmick. Don't you do this to me Nintendo! :(

    Wrong smile. o)