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Nintendo 3DS To Be Released In February/March

Posted by Soulskill on from the now-with-more-dimensions dept.

angry tapir writes "Nintendo's 3DS, the first portable game device with 3D graphic technology, will go on sale in Japan on Feb. 26 next year. The 3DS will cost ¥25,000 (US$298), Satoru Iwata, Nintendo's president, told a packed news conference in Chiba, Japan. It will launch in Europe, Australia and the US in March." Nintendo also detailed a number of games that will launch at or near the same time, and they said the online shop would get some improvements

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  1. Not first. by pecosdave · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The Virtual Boy was portable.

    Also a friend of mine had a game that looked like a pair of binoculars far older than the Virtual Boy. It had a passive back light, meaning it was best played outside or under a lamp. It was from the late 70's or early 80's, it was akin to an LCD game though it was 3D.

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  2. Re:Are these hackable? by walshy007 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Very hackable, very cheaply too (flash cards are a dime a dozen these days), there's an open source sdk called devkitpro that will handle all your dev needs also.

    Limitations to consider though, the ds only has 4mb of ram, and it's 3d hardware is not too crash hot, it has no floating point units at all and does everything in 16-bit fixed point.

  3. Re:3DS screen on cell phone? by Rolman · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As someone who played quite some time with the 3DS last june, I can say that I started to despise the now obsolete 2D display on my phone. And that, without taking the 3D camera into account.

    The 3D effect is almost flawless. The "3D slider" which helps you adjust the degree of the effect, makes it perfectly usable for just about anyone.

    I think it's pretty safe to say we're going to see news of a phone with 3D display soon after the 3DS launch.

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  4. Re:$300. Ugh by wiredlogic · · Score: 3, Informative

    Notice that the original price is set at 25000 Yen. It will likely sell at $250, £250, and 250 euros.

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  5. Re:gonna be pricey to by darthdavid · · Score: 3, Funny

    BRITISH, FEMALEPARENTCOPULATOR... DO YOU SAY INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY?

    "300$ that is being possible?" What does that level average?

    ftfy

    ftfy^2