Nintendo 3DS

Regulus Tera · 03-23-2010, 02:33 AM

Taken from Nintendo's PR site (Japanese) http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100323.pdf

- New portable hardware
- To be announced at E3
- Uses 3D
- No glasses
- Release (in Japan?) ~~after~~ before March 2011
- Prints money

Will it need glasses?

Google translate:

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No glasses then.

EDIT: Kotaku is already reporting (because I know you fuckers don't trust me):

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kotaku

At E3, Nintendo will be announcing new hardware, the Nintendo 3DS.

The portable allows gamers to experience 3D gaming without 3D glasses. Nintendo describes the portable as allowing games to be "enjoyed with 3D effects without the need for any special glasses". According to Nintendo, the product will go on sale between April 2010 and March 2011.

In early January, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata gave an interview with Japan's second largest newspaper The Asahi Shimbun in which he apparently said the Nintendo DS successor will have "highly detailed graphics, and it will be necessary to have a sensor with the ability to read the movements of people playing".

Nintendo of America later told Kotaku that the Asahi Shimbun had "misinterpreted" Iwata's remarks. "Mr. Iwata did not make any comments regarding the functions of Nintendo's future hardware systems," Charlie Scibetta, Nintendo of America's senior director of corporate communications told Kotaku. "The answer to the reporter's question was misinterpreted."

The Asahi Shimbun stands by its reporting and issued a statement to Kotaku Japan that read: "The article quoted Nintendo President Satoru Iwata's comment accurately." The actual quote in the article is a fragment of a longer sentence.

At a Nintendo quarterly Q&A, the exec addressed the issue with the Asahi Shimbun, asserting that the reporter stated, "The graphics for the next DS will be highly detailed and it will contain a motion sensor, right?" Iwata claims he then replied, "Those things are naturally being required. But do you think it would sell with just that?" Iwata emphasized that this last part was left completely out.

It appears that the extra element Nintendo believed was necessary to really sell the DS successor is 3D.

Regarding 3D, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has previously stated that Nintendo would need to look into the "possible health effects" of playing video games in 3D for prolonged periods of time.

EDIT2: They are not even bothering to hide it. Here's the PR in English.

mudah.swf · 03-23-2010, 03:39 AM

3D without glasses? Seamless screens? Holy shit. Nice to see Nintendo bust out a real upgrade this time. edit: Anyone else think that Gen V Pokemon will debut on this thing?

Kyanbu The Legend · 03-23-2010, 03:46 AM

Looks like it.

Mirai Gen · 03-23-2010, 03:47 AM

I heard about them designing 3d then having it project in 3d, but I had figured it would have been done with consoles first.

Live and learn.

Curious what this is going to be like. I'm not sold on 3d but gimmickness is Nintendo's trusty revolver when it comes to new consoles. I'm not, however, too cynical to dismiss this entirely since hell I love my DS.

Regulus Tera · 03-23-2010, 03:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mirai Gen

I heard about them designing 3d then having it project in 3d, but I had figured it would have been done with consoles first.

Live and learn.

Curious what this is going to be like. I'm not sold on 3d but gimmickness is Nintendo's trusty revolver when it comes to new consoles. I'm not, however, too cynical to dismiss this entirely since hell I love my DS.

Lifted from GAF:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ravidrath

Updating this a little...

This was floating around GDC as being confirmed by people working on the hardware.

What I've heard is...

1) Two screens, with virtually no seam between them when open
2) Screens are larger and higher resolution, but exact resolution is unknown
3) Powered by nVidia Tegra
4) Roughly as powerful as a Gamecube, and apparently similar to program for
5) Uses carts - believed to be same physical size as DS/DSi carts, only with different guts
6) Due out in 2010 in at least one territory
7) Accelerometer for motion control

Looking forward to seeing it.

I'm guessing that means backwards compatibility!

Also, Coro Coro is revealing more Pok�mon 5 features next week. I'm guessing that's why this was revealed so soon.

Kim · 03-23-2010, 11:49 AM

The motion control has me a little worried, because I don't want to have to waggle my DS, but I'm thinking it's more for telling how you're holding it to help with the whole 3D thing.

Viridis · 03-23-2010, 12:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NonCon

The motion control has me a little worried, because I don't want to have to waggle my DS, but I'm thinking it's more for telling how you're holding it to help with the whole 3D thing.

Example of how such a thing (fake 3D via motion sensing) would work.

Azisien · 03-23-2010, 01:23 PM

I like my DS Lite so much I actually will find it hard to care about this one.

Which is in itself a complement to Nintendo I guess.

Regulus Tera · 03-23-2010, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Azisien

I like my DS Lite so much I actually will find it hard to care about this one.

Which is in itself a complement to Nintendo I guess.

Nintendo is so gonna kill original DS support like they did with the GBA.

Krylo · 03-23-2010, 01:57 PM

It's made out of cardboard! And... Legos? Tiny legos? Papercraft?

But for serious, that's actually pretty neat. Sci-fi shit, right there. Regular back to the future kind of thing.

I look forward to when they make phones that project 3D images of who you're talking to.

03-23-2010, 03:39 AM	#2
mudah.swf Rocky Wrench Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: England Posts: 1,294	3D without glasses? Seamless screens? Holy shit. Nice to see Nintendo bust out a real upgrade this time. edit: Anyone else think that Gen V Pokemon will debut on this thing? Last edited by mudah.swf; 03-23-2010 at 03:41 AM.

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Kyanbu The Legend Local Rookie Indie Dev Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 5,497	Looks like it. __________________

03-23-2010, 03:47 AM	#4
Mirai Gen We are Geth. Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 14,032	I heard about them designing 3d then having it project in 3d, but I had figured it would have been done with consoles first. Live and learn. Curious what this is going to be like. I'm not sold on 3d but gimmickness is Nintendo's trusty revolver when it comes to new consoles. I'm not, however, too cynical to dismiss this entirely since hell I love my DS. __________________

03-23-2010, 11:49 AM	#6
Kim adorable Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 12,950	The motion control has me a little worried, because I don't want to have to waggle my DS, but I'm thinking it's more for telling how you're holding it to help with the whole 3D thing. __________________ this post is about how to successfully H the Kimmy

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Krylo The Straightest Shota Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: It's a secret to everybody. Posts: 17,789	It's made out of cardboard! And... Legos? Tiny legos? Papercraft? But for serious, that's actually pretty neat. Sci-fi shit, right there. Regular back to the future kind of thing. I look forward to when they make phones that project 3D images of who you're talking to. __________________ I am very tired.

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Azisien wat Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,177	I like my DS Lite so much I actually will find it hard to care about this one. Which is in itself a complement to Nintendo I guess.