Nintendo 3DS
 

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• The Nintendo 3DS is black and blue, red and black as well as black and, well, black.
• As promised, this is a glasses-free 3D device
• Two cameras on the outside of the device are for 3D picture taking
• There is a 3D depth slider on the side of the device
• The round nub analog stick is called the "Slide Pad"
• The bottom screen is a touch panel
• Below the touch screen are Select, Home and Start buttons
• Underneath the A, B, X, Y buttons is the handheld's power button
• It has a motion sensor and gyroscope
• The 3DS is compatible with Nintendo DSi
• There is a camera facing the player above the portable's 3D screen
• It has the ability to play 3D Hollywood movies, like Legends of the Guardians from Warner Brothers
• The 3DS launch game will be Kid Icarus: Uprising
• It is a powerful system, featuring improved graphics
• The 3DS periodically searches for WiFi spots and other 3DSs
• It offers easy online navigation
• There is no monthly fee for Nintendo's 3DS online access
• Nintendo is developing 3D Nintendogs
• More than twenty companies have signed on to develop for the 3DS
• The top screen is 3.5 inches
• Nintendo is aiming to have the 3DS's battery life to be the equivalent of the DSi's.
• Nintendo would not provide specifics on the effect of 3D on battery life
• Nintendo is remaking classic games, including The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
• No cell phone carrier will be needed for the wireless functionally
• The stylus going in from the top part of the lower hinge unit
• Release date is TBA
• Price is TBA

SOURCE: http://kotaku.com/5563466/the-ninten...finitive-guide

CONFIRMED GAMES:

Activision
DJ Hero 3D

AQ INTERACTIVE
cubic ninja

ATLUS
Etrian Odyssey
Shin Megami Tensei
Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor

Capcom
RESIDENT EVIL REVELATIONS
SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 3D Edition (name not final)

Electronic Arts
FIFA Soccer
Madden NFL
The Sims 3

Gameloft
Asphalt GT

Harmonix
Music game

HUDSON SOFT
Bomberman franchise
DECA SPORTS franchise
KORORINPA franchise

KONAMI
Baseball franchise
Contra franchise
Frogger franchise
HIDEO KOJIMA'S METAL GEAR SOLID SNAKE EATER 3D
"The Naked Sample"
PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER franchise /
WINNING ELEVEN franchise

LEVEL-5
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (name not final)

Majesco Entertainment
BloodRayne: The Shroud
A Boy and His Blob
Face Racers: Photo Finish
Lion's Pride: Adventures on the Serengeti
Martha Stewart
WonderWorld Amusement Park

Marvelous Entertainment
BOKUJYOUMONOGATARI 3D (name not final)

NAMCO BANDAI Games
Dragon Ball franchise (name not final)
Gundam franchise (name not final)
PAC-MAN & GALAGA (name not final)
RIDGE RACER (name not final)
Super Robot franchise (name not final)

Nintendo
Animal Crossing
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Mario Kart
Nintendogs + cats
Paper Mario
PilotWings Resort
Star Fox 64 3D
Steel Diver
ROCKET
Crash-City GP
VS-robo

SEGA
Sonic (name not final)
Super Monkey Ball (name not final)

SQUARE ENIX
CODENAME: Chocobo Racing 3D
DRAGON QUEST franchise
FINAL FANTASY franchise
KINGDOM HEARTS franchise

Take-Two Interactive
Carnival Games franchise

TECMO KOEI GAMES
DEAD OR ALIVE 3D (name not final)
DYNASTY WARRIORS (name not final)
NINJA GAIDEN (name not final)
SAMURAI WARRIORS 3D (name not final)

TOMY
LOVELY LISA 3D
NARUTO SHIPPUDEN ACTION

THQ
de Blob 2
Kung Fu Panda Kaboom of Doom
Marvel Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet
The Penguins of Madagascar
Puss N Boots
Saints Row: Drive-By

Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed Lost Legacy
Battle of Giants: Dinosaur Strike
Driver Renegade
Hollywood 61 (name not final)
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory

Warner Bros
Batman franchise
LEGO franchise

SOURCE: Nintendo

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AnimeSuki 3DS friend codes with 3DS names in brackets (as of 03/02/2012):

papermario13689 (Thomas): 1418-6708-1723
SOGESNAKE (SOGESNAKE): 1547-5199-4726
Shiroth (Shiro): 2234-7124-9092
kyouray (kyou): 2750-1081-3884
Kurosu (Cross): 4339-2490-9632
ttdestroy (Wilson): 3265-5070-6816
SilverSyko (SilverSyko): 2019-9668-8893
Bonta Kun (Bonta): 0044-2820-5770
Qikz (ジイームス): 0001-3269-2109
drsypher (Dave): 3308-4575-4330
Jze0 (Jze0): 4253-3505-1975
xMythycle: 2793-1012-8861
jedinat (Nat): 0516-7633-9898
Sagi: 1934-0657-4175

Glad I got in here early, there's a bit of official confirmation that you'll need to have here in case people question the 3DS:

Official memo from Nintendo's website WARNING: .pdf file

Also, some other rumors:

-Next Gen Nvidia Tegra = Tegra 2
-Hinge-less design in that both screens can be folded to become one large screen
-Big screens are probably in the 3.5 - 4 inch range
-Backwards compatible could either mean uses the same DS Slot-1 cartridge or download-able AKA DSiware.

E3 seems so far away now... :D

Holy crap, this came out of nowhere! Nice news to wake up to, though. 3D, huh? I suppose I should expect a flood of snarky Virtual Boy-related comments coming.

Yeah but I'm gonna bet it's going to be very successful, the Nintendo DS was a gamble for Nintendo but they have managed to build an extremely strong brand that will give the Nintendo 3DS a good boost.

Anyway I am really looking forward to it :)

Wow Angelic Cross, you still using that ashley avatar. Just, wow, the last time I saw that picture was several years ago :heh:

And that should be confirmed to have dual-touch screens, due to the backwards compatibility with DSi games.

Wow, such pleasant news to wake up to. Can't wait to see it.

Seems like its a good time to replace my old DS.

The screen and graphics capabilities sounds very good.

What does "3D without the need of special glasses" mean? It puzzles me what I have to think of that.

Either it's virtual boy again, or



or maybe something better.

Most likely it would be stereoscopic or holographic 3D technology, or they can come up with a totally new invention, [i]patent it[i/] so others won't be stealing again.

Keep the rumor mill going and going

-I'm not sure if you guys have ever seen it before, but there used to be these collectable card-sized stuff that had a picture behind it and it was covered in a type of transparent plastic that if you looked at it at all angles, it's quite literally a 3D, non-electronic image. This 3DS could be using a digital electronic version of this, which I'll say is very believable.
-Seems to corroborate my claims of screen sizes between 3.5 - 4 inches.
-3D control stick(s), or something like that PSP analog stick.
-Improved Wifi transfers (can we finally pass the 200KB transfer rate?)
-Improved battery life
-vibration function (built-in rumble pack? Should've been in the DS Fat :heh: )

Someone better leak images a la PSPgo :D

@mangatron

Yes, what you're describing is holographic 3D.

Hurrah! Nintendo's latest money printer!

A part of me wants to get it because it sounds cool but then I remember the crap third party games that will come out and it puts me off but then I remember the good first party games.

I believe the effect will be like this: there's going to be a camera keeping track of the position of your eyes, and then the image of the game will change accordingly, giving the impression you're seeing a three-dimensional image.

updated rumors in the first post with Mangatrons rumors :)

@Cub-Sama lol at DS having bad third party support :P

Just want to point out this patent they filed at the beginning of the month:
http://kotaku.com/5487241/nintendo-p...rtridge-design

So, if this is the cartridge patent for the 3DS, the actual DS cartridges will be backwards compatible due to the same number of pins being used.

You know, I had a discussion with my brothers, and I've not seen it mentioned anywhere so far yet, but about the backwards compatibility, if this 3DS really has 3D capability, then there has to be some way to turn it off.

Because I really doubt existing DS games can magically turn into 3D, right? Unless that is possible, but how exactly do you turn Advance Wars Dual Strike into 3D? :heh:

Don't tell me this is Xbox - Xbox360 all over again with limited BC support. Then again maybe 2D games will stay 2D and those that use 3D graphics can be boosted to 3D. Hmm, needs more digging :D

Not sure if 3D games would have the ability to be turned off, but I would assume they could. It seems Nintendo likes the idea of making anything that could alter battery life into something that can be changed (sound, light levels). I believe multiple screens or displays or however they planned on doing the 3D would qualify under that.

In any case, the system itself would definitely have the ability to play 2D games. It's just whether the games had the ability to have the 3D turned off.

Well, it would make sense to be able to switch of 3D, if the screens do have that overlay, a way would be to just turn off the overlay. Kind of like how the DS play's GBA games, one screen stays off but the entire screen used on the GBA is on (not limiting itself to the size of the GBA resolution.)