Though shaping and play style is still as old school as ever, Nintendo is somehow following the trend of 3D, with their gem called the Nintendo 3DS. Yes, as the name said, you get to play 3D games on this new handheld. Following the success of the Game Boy, and Game Boy Advance, and the last DS, the 3DS still looks like a brick. But when its covered up, it looks like Nokia’s old communicator.
The 3DS is Nintendo’s answer to 3D gaming, and its showing off its glass-free technology at E3 press conference. Its something that Kyoto-base game company would like to call “a solution that lets you take 3D gaming along with you wherever you go”. Somehow, we don’t need the bulky glasses when playing the 3DS, which seemed rather unbelievable and breath-taking, when every other major player requires 3D glasses for their product.
The upper screen is surprisingly only 3.5-inches, the size of an iPhone 4. Not as wide as we’d expect. There is a slider on the side that lets you tweak the 3D effect, seemingly enabling you to adjust its depth based on your distance from the screen, or turn it off entirely. As with the current DS, the bottom is a touchscreen, and is not 3D.
The analog stick on the side is called a “Slide Pad”. There’s a gyro motion sensor, making the 3DS compatible with DSi games. Two cameras are integrated inside, making capturing 3D photos possible. Nintendo is also talking about how the system will seek out Wi-Fi hotspots or other 3DS systems “without you knowing,” which sounds a bit gloomy. Systems can communicate regardless of which games are being played. It can even pull in new DLC directly from other consoles, all without a monthly fee.
Nintendo didn’t mention anything about release date or price, which is rather odd. From the looks of the photo, 5 colors seemed to be the choices. There’s black, cyan, red, purple, and orange. There’s an insanely long list of available games from multiple developers, which seemed to be of great news from Nintendo. The 3DS has been claimed by Nintendo to have the biggest launch support pool ever.
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