3DS Goes Live in March in the US!
by Loc Da’Borg
Ok, so the 3DS has now been given an official release date in Japan and, following all the hoopla from E3, has this cyborg all excited!
As reported in July, the Nintendo 3DS is the successor to the current DS lineup of portable game consoles (DS & DSi) with many technological advancements over the current portables (DSi and Sony PSP). It will launch in Japan on February 26, 2011 and retail for ¥25,000 (about $298). No specific U.S. date has been announced, although it will see release stateside and in Europe in March of 2011. There is also a large launch lineup of games coming to the portable from SEGA, Namco-Bandai, Tecmo, Konami and many others. These include some of the biggest franchises from the major publishers, some making their debut on Nintendo’s new handheld.
The ability to play and display games and movies in 3D aside, the 3DS has many features that are/could be selling points:
- Has 3 cameras: 2 front facing, one facing the gamer
- Takes 3D pictures utilizing the 2 front facing cameras
- capable of augmented reality video/gaming utilizing the 2 front facing cameras
- Automatically generates a Mii by taking a picture of someone’s face
- launch colors come in Aqua Blue and Smoke Grey
- Comes with a rechargeable docking station (pictured)
- adjustable 3D effect that can reduce the video to entirely 2D
- 2GB game cartridges that are the same size/shape as current DS cartridges
- Backwards compatible with existing DS games
- Has a slot for SD cards and comes with a 2GB SD card
- The ability to multi-task, even as you are gaming (pauses the game while you’re in the home menu or online or taking pictures/launching other apps)
- Always on Wi-Fi; can be turned off manually
- A variety of software already built-in
- Has motion and gyroscopic sensors for in-game play and other applications
- Parental Controls
There are other features of the portable not listed here which are actually shown better in these videos along with the games being released for 3DS. Please peruse them and check out the gallery of images below.
Check out this video for Super Street Fighter IV: 3D Edition for the 3DS
And this trailer of (some) announced games:
snake eater sucks, dont waste your time.
i like the design over all, except for that wanna be circular D-pad on left thumb area.
should’ve been a + shaped pad, or even an inset joystick.