3DS
Report: 3D Nintendo handheld sports widescreen and 4:3 displays
A wifi filing and leaked images appear to confirm that Nintendo’s unnamed portable, now codenamed “CTR” in a FCC filing, will have both a 3D stereoscopic widescreen display and a traditional 4:3 ratio one when it launches later this year (or next?). The use of CTR is significant. Previous DS versions, like the DSi and XL, went by codenames TWL and UTL, respectively. The use of CT...
Nintendo 3DS not the final name, 3D mode is optional
Nintendo president Satoru Iwata spoke with investors last week about the upcoming 3DS, and some additionally details have emerged. Here’s what you need to know: 3DS is not “the formal name,” Iwata maintained, but rather a working title. The final name will most likely be unveiled at E3 next month. Due to health concerns, 3D graphics are entirely optionally. “Some people, in...
Iwata Stays Positive as 3DS Reveal Inches Closer
Yahoo News posted an article today detailing Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata’s stance on current and future Wii sales as well as a few thoughts on the upcoming 3DS. Satoru states that while Wii sales are below previous numbers that they are still strong figures given the age of the console. While no new technical details were revealed about the 3DS, Iwata commented on Nintendo’s goals to con...
Nintendo 3DS could arrive by October
According to CVG, Nintendo’s next gen handheld, the 3DS, could land in gamers hands as early as October 10. Surprised? Don’t be. Nintendo has dominated the handheld scene since they all but invented it with the Game Boy, so what else would this industry titan use to deflate its rivals new motion control toys than the next sure thing? Nintendo is also famous for revealing new stuff and ...
White DSi comes with Bowser’s Inside Story
If you haven’t picked up a DSi, and or Mario and Luigi; this might be the perfect time too. Especially if you don’t want to lug around the the bulky and bigger DSi XL. Starting April 25, a white versions of the Nintendo DSi will be sold at certain stores for the price of $169.99. While most of you probably have a DS/DSlite and are on the fence about upgrading to a DSi; let me just say,...
Reggie confirms Nintendo 3DS is company’s “next handheld platform”
Nintendo president of America Reggie Fils-Aime has officially weighed in on the recently announced 3DS portable. His comments, while far from surprising given the uncharacteristic Nintendo of Japan early reveal last month, gave further credence to the belief that the device will be much different than anything Nintendo’s put forth in the space before. In a recent interview with BusinessWeek,...
Miyamoto states the obvious, still makes news
Leave it to the trigger-happy video games media to take generic quotes from an industry master and turn them into a story. Case in point, this happened over the weekend: Miyamoto: “My best is yet to come” Nintendo general manager wants Wii 2 to be “unique” and hints at new Starfox New Star Fox! Wii HD, could be cool! Cats and dogs living in harmony! Naturally, none of these fantasies will be hap...
Fake alert: This is not the Nintendo 3DS
It was an honest effort to dupe the internet, but this alleged photo of the still-veiled Nintendo 3DS is horribly fake. Notice the perfectly lined shadows and suspect-looking button plastic. Never mind that it looks like a Photoshoper designed it instead of an actual industrial designer. “I think I’ll hold out for the 3DS Lite,” one Kotaku commenter said in jest. Silly fakers. Yo...
Report: Nintendo rushed 3DS announcement so Japanese press couldn’t scoop it
Announcing a new handheld a few days before your next one is scheduled to launch doesn’t make a lot of sense, as Nintendo did with the 3DS last week shortly before releasing the DSi XL. But the uncanny maneuver wasn’t planned, it was forced, reports CNBC. “Apparently, the Japanese press was all over it and talked with suppliers there and Nintendo just wanted to get out ahead by breakin...
E3 gentlemen’s bet
Who wants to make a gentlemen’s bet? No money, in other words, just pride. The bet: Nintendo 3DS steals E3 this June and garners more hype than Natal and Move, combined.
With nonchalant 3DS reveal, Nintendo gets strange
Alright. The utterly strange Nintendo 3DS reveal has cooled a bit these past few days, but in that sentence lies the rub: Strange.