Nintendo 3DS Due In Japan By March 2011

" I already passed over a DSi in anticipation of the XL.  I have no intention of skipping another year.  By the time this 3DS comes out, they'll just make a press release teasing a 3DS Lite.  Do you guys really want to buy a 3DS fat? "

" Well HMMMM... do I still pick up a XL now or wait until it obviously drops in value? "

Yawn.
 
Keep 'em coming Nintendo. There's gotta still be some suckers out there willing to buy another DS.

" Yeah don't think anyone will be getting the XL anymore. Maybe old people. "

Goddamit. I sold my Lite in anticipation for an XL. I have been expecting a new DS announcement for a while, though. So I could wait over a year before playing any awesome DS games, or I could just get an XL now and whatever the new system is called later. Yeah, I think I will do that.

" Yawn.
 
Keep 'em coming Nintendo. There's gotta still be some suckers out there willing to buy another DS. "

I've never had any real interest in the DS, although not being able to play the new pokemons disheartened me a little, but this does interest me. Let's see what the graphics are like though.

As far as backwards compability goes, the option to play games one generation back is the 1 thing I absolutely demand out of every new generation, at least for the first iteration of the hardware. That way you can still use your new system even for som older games, also useful if there are still coming out new good games for the older system. 
 
But most important of all it will allow me to transfer my pokemon to newer games indefinetly.

If this is playable for me (i.e not causing the normal headaches and nosebleeds that I got from Avatar 3D), then I may upgrade to this. I'm still rocking my 'phat' DS from release day, which is fine in function, if now starting to fall apart. But it's been dropped a lot.

Yet another Nintendo DS, Nintendo sure do love ripping their customers off. You'd think folks had learnt their lesson after the DSi. 

" As far as backwards compability goes, the option to play games one generation back is the 1 thing I absolutely demand out of every new generation, at least for the first iteration of the hardware. That way you can still use your new system even for som older games, also useful if there are still coming out new good games for the older system.  But most important of all it will allow me to transfer my pokemon to newer games indefinetly. "

This sounds exceedingly interesting.

NINTENDO R PIONEEEEERS. Clearly I want to experience 3d in the palm of my hand because I can't fucking Deal with it in my TVs or my Theatres!

" @RockmanBionics said:

" As far as backwards compability goes, the option to play games one generation back is the 1 thing I absolutely demand out of every new generation, at least for the first iteration of the hardware. That way you can still use your new system even for som older games, also useful if there are still coming out new good games for the older system.  But most important of all it will allow me to transfer my pokemon to newer games indefinetly. "

 It will be dude, the carts are said to be of the same size as current DS carts, according to developer leaks over the last couple of months. Nintendo will always see BC as a big deal to it's customers. "

Oh joy... Hopefully this 3D technology doesn't rely on being usable if you have two good eyes. I was born almost blind in my right eye so as of now no 3D technology works for me. Not to mention the last thing i want is dam 3D to take over my video games. I can live with missing out on a bunch of stupid action movies, but when i have to start skipping on games because of this stupid fad i get angry.

 On a side note, has anyone figured out a good way in writing to differentiate between 3D that you see with glasses and polygonal 3D?  

" Oh joy... Hopefully this 3D technology doesn't rely on being usable if you have two good eyes. I was born almost blind in my right eye so as of now no 3D technology works for me. Not to mention the last thing i want is dam 3D to take over my video games. I can live with missing out on a bunch of stupid action movies, but when i have to start skipping on games because of this stupid fad i get angry. "

NINTENDO HOLOGRAM AMIRITE

Due to the insane cost and immaturity of actual glasses-less 3D (TVs aren't even for sale yet, do you really think Nintendo will have this cheap and hand-held size within a year?), Kotaku has made the interesting observation that they might use the same tech as this DSi game. Essentially the screen is a standard LCD but a camera tracks your face and adjusts the in-game perspective to compensate. Very simple, low cost and quite effective - perfect for Nintendo. 

 

Christ.. Hello virtual boy. 
 
I can not give less of a shit about 3D.

Ugh now nintendo is jumping in the 3D fad? didn't they learn from the horrible V-Boy? im not buying into the 3-D Tvs and im not buying into 3-D handhelds.

I'm guessing this means Sony will announce their innovative PSP3D handheld soon?

I'm stoked.  
 
@Linkyshinks
 
I agree, this could end up taking a long while to arrive in the West.

E3 is gonna be wild.

Interesting...though, I don't even own a DS, and I'm not really buying into the "3D upgrade."

Isn't the DSi XL, in a way, obsolete already? I don't think the new hardware will satisfy the same needs as the XL does. Whatever that is.

That sounds like great news, I am looking forward to this. Always interested in technological advancements. We will have to see how the 3D will work out!
 
Check out my response;   

" Oh joy... Hopefully this 3D technology doesn't rely on being usable if you have two good eyes. I was born almost blind in my right eye so as of now no 3D technology works for me. Not to mention the last thing i want is dam 3D to take over my video games. I can live with missing out on a bunch of stupid action movies, but when i have to start skipping on games because of this stupid fad i get angry. "

I'm not confident in nintendo's ability to make me want a handheld, I have been completely uninterested in the last 2 iterations of the DS they released, and It looks like i will be disappointed again because I DON'T CARE ABOUT 3D.

  @Linkyshinks said:

Can't wait to see it in action. 
 
Nintendo announcing a new handheld for Japan by March 2011, doesn't equate to it being released in the West in the same time frame - resulting in a loss of sales and a drop in price in all regions. The New 3DS handheld could arrive in the West in Q4 2011 - 2 years away.  
 
The DS XL will sell to it's intended market, and to those gamers who want to take advantage of the bigger screens. I doubt this new machine will see the slow demise of DS software. I'm confident this new machine will be be able to play conventional DS games also, in the same way the original DS was able to play GBA games.     
 
 

Nintendo PR

 
MEGATON!

The idea of 3D on a portable with no glasses excites me, and assuming the DSi store is going to carry over, with it's current trend of 1 good game every couple months, I'd have a pretty nice selection to look through when this thing releases stateside.

whaaaaatttt *head explodes*

Nothing has ever been improved by being in 3D. Nothing.

Backwards compatible was all they needed to say.  Sold.

I don't quite get it. Is this going to be a second Virtual Boy?

Fuck you and your 3D Nintendo. This is NOT as significant as two screens...

" @crusader8463 said:

" Oh joy... Hopefully this 3D technology doesn't rely on being usable if you have two good eyes. I was born almost blind in my right eye so as of now no 3D technology works for me. Not to mention the last thing i want is dam 3D to take over my video games. I can live with missing out on a bunch of stupid action movies, but when i have to start skipping on games because of this stupid fad i get angry. "

Are you sure about that? With the newest type of 3d, I can close 1 eye when I'm in the theatre and still see the movie in 3d. "

"It's nice to have the rumors get cleared up a little bit, but doesn't it seem strange to announce this before the DSi XL hits every territory? I mean, who's going to run out and buy an XL now that they know it'll be obsolete in around a year? "

I'M HOT, YOU'RE NOT

Another Ds. Great!

I bet the new PSP2 will also have 3D.  Nintendo probably wants to announce their system first so it seems Sony is copying them again.  That's probably why they announce this on such a weird date.

well, there goes my plans of maybe getting a XL

This 3D fad can not end soon enough. It was gimmicky in  the 70's and its gimmicky now.

3D...without glasses!?!
 
This is wizardry.

Not sure why the DS XL is a factor. Isn't it just a DS with a big screen for old people?