****The Nintendo 3DS Thread****

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So with the release of the Nintendo 3DS being only a few months away I thought we should have a thread with a little information on the system and the games which have been confirmed so far. I've tried to make sure that all of the information is accurate but I can't 100% guarantee everything here. There will be another conference on the 19th of January where more details will become clear, including the European release date.

The price has been announced to be 25,000 Yen with the U.S and European prices to be announced in 8 days time. There's loads of features to still be announced but I'll wait till closer to the time and just update this post instead of commenting on all of the speculation. It will be backward compatible with Nintendo DS games but not GBA games though Nintendo have plans to release older games as paid for downloads.


Firstly the technical specs and a few images:
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[*]Weight: 230g (DS Lite weighs 218g and the original DS 274g) 

[*]Dimensions: 130x74x20 mm (slightly smaller than the DS Lite which is 133 × 749 × 22 mm)
 
[*]Screen: 3.53 inch top screen screen and 3.02 inch touch screen screen

[*]Battery Life: TBA however figures of 3.5 hours per charge have been 
mentioned, though this does not explain various conditions ie brightness, 3D effect turned on or off etc

[*]Stylus: 100mm Telescoping stylus

[*]Controls: A, B, X, Y, R, L, Dpad, Analogue nub (Circle Pad), Touch screen, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Start, Select, Home, Power, Camera, Volume control and 3D level adjustment
 
[*]Cartridges: Up to 2 GB

[*]Storage: Internal TBA but ships with 2GB SD Card 

[*]RAM: TBA 

[*]CPU: TBA

[*]GPU: DMP Pica200 IP core 

[*]Camera: 1 internal with resolution of 640 x 480 (0.3 Mega) and 2 external with 640 x 480 (0.3 Mega) capable of taking 3D photos
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Now onto the games, and there's a lot of great franchise games that have been announced so far:

Nintendo
Animal Crossing
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Mario Kart
Nintendogs + Cats
Paper Mario
Pilotwings Resort
Star Fox 64 3D
Steel Diver

Activision
DJ Hero 3D

Bplus
Vektor Tank 3D

Capcom
Resident Evil: Revelations
Super Street Fighter IV 3D

EA
FIFA Soccer
Madden NFL
The Sims 3

Firehazard Studio
Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs - The Videogame

Gameloft
Asphalt GT

Hudson
Bomberman
Deca Sports
Kororinpa

Konami
Contra
Frogger
Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D The Naked Sample

Level 5
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle

Namco Bandai
Dragon Ball
Gundam
Pac-Man & Galaga
Ridge Racer
Super Robot Wars

SEGA
Sonic the Hedgehog
Super Monkey Ball

Square Enix
Codename: Chocobo Racing 3D
Dragon Quest
Final Fantasy
Kingdom Hearts

Take-Two
Carnival Games

Tecmo Koei
Dead or Alive Dimensions
Dynasty Warriors
Ninja Gaiden
Samurai Warriors 3D

Tomy
Naruto Shippuden Action

THQ
Kung Fu Panda: Kaboom of Doom
Marvel Super Hero Squad Infinity Gauntlet
Saints Row: Drive By

Ubisoft
Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy
Battle of Giants: Dinosaur Strike
Driver Renegade
Hollywood 61
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory



Links:

http://e3.nintendo.com/3ds/
http://www.1up.com/
http://kotaku.com/

Personally I am very excite provided it doesn't retail for a ridiculous price.
 
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XPE said:
I think the 3DS looks great my only problem is if the UK launch is any thing like the Japanese launch there will be no games I want :(
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I think from the list in the OP a decent ish amount (at least 10) should be available on launch. That MGS video is really impressive and I actually think it looks better than the PS2 version, I can't imagine how much better it would look with the 3D effects as well. :o
 
Haly said:
I'm a little wary about the battery life (low battery life is why my PSP doesn't get played as often as it deserves) but I'm hoping it's a conservative estimate.
Having played on a 3DS in the Summer though, I'm just a teensy bit excited about owning one :D
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Yeah I'm hoping that it's just a conservative estimate too, though if it turns out that 3.5 hours is the max I'll get out of it then it's not a big deal to me personally as I'll probably end up playing it indoors a lot anyway. Plus I'm sure there'll be some kind of in car charger released too. :)

skippi90 said:
Kudos on the OP.
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Thanks dude. :)
 
XPE said:
its not 3.5 hours, its 3 to 5 hours. (a bit better)

I'm hoping for a half decent shop channel, while I don’t expect an apple type store, some of EA's game might be nice with dead space, mirrors edge and battlefield.
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Ah yeah I just remembered, the 3.5 hours was the estimated charging time, or so I've read anyway.
 
To those who are going to wait until the second revision apart from possible better battery life what else are you expecting? Slightly bigger screen perhaps but so far we don't know for certain how long the battery lasts and it isn't as if this will be like the original DS when that launched. Just wondering, it's not a criticism. :)
 
I do hope one of the announcements on the 19th will be about the retro games and the Wii store or whatever it is being implemented with the 3DS. Yeah you guys can tell I'm a massive fan of Nintendo and really up to date with the terms. :p
 
russ0r said:
I hope the battery life is better than 5 hours, even if it means having to turn screen brightness down. I really liked having 15+ hours of battery life on my DS Lite.
I can see two cameras on the top of the case. Does this mean it can take 3D pictures?

Also OP, worth mentioning that DSiWare purchases are apparently transferable to it.
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Okay dokie, I'll be updating the OP over the next few days so I'll add it, thanks for the heads up. :)
 
mame said:
I would consider one of these if the price is right. If it's £220 then I'll leave it.
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I think that was about the price of the PSP Go when it came out, with a free game, or was it 3 free games plus GT PSP? I can't remember, anyway I think the 25,000 Yen price tag roughly converts to just under £200 so it's pretty possible it could be £220 and upwards, though it does seem very unlike Nintendo to do such a thing, but then this whole console in terms of hardware and capability is very unlike Nintendo too.
 
skippi90 said:
From screenies of B+W, I'd bet that it'll be a 3DS Launch Game.
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Yeah that's what I heard a few months back but I haven't seen any footage of it at the conferences or anything and as it isn't on Nintendo's 3DS mini site I can only assume they're either keeping a Pokemon launch title a secret or it's not gonna be arriving at launch. Really looking forward to Street Fighter, Mario Kart and Resident Evil though. Not to mention all the current DS games which will be compatible. :)
 
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vonhelmet said:
Game are taking pre-orders for a £10 deposit. I asked the chap behind the counter about the price and he said that they thought it would probably be between £200 and £250.

Probably cheaper on Amazon, mind you...
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Amazon is where I'll be doing my pre-order. I hate standing in queues.
 
I think Black & White are DS titles yeah, but I read somewhere that the company who produce the Pokemon games have been working on something since mid 2010 so we'll see. :)
 
LeJosh said:
I just meant the bottom, 320x240! Yus.

Thought it was that.
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:)

Out of interest what didn't you like about the looks? Personally I love the blue and red ones, I think that black bezel really looks stylish. Not so keen on the black one as it just looks like a constant block of colour, not ugly, but not as nice as the red & blue.
 
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