Nintendo 3DS Announced
New hand-held to use 3D technology without the need for glasses.
by Jim Reilly
March 23, 2010 - Nintendo Japan has announced the 3DS, a new hand-held system to be released before March 2011. This new system will be fully unveiled at this year's E3 show in June.
While details are a bit slim as of now, the announcement stated the console would incorporate 3D technology without the need for players to where special glasses. The 3DS will also be backwards compatible with all DS and DSi software.
Nintendo says this new portable machine will "succeed" the DS series. As of December 2009, the DS console has sold 125 million units worldwide.
Rumors of a new DS console have been buzzing for a while now. The latest instance came from President and CEO Satoru Iwata, when he reportedly told Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun the company was working on a DS successor that would have "highly detailed graphics" and use a sensor with the ability to "read the movements of people playing." Another rumor suggested NVIDIA's Tegra processor would power a new DS hand-held. Both of these reports remain unconfirmed as of now, however.
As reported by IGN.