Nintendo 3DS

Size (when closed):
Approximately 5.3 inches wide, 2.9 inches long, 0.8 inches tall.

Weight:
Approximately 8 ounces.

Look:
Final design is TBA.

Top Screen:
3.53-inch widescreen LCD display, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses; with 800x240 pixel resolution (400 pixels are allocated for each eye to enable 3D viewing).

Touch Screen:
3.02-inch LCD with 320x240 pixel resolution with a touch screen.

Cameras:
One inner camera and two outer cameras with 640x480 (0.3 Mega) pixel resolution.

Pre-Installed Software:
TBA

Nintendo 3DS Game Card:
2 GB Max. at launch.

Wireless Communication:
Can communicate in the 2.4 GHz band. Multiple Nintendo 3DS systems can connect via a local wireless connection to let users communicate or enjoy competitive game play. Systems also can connect to LAN access points to access the Internet and allow people to enjoy games with others. Will support IEEE 802.11 with enhanced security (WPA/WPA2). Nintendo 3DS hardware is designed so that even when not in use, it can automatically exchange data with other Nintendo 3DS systems or receive data via the Internet while in sleep mode.

Game Controls:
Touch screen, embedded microphone, A/B/X/Y face buttons, + Control Pad, L/R buttons, Start and Select buttons, "Slide Pad" that allows 360-degree analog input, one inner camera, two outer cameras, motion sensor and a gyro sensor.

Other Input Controls:
3D Depth Slider to adjust level of 3D effect (can be scaled back or turned off completely depending on the preference of the user), Home button to call system function, Wireless switch to turn off wireless communications (even during game play), Power button. The telescoping stylus is approximately 4 inches when fully extended.

Input/Output:
A port that accepts both Nintendo 3DS game cards and game cards for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems, an SD memory card slot, an AC adapter connector, a charging cradle terminal and a stereo headphone output jack.

Sound:
Stereo speakers positioned to the left and right of the top screen.

Battery:
Lithium ion battery details TBA.

Languages:
TBA

Parental Controls:
Parental controls similar to the Nintendo DSi system will be included.

The actual matter of the Nintendo 3DS seems to be somewhat uncertain as various outlets and sources are all reporting different times and dates. The original press release announcing the Nintendo 3DS promised that it was coming in Spring 2011. Before E3, we heard that it was coming in August in 2010 in a surprise launch. Then, a source within the English game publishing industry said it was coming holiday 2010 to compete with the PlayStation Move and Microsoft Kinect. Now, Nintendo is back to saying it’s coming 2011.



Last night, Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fils-Aime showed up on the Jimmy Fallon late-night talk show and he showed off some Wii games and mentioned the Nintendo 3DS. He told Jimmy Fallon (and the rest of America) that it’ll be coming in 2011. According to VentureBeat, Nintendo previously had told them behind closed doors at E3 that it was coming ‘before’ March 31st, 2011.

Since Sony didn’t show off a PSP 2 at E3, as was rumored and expected, it looks like Nintendo is still in the driver’s seat for the handheld market. It’s possible that Nintendo may have moved up the 3DS to a holiday launch if Sony was going to show off a new PSP 2, but a later Spring launch will give developers extra time for games as well as let Nintendo build up their stock of the handhelds.

Nintendo’s been working on 3D for a while. At E3, Nintendo CEO Satoru Iwata said that Nintendo has been working on the 3DS for 15 years while in a separate interview, famed Nintendo developer Shigeru Miyamoto said that Nintendo had been experimenting with 3D tech for 20 years (remember the Virtual Boy?).

At any rate, sounds like you won’t have the 3DS in time for Christmas.

Activision

•DJ Hero 3D
AQ Interactive

•Cubic ninja
Atlus

•Shin Megami Tensei
•Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
•Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
Capcom

•Resident Evil Revelations
•Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition (name not final)
EA

•EA FIFA Soccer
•Madden NFL
•The Sims 3
Gameloft

•Asphalt DS
Harmonix

•Music Game
Hudson Soft

•Bomberman franchise
•Deca Sports franchise
•Kororinpa franchise
Konami

•Baseball franchise
•Contra franchise
•Frogger franchise
•Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D "The Naked Sample"
•Pro Evolution Soccer franchise / Winning Eleven franchise
Level-5

•Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle (name not final)
Majesco Entertainment

•BloodRayne: The Shroud
•A Boy and His Blob
•Face Racers: Photo Finish
•Lion's Pride: Adventures on the Serengeti
•Martha Stewart
•WonderWorld Amusement Park
Marvelous

•Bokujyoumonogatari (Harvest Moon) 3D (name not final)
Namco

•Dragon Ball franchise (name not final)
•Gundam franchise (name not final)
•PAC-MANTM & GALAGATM (name not final)
•Ridge Racer (name not final)
•Super Robot franchise (name not final)
Nintendo

•Animal Crossing
•Kid Icarus: Uprising
•Mario Kart
•nintendogs + cats
•Paper Mario
•PilotWings Resort
•Star Fox 64 3D
•Steel Diver
Rocket

•Crash-City GP
•VS-robo
Sega

•Sonic (name not final)
•Super Monkey Ball (name not final)
Square Enix

•CODENAME: Chocobo Racing
•3D Dragon Quest franchise
•Final Fantasy franchise
•Kingdom Hearts franchise
Take-Two Interactive

•Carnival Games franchise
Tecmo Koei

•Dead or Alive 3D (name not final)
•Dynasty Warriors (name not final)
•Ninja Gaiden (name not final)
•Samurai Warriors 3D (name not final)
TOMY

•Lovely Lisa 3D
•Naruto Shippuden Action
THQ

•de Blob 2
•Kung Fu Panda
•Kaboom of Doom
•Marvel Super Hero Squad
•Infinity Gauntlet
•The Penguins of Madagascar
•Puss N Boots
•Saints Row: Drive-By
Ubisoft

•Assassin's Creed: Lost Legacy
•Battle of Giants: Dinosaur Strike
•Driver Renegade Hollywood 61 (name not final)
•Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
•Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory
Warner Bros

•Batman franchise
•LEGO franchise