First pictures? New Nintendo Portable Console to Feature 3D Display - NYTimes.co. Nintendo Announces Plans for 3DS Portable Console. 3DS will need no 3D glasses for 3D content The Nintendo DS console line continues to be a runaway success for Nintendo and absolutely dominates the portable gaming market. In February the DS sold 613,200 units compared to the Sony PSP moving a mere 133,400 units.
Nintendo is now set to reveal a new portable game console called the Nintendo 3DS. Whether or not the 3DS will replace the DS, DSi and other portable consoles outright or be sold alongside existing models is unknown. Nintendo has confirmed that the 3DS is coming, but is mum on any hard details on the new portable console. The 3DS will be backwards compatible with non-3D game titles designed originally for the DSi and DS consoles.
Some speculation is making its rounds that has Nintendo possible using Hitachi microlens 3D displays for the 3DS. The Hitachi system is said to require displays with higher resolutions to operate. Nintendo's newest portable announced: the 3DS. With the Nintendo DSi XL landing in the offices of the gaming press this week, Nintendo saw fit to announce its newest product in its portable line: the Nintendo 3DS. The company gave limited details via a press release in Japan; we know the system will use two screens, won't require any sort of special glasses, and will be backwards compatible with current DS and DSi games. The system will be released before the end of the fiscal year, which means the latest we'll see it in Japan is next March.
The system is expected to make an appearance at this year's E3, and we'll surely be given more information before then. For now, Nintendo has yet to release any images of the system, or how games will look, or be played. So how will the 3D effect be displayed? Nintendo has a history of announcing hardware upgrades and features that may seem silly at first glance before going on to become huge success. Nintendo Plans 3-D Hand-Held.