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Nintendo Announces Plans for 3DS Portable Console
The Nintendo DS console line continues to be a runaway success for Nintendo and absolutely dominates the portable gaming market.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.
TOKYO—Aiming to rejuvenate sales of its hand-held game machines, Nintendo Co. plans to sell a new portable 3-D gaming device that won't require special glasses. For months, Nintendo has been rumored to be working with chip makers on a new portable gaming device to succeed the DS, the best-selling portable videogame system ever, with more than 125 million units sold since its launch in late 2004. Smartphones such as Apple Inc.'s iPhone have started to emerge as a threat to portable gaming devices like the DS, especially among casual videogame fans who are satisfied with simple and easy-to-play games.