Nintendo 3DS coming to US March 27th for $249.99, Europe first on March 25th (video)

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

We\\\’ve recognized about the 3ds for what seems like ages but now, finally, we have US launch particulars, courtesy of dueling press events in New York and Amsterdam. The price for Americans is $249.99 and the release date is March 27, even though Europeans will get it a couple of days earlier, on March 25th. European [...]

Nintendo 3DS in-depth preview, slight return (update: extra videos!)

Tuesday, January 25th, 2011

Samsung has been in the news for its smartphones and tablets very much far more than it has for its digital cameras lately. That\\\’s too bad since Samsung digicams often come with more features and slightly far better specifications than some of the competitors (particularly Panasonic) at the really same cost point. Samsung came late to the digital imaging revolution and [...]

Nintendo 3DS May perhaps Be Crippled By 3 Hour Battery Life

Tuesday, January 11th, 2011

The Nintendo Japan web-site disclosed the official specs on the 3ds, and when overall it looks excellent, there is 1 issue that may well be a deal breaker for some. Apparently, it takes a whole lot of battery life to energy a 3D screen, even 1 the size of the 3DS. It appears that the 3DS may well have [...]

Ubisoft sides with Nintendo 3DS over Move and Kinect

Friday, September 3rd, 2010

Neither Sony nor Microsoft have however launched their new motion control systems – Move and Kinect respectively – but one major videogame publisher has already weighed in with which platform it thinks will win the impending battle of new gameplay technologies… siding firmly with the Nintendo 3DS. Specifically, while Ubisoft’s European managing director Alain Corre believes the [...]

Ubisoft: Kinect and Move will fail – Nintendo 3DS will rule the future

Saturday, August 28th, 2010

Ubisoft: Nintendo the 3ds belongs the future – move and Kinect stay behind Alain Corre, European Managing Director with Ubisoft, assumes the Wii counterparts Playstation move and Microsoft Kinect will not be a brand new stimulation of the current console generations. A great extension within the range with the Casual buyers is only awarded to them: [...]

introducing the Nintendo 3DS system

Thursday, August 12th, 2010

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: 3ር-inch widescreen LCD display, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses; with 800×240 pixel resolution (400 pixels are allocated for each eye to enable 3D viewing). Touch Screen: 3.02-inch LCD with 320×240 [...]

Everything We Know About the 3DS

Monday, August 9th, 2010

It’s only been a few short months since the release of the DSi XL, but Nintendo is about ready to move forward with its next generation gaming handheld: the Nintendo 3DS. Though Nintendo officially revealed the system at this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo, not everything has been made official on the system. Keep in mind that [...]

Radiata Stories Staff Readying New RPG for DS

Saturday, August 7th, 2010

It seems like PSP is getting most of the big RPG announcements out of Japan of late. But not this time. The folks behind Square Enix’s PlayStation 2 classic Radiata Stories are working with Atlus on a new RPG, and it’s for DS. The new game is titled Radiant Historia. Set in the world of Vancool, you play [...]

hi,look!Nintendo 3DS

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

The classic console gets a 3D makeover – just make certain you don’t move too much Nintendo’s DS handheld games console has been a phenomenal success, selling additional than 130 million units worldwide and introducing a whole new audience to handheld gaming. Over the years, the DS has undergone various revisions making it smaller and lighter with [...]

Coming in September

Wednesday, August 4th, 2010

In the interest of keeping mankind from extinction, we try and avoid writing about announcements of announcements of announcements. But we’re going to make an exception in this case, and we think you’ll feel that we made the right choice. Bloomberg Japan announced today that Nintendo Japan’s head of PR Yasuhiro Minagawa announced to them that Nintendo will be [...]