Nintendo 3DS: Final Details and Overview
Nintendo 3DS
Nintendo 3DS is slated for release on February 26th of next year, in Japan. In March of next year, this upcoming handheld will go on sale in the west. A plethora details have been let loose regarding the portables final specs.
The Nintendo 3DS will be hitting Japanese stores for ¥25,000. The US equivalent is about $298. While this may be the official price for the Japanese release, the west may see a price that is a bit lower. Many gamers are expecting a price of $250.
The Nintendo 3DS comes with a charger stand, an AC adapter, a 10cm Nintendo 3DS touch pen, a 2GB SD card, and instruction booklets. This is a fairly solid bundle.. For those gamers whom are more hardcore than others; you can find yourself a good 16GB SD card for around $60, the price of a common video game.
Nintendo says that new functions to this console include a slide pad, a motion sensor and a gyro-sensor. Basically more features that will allow you to feel more connected to the video game that you play. These added features, coupled with 3D functionality, will provide for a truly in-depth and complex gaming experience, if done right.
The 3DS will have parental controls just as the Nintendo DSi and the DSi XL predecessors had.
It will be possible to play games downloaded off of the 3DS’s Virtual COnsole as well as games downloaded onto a Nintendo DSi and DSi XL. The Nintendo 3DS works with game cartridges in the Nintendo DS series. Those of you who are worrying about backwards compatibility with your Gameboy Advanced games; it will be included in Virtual Console. It has actually been said that some Virtual Console games will have 3D support.
The Nintendo 3DS is 134mm by 74mm. It is 21mm thick and weighs 230 grams. It is a fairly light, yet efficient, system.
THe top screen is 3.53 inches and has a clear, glossy, display at a resolution of 800 x 240 pixels. The lower screen is 3.02 inches with a display 320 x 240 pixels.
It has two outer 0.3 megapixel cameras and one inside the portable’s chassis.
The Nintendo 3DS has WiFi functionality, but not much is known about it as of now. Many fans are hoping for WPA support.
There is a game cartridge slot, a SD card slot, an AC adapter slot, and headphone jacks. Stereo speakers are in the expected locations on the top screen and it has a mic.
Cartridges for the Nintendo 3DS are the same size as those in the Nintendo DS family.