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  Nintendo has announced an unexpected price drop to its 3DS console in United States. Starting August 12 consumers in U.S. will be able to pick the 3D console for $169.99 as compared to the previous price of $249.99. Nintendo says this value will help consumers to pick their world’s first 3D-equipped handheld console and [...]

  Nintendo 3DS that went on sale this weekend in United States has got off to a great start. Nintendo has confirmed that the sales in U.S. were “the highest of any Nintendo hand-held system in our history.” However, Nintendo hasn’t revealed the exact sale figures but says to wait till April 14 when NPD [...]

  Nintendo has announced the release date of its 3DS handheld gaming console for the European and American market. Gamers in Europe will be able to delve into the 3D goodness from March 25 whereas consumers in United States will get it from March 27 for $249.99. For the uninitiated, Nintendo’s 3DS is a 3D [...]

  Nintendo’s 3D supporting handheld console has finally got a street date for its domestic market. Japanese consumers can delve into the 3D goodness sans the ugly 3D glasses from February 26, 2011. It will retail for 25,000 yen or about 300 US dollars and will include the 3DS unit, recharging cradle, AC adapter, stylus, [...]

  Nintendo did confirm that its 3DS console will start retailing during the fiscal year ending March 2011 and though Nintendo of America’s president Reggie Fils-Aime has iterated the same thing, he has confirmed a bit more. According to him, the 3DS will be on sale before March 2011 and that too in “all major [...]

  UPDATE: The bottom touchscreen display measures 3.02-inches and has a third camera in the inner side in addition to the two for taking 3D pictures. As we were promised, Nintendo has made its 3D portable gaming console official. Nintendo has decided to keep 3DS as the official name and though not all details were [...]

  Nintendo’s 3D equipped 3DS could be one mean machine if IGN’s report is to be believed. As per few developers who spoke to IGN (off the record obviously) claimed that the console’s “processing capabilities far exceed the Nintendo Wii and bring the device with abilities that are close to HD consoles such as PlayStation [...]

  Not everyone likes watching 3D movies or play 3D games. Nintendo knows it too, which is why their upcoming 3D-capable DS handheld console will have a switch to turn on or off the 3D content. In an interview with Forbes, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed that “it will be easy to turn off the [...]

  The only acknowledgement of the 3DS console from Nintendo came a month back saying it would be shown at E3 in June and will launch during the fiscal year ending March 2011. Now CVG is claiming that according to few UK industry sources they spoke to, Nintendo is looking to launch the 3DS in [...]

  Sharp today announced the development of their small 3D LCD in Japan that does not require any glasses. The screen measures 3.4-inch in size, supports touchscreen and uses parallax barrier to show 3D images. The parallax barrier tech is integrated in a normal LCD and features a series of vertical slits that helps to [...]

  Sony seems uninterested with the idea of a portable 3D console, to be specific with the – Nintendo 3DS. When IGN asked John Koller, SCEA’s Director of Hardware and Marketing, he said that playing 3D on a portable console “is a bit of stretch”. His reasoning comes from an in-house research and says 3D [...]

  Yesterday’s 3DS announcement of Nintendo was filled with both surprise and mystery. Now Nikkei’s here to fill some void by sharing few more details surrounding the 3D-enabled DS. I would like to point that this report is unconfirmed but Nikkei’s perfect track record predicting Nintendo’s future products wants us to believe them. Anyways, Nikkei’s [...]

  Say Wha?? Nintendo has confirmed to launch a new portable console that will take the helm from DSi. We’re not sure about the Tegra or large displays previously rumored but it will support 3D gaming. Yup, a portable 3D gaming console from Nintendo that will be tentatively called as 3DS and won’t need any [...]