Nintendo’s 3DS has been a long awaiting, however whilst it was still in all mystery we could not imagine the power and muscle adaptation it had received, and Nintendo is taking it all into account calling it with much confidence the handheld console which will surpass the PSP in both memory capability and graphical powers.
Below we see technical specifications in it’s most general form:
Size (when closed):
Approximately 134mm wide, 74mm long, 21mm inches thick.Weight:
230g.Top Screen:
3.53-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 pixel resolution with a touch screen.Cameras:
One inner camera and two outer cameras with 640×480 (0.3 Mega) pixel resolution.Nintendo 3DS Game Card:
2 GB max at launch.Wireless Communication:
Can communicate in the 2.4 GHz band. Multiple Nintendo 3DS systems can connect via a local wireless connection to let users communicate or enjoy competitive game play. Systems also can connect to LAN access points to access the Internet and allow people to enjoy games with others.Will support IEEE 802.11 with enhanced security (WPA/WPA2). Nintendo 3DS hardware is designed so that even when not in use, it can automatically exchange data with other Nintendo 3DS systems or receive data via the Internet while in sleep mode.
Game Controls:
Touch screen, embedded microphone, A/B/X/Y face buttons, + Control Pad, L/R buttons, Start and Select buttons, “Slide Pad” that allows 360-degree analog input, one inner camera, two outer cameras, motion sensor and a gyro sensor.Other Input Controls:
3D Depth Slider to adjust level of 3D effect (can be scaled back or turned off completely depending on the preference of the user), Home button to call system function, Wireless switch to turn off wireless communications (even during game play), Power button. The telescoping stylus is approximately 4 inches when fully extended.Input/Output:
A port that accepts both Nintendo 3DS game cards and game cards for the Nintendo DS™ family of systems, an SD memory card slot, an AC adapter connector, a charging cradle terminal and a stereo headphone output jack.Sound:
Stereo speakers positioned to the left and right of the top screen.Battery:
Lithium ion battery, details TBA.
The specs for the 3DS have won over a lot of the crowds expectation and this of course does not even count in the 3D “capabilities” of that little lean mean PSP killer machine.
The games used to display it’s full capability were also were well liked by the fans of Nintendo hardware, and who wouldn’t be when you have Metal Gear, Street Fighter 4, Dead or Alive, The Sims, Splinter Cell, Mario Kart, Resident Evil and let us not forget the 3D movies from Warner Brothers, Dream Works and etc…
And here is a list of the upcoming titles which will utilize the features in 3DS:
This would also be the good time to mention where the great myth behind the 3DS began. Apparently, the idea behind the 3D without the 3D glasses were tested and experimented with as a dream which one day could be realized, since the good ol’ early GameCube days according to Nintendo’s president Satoru Iwata.
Ever since the days of Luigi’s Mansion Nintendo has been hard at work keeping their testing secret, maybe in order to implement it into GameCube itself, who knows?
Hideki Konno told:
“The reason we didn’t move forward was at the time the console and the 3D device were separate,” Konno said. “And it’s not playable unless have both. Now it’s all in one (with the 3DS), including the LCD screen.”
Of course, with something that has in work with since the GameCube era, it must have at one point or another been planned for Wii, which obviously it did but no mentioning on why it didn’t go through by Mr. Iwata.
The 3DS is “set for release in all major markets by March 2011,” according to Nintendo themselves.
