As if you didn't know.....


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Nintendo had their conference the other night where they announced the 3DS to be released in Japan on Feb. 26, 2011 for 25,000 yen (about $300) in the colors Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black. Not much info for a US release other than sometime in March. The 3DS will come with the charging stand, an AC adapter and a 2GB SD card.

They announced some features including SpotPass (collecting data from the internet while in sleep-mode) and StreetPass (exchanging info with other 3DS's while in sleep-mode). There's also a Mii Studio where you can can create Miis by taking pictures of a face. You can also use the outside camera with the inside camera to take pictures of two people and merge the faces. I dunno if you can make a Mii automatically from this though lol.

While playing a game, you can now pause it and open up the browser to look up GameFaqs or whatever and then continue the game from where you left off. There's an Activity Log where you can find out how many steps you have taken with your 3DS, as well as how often you've played each game etc.

The 3DS will have preinstalled AR (Augmented reality) games and a Virtual Console where you can buy Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. DSi Ware can be transferred to the 3DS. Some classics will be remade for 3D and will also be available for download. Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D and Mega Man Legends 3 Project were announced at the conference. The Last Story will ship in Japan on January 27th. You can see the current Japanese release list here: http://ds.ign.com/articles/112/1124148p1.html

Watch the conference and/or view the slides here: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/conference2010/
Unupdated NA 3DS stuffs: http://e3.nintendo.com/3ds/
New Japan 3DS stuffs: http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/conference2010/3ds/index.html


Sooooooooo what do you think about the price/colors/release date? The games? Why is the slider now grey? Do you think the system is worth it, would you rather wait for a price drop or new colors, or do you want it nowwwwwwwwwwwwwww. Post

Why is the slider grey? It clashes with the other colors! I guess Nintendo needs to remind us that the 3DS is a machine. 

I hope it sheds $50 and comes bundled with a retail game. Brain Age demos just don't get it done for me. I hope they don't do what they did with the DS and wait nearly a year for the first bundles. The sofware lineup is supposed to be strong at launch, so there really isn't a good reason not to have bundles. I could see them charging the price of the system plus 50-75% of a retail game. That way, they still get plenty of .

I'm still not sure if I will to get this thing at launch. The software I've seen so far are ports, remakes, and sequels. The only game that looks like it is taking its franchise in a new direction is Kid Icarus: Uprising (technically a sequel), and that may not be a launch title! I know I'll buy it at some point, but this doesn't look like a day one buy for me.

I do like the new features like the ability to go the menu and then *gasp* go back to the game!

I'm also so glad that there is finally a VC for Game Boy and GBC games!