Nintendo has made a habit-and millions upon millions of dollars-of tweaking its Nintendo DS handheld gaming system and re-releasing it. The upgrades typically goose consumer demand, and until recently, there was no reason to think the just-launched Nintendo DSi XL would be any different.
But last week, Nintendo's Japanese headquarters threw its American division for a loop, issuing a surprise announcement that the company was working on a 3D handheld gaming system that doesn't require users to wear special glasses. The Nintendo 3DS, as it's called, will go on sale sometime between April 1 and the end of March 2011 (Nintendo's next fiscal year).
The announcement, in short, sent the message to U.S. buyers of the $190 Nintendo DSi XL that they are buying technology that will quickly be outdated.
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The Nintendo DS has some amazing titles available. Here are some of the best nostalgic games that every child of the DS era grew up playing.
I enjoyed both Rush games, I did think the action was sometimes too fast to see what was coming up in terms of hazards though, which meant replaying the same stage a bunch of times, other than that they were enjoyable, good special stages, 3D sections and bosses for the most part.
DS is one of the best consoles of all time. Such a rich library of software
Zelda were all glorious on it.
Abe has taken up a professorial role at Osaka Electro-Communication University
Nintendo just don't give a f*ck, I like that.
they trying to capture the full market.
old ladies will love these things for card games and crosswords etc....
huge screens... so those old people can see what the text reads in games....i held one....they are huge....
it could be another year, thats one whole year of gaming and on top of that it will take a while for the 3ds to get off the ground. DS launch titles weren't particularly memorable. so you'll get you're money out of the XL i reckon, plus you can use it as a spare for your partner/sibling when u do buy a 3ds.
I am going to laugh if psp2 does the same thing to the 3ds what ps1 did back in the days
What is the famous saying pride becomes before a fall - oh how true that is and Ninty have been all full of it recently.
How many times have we seen people predicting doom for nintendo before they release a device and then the device sells like hot cakes on its release.
Like it or loath it 3D is the the big thing nowadays and a 3D plus a DS is surely a win win situation.
Expect another flawless victory for nintendo.