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Is This Nintendo's 3DS?

The Nintendo 3DS will have a 3D camera, two differently-designed screens, a tilt sensor and will be significantly more powerful than current handhelds, according to our reporting.

A sketch of the 3DS by a Chinese blogger who claims to have a 3DS development kit matches other reports and information Kotaku has heard from people familiar with Nintendo's next handheld. All together they form what is Kotaku's best guess of what Nintendo's next major gaming device will offer players.

Monteblanco5818d ago

No confirmed spec.

Wait and see what they are cooking.

Chris3995818d ago

Very excited about the device, but also unimpressed if the frickn' thing doesn't come with an analog nub. The d-pad on the DS is uncomfortable and has always been a sore point with me - quite literally, it grinds the joint of my thumb.

Alcon Caper5818d ago

lol analog?

i think they left that controller ages ago...

Chris3995818d ago (Edited 5818d ago )

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

Complete with pictures for the mentally infirm. That's what they're called.

Darkfocus5818d ago

all the fps games on ds control great though I would prefer a physical analog stick

Eamon5817d ago

actually, if you read the update, there is an analog stick.

N4GAddict5817d ago

It is just a mockup from Kotaku.

nunley335817d ago

the mockup pic on the site has analog, but ir's not an actual picture. it's photoshop but they said they believe it has it. That top big widescreen would be great for watching movies off a sd card

jack_burt0n5817d ago

<update> Now it has analog lol

kesvalk5817d ago

there is something below the d-pad... seems like a analog, but i don't think the 3DS will be like this one...

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rezzah5818d ago

They should make a screen the size of an almond just for you.

dgroundwater5818d ago (Edited 5818d ago )

Funny thing is, this is exactly how I hoped the next DS could look. I would be very impressed if something like this were true.

Blaze9295818d ago

Doubt it. Nintendo already went on record saying it might not even be called the 3DS or have the inclusion of DS in the name at all. Thinking back to how they did that with the original Gameboy to DS move, that could mean a new product and they can't do that with something that 'still' looks like just 'another' DS.

MegaPowa5818d ago

Then how would old ds games work

AridSpider5818d ago

who said anything about it being backwards compatible?

Darkfocus5818d ago

Nintendo already confirmed backwards compatibility in their press release

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MexicanAppleThief5818d ago

Remove the d-pad and add an analog stick, then we'll talk.

Quadrix5818d ago

They have to keep the analog. The system is supposed to be backwards compatible with DS games, after all. Kind of a dumb move on Nintendo's part, if you ask me. By making it backwards compatible, they're making the recently released DSi completely irrelevant, and possibly limiting their design choices for the sake DS and DSi games.

MexicanAppleThief5818d ago (Edited 5818d ago )

Really? How will previous game be irrelevent? All you need to do to imitate the D-pad is push the stick in the direction you want. I can't think of any DS and DSi games that wouldn't work with this.

And hell, it would open up to games with better controls. Analog stick > D-pad, but if they put in both, then even better.

Quadrix5818d ago

Analog stick is not better than a D-Pad if the game in question was designed to use a D-Pad. In fact, an analog makes it worse.

gumgum995817d ago

Its going to have, both, an Analog Stick, and a D-pad.

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7744d ago (Edited 44d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS43d ago (Edited 43d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer69d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi68d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure68d ago (Edited 68d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer69d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot69d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box68d ago (Edited 68d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno69d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay69d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno67d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK68d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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