DS Stock 1 300x300 Nintendo Announces Successor to DS.  Gaming in 3D!By March 2011 Nintendo will release its next hand held system. The 3DS (Temporary Name) will offer 3D gaming without the need for special glasses. It will also support Backwards Compatibility with the DS carts and DSi software.

The official statement reads:

“Nintendo will launch 3DS”(temp) during the fiscal year ending March 2011, on which games can be enjoyed with 3D effects without the need for any special glasses.

“Nintendo 3DS”(temp) is going to be the new portable game machine to succeed “Nintendo DS series”, whose cumulative consolidated sales
from Nintendo amounted to 125million units as of the end of December 2009, and will include backward compatibility so that the software for
Nintendo DS series, including the ones for Nintendo DSi, can also be enjoyed.

“We are planning to announce additional details at E3 show, which is scheduled to be held from June 15, 2010 at Los Angeles in the U.S.”

Sounds awesome. Can’t wait for E3.

2 Responses to “Nintendo Announces Successor to DS. Gaming in 3D!”

  1. Dan Furnas on 23 Mar 2010 at 10:45 am #

    This…this might get me to upgrade, depending on how much it costs.

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