Nintendo launching 3DS in October?

ho yeah chek this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgxGo0rsdco

If this rumor is true, N is gonna get serious backlash from everyone purchasing all these different forms of their handhelds. This actually brings up an interesting point, the lack of content transferability from DSi to DSiXL... Should N continue this trend of anti-backwards-compatibility w/ their handhelds, would they do so, as to ensure each model still serves a purpose, even w/ more superior hardware available? & I mean this in the same way, the DS conveniently could only play "Only" GBA games "Only" single player. So the GBA could still live, & not die early.

@lazycomplife Haha nice :) I would totally buy a 3DS just to experience that! But in all seriousness, 3D gaming is kind of pointless and a waste of time. If all the devs use the 3D technology only to make games look "cool" (and I would bet my money that's exactly what they're gonna do) and not make the gaming experience better, well then not only is it pointless, it's hurtful to the industry. I don't support it. I've also been a proud PS3 Slim owner since it's launch and I am not in the least bit excited about the new firmware with 3D capabilities.

They sould of put this bloody idea into action and brought this out in 2005 when ds was relesed..... and wii (sloppy) coulud do better 3ds will never surpass if nintendo fixed up wii **hint*hint**

Now edgeworth's finger will pop out at the screen and shake at me.

OMG ax23000 You are a legend

I think there should be a new version of the DS every 6 months. ha ha. It is terrible that they do this to consumers. How many people ran out and got a DSi just to see the DSi XL come out shortly after? Now, how many people ran out for the XL just to hear the news about this 3DS? Silly stuff... I'll just stick to my PSP, it will be quite a powerful hand-held for some time...

Will this be coming out in america by then, or is october '10 only for japan?

hmmm....

To those who say 3D (read: depth perception) is a gimmick...if it's so gimmicky why don't you stab out one of your eyes? Come on, you don't need it. It's just a stupid gimmick that accidentally evolved in thousands of different species stretching across a time span of millions of years. Obviously you don't NEED it, so why have it at all. While you're at it maybe you should see about getting rid of that pesky color stuff. Completely superfluous. I can figure out what color things are when I watch black and white movies, therefore I shouldn't really NEED color at all. It's just a distraction.

Obviously the Move is goiing to be better than the Wii. The Wii is 4 years old ! I suspect the Wii successor will be better than all of them and in 3D ! Then, of course there's Natal ! The winner is the consumer !

What the faaaaauuuuk. I'm not a hater of 3D or nintendo but this a little fast. I'm looking forward to the playstation move, it's probably going to be so much better than the wii'sbecause sony's done motion control before. Ihope red steels going to be on the PS3.

Can't wait to catch geodude in 3D popping out of my screen! Is it me or this 3D thing just a bit overrated?

I was going to get the DSiXl, but now i think i will just wait for this new system to come into stores. I just hope that there will be some killer dinosaur games with awesome graphics and attacks. That alone would be enough for me to buy it. But for now i'll just wait and see. Reading a reveiw about it before buying it would be a good idea, just to see if it is worth the money.

I suspect that the reason they're pushing this fall release is because it's so unbelievably soon that it'll be believable if they delay it.

i think if nintendo release it in october i need to save up for that hmm 3ds cool :)

The 3DS is the next step, like PS2 was to the PS1. This isn't a minor upgrade like all the DS and PSP systems have been up until now. I am guessing it will have Gamecube-like graphics, music/video player, camera, 3D, and the downloadable games.

Looking foward on checking it and it's technology out! ;)

Pass. Just imagine all the neat colors they will come out with every few months...got milk?

I hope Nintendo can pull this one off the 3DS sound like a concept that could really be revolutionary. Or we could have a Virtual boy 2 epic fail

Now this sounds exciting!!

looking forward for it

Sony and Microsoft obviously thought Nintendo was on to something with motion control, so I wouldn't be surprised in the least if BOTH companies came out with a 3DS knockoff by the end of next year.

ok, this will be my first handheld im interested at since the Gameboy !

I'm pretty happy if this news is accurate.

@Sheeshal You got to admit though, it does seem like things are going to 3D glasses. It is a nice extra feature though.

@Landrack they said we are in future !!! aren't we !!! this is the real question :p

@ fester420 haha ah whateverrrrr

@wilt1725grog @MsRay306 Since the announcement, Nintendo stated clearly that the 3DS is meant to be the successor to the current DS. It will not only sport a glass-free 3D capable screen (or maybe both), but is also more beefed up in terms of hardware capabilities. Sure, it will be backwards compatible with all DS games. Think of it as the kind of evolution seen from the GameBoy to the GameBoy Advance.

@Rev8691 Actually it was the Atari Lynx that introduced color to portable gaming, Game Gear was the second and then the Game Boy Color. EDIT: Sorry, I almost forgot about the TurboExpress which came after the Atari Lynx.

What is up with things these days and pop out the screen 3D?

I don't really care right now at any release day, what i would like to know fisrt is, if this thing really is a new hand held system or just a DS with a defrent look and a few minor enhancements and that's all.

erm... bogus... its WAY to soon for it to be decent/done... but so was left 4 dead 2.... i don't know... i'll buy it either way, but it's definetly going to be over 200$, so i hope om satisfied with my purchase.

Can someone explain to me if the 3D's is a totally different system or just a different game experience? If it is just the games then it might be kind of fun... well I hope so!!

No, I say it's at least a year away.

@dane what the hell are you talking, how am i nintendo fanboy after spending two posts ripping apart nintendo, saying i could care less about the major franchises because they would be picked up as third party game anyway, why dont you read someone's post before even commenting - thats right im a nintendo fan boy, probably because i say things like i hope nintendo finally meets in console demise

I like the fact that you ca just tilt the 3ds in certain games and look inside it like looking into a box.. no you don't tilt your head, you tilt the ds

2011 in America for sure!! Japan maybe end of the year but I do not believe so!!

This is the japan launch if i'm not mistaken. Either way, I'm very excited about this and I want it. Have to agree with Adam_the_Nerd. wonder why they didn't hold of pokemon black and white as 3ds titles. Hope they do

i have a bad feeling about this.

So many ignorant hypocrites. It's a new system, not upgrade. And you know that company that makes your car? They release a new car every year. Go complain about that.

I do agree that this shouldn't rushed. I hope they were working on this for a long time. But I can trust them for making quality products.

WOO. So if this is coming out, why isn't Pokemon Black and White a 3DS Launch title?

@Reiken37 You mean the virtual boy? Nintendo has been great, a little more 3rd party and hardcore game support and I will be on board. Though the DS has been much better with this than the Wii is.

I must say i'm hyped for this & will pick it up when it comes out.

Im picking it up. Go Nintendo, I got every console/handheld from them (Although the obscure one whose name escapes me I dont own). I'll get it no matter what, it will most definitely be worth the money.

If rumors are true(about it having the technical capability of the cube & the 3D portion actually panning out as stated) I'll definitely be picking it up. The Wii has done great for them and so has the DS but from all of the profit accumulated by the two system and strong first party titles.. I know I'm not the only one that would love Nintendo to get back into pushing the graphical standpoint of their systems. Adding some sort of achievement system wouldn't hurt either..

As far as I'm concerned, Nintendo rushing out the 3DS could prove to be a problem for them. If this is true there could not only be shortages but there also could glitch isssues. Rushing a system out is NEVER a good idea. Period. SEGA learned that twice with Saturn in America and Dreamcast in Japan, Atari learned with Jaguar and Sony learned with PS3 in Japan. Also, Hitachi is also speculated to be in cahoots with SEGA to release a new touch screen handheld which may be annouced at E3 2010. Which seems really strange and not very likely to happen since SEGA gave up on handhelds over a decade ago. Here are some of the specs for Hitachi's new cell processor Renesas SH-Mobile APE4 (R8A73720) - Fabricated in Renesas' optimized 45nm low power process - ARM Cortex A8 1GHz Central Processing Unit - PowerVR SGX540 200MHz Graphics Processing Unit -- ARM Cortex A8 1GHz Central Processing Unit

In my opinion, the DSi XL shouldn't count because it's really no different from the DSi except being bigger. So I am not surprised at them reviling the 3DS a while ago.