http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/:)]]>May 17th 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
I think the future of 3D is Hologram.]]>May 17th 2010 9:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
3D pico-projectors on EVERYTHING!!!]]>May 17th 2010 9:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/Actually if they build it into glasses they won't need 3D screens. When each eye sees a 2D image, the brain combines it into one 3D image (which is how vision works).]]>May 17th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
Sorry, had to say it.]]>May 17th 2010 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 3:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://j.mp/anatomy-of-a-3ds]]>May 18th 2010 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 8:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
WHY THE HELL ARE THE POLICE STEALING MY LAPTOPS?!!!]]>May 17th 2010 10:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
I don't see any other buttons, so I'd imagine the controls aren't visible here. Maybe they are plugged in using a separate controller?

I do see card slots for both DS games and SD cards, much like the existing DSi and DSiXL

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So true! Thanks for pointing those out.

I see enough buttons for D-Pad, L/R triggers, A, B, X, Y, Start, Select.]]>May 17th 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 8:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 8:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/1. ALL!!! previous psp and psp2/3D games available via download.
2. Two ANALOG STICKS!!!!!
3. WIFI b/g/n and Bluetooth 2.0 EDR
4. 3D screen without the nee of glasses
5. Flash Card Support and Built in Storage like the pspgo.And someone cam help me finish this list but i think a new psp with these features will defibately sell well right?
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Probably 'letterbox' older games with black bars on the left and right.]]>May 17th 2010 9:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
Advertisements in the pillars! C'mon people, let's think $$$!]]>May 17th 2010 10:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
If they could make the older games 3D that would be special.]]>May 17th 2010 9:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
Love, the jolly green giant]]>May 17th 2010 9:00AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 2:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/That's what she said]]>May 17th 2010 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
also, Happy Engadgiversary, Tim ^_^]]>May 17th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
Which wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing...]]>May 17th 2010 9:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/never seen a dev-board before? that's a perfrectly normal size for one]]>May 17th 2010 9:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/They probably kept the bottom screen narrow so that there would be room for the face buttons without having to widen the device too much.]]>May 17th 2010 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 9:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/
Maybe a new Gameboy? I unno, or just something else entirely. They can keep the DS line supported for like 10 years as they did with GBA but give us a new platform. Something not DS or Gameboy.

Until then I'll be a primary Famicom Gameboy Micro and secondary DSi user. My youngest sister loves my PSP. Does anyone think it is odd that more 18-35 gamers own a DS or GBA than a PSP? I guess it's the kids that demand the eyecandy huh?

That said I never play my Wii, always 360 then PC then PS3.]]>May 17th 2010 9:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 1:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 4:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 10:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 10:17AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/While I'm no expert on the workings of the FCC, I would assume that a device with identical functionality (albeit in a smaller form) would need far less time (if any) to be certified if a larger version of it already has been.

To me this implies that they have largely finalized the functionality, but are still working on the final design... they keep things bigger (and thusly cheaper) during the prototype stage since you don't have any of the benefits of the economy of mass production.

If you are working with the same chips, antennas, same screen (this might be the most important since I don't know how many 3d screens of this sort have gone through the FCC compared to the number of mobile processors and wireless technologies...) etc. I don't really see what all the fuss would be to get a revised (smaller/consumer) version through the same approval process. I think that this allowed them to get the process started/completed while reducing the attention drawn to it. Nintendo may say that they chose to announce it, but it was definitely in response to impending leaks... they are trying to avoid pulling a sony and announcing a handheld that has been criticized to pieces by people who have never yet held one, but have heard every aspect of its function.

On a different note... does anyone find it weird that the two screens are different aspect ratios? Would that be so that they can keep it small, seeing as they need to have buttons around the bottom one? If they were both widescreen, then the bottom half of the console would invariably have to be larger... hmmm... that implies to me that they are aiming for a similar size to the current DS?

I'm hoping for some internal storage and electronic game downloads ala pspgo, but with cartridge support for those who like to actually own games... and 3g would be pretty killer, except for the whole cost of it all... I would love to be able to wireless play online across town...

/rambling]]>May 17th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 11:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/17/is-this-a-prototype-of-the-nintendo-3ds/May 17th 2010 1:24PM