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Nintendo 3DS launching spring 2011 ... prepare your wallet

revealed the 3DS Microsoft's Kinect Sony's Move Kotaku.com the following details about the 3DS

  • • The Nintendo 3DS comes bundled with a charger stand, an AC adapter, a 10cm Nintendo 3DS touch pen, a 2GB SD card, six augmented reality cards as well as instruction booklets.
  • • New functions include a slide pad, a motion sensor and a gyro-sensor.
  • • It will be possible to play games downloaded off the 3DS's Virtual Console as well as games downloaded onto a Nintendo DSi and DSi XL.
  • • The Nintendo 3DS will work with game cartridges in the Nintendo DS series.
  • • The top screen is 3.53 inches and with a liquid crystal display of 800 x 240 pixels. The button screen is 3.02 inches with a liquid crystal display of 320 x 240 pixels.
  • • It has two outer 0.3 megapixel cameras and one inside the portable's clamshell.
  • • The 3DS will launch in two colors – Aqua Blue and Cosmos Black.
  • • In Japan, Nintendo is doing a test run of 3-D television programming through the Nintendo 3DS.

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