The wait for Nintendo 3DS is finally over as it is now officially announced to be rolled out from the 27th day of March, 2011 and the same has been quoted in one of their latest press release today. This is an important update for many gaming enthusiastic as well as Nintendo fans as most of them have been waiting eagerly to play their hands over this most popular handheld consoles. This new model boasts two screens and the most featured item in it is the upper display screen which is said to be supporting 3D technology without essentially requiring the user to wear any glasses to enjoy the effects.
As said earlier, the Nintendo 3DS offers gaming with 3D display and also includes a 3D Depth Slider which can be used to effectively adjust the depth and intensity of the 3D effects while also facilitating to turn it off in order to make use of this device in the 2D mode. Out of the two screens available within this handheld, the primary one which is located at the top is having a display resolution of 800x240 pixel while the bottom screen is touch capacitive and bears a resolution of 320x240 pixels that is capable of displaying up to 16.77 million colors.
There are motion sensors built-in which will allow you to control various supported games by simply moving the device but there also exists other analog keys such as the plus control and the Circle Pad. Not only this, there are many more buttons which are traditionally present in most of the Nintendo handheld along with some other features such as a camera, microphone and Gyro Sensor. The camera is capable to capture in 3D mode by using two lens side-by-side just similar to that of the human eyes and accordingly is able to snap 3D photos with some great effects.
“Nintendo 3DS is a category of one – the experience simply doesn’t exist anywhere else,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime. “You have to see Nintendo 3DS to believe it. And it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before.”
There are actually many existent features which you can avail with this gaming system and hence it offers a lot of convenience too as it also extends the support for backward compatibility. This means that you can play almost any kind of the prevailing Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi games in this 3DS version but the former two category will be only able to render in 2D mode. The expandable memory support includes a 2GB SD Memory which can be used to store various stuffs such as downloaded games or captured images from the Nintendo 3DS camera while it also allows music contents to be stored in the memory card but the decisive fact is that those audio contents must be in either MP3 or AAC music formats. If you however require more storage within this device, you my extend the same even further by using the SDHC cards which are available with larger capacities.
In addition to the above, there are some added features such as the trademarked StreetPass which can be used to share gaming data while walking down the street and the SpotPass communication that can allow one to use the WiFi hotspots so as to avail various contents directly into this gaming system.
The price of the Nintendo 3DS is said to be around 249.99USD and the same will be available from the 27.03.2011 onwards. This is a great relief for many people who had anticipated this product since many days and the official confirmation regarding the price and availability of Nintendo 3DS can definitely be helpful for all those guys who are looking forward to have one for their own.
