Nintendo 3DS

[Psyduck]

I'd be stunned if it wasn't touch screen (though i don't understand the technical implications in the slightest). They'd be mad to ditch touch input since it's been so popular, and would rule out back compatibility.
That's assuming it'll be dual screen at all...

[importaku]

The touch screen on a ds is a actually a separate layer on top of the lcd screen so i cant see why they wouldnt be able to add it to their new handheld..

[fishbowlhead]

Yep. Because kids definitely won't go wild for a Pokemon game which springs up like a pop-up book in their hands. Nintendo is clearly onto a massive loser there. .

Im 26 and i probably first in line for that, small children that get in my way be dammed

[kryss]

^ I'll be with you there.

Ugh, I'm such a fanboy some days.

[H-Man]

As much as i'm looking forward to gaming in 3D, analogue features far higher on my want list. There are so many games in Nintendo's back catalogue that would be great on a handheld that only need analogue control!

[abigsmurf]

The 3DS has to have dual analogues if it's going to include them.

The reason?

It will make touch screen + analogue games unplayable for lefties if they only put one on the left

[kryss]

Ah, good call.

[Deuteros]

The 3DS has to have dual analogues if it's going to include them.

The reason?

It will make touch screen + analogue games unplayable for lefties if they only put one on the left

If that were to prevent Nintendo from including at least a single analogue stick in the 3DS, screw lefties, I'd say!

Their PR people could even spin that and market it as 'Brain Training: How Developed Is Your Left Hemisphere'.

[abigsmurf]

IGN have posted some info they've garnered on the 3DS

They reckon the press release was because they think details of an order they made to a screen manufacturer is bound to leak (hence why the PR only really gave concrete info on it having 3D tech). They also reckon the dev kits for the console aren't Tegra based (although that doesn't rule out Tegra given early dev kits tend to be an approximation of the console's power)

[abigsmurf]

http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/02/nintendo-3ds-to-feature-3-4-inch-sharp-parallax-barrier-display/

3.4" 854 * 480 (the horizontal resolution is effectively interlaced in 3D mode). Akihabara news say it's free of ghosting (always get that in cinema if I don't work to focus my eyes), bright and had strong colours.

It's the kind of odd hybrid resolution that Nintendo love.

[mekanor]

woo if thats true consider me sold! That's 16:9 sd which would look very sharp on a screen that size. a very significant step up from the ds too.

[EvilBoris]

The 3DS has to have dual analogues if it's going to include them.

The reason?

It will make touch screen + analogue games unplayable for lefties if they only put one on the left

Not if it's a stupid flat nub or some kind of thing you screw on or stick in a hole on the side

[JP]

This is a video report from the Sharp press conference yesterday.

[abigsmurf]

Wonder if the new Pokemon is coming out for the 3DS, would explain why they're not showing anything of it.

[importaku]

Seems plausible, if they released with that then the thing would fly off the shelf like mad. Although it would be the first time ever a pokemon rpg was released on launch of hardware.