NINTENDO unveiled the world’s first 3-D handheld games console – the 3-DS – at a press conference in Los Angeles.
Unlike the latest 3-D televisions and cinema screens, the 3-D effect on Nintendo’s device can be viewed without the need to wear special 3-D glasses.
At Nintendo’s packed press conference on the first day of the E3 expo, the world’s largest video game trade show, the Japanese gaming giant’s president Satoru Iwata showed off the new dual-screen handheld device.
Nintendo said its 3-DS will be capable of showing the latest crop of Hollywood’s 3-D blockbusters on its 3.5-inch screen, with deals already struck with Disney, Warner Brothers and Dreamworks. The newly-released animated film How To Train Your Dragon was shown on demonstrator models.
The new 3-DS gets improved graphics, a slide pad controller for more intuitive control and an internal gyroscope and motion sensor.
