I came, holy sh!t this is really awesome I can't wait to the E3.

WITCHCRAFT!

They've been using 3D displays like this for years in cell phones in Asia. We just haven't seen them over here because we're not as cell phone crazy and the displays are still far too expensive for televisions. Not to mention the problems that arise from a limited "sweet spot" when dealing with a large display.

Nice to see it coming to a gaming platform but it isn't really anything new. So exactly the sort of thing Nintendo has been doing with all of their systems lately.

I just hope they have a capacitive touch screen and a dpad that doesn't blow harder than a 360 controller his time around.

and now 3D is officially coming to the gaming land after raping our eyes in cinemas, thanks a lot nintendo

How is it that this can do 3D without glasses, yet 3D Tvs need stupid glasses?

Tron: Head tracking perhaps?

I'm excited. We haven't had a truly new Nintendo portable system since 2004 and this will be the first new system introduced since the Wii and the PS3 hit in 2006. I'm ready for new hardware and a 3D solution that doesn't require glasses is all the better.

Did someone not tell this guy its not April 1st yet?

Cut the shit and just call it virtual boy 2.

NO 3D GLASSES, BULLSHIT! I'm hollowing out my Virtual Boy and installing my soon to be 3DS to get my 3D on this fiscal year.

I wonder if it will be like those old 3d arcade gamers, with a little hood and projectors.

Have you guys seriously never heard of this sort of technology before? They do it with two screens layered on top of each other and angled so that one projects an image for the left eye and the other for the right eye. It doesn't work for televisions because there is a very narrow "sweet spot" in which the effect works, which is easy for someone to maintain when holding the device fairly close to their head but would require you to sit very still in a very specific position relative to your TV for your television to produce images in this manner.

Even if the whole viewing angle thing were figured out in a way that would work for general television use (which might not even be a possibility) you'd have the issues of cost for two large displays of this type and the limited market of people who would be willing to pay for such a display when the 3D effect could only be used by one person at a time.

It makes a lot of sense for a mobile gaming platform and almost none for a non-mobile platform.

now, this is purely gimmick, i still can't see the benefit in the gaming mechanics and such

@hpv your stance of "its nothing new" is duly noted.

I don't think anyone cares, though.

@hpv There's no need for talk like that. You made it sound like it was nothing special, I wasn't left with the impression you were trying to "enlighten" others.

Well, considering that they haven't announced what kind of tech is going to be used leaves the window open for a lot of possibilities. I doubt it's head tracking, but I threw it out there because it was the first thing that came to mind.

If I can get my portable Wind Waker in 3D....

Okay, it's time to go to bed.

But I dont want or need 3d

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Let hope this isn't another flop like the Virtual Boy.

Dear 3D, fuck off! Nobody wants you!

I would have been fine with Double (2)Ds.

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pre-ordering now! :-)

Sounds like serious headache.

hope it'll be less painful than the virtual boy...

I'm with Death By Yeti. 3D uses up a HELL of a lot of power, and at the best of times only looks mildly convincing. Whatever solution they have to remove the goggles from the equation had better be fantastic, and even if it is it'll prove as a pretty big burden to the rest of the console.

Definitely NOT sold on this.