May 22, 2012

3ds - News


Nintendo 3D TV Sevice Expected To Arrive in Japan For 3DS

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Following the release of Nintendo’s 3DS portable game console, there is another announcement from Nintendo that would apparently serve the household gaming fanatics not only in Japan, but to other parts of the world as well. Nintendo 3DS is a 3D device that features three-dimensional gaming sans 3D glasses, an accelerometer, gyroscope, analog circle pad, [...]

Nintendo Releases Adult 3DS Games In Black Boxes

Nintendo Releases Mature 3DS Games In Black Boxes

Nintendo last year changed the Wii games for “adult” titles that are highlighted with a black border, and it seems that the trend has moved to the new 3DS now, too. The first game to hit shelves with a black case was Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles of Capcom. While not change the fact 3DS [...]

Nintendo World 2011: Upcoming Nintendo 3DS Titles Unveiled

Nintendo World 2011 Upcoming Nintendo 3DS Titles Unveiled

Nintendo has updated the official Nintendo World 2011 website with a list of 3DS titles that will be available for the public to experience live in Tokyo next month. The list includes 32 titles, nearly half of which are playable, although it must be noted that some of the items on the list like the [...]

Nintendo Sold 1.5 Million DS and Wii Systems During Black Friday Week

Nintendo DS and Wii

Nintendo announced that during Thanksgiving/Black Friday week, they sold 1.5 million combined DS and Wii systems( 900,000 DS systems and 600,000 Wii systems). According to USA Today, that’s an increase for the Wii over last year, when it sold 550,000 systems. But the DS dropped down from sales of over one million last year, perhaps [...]

Nintendo 3DS Coming in January at “Nintendo World 2011″

Nintendo has announced a 3DS demo day called Nintendo World 2011. It will take place on the 8th, 9th and 10th of January at the Makuhari Messe convention center just outside Tokyo and admission will be free. So far Nintendo has only showed off the 3DS at press and invite-only events. The amazing new handheld [...]

“Nintendo DSi” Black Friday Bundles Coming in Orange and Green Colors

Nintendo DSi Black Friday Bundles

Nintendo officially announced its new holiday orange and green DSi bundles. Both of the new colors include Mario Party DS, which received a so-so score from us. The new bundle will be in stores on Black Friday for $149.99 MSRP. Orange and green Nintendo DSi bundles will hit North American retailers on November 26 for [...]

Toshiba Announces the First Glasses-Free 3D HDTV Release in December

Toshiba 20GL1 glassfree 3dtv

Toshiba Corp. today that it will be the first company to bring a glasses-free 3D TV to market. The launch is planned for late December, and in Japan only. Two initial models, the 20-inch 20GL1 and 12-inch 12GL1, will both be based on the parallax barrier approach  found in the Nintendo 3DS. The approach requires [...]

Nintendo 3DS Details and Reviews Unveiled

Finally Nintendo gave a complete rundown on the 3DS handheld console. It will launch on February 26 in Japan and a month later in the U.S. Nintendo said its 3-D capable handheld will cost 25,000 yen, which is a little less than U.S. $300, in Japan but failed to give a price for the American [...]

Nintendo 3DS Specs and Release Date Announced

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata made the announcement at a Wednesday news conference in Chiba, Japan, which is near Tokyo. The 3DS, the latest generation of the DS line of portables, is unique in that people can play 3D games and view 3D content without the use of special glasses. Nintendo, which is battling a slump [...]

Nintendo 3DS US Release Confirmed for March 2011

Nintendo’s 3DS, the first portable game device with a 3D screen, will go on sale in Japan on February 26, and in Europe, Australia and the U.S. in March. The iconic gaming company’s much-buzzed-about hand-held 3-D device will go on sale in Japan in February, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata said at a Tokyo news conference. [...]

Sony PlayStation Move Review

In the four years since its launch, the Nintendo Wii has made motion-controlled gaming not just its dominion, but a hugely profitable business. The continued success of the Wii has pushed Microsoft and Sony to answer, and Sony is swinging first on September 17th with the release of the PlayStation Move. Move featured prominently into [...]

BlindType Virtual Keyboard Makes its Move to Android Devices to Help Slow Typists

blindtype android

Many mobile phones with virtual, on-screen keyboards offer recommendations when you misspell a word. Some will even automatically correct common spelling errors. But none goes quite as far as BlindType, which can convert “Rgod vsjkieyh pa vqsyrudik” to “This ballpark is beautiful.” The idea is that BlindType uses text prediction technology so that if you’re [...]