[ajim]

im so confused.

3d? what?

[Kenak]

The launch title should be an offshoot of Mario Galaxy.

Micro Mario Galaxy!

[HenryGale]

SO, where does this put games like golden Sun DS, and Scribble 2. Kinda hoping they just get pushed back really, Ive waited this long for Golden Sun, I'd rather it use the new tech

[big_z]

Face tracking the screens change the camera angle of the content based on where the player's face is and how eyes would normally interpret 3d objects (thus the DSi cameras) well that's my crappy guess anyways

there's also a way to do it by layering lcd screens. demos of these tvs were shown in japan recently and monitor versions have been shown a few years ago although the tech was very expensive and early back then.

[later]

So does this mean there won't be 2 screens? I think the effect would be kind of broken if there is a big gap in between the 3D graphics.

[Dresden]

I wonder if this will come true:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juOPp21MnWI

[PantherLotus]

Tech-gaf, ASSEMBLE! To be able to do 3D, how much power would this thing need?

If they are really saying no glasses, then they probably have the "glasses" themselves as the screen. So the screen will need to be slightly bigger and the hardware will need to be able to output two simultaneous images.

So, not much more than the DS already has.

[tim.mbp]

I'm confused and excited at the same time!

[Teppic]

Intriguing.

[L00P]

I really can't wrap my head around the "3D without the glasses" thing. How the heck does that even work?!

[MrTroubleMaker]

3D :O

[Andrex]

What?!?!?!

?!?!?!?

[BocoDragon]

So does this mean there won't be 2 screens? I think the effect would be kind of broken if there is a big gap in between the 3D graphics.

It still has DS in the title soo? must have two screens. It seems to be a winning formula.

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Two things to expect:

1. Customers suing Nintendo for eye problems.

2. A bunch of companies suing Nintendo for patent infringement: "We thought of it first! See? We patented that technology in 1986!"

[entrement]

this will fail

:lol :lol :lol

[Big Ass Ramp]

I love how this isn't being reported ANYWHERE yet. This is crazy.

[kassatsu]

Glad I still only have a phat DS. My patience has paid off.

[Dresden]

I'm going to laugh my ass off if it just has two screens side-by-side on the bottom that you see at the same time to create a pseudo-3D effect.

[REMEMBER CITADEL]

Hm, I'm not a fan of 3D, but glasses are a big part of the reason why. We'll see...

But there's no doubt it's going to be huge.

[grandjedi6]

And the biggest "WTF" of the month goes too....

[Dogenzaka]

How does 3D gaming work if you've got no depth perception? I've got a squint, and my brain compensated at a young age by making it so I only really "see" through one eye at a time. I've never been able to "do" 3D. Will this still be playable? o_o

Hopefully there's a feature that lets you turn it off and revert to regular 2D gameplay.

[GCX]

How does 3D gaming work if you've got no depth perception? I've got a squint, and my brain compensated at a young age by making it so I only really "see" through one eye at a time. I've never been able to "do" 3D. Will this still be playable? o_o

I'm pretty sure Nintendo won't eliminate players with no depth perception since there's quite a lot of them. But we'll see.

[TheFLYINGManga_Ka]

Glad I still only have a phat DS. My patience has paid off.

:lol

I don't know why, but that made me laugh!

It's because we know Nintendo will come out with 15 different versions of the DS! :lol

[OneEightZero]

If they are really saying no glasses, then they probably have the "glasses" themselves as the screen. So the screen will need to be slightly bigger and the hardware will need to be able to output two simultaneous images. So, not much more than the DS already has.

So most likely this will be one screen displaying 3D instead of two?

[VOOK]

Cancels DSi XL order...

[madara]

Finally some vindication. Been saying for ages the next handhelds could do proper depth perception with their special little screens better then tvs. Hope its hot tech.

[nextgeneration]

Watches Nintendo stock rise to the heaven again. :D

[speedpop]

I love how this isn't being reported ANYWHERE yet. This is crazy.

Now you know why we go "GAF > Internet > GAF"

[sprsk]

It still has DS in the title soo? must have two screens. It seems to be a winning formula.

3d s not 3 DS right? So the real question is the S Screen or Screens?

[eggandI]

Holy fuck what? this came outta nowhere :lol

[Dogenzaka]

I love how this isn't being reported ANYWHERE yet. This is crazy.

Woo GAF :lol

[Majine]

The general response from people is: What!? :lol

Yeah, this took us all by surprise. Ninty-style!

It prints holographic money?

[Ashes1396]

:lol oh gaf if a new nintendo console sounds stupid on paper, it will be great and successful if a new nintendo console sounds great and successful on paper, it will be shit this will fail

now why you gotta say stuff like that huh...?

[PantherLotus]

Hey guys, the screen itself almost certainly functions as the pair of "3d glasses"

It's probably just polarized and the two screens are projected behind it.

[Andrex]

Looks like being an insomniac has paid off for once. Holy shit indeed.

I know right! :lol

[-Eddman-]

WOW... and out of the blue... fucking epic megaton meltdowns incoming.

So the question now is: 3D graphic powerhouse or 3D conservative hardware??

[entrement]

Why is everyone surprised? Weren't there some murmuring about this E3 being a showcase for the new Nintendo portable? The DS line will be 5 years in few months, so it only makes sense.

[Kenak]

It still has DS in the title soo? must have two screens. It seems to be a winning formula.

Hopefully now the gap between the two screens will be extremely minimal, as well as touch screen capabilities on both.

[bbyybb]

Interesting news. E3 is shaping up quite nicely already.

I am quite intrigued how the 'Naked Eye 3D' comes into play.

[geeko420]

Very unexpected. If true great things may come of this.

[OneEightZero]

Hey guys, the screen itself almost certainly functions as the pair of "3d glasses" It's probably just polarized and the two screens are projected behind it.

That's what I was thinking. ^_^

[thetrin]

So wait...3D ISN'T a fad? Color me intrigued. Nintendo does it yet again.

[bafflewaffle]

If a 3D handheld from Nintendo would have been announced several years ago, this thread would resemble the threads from when the DS and Wii were announced.

there is the avatard joy juice issue, but 3d is more visual graphic than control of ds or wii, so hc gamer types are more into it, so I do not agree with you

[TheChaos]

Wonder if it will be backward-compatible with the DS.

[KTallguy]

Big day.

I guess they will have two screens on top of one another?

[KevinCow]

how does 3D without glasses work?

Glasses-free 3DTVs exist in prototype now. Their main issue is that the 3D only works if you're sitting in certain spots.

When it comes to handhelds, though, they can pretty safely assume that your head will be directly in front of the screen, a foot or so away.

[Ravidrath]

Wow, surprised they went ahead and announced it.

But, yeah... it's true. This was floating around GDC as being confirmed by people working on the hardware.

What I've heard is...

1) Two screens, with virtually no seam between them when open
2) Screens are higher resolution, but exact resolution is unknown
3) Powered by nVidia Tegra
4) Roughly as powerful as a Gamecube, and apparently similar to program for
5) Uses carts - believed to be same size as DS/DSi carts, only with different guts
6) Due out in 2010 in at least one territory

Looking forward to seeing it.

[Andrex]

3d s not 3 DS right? So the real question is the S Screen or Screens?

So this confirms that the DSi is the DS2?

[Milhouse31]

WHAT WHAT WHAT !!!!

[speedpop]

So wait...3D ISN'T a fad? Color me intrigued.

It is when I'm getting charged triple the price to see the same movie!