Nintendo DS’s new version”3DS” going to be released in Feb. 2011
Nintendo, http://www.nintendo.com/countryselector , one of the top manufacturers of video game machines in the world, announced on Sep.29th at “Nintendo Conference 2010” in Makuhari Messe in Chiba Pref. that it was going to release a new version of DS series, the one of the most popular portable game machines at the moment on Feb.26th 2011.
The name of the new version is “3DS”. The most prominent characteristic is that you can recognize and enjoy vivid 3d images with the naked eye (only the dedicated soft wares of 3DS ). You can use the soft wares for the current DS series machines as well.
There are currently 4 types of machines in the DS series, namely, DS, DS lite, DSi, and DSiLL, whose total number of sales has reached some 130 million sets in total in the world market 2004-March 2010. The “3DS” will be the official newest succession machine of the current ones and will be equipped with good functions, such as 3D picture camera system, “Surechigai Tsuushin” (/すれ違い通信, “passing-by” correspondence service), “Itsunomanika Tsuushin”(/いつの間にか通信, “before anyone knows it” Correspondence service ), which some TV stations issuing and renewing information on special services via the correspondence system on daily basis, and others.
The pre-determined price of 3DS is ¥25,000 (about $300, €218) . And the information on the further details of the product is going to be announced at “E3 2011” (Electronic Entertainment Expo 2011) hosted by ESA http://www.theesa.com/ in the coming June 2011 in Los Angeles USA.