Nintendo 3DS has been revealed as the name for the long rumoured Nintendo DS2 and Nintendo promises it will deliver glasses free 3D gaming. The Nintendo 3DS will be be officially unveiled in June but has slipped out some details early…

The Nintendo 3DS emerged blinking into the light in a press release quietly pushed out by Nintendo Japan. Though it is currently called the Nintendo 3DS, it’s suggested that may be a temporary name.

Most excitingly, Nintendo is promising that the Nintendo 3DS will introduce 3D handheld gaming but won’t need the glasses we’ve seen popping up with tech like Sky 3D to give you eye popping visuals.

Interestingly, Nintendo boss, Satoru Iwata, slammed 3D gaming back in January but his big issue was with the 3D glasses. The Nintendo 3DS seemingly skips that problem.

While the Nintendo 3DS will introduce a new line up of 3D games, Nintendo has already confirmed backwards compatibility for current Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi games.

There had been suggestions that the Nintendo DS successor would feature motion control smarts but Nintendo hasn’t revealed whether the Nintendo 3DS will fit those in.

Nintendo will reveal the Nintendo 3DS at the E3 gaming conference in June but it won’t be hitting the shops until March 2011.

Is adding 3D to the Nintendo DS to create the Nintendo 3DS enough? What other tricks are you hoping Nintendo can tuck into the Nintendo 3DS?

The image above is a Nintendo DSi, no images of the Nintendo 3DS have appeared yet.

Due March 2011 | £TBC | Nintendo (via Engadget)

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    I can’t wait to get all these 3d devices kinda sucks as you got something a new thing comes out getting hard to keep up

  • james braselton

    hi there you are right nintendo 3DS probbaly be a big hit then sony and apple will play catch up

  • gracequick7

    I realy want a 3ds a pink one i think they r cool

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    ughhh I cant wait any longer… any idea of the release date??

    • bensillis

      Other than “Before March 2011″, afraid not. I suspect it won't be much sooner than that (So post Xmas), but it's just a hunch.

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