Nintendo 3DS

Nintendo 3DS
File:Nintendo3DS.jpg File:3DS Logo.png
Manufacturer	Nintendo
Type	Handheld video game console
Generation	Eighth generation era
First available	February 26, 2011 March 25, 2011 March 27, 2011 March 31, 2011 April 28, 2012
GPU	Digital Media Professionals PICA200 GPU
Media	Nintendo 3DS cartridge, Nintendo DS cartridge, SD Card
System storage	Included 2 GB SD card 256 MB internal flash memory Cartridge save
Controller input	Nintendo 3DS, Circle Pad Pro
Connectivity	Wi-Fi Bluetooth USB 2.0 x2 LAN Adapter (via USB)
Online service	Nintendo Network (formerly Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection), Nintendo eShop, Nintendo Zone
Backward compatibility	Nintendo DS, Virtual Console
Predecessor	Nintendo DS
Article on Nintendo Wiki	Nintendo 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld video game console released by Nintendo. The console is the direct successor to the Nintendo DS. It is competing in the eighth generation of video game consoles alongside the PS Vita.

The console is slightly less powerful than the Wii, and has an autostereoscopic 3D screen which allows a player to see an alterable level of 3D without the need to wear glasses. It also features a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a touchscreen. The 3DS also features a wireless mode, active even in sleep mode, that renders it able to passively share information with other nearby 3DS systems, known as StreetPass. A mode similar to StreetPass, SpotPass also allows the 3DS to download data from the internet when the 3DS comes in range with a Wi-Fi hotspot. The 3DS is fully backwards-compatible with the DS, though it lacks a Game Boy Advance port that some DS games use. The built-in online shopping software Nintendo eShop, however, allows for the download of NES, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, and other third party handheld console games. Game Boy Advance games have also been offered on the eShop via promotion.

Nintendo first spoke of the console prior to the 2010 E3 press conference, and Nintendo released the system in Japan on Febuary 26, 2011 and to North America in March 27, 2011.

A second model of Nintendo 3DS, the Nintendo 3DS XL, was released on July 28th in Japan and Europe, and in North America on August 19th, boasting larger screens than the original Nintendo 3DS. A third variation of the 3DS, called Nintendo 2DS, will be released on October 12, 2013. It is considered a reduced-cost Nintendo 3DS, with a flat design rather than a clamshell design; it also lacks 3D visuals.

In the Super Smash Bros. series

Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS is a Super Smash Bros. game to be released for the Nintendo 3DS sometime in 2014, as well as the Wii U version.

Gallery

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  The Nintendo 3DS XL

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  The Nintendo 2DS

Trivia

• The 3DS marks the first official time in the series that a Super Smash Bros. game has been playable on a handheld device, that being Super Smash Bros. 4