Los Angeles, March 23: Nintendo is set to release a new 3-D handheld gaming system.
The 3DS, a successor to Nintendo’s popular DS, is to be fully unveiled at this June’s E3 video game conference in Los Angeles.
Details of how the 3DS will work are slim, but Nintendo said the console would incorporate 3D technology without the need for players to wear special glasses.
The 3DS will also be compatible with all DS and DSi software.
Nintendo said this new portable machine will “succeed” the DS series. As of December 2009, the DS console has sold 125 million units worldwide.
Rumours of a new DS console have been buzzing for a while now.
Nintendo’s president and CEO, Satoru Iwata, recently told a Japanese newspaper that the company was working on a DS successor that would have “highly detailed graphics” and use a sensor with the ability to “read the movements of people playing”.
—Agencies