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Nintendo has announced a wide range of titles for its upcoming 3DS handheld console – the true successor to the DS. The 72-strong line-up has been confirmed following Nintendo’s E3 press conference where it revealed the 3DS for the first time, along with Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii and more. …

Nintendo’s E3 press conference has just come to a close, leaving those lucky enough to be in the audience some hands-on time with the much anticipated and finally revealed Nintendo 3DS. The machine, as previously reported, boasts a 3.5” widescreen, analogue stick and a slider that adjust the ‘amount’ of …

3DS is not Nintendo’s first, second or even third attempt at creating a 3D games console. In a discussion between Nintendo president Satoru Iwataand Shigeru Miyamoto on Nintendo.com, the pair said they have tried for years to fix the problems it encountered with the Virtual Boy – the ill-fated home …

Nintendo struck a good chord between core games and mass market fare at its E3 press conference today. However the odd hardware unveiled at last year’s E3, the Wii Vitality Sensor, was mysteriously absent from proceedings. The device – which clips onto a finger and monitors the player’s heart-rate – …

Nintendo failed to give a release date for its new handheld, the 3DS. The device was unveiled for the first time today at the platform holder’s E3 press conference. It was first announced back in March, with a targeted launch window of the current fiscal year, which ends in March …

A raft of third-parties are on-board to make games for the Nintendo 3DS. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata unveiled a list of publishers supporting the device during the firm’s E3 press conference today. These include: Activision, Atlus, AQ, Namco Bandai Games, Capcom, EA, Harmonix, Hudson, Konami, Tecmo Koei, Level 5, Majesco, …

A classic Nintendo DS franchise is confirmed for the 3DS: Nintendogs. But this time the game is called ‘Nintendogs & Cats’. The game was described by Nintendo president Iwata as famed deisgner Shigeru Miyamoto’s ‘update’ to the classic Nintendo DS title, which sold millions of copies globally and helped define …

Nintendo has revealed Kid Icarus: Uprising, the first game developed specifically for the 3DS. The game was developed by Project Sora, a new studio formed in 2009 by Smash Bros director Masahiro Sakurai. Nintendo president Saturo Iwata said: Project Sora was actually established for one reason: to create a game …

Glasses-free 3D handheld guts detailed in full

Nintendo’s 3DS has charged out the gate at E3 – it already boasts major support from Hollywood studios working on 3D movies. Disney and Dreamworks are the first on board. Their movies Tangled and How to Train Your Dragon will be released for the device – presumably at retail – …