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blurb=Nintendo Co., Ltd. has released an official statement announcing plans to release a new handheld console, tentatively given the name "Nintendo 3DS." The new console is said to produce 3D effects without the need for glasses, and it is also said to be backwards compatible with the library of Nintendo DS and DSi titles. }} | blurb=Nintendo Co., Ltd. has released an official statement announcing plans to release a new handheld console, tentatively given the name "Nintendo 3DS." The new console is said to produce 3D effects without the need for glasses, and it is also said to be backwards compatible with the library of Nintendo DS and DSi titles. }} | ||
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The Nintendo DS is the successor of the {{bp|Game Boy Advance}} set of gaming systems, first released in 2004. Its notable feature is its pair of screens, one of which is a touch-sensitive. Two years after its launch, the {{bp|Nintendo DS Lite}}, a slightly smaller version of the original DS, started to be sold. The {{bp|Nintendo DSi}} soon followed in 2008. While this system is no longer capable of playing the Game Boy Advance games, it does allow players to download games via {{bp|Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection}}, among other new features. In late 2009, a bigger DSi, the {{bp|Nintendo DSi XL}} (known as the "Nintendo DSi | The Nintendo DS is the successor of the {{bp|Game Boy Advance}} set of gaming systems, first released in 2004. Its notable feature is its pair of screens, one of which is a touch-sensitive. Two years after its launch, the {{bp|Nintendo DS Lite}}, a slightly smaller version of the original DS, started to be sold. The {{bp|Nintendo DSi}} soon followed in 2008. While this system is no longer capable of playing the Game Boy Advance games, it does allow players to download games via {{bp|Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection}}, among other new features. In late 2009, a bigger DSi, the {{bp|Nintendo DSi XL}} (known as the "Nintendo DSi LL" in Japan) was released. | ||
==Information== | ==Information== | ||
* [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100323e.pdf | * [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100323.pdf Press release] (Japanese) | ||
** [http://www.nintendo.co.jp/ir/pdf/2010/100323e.pdf English translation] | |||