Photos have been circulating that claim to be an advance look at Nintendo's upcoming 3DS. The images originate from a Japanese website called Munch Blog, and shows off a widescreen display that can be rotated to reveal traditional DS controls.
You can see a legion of snaps by clicking the gallery image above, but is it real? Munch Blog says that the photos were taken without the manufacturer's permission, and that this is the design that will be introduced at Nintendo's E3 presentation.
Of course, it seems to us more like a very well built mockup. We use the phrase 'well-built' only in terms of technical accomplishment, because it doesn't look like a desirable machine whatsoever. At least, we could never see the 'new, blue ocean strategy' Nintendo walk out on stage with such a blight on the eyes.
A camera on the top of the screen allows for scanning images when placed face down, as well as taking photos. Slide up the screen like a mobile phone and you'll see a D-pad, analogue stick and buttons similar to a Nintendo DS. Triggers are somewhat awkwardly shoehorned in the back of the device.
Sliding up the screen allows for playback of legacy Nintendo DS titles, according to the website. We're not sure that would be possible, given the potential top-heavy nature of the screen as you try to hold the bottom with your hands.
The final trick shown in this supposedly leaked batch of images comes in the form of the '3D' technology itself, again using the camera on the device to project objects in real-time space. A bit like how the PlayStation Eye uses augmented reality in EyePet or Eye of Judgment.
So, what do you make of it readers? Plausible fake, or a peek into the future? Let us know in the comments box below. Don't ask for our opinion of it though - we think it looks like shit.
You can see a legion of snaps by clicking the gallery image above, but is it real? Munch Blog says that the photos were taken without the manufacturer's permission, and that this is the design that will be introduced at Nintendo's E3 presentation.
Of course, it seems to us more like a very well built mockup. We use the phrase 'well-built' only in terms of technical accomplishment, because it doesn't look like a desirable machine whatsoever. At least, we could never see the 'new, blue ocean strategy' Nintendo walk out on stage with such a blight on the eyes.
A camera on the top of the screen allows for scanning images when placed face down, as well as taking photos. Slide up the screen like a mobile phone and you'll see a D-pad, analogue stick and buttons similar to a Nintendo DS. Triggers are somewhat awkwardly shoehorned in the back of the device.
Sliding up the screen allows for playback of legacy Nintendo DS titles, according to the website. We're not sure that would be possible, given the potential top-heavy nature of the screen as you try to hold the bottom with your hands.
The final trick shown in this supposedly leaked batch of images comes in the form of the '3D' technology itself, again using the camera on the device to project objects in real-time space. A bit like how the PlayStation Eye uses augmented reality in EyePet or Eye of Judgment.
So, what do you make of it readers? Plausible fake, or a peek into the future? Let us know in the comments box below. Don't ask for our opinion of it though - we think it looks like shit.
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Normanize 7 Apr 2010 12:44
3/22
"A bit like how the PlayStation Eye uses augmented reality in EyePet or Eye of Judgment."
Much more like Invizimals on PSP I'd say
Much more like Invizimals on PSP I'd say
miacid 7 Apr 2010 13:29
4/22
It's the screen that gives it away as a render, plus that fact it looks like a brick with haemorrhoids and looks about as easy to use as a bucket of bees!
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irritant 7 Apr 2010 14:55
5/22
I'd say it's the fact that Nintendo are calling the device the 3DS and this pizza s**t render has one screen...
Matt 7 Apr 2010 16:48
6/22
thats far to ugly to be the 3DS
or at least I hope
or at least I hope
Tim 7 Apr 2010 16:57
7/22
I the screen doesn't fit with the tech and specs out there
Tamikaze 7 Apr 2010 17:51
8/22
It looks too big to be made by Nintendo, Nintendo's handheld consoles have always been.. small in a sense, this to me looks like a slightly small iPad.
Jambob 7 Apr 2010 19:02
9/22
This is obviously a render, the lighting occlusions are very static, look at image #7and the lense flair created by the light just above this awful looking concept. If this device was actually there, and white, it would provide some reflection of light back onto the table, that light is just way to intense and the shadows are occluding in very straight lines...
Bhavpreet 7 Apr 2010 23:11
10/22
It's a render. Nintendo announced that the screens are smaller then the DSi XL and closer to the Dsi so this cant be it.
James67578 8 Apr 2010 00:11
11/22
Eh, I bet it will look like a dsiXL just with better graphics! Keep in mind it is the same generation. What I really want to see is the graphics! Ill probably get one, in my life. Im just glad I never even bothered too buy the XL.
Iamdanthaman 8 Apr 2010 05:23
12/22
Looks pretty good. http://tinyurl.com/yjygr5z
TimSpong 8 Apr 2010 07:52
13/22
Iamdanthaman wrote:
Looks pretty good. http://tinyurl.com/yjygr5z
Any reason this link takes you to Bioware's Dragon Age Origins site? Is there some relevance?
Cheers
Tim
ChrissoMerry 8 Apr 2010 08:32
14/22
@ James67578:
It wouldn't be the same generation. If you've been following this before they made the 3DS announcement, it was leaked by someone apparently related to Gamefreak that the prototype of the "DS Successor" was like comparing a n64 to a gamecube in terms of graphics. Hopefully, though, the 3DS looks like neither. Those consoles weren't very attractive :)
It wouldn't be the same generation. If you've been following this before they made the 3DS announcement, it was leaked by someone apparently related to Gamefreak that the prototype of the "DS Successor" was like comparing a n64 to a gamecube in terms of graphics. Hopefully, though, the 3DS looks like neither. Those consoles weren't very attractive :)
Earl 8 Apr 2010 10:58
15/22
Photoshop ftw ! the lighting in all messed up.
TimSpong 8 Apr 2010 11:09
16/22
Earl wrote:
Photoshop ftw ! the lighting in all messed up.
Yeah, that's the consensus here as well.
Cheers
Tim
kofi 8 Apr 2010 22:36
17/22
i think it is real
yo momma 14 Apr 2010 00:37
18/22
Fake as Hell
C 15 Apr 2010 01:27
19/22
Definitly a fake. If you look at image 2 with the hand an dthe blue background very closely, you can see a pixelation outline around the hand which indicates that it was taken from another photo. Also, the image with the colored bars on the screen. nothing is that bright and given that this is a really light room, there would be a reflection on the screen. also, the controls on the closeup look too flat to be real. I work in photoshop and i can easily spot this.
ewww 16 Apr 2010 11:14
20/22
NINTENDO WOULD NEVER MAKE SUCH A HORRIBLE LOOKING DEVICE
What 20 Apr 2010 13:29
21/22
It looks lovely compared to the normal DS.
Benjamin Donald-Wilson 18 Jun 2010 09:41
22/22
I have a another picture of the DS 3D here.