Its primary competitor is the PlayStation Vita from Sony. The console succeeds the Nintendo DS, featuring backward compatibility with older Nintendo DS video games. Nintendo announced the console in March 2010 and officially unveiled it at E3 2010 on June 15, 2010.
It is capable of displaying stereoscopic 3D effects without the use of 3D glasses or additional accessories. The Nintendo 3DS, or simply the 3DS, is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo. One user-facing and two forward-facing VGA cameras Stereo speakers (pseudo-surround), microphoneĪ/B/X/Y buttons, Circle Pad, L/R bumpers, D-pad, 3D depth slider, volume slider, wireless switch, power button Lower: 4.18' resistive touchscreen LCD 320 × 240 ( QVGA) Lower: 3.00' resistive touchscreen LCD 320 × 240 ( QVGA) An aqua Nintendo 3DS in the open position.ĪU: August 23, 2012br />NA: August 19, 2012Ģ68MHz Dual-Core ARM11 MPCore, single-core ARM9