Friday, September 24, 2010

Nintendo 3DS hardware specs revealed?

Good morning everyone! Time for a little update with Nintendo's upcoming handheld, the 3DS. So what's inside the innards of the upcoming Nintendo 3DS? Well, if sources close to IGN is to be believed, the upcoming 3D-enabled handheld is one mighty little device. According to IGN, the 3DS will boast not one, but two 266MHz ARM11 CPUs, a 133MHz GPU, 4MBs of dedicated VRAM, 64MBs of RAM and 1.5GBs of flash storage. While the source wasn't able to provide any other details of the ARM11 processors the 3DS will feature, the site points out that early iPhone models as well as current gen Microsoft Zunes and other Android smartphones also used the ARM11 processor. The site added:
"As we learned in June, the 3DS' GPU has been named DMP's PICA200, which features a maximum processing speed of roughly 200MHz, though it seems Nintendo is scaling it back a bit for use in the 3DS. Numerous developers working on software for the platform have likened its graphical capabilities to current-generation consoles like the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, albeit on smaller, lower-resolution screens."

"The handheld will also have substantially larger storage capacity than preceding models, jumping from only 256MBs on the DSI to 1.5GBs of flash memory on the 3DS. The total drive space can, of course, be expanded using the 3DS' SD card slot." 

Here's just some of the games and franchises announced by Nintendo and it's 3rd part friends.



Nintendo
  • Animal Crossing
  • Kid Icarus: Uprising
  • Mario Kart
  • Nintendogs + Cats
  • Paper Mario
  • Pilotwings Resort
  • Star Fox 64 3D
  • Steel Diver
Atlus
  • Etrian Odyssey
  • Shin Megami Tensei:
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor
  • Shin Megami Tensei: Persona
Konami
  • (Untitled Baseball Game)
  • Contra
  • Frogger
  • Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear Solid Snake Eater 3D "The Naked Sample"
  • Pro Evo



What games for the 3DS are you most excited for?

67 comments:

  1. etrian odyssey would be amazing in 3d.

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  2. cool post bro!
    check both my blogs are interesting! ;)
    suppin can u rtrn pls?

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  3. nintendo really has the handheld market cornered it is one if not the best selling console of all time.

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  4. I really want one. I hope the price remains nintendo like and cheap

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  5. Never really got into the DS, but some of the games do look damn good... Look forward to your next update :D

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  6. Aw man i just cant wait for mario Kart!
    An immortal classic!

    Hey nice post btw, way to go!

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  7. Another MGS game... Makes me want to get one sadly.

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  8. That is a HUGE amount of storage for a handheld. Crazy.

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  9. Glad to know the gear they're cranking

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  10. wow. seems like this will be a powerful hand held device

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  11. Meh, don't see the point in handheld consoles now when we got smartphones

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  12. Great. Another handheld and games I have to buy for my daughter. Maybe then she will let me play her DSi. haha

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  13. Can't wait for 3D frogger! haha

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  14. Oh god... Do want! But CycloDS needs to get on top of this shit before I make a purchase :P

    peace, read&love daily

    -j

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  15. Oh good, they got Mario Cart.
    My world is fine.

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  16. NINTENDO RULES! MARIO FOR PRESIDENT!

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  17. Have they decided on a price yet? I mean...
    Mario Kart and Frogger sound badass but the last Nintendo thing I bought was a gameboy advanced. Plus I have a PSP. Should I buy one of these too?

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  18. i am not so with portabel consoles.

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  19. Mmmmm 3DS is gonna be SICK. I WANT.

    Twitter.com/CawlinForReal

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  20. My HTC has nearly 600MHz, lol

    But its so unbelievable... Like 10 or 15 years ago, you needed a full desktop PC to provide that much power!

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  21. Man, I still gotta get my 360 working again D;

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  22. I want to get a xbox 360, daily
    check this out
    http://www.fwebtraffic.com/?rid=1298173

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  23. Starfox would be awesome! I'm kind of weary of that sweet spot you need for the 3D to look good, can't wait to try the 3DS in person.

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  24. i cant wait for OOT .. 3ds looks sick

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  25. I SAW THE VIDEO FOR THIS I CANT WAIT

    http://wordofdodd.blogspot.com/

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  26. That's right folks FROGGER IN 3D the world will finally be complete.

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  27. Still very happy with my DSLite

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  28. Paper mario and starfox! loved both of the classics.

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  29. Boy that screen looks awfully shiny. Remember the 3d fads from the 50s? Second coming, I guess.

    This reminds me of the virtualboy.

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  30. pro evo and contra, what do you nee dmore?
    oh wait POKEMANZ

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  31. Nintendo 3ds will be awesome! I'm getting one as soon as it comes out. Graphical capabilities that rival current gen consoles? That's just awesome.

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  32. I'm not much for handhelds, but this sounds great

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  33. Mafia II once I get enough money lol

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  34. Look forward to your next update! :D I'll keep in touch.

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  35. I kinda want to get one... but then again a new one may come out in a year or two that is somehow better. Happened with my fat DS.

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  36. i want one so bad damn that looks win

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  37. New set of Zelda games with it I hope.

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  38. Ok first i saw Metal Gear... I was Ok I might buy it. Now I see Persona, Devil Survivor. 100% must buy!

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  39. Nice info hope you keep up the quality posts
    laters mate

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  40. 3D is growing so rapidly...oh wow im amazed

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  41. Starfox 63 3D... now I'm interested as to how they'l pull that off.
    This 3D thing is still just a gimmick though.

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  42. Holy fuck Etrian Odyssey and Persona in 3d. WANT SO HARD.

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