3DS pricing, date details promised in Sept. - Report

I can't wait to get the nintendo 3ds just so I can play Zelda Ocarina of Time again! I cannot tell you how anxious i was for this new system after i read up on Nintendo 3DS News - http://nintendo3dsnewsnow.blogspot.com/ here at Gamespot and IGN. Thanks for posting this awesome article.

School tuition, rent, whatever. 3DS will be a guaranteed first day purchase.

Looking forward to this more than anything. Hopefully by spring I can get my hands on it.

god I hope that Final Fantasy game is a Final Fantasy VII Game PLZ FFVII 3D HELL YEA !

people believe that it is going to come sometime this november or december

But it kind of sucks because I was going 2 get a dsi because I havent had a handheld system in a while every since I lost my psp,and now Im gunna have 2 wait till next year 2 get a handheld system.Im also glad that there going 2 have some hardcore games like resident evil,and metal gear solid.

Man this version of the ds looks bad-ass.3-d,better graphics,a joystick,and it can play movies.Awsome lol

My only gripes are how the top half kind of sticks out when closed and that the control pad may be awkward to use.

To me, this is a must have! I'd be happy around 200 for it, but hey after Sept 29 I'll be looking for the first place that does pre-orders :D

@spottedfire22 Whatever nintendo prices the 3DS at, that is the price it will stay The ds lite is still 130

I personally will laugh if I walk through a store and see the 3DS for 250. I will also not even look at it until the pricing goes down. For a game system that'll get a new version in a year or two, seen with the last four versions of the DS, 250 is high. Hell, I may even wait for one of those new systems to come out before buying, depending on how many complaints there are compared to the compliments. Also, I'm not getting the system as soon as they shoot it, I want to see how many mechanical difficulties there will be, as this is practically a first of its kind system. I want it though, no matter what the hell I just said.

$250.00? I doubt Nintendo will be stupid enough to price it that high. That is the price of their home consoles to start, not their hand held systems.

awesome I cant wait for this to come out in Canada. But I'm probably gonna wait a while for the price to come down a bit before I buy it.

How much will the games be?

really pumped 4 the 3DS.

Meh, I say this is well worth the wait and the price.

Why didn't Nintendo just make a new handheld. I hate that they keep coming out with a new iteration every year. Granted, I think this is the first iteration I feel is worth upgrading to. It's almost like it was a new handheld, except Nintendo decided to keep the DS name and format to keep capitalizing on the DS market and continuing to create growth in it.

We still got to wait until 2011 for a release.

Pass......

come on, keep it 200 and under

I will wait if its 250. I don't want to buy one and find out the 3DS lite is going to be released a few months later

Let the people be mislead about a so called " 'nother DS" :) Atleast I'll have a 3DS all for myself

@dontshackzmii i don't know if you knew the but the other screen usually only shows 1 thing a map, usually nothing else so i'm pretty sure it won't drain the gpu and secondly if you look at some off the screen shots, especially for MGS 3. I'd say the 3d version looks much better than ps2. And anyway what we've all been waiting for is a capacity as much as a gamecube so that we can finally play an authentic Zelda game and it's happening so the price could definitely be 250 but same i hope it's 200

CAn't wait for MGS 3

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Here is why I think the 3DS will be $180+... The Dsi XL is currently for sale at $180. The DSi was originally $180, so this must be atleast $180. I'm guessing $200-220

I'd like to see it at $200 of course... Even if it is $250 I'll most likely still end up getting it on day 1... Don't forget people, trade-ins, cya later DS Lite and PSP!

i'll definately get it on the launch if the price is between 150-200$.It'll be my first ever DS

Awesome. I bet 200 bucks.

cant wait

I bought my DS Lite back in 2006 so I would say that the 3DS offers the perfect upgrade almost 5 years later. Can't wait to start DS-ing again like I used to. Oh and price it for 150 quid at the most... including Kid Icarus.

if they dont release it this year in the US then ill just order it online from a japanese electronic site or might even consider going to Japan lol

If they dont want the same fate as Psp go then they will price it between 150 and 200$.

I doubt it would come at 250. I'm guessing 175. @dontshackzmii: If you count in the 3D effects, then the graphics will be better the way I see it.

250$ for a system that cant even do much better then ps2 in terms of graphics is to much. even more then 200$ is not a fair price. i worry that 3d and 2 screens will drain the gpu so we end up having really lame looking games.

A new HARDWARE doesn't mean, necessary, a new platform. The hardware of Xbox 360 S is different of normal Xbox 360. It has a new motherboard, it has a new 45 nm processor (the older has 90 nm processor), it has a new size and case, a new design... and it is an iteration of the older one....

250 bucks its sorta ok but i think it should be a bit lower

1. Whoever wrote this article really didn't pay attention in college. Incorrect information, and poor word choice. The 3DS is not the fifth iteration of the DS... it would be much better described as the fifth evolution. It's true that it is still a part of the DS brand, but like the progression to the Gameboy Advance, the 3DS is not the same thing as the DS. 2. I doubt Nintendo will release the 3DS at $250. $200 wouldn't shock me, but $250 would turn off a lot of parents looking to buy it for their children. Nintendo shouldn't forget that children are a large part of their demographics. 3. I don't think we'll see a release of the 3DS 'til March. They won't release it anywhere near Zelda, and I'm predicting a January release for that.

@sebFlyte: Perhaps but it should be made clear for people who do not yet understand that the 3DS is a entirely new system even IF it has the same formfactor and has "DS" in the name. Otherwise some people might falsely assume its just another DS model with "3D" effects. It is entirely new HARDWARE and should be pointed out as such. Such as this line here: "The 3DS is to be the fifth iteration of Nintendo's latest handheld" Which again is INCORRECT or if not incorrect then MISLEADING. It leads readers to assume this just is another model of the DS line. It is an entirely NEW system that happens to retain some form factor and play DS games too. You really need to get your information correct and write it in such a way to not confuse people who may not have all the facts already. As many people who may have several versions of the DS already may be lead to NOT buy the 3DS simply by being misinformed that the system is just a new ds model with 3d effects. Please write in a non-misleading way before posting articles thank you. I think had you actually seen the Nintendo 3DS in action at E3 or at the london showcase this week you would not so easily make that mistake.

Gamespot you are wrong the 3DS is the next generation of the DS. Which means it isn't the 5th iteration of the DS. The way that is worded makes it seem like the 3DS is just another DS. @ monson21502 They had a video of someone playing classic games on the 3DS in 3D those games were downloadable but I think they were mainly NES games. I think the 3DS will have a Virtual Console type service if that is true the 3DS could have GBA games.

[quote="Maxout623"]"The 3DS is to the DSi the same as the iPhone 3GS is to the iPhone (Original/Edge). The hardware is upgraded, but the form factor is nearly identical and games can be played on both systems (with varying performance)." Incorrect. A 3DS game cannot be played on a DSi.[/quote] I didn't say that. [quote="Hvac0120"]... games can be played on both systems...[/quote] There are some games that will not play on the old iPhone that are designed for the iPhone 4. But there are still games that play on both. This is the same thing for DSi and 3DS.

@Evenios It *is* another form of the DS. It's a different hardware iteration with the same fundamental form factor and part of the same naming schema.

monson21502 hope it plays ds games. gba games would be a nice bonus too. ******************************************************************* They said at the conference that it will play all DS games. It probably won't play Gameboy games. I believe the DSi XL doesn't play Gameboy games. The regular DSi does play both DS and Gameboy games. I don't care what the price point is. I'm getting it at launch. I may actually get 2 of them and sell the other on Ebay. This will be the hottest item next year in the U.S.

hope it plays ds games. gba games would be a nice bonus too

about time this was corrected. I find it sad that today it seems most websites are using other already published articles as their source instead of finding out themselves by picking up the phone or sending out an email to confirm. Using a google translated article BLURB as "news" is poor doings. Even if Gamespot has a smaller staff then IGN it still should have a responsibility for proper reporting. and this article still incorrectly states that the 3DS is another form of the DS. This can confuse people. The 3DS is not another "form" of the DS it is a whole new system.

"The 3DS is to the DSi the same as the iPhone 3GS is to the iPhone (Original/Edge). The hardware is upgraded, but the form factor is nearly identical and games can be played on both systems (with varying performance)." Incorrect. A 3DS game cannot be played on a DSi.

The 3DS is to the DSi the same as the iPhone 3GS is to the iPhone (Original/Edge). The hardware is upgraded, but the form factor is nearly identical and games can be played on both systems (with varying performance).

Well, if the 3DS is just another iteration of the DS, than the PS3 is just another iteration of the PS2, isn't it?

"I maintain it is a further iteration of the DS -- it's got the same name, the same form factor, and will play some of the same games. It's a major step up, but it's still an iteration." That's a little disingenuous. Sure, the 3DS can play the DS games with backwards compatibility, but 3DS games could never be played on a DS or DSi. The graphical improvement is too much to call it another iteration, especially since the only cross compatability is with the older games to the new system. I mean, what you said sounded like the upgrade from gameboy to gameboy color, but this is far more like going from gameboy color to gameboy advance.

its better to wait till sony release their counter-attack on 3ds then thats the time to choose