{"id":16285,"date":"2011-01-19T13:49:10","date_gmt":"2011-01-19T17:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=16285"},"modified":"2011-01-19T14:17:17","modified_gmt":"2011-01-19T18:17:17","slug":"justins-japan-nintendo-3ds-comes-to-america-march-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/19\/justins-japan-nintendo-3ds-comes-to-america-march-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Justin’s Japan: Nintendo 3DS Comes to America March 27"},"content":{"rendered":"
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3D gaming becomes reality when the Nintendo 3DS hits stores March 27. (Nintendo Co., Ltd.)<\/p><\/div>\n

By <\/strong><\/em>JQ magazine<\/strong><\/em><\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>Justin Tedaldi<\/strong><\/em><\/a> (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his NY Japanese Culture\u00a0page <\/strong><\/em>here<\/strong><\/em><\/a> to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0<\/p>\n

Nintendo<\/a> announced at a press event today (Jan. 19) that its newest handheld video game console, the Nintendo 3DS, will be available in North America on March 27 for $249.99, hitting stores less than a month after its Japanese debut.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 3DS is the latest incarnation of Nintendo\u2019s portable DS series, which have sold more than 135 million units worldwide since 2004, making it second to Sony\u2019s PlayStation 2 in total sales. Nintendo\u2019s hook this time that should push them over the top employs a method called autostereoscopy<\/a>, which provides gaming on a special screen without the need for 3D glasses.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Other features include special augmented reality games<\/a>, backward compatibility with other DS titles, a Virtual Console<\/a> service for users to purchase Game Boy and Game Boy Color favorites, 3D movie support, StreetPass and SpotPass mode for wireless and Internet gaming, and a Mii Maker that creates a Mii avatar based off a photo taken with the 3DS\u2019 built-in camera. Other interactive functions, like a pedometer and a 3D camera on the back of the device, are expected to increase the console\u2019s appeal to non-gamers as well, according to Nintendo of America\u2019s president Reggie Fils-Aime.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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By JQ magazine\u2019s\u00a0Justin Tedaldi (CIR Kobe-shi, 2001-02)\u00a0for Examiner.com.\u00a0Visit his NY Japanese Culture\u00a0page here to subscribe for free alerts\u00a0on newly published stories.\u00a0\u00a0 Nintendo announced at a press event today (Jan. 19) that its newest handheld video game console, the Nintendo 3DS, will be available in North America on March 27 for $249.99, hitting stores less than […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4,30,340],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articlejournalism","category-japan-trends","category-justins-japan"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t