Nintendo 3DS smuggled off a Chinese assembly line

[chyyran]

I was noticing something about this picture..

We can see we got the charger port which seems to be the same as the DSi's charger, We got the cartridge port (Duh... what's the point of a game console that can't play games?..), What are those other two ports to the right of it though? I would assume they made the poor decision to move the stylus there since I didn't see it in any of the other pics.. But what's that other one? Looks like a USB port

It's probably the headphone/mic jack.

 

[Godson777]

The 3DS looks even better on video! I'm so excited for it!
It's not that big. Roughly the same size as the DS Lite. Just a bit thicker. If this does turn out to be a publicity stunt by Nintendo, it worked! I'm even more hyped for it!

Where did you get that smiley? TELL ME!!!!!!!

 

[8BitWalugi]

I was noticing something about this picture..

We can see we got the charger port which seems to be the same as the DSi's charger, We got the cartridge port (Duh... what's the point of a game console that can't play games?..), What are those other two ports to the right of it though? I would assume they made the poor decision to move the stylus there since I didn't see it in any of the other pics.. But what's that other one? Looks like a USB port

It's probably the headphone/mic jack.

No, the headphone jack hasn't moved.

 

[chyyran]

I was noticing something about this picture..

We can see we got the charger port which seems to be the same as the DSi's charger, We got the cartridge port (Duh... what's the point of a game console that can't play games?..), What are those other two ports to the right of it though? I would assume they made the poor decision to move the stylus there since I didn't see it in any of the other pics.. But what's that other one? Looks like a USB port

It's probably the headphone/mic jack.

No, the headphone jack hasn't moved.

Well then i'm stumped

 

[8BitWalugi]

Well then i'm stumped

Best bet is that it's the stylus. If you look carefully in the video (0:40 to about 0:45), you can see that it dips inwards to hold the stylus.

 

[Maplemage]

I can see all those people reading below us =D and even in the PS3/PSP private keys stuff.

 

[stab244]

Well then i'm stumped

Best bet is that it's the stylus. If you look carefully in the video (0:40 to about 0:45), you can see that it dips inwards to hold the stylus.

Hasn't it been confirmed that the stylus goes there? You see that happening in some of the 3DS videos (the one I can think of right now is the one where the lady is using it to showcase some of the features). And the other port might be an IR port. In the pic where the 3DS is on top of the DSL with the flashcart inside, you see some tape stuff covering it that is typically used to cover those places.

 

[Midna]

It's been confirmed that this unit has 96MB of RAM. That's totally different from the supposed "leak" IGN made about the system. A good deal more, in fact. That's right, the twin 266 ARM11s are now not only unconfirmed, but extremely unlikely.

Never, ever trust IGNorance.

Source

probably just a dev unit. notice how it says memory mode. only other mode i can think of is 64(rumored 3DS), 4(original DS) & 16(DSi)

, but i hope ur right.

Maybe

 

[Crass]

It's been confirmed that this unit has 96MB of RAM. That's totally different from the supposed "leak" IGN made about the system. A good deal more, in fact. That's right, the twin 266 ARM11s are now not only unconfirmed, but extremely unlikely.

Never, ever trust IGNorance.

Source

Its a devkit. Generally devkit units have more RAM (general rule of thumb in the past was twice as much RAM as the consumer grade models). This is for debug purposes.

For instance both the Xbox 360 and Playstation Dev consoles have 1GB of ram, as opposed to the 512mb found in the retail versions. I know the Dreamcast and Xbox 1 devkits also had twice as much RAM, not sure on the Playstation 1 and 2 kits. It all depends on the system archecture and the methods used for developement. But at this point, despite what you linked to says, NOTHING HAS BEEN CONFIRMED YET.

 

[BakuFunn]

It was postulated to be a devkit, a viral leak, and just an old case of the smuggle.
I say, who cares? It's not working, not much information juiced out of it, and generally not so exciting.


What is exciting is that it's coming soon, to be playable by a bounty of regular people.

 

[betterman]

Everybody are waiting for Nintendo 3DS released. So, was this only one pre-sales promotion by Nintendo?

Like iphone girl released years ago, it is only promotion for iphone.

Then this time, this man who steal this half-finished console do promotion jobs for Nintendo 3DS.

How can one console steal so easy from a factory?

What will their company do once finding the someone let go of this new console?

What do you guys think?

I prefer to think this is only one promotion.

 

[Rydian]

Nintendo wouldn't have a flash cart in the pics.

 

[zhuzhuchina]

they battery is the black part or the grey side? if black is very small

 

[deathking]

if it was set up by nintendo i bet he would of stole a game as well

 

[MLRX]

The question is how on Earth did he fit it up his anus?

Got a few chuckles out of me. Thank you sir.

 

[Hielkenator]

I really DON'T like the white analog stick.....
It's going to get dirty quickly...

 

[steves334]

I really DON'T like the white analog stick.....
It's going to get dirty quickly...

then don't finger your ass so much before u play with the 3DS

 

[Lemski07]

try to lick ur fingers b4 u play

Hey I think the one on the video is my cousin that came from china,

He told me he has a gift for my birthday

the price would cost around a whopping 13,000p here

 

[steves334]

try to lick ur fingers b4 u play

thats gross! even hom0s shouldnt lick assfingers!

 

[redact]

the price would cost around a whopping 13,000p here

that's... hrm.. *counts from fingers*
£130

*merc hides*