Hardware 3DS mock-ups

[davidsl_128]

Well the third would be just to show the menu and play music, so it could be really weak and cheap and it'd work... I guess xD I don't know much about cpu's and stuff.

 

[sn0wfish]

nice vid, it looks awesome

 

[davidsl_128]

Yeah a redesign would be nice. Impress us Nintendo!

 

[Julian Sidewind]

Everyone's mockups have joysticks AND folds, but u guys realize if it has a joystick, it's gonna stick out too much to be able to fold...

 

[DarkWay]

Everyone's mockups have joysticks AND folds, but u guys realize if it has a joystick, it's gonna stick out too much to be able to fold...

not necessarily it's still possible for the 3DS to have joysticks and still fold pretty flush and fit nice you just have to use your head while designing the mock-up or thinking about how this can be accomplished

 

[davidsl_128]

Well no one said the joysticks have to be very high. If they're only a little higher than the face buttons, the DS could fold easily (if you have a lite, you can see how the touchscreen protrudes out of the DS, and yet it closes). Besides, supposedly they can move on the Z axis too, so even if they're tall they could move down when the lid closes. Of course, they can't be as high as an analog stick in a console controller... that'd be too much.

EDIT: here:

------------- 3D Stick -------------------- Button -------------

 

[KingVamp]

mind has a joy stick sink in a hold to fit , it not just on there :/

 

[davidsl_128]

Cool concept. Would allow for a bigger screen without hurting much the size when closed. And gamers that got intimidated by so many buttons, as Nintendo said, could just hide them and stick to touch-only games!

 

[KingVamp]

Okay, so, here's my mockup:

The idea behind it is that the 'control panels' slide out and in, so that the 3DS can be used in a sort of 'touch screen mode' for apps etc, with an on-screen keyboard and what have you.
I'm not good with any 3D software so it's hard to get by exactly what I mean but I think you can get the basic idea.
On the second image, the panels are pushed in.

Where did you get your idea? this

jk

, but it cool!!!

 

[ShadowInferno119]

This is my mock-up lol..


(I Jokes.

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[EpicJungle]

How funny. After me and my family watched Avatar 3D, we were like, "wooow. soon they're gonna make 3D stuff without the need of glasses..."
And guess what showed up, 3DS.

Well, im gonna make my own mockup.

 

[EpicJungle]

It took me long because I was eating... and eating... xD

Here's my fail mock-up which I took a picture of (to lazy to scan)

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The 3DS

Spoiler

So yeah... Some labels are for the 3DS menu. I forgot, the volume is on the left side surface.

The Front Side Surface

Spoiler

So yeah, The change was I added a vibration switch, which means there's a built-in vibration... I also put the ds card slot there also.

Sliding Feature

Spoiler

To slide it forward, you can push or pull the screen (not to hard), then push down.

Yeah, my mock-up is not perfect

 

[EpicJungle]

Thanks! I didn't put that much effort into it...

I wanna see more mock-ups!

 

[thedicemaster]

Spoiler

a design i'd find interesting(made it with colors!DS)

image 1: casual mode.
for full touch games, and media playback.
what you can't see is the camera on the back, didn't bother drawing that.
imaging it's pretty much on the backside on the same spot as CAM1

image 2: action mode.
for 3D racing, fighting, and other action games played best on a nice big high-res screen.
this mode reveals the ABXY, start, select, and D-pad buttons as well as an analog stick(2nd one could be added on the opposite side near ABXY)

image 3: dual mode.
this mode is required for DS games, and offers 2 sections on 1 screen with a skin-able border in between(3DS games could come with their own border)
this mode hides the analog stick, but offers easier access to the touchscreen.


this design uses 1 gamecard slot compatible with DS and 3DS gamecards, as well as 1 SDHC memorycard slot for cards of up to 32GB.
i decided to place the 3.5mm audio port between the shoulder buttons, next to the gamecard slot, because i hate how on the DS/PSP the 3.5mm plug is always where i want my hand.
the volume buttons are on the screen section, so they don't get in the way or accidentally pressed while mashing some buttons.
4 speakers, 1 in each corner of the screen section. this is to simulate some basic surround sound and to overcome the problem of loss of stereo effect when rotating the screen.
power button is a slider like the DSlite has.
the built-in microphone is centered below the screen(in the widescreen modes)

 

[Porobu]

A mockup made by me

You can see them in HQ: White and Black. By the way the + and - are Start and Select, not the volume things.

In my ideal 3DS, there'd be 3 processors: the 2 that games need (Arm7 and Arm9, I think) and one for the 3DS functions. That way, when you press Home, you could make the game enter "sleep mode" (as in when you close the DS lid) and have the third processor show a Home menu, similar to the one in the Wii. From here you could change the volume and the brightness, and play music (which could keep playing even while playing the game, since the game runs on the first two processors and the music on the third), and even use pictochat! You would also be able to use any odd functionality the 3DS brought, maybe a daily planner or a sketchbook. Also you can see in the mockup that there's two mics, this would allow the 3DS to detect where sounds come from so games wouldn't just ask you to blow, but they could ask you to blow in different directions to guide a paper plane, for example. I only put one camera because more cameras would make it too expensive, 3D screens and dual analog sticks (or should I say 3D sticks?) will make the price skyrocket enough

And where is the *cough* pr0n *cough* button?

 

[DarkMario616]

I'd rather us go back to the "pre-historic times" and give us the old brick, like the original gameboys.

 

[KingVamp]

Spoiler

a design i'd find interesting(made it with colors!DS)

image 1: casual mode.
for full touch games, and media playback.
what you can't see is the camera on the back, didn't bother drawing that.
imaging it's pretty much on the backside on the same spot as CAM1

image 2: action mode.
for 3D racing, fighting, and other action games played best on a nice big high-res screen.
this mode reveals the ABXY, start, select, and D-pad buttons as well as an analog stick(2nd one could be added on the opposite side near ABXY)

image 3: dual mode.
this mode is required for DS games, and offers 2 sections on 1 screen with a skin-able border in between(3DS games could come with their own border)
this mode hides the analog stick, but offers easier access to the touchscreen.


this design uses 1 gamecard slot compatible with DS and 3DS gamecards, as well as 1 SDHC memorycard slot for cards of up to 32GB.
i decided to place the 3.5mm audio port between the shoulder buttons, next to the gamecard slot, because i hate how on the DS/PSP the 3.5mm plug is always where i want my hand.
the volume buttons are on the screen section, so they don't get in the way or accidentally pressed while mashing some buttons.
4 speakers, 1 in each corner of the screen section. this is to simulate some basic surround sound and to overcome the problem of loss of stereo effect when rotating the screen.
power button is a slider like the DSlite has.
the built-in microphone is centered below the screen(in the widescreen modes)

Love this idea

 

[ProtoKun7]

Me too, sounds like a good idea. Hope Nintendo are paying attention.

 

[Porobu]

My Ideas for it

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[JackDeeEss]

I'm sorry to rain on your Parades, but There definately won't be any Joysticks.
It's gonna havta close properly, and two big things sticking out in the middle won't help.