Hardware 3DS XL Speculation

[tbgtbg]

7" screen would kill battery life. More.

 

[Ikki]

The 3DS screen is big enough for me. And I don't think this...hint? Will lead to anything. 7'' is too much for the screen.

7 inch is too much. The most I can take is 4.5 inch.

I lol'd

 

[naruses]

It could have a line on the middle of the screen that divides it into two scren it being

3.5*2=7

 

[ferofax]

i don't think people have to worry about the battery life if it gets a 7" 3D screen. chances are, bigger size comes with bigger compartments--more room to put in bigger & better batteries.

i'll be worried about heat & cooling though, but i don't think any Nintendo handhelds had been more than warm from long hours of playing. plus it'll be heavy, like playing with a notebook computer/mini-laptop. definite wrist strain.

 

[Veho]

It could have a line on the middle of the screen that divides it into two scren it being

3.5*2=7

Diagonals don't work that way

A 7'' screen divided in two gives you two 4.85'' screens.

Which is even better, actually

 

[DunkrWunkah]

Seven inches. Seven inches. SEVEN INCHES!

WHAAT?!

 

[duffmmann]

Usually apple's creative and they never steal ideas. :/
It's a shame they have to copy the 3D display.

Yeah because Nintendo started the whole 3d thing /sarcasm.

Without glasses? Yes.

 

[Razor83]

7" is obviously far too big for a handheld, more likely they are refering to Nintendo's 3D screen attachment prototype for GameCube, or perhaps a new version of it for Wii. It would have been like a 3D version of the portable screen attachment for PSone:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FileSone-wLCD-Screen.jpg
The prototype is mentioned in this Iwata Asks interview:
http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interview.ht...do-3ds-made/0/0

Iwata:
To go back a little further, the Nintendo GameCube system actually had 3D-compatible circuitry built in.

Itoi:
Huh?

Iwata:
It had the potential for such functions.

Itoi:
Nintendo GameCube did? And all the Nintendo GameCubes systems around the world?

Iwata:
Yeah. If you fit it with a certain accessory, it could display 3D images.

Itoi:
What a secret!

Iwata:
Nintendo GameCube was released in 2001, exactly ten years ago. We’d been thinking about 3D for a long time even back then.

Itoi:
Why didn’t anyone ever know?

Iwata:
The liquid crystal for it was still expensive. Simply put, Nintendo GameCube could display 3D images if you attached a special LCD, but that special liquid crystal was really expensive back then.

Itoi:
Yeah, we’re talking about ten years ago.

Iwata:
We couldn’t have done it without selling it for a price far above that of the Nintendo GameCube system, itself! We already had a game for it, though—Luigi’s Mansion, simultaneously released with Nintendo GameCube.

Itoi:
The one in which Luigi shoulders a vacuum cleaner?

Iwata:
Yeah, that one. We had a functional version of that in 3D.

Itoi:
That was 3D?

Miyamoto:
It would jump out at you pretty nicely.

Iwata:
Even without special glasses, the 3D looked pretty good. But we considered how much the liquid crystal would cost, and it was just too expensive. We figured the market just wasn’t there for it.

 

[omatic]

I'd probably buy a Nintablet.