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The 3DS has a good design, already. The 3D slider looks a bit weird, though.QUOTE said:Nintendo wouldn't have revealed the Nintendo 3DS at E3 unless it had a final design, would it? According to Reggie Fils-Aime, Nintendo's North American President and chief operating officer, we could be seeing some changes before the device hits shelves. But Fils-Aime, known best for kicking ass and taking names, could be wrong.
In a Wired interview with 3DS producer Hideo Konno published this week, we've learned that what we're seeing is likely what we're going to get. Konno says, "You can take this as the final shape," when asked if changes will be made before its release.
While everyone was busy fawning over Nintendo's impressive new hardware, I got a bit nit-picky. My qualms were mostly with how the console felt and even looked -- I found the 3D slider felt a bit "cheap," and I'm not really in love with the "blocky" look of the power buttons, as well as the bizarre "bumps" for the "select," home," and "start" keys. Another issue I had? I thought the screens were too small; I wanted the breathtaking 3D display to be larger, especially after having spent considerable time with the DSi XL. Konno addresses this as well.
"The DSi XL was quite impactful with its very large screen, but the concept for the 3D is to have consumers bring it out of their homes and carrying it around," he says, then adding, "If we make it too larger, consumers might not be able to carry such a heavy thing in their bags. We wanted to make it compact."
Technically, though, he says a larger screen is possible… it would even be possible to make a television-sized screen utilizing the 3D technology (with limitations based around where the viewer must be sitting). So now the obvious question is, how much longer after the 3DS releases will Nintendo wait before announcing a larger model?
Source: Destructoid