Hardware What's up with the IR sensor thing?

[Supreme Dirt]

LOL

Guys.

It's for the GBC Virtual Console.

Case closed.

 

[evolance7]

Virtual Console on 3DS.
Remember the GBC games using infrared instead of Gameboy link cables?
I hope they implement this.
Oh boy, it's going to be sweet if they put this much effort to support old GBC games.

 

[bowser]

LOL

Guys.

It's for the GBC Virtual Console.

Case closed.

Now that's much more likely!

 

[Relys]

compatibility with 3dtvs???

 

[MelodieOctavia]

I doubt the IR sensor will be used for ANY kind of data transfer. standard IR speeds are supremely slow.

 

[DeadlyFoez]

Since the 3DS doesn't have Bluetooth (I think) there goes that theory.

WHAT?!?!?!? The 3DS not have bluetooth? Are you sure? That would be stupid for them to not incorporate it.

 

[Nollog]

This is probably hopeful thinking but, doesn't the Wii's sensor bar use IR? You think it could be used in, one way or another, with the Wii? I mean, I'd think wireless connections would be easier, but who knows.

wiimote has ir camera, sensor bar has 3,2,4,or 6 LED's.

don't understand why they don't just use wireless, or dumb down the wireless card to act like a bluetooth device since they're pretty much the same thing.

 

[Donald Serrot]

The way I see it, Nintendo seems to like to test stuff out with Pokemon. Remember how Fire Red and Leaf Green had those GBA Wireless link cables? Not long after that we had the DS with built in wireless multiplayer. In HG and SS they used IR for the Pokewalker, and that may have partially been just for the Pokewalker, but they could have done better. Now we have a 3DS with this mysterious IR port. And what do we have to look forward to next? Well... they did just do some video chat in B/W right? I think that we may have some more of that in the days to come.

 

[jamesaa]

It's likely alot cheaper to make accessories with an ir port than bluetooth (for example the pokewalker) so i would assume it's likely to be used for small little things such as that (and hopefully GBC), whether or not it really gets used much is another matter.

As for if the 3DS has bluetooth, the operations manual does not have bluetooth listed in the index, and i cannot see any bluetooth logos on the box or console. So it's seems safe to say it doesn't have it.

 

[koji2009]

It's likely alot cheaper to make accessories with an ir port than bluetooth (for example the pokewalker) so i would assume it's likely to be used for small little things such as that (and hopefully GBC), whether or not it really gets used much is another matter.

As for if the 3DS has bluetooth, the operations manual does not have bluetooth listed in the index, and i cannot see any bluetooth logos on the box or console. So it's seems safe to say it doesn't have it.

Bluetooth is unnecessary with the wifi adapter in most situations... The IR sensor as mentioned earlier is almost certainly for cheaper accessory connection. The GBA had a dedicated port which worked well, and then the original DS/Lite had the GBA slot for things like the guitar hero addon... But the 3ds doesn't have any hard connection ports. That's where the IR sensor will come in. That way controller add ons or possibly other cheap devices can have a means of communication with the system.