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#uk Not everyone can stomach 3D like a pro. Some gamers might feel dizzy or even ill. According to British tabloid The Sun, "HUNDREDS of furious gamers have slammed Nintendo's new 3DS console - for making them feel ill." More »

#video Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D may not be the most original game on the 3DS, but it's certainly shaping up as one of the best-looking. More »

#3ds Console launches are normally times for absurdity, but this report coming in from the UK - of GAME staff popping down to their local supermarket to buy 3DS units - is something else. More »

#3d Displaying content in 3D is the main draw for the new Nintendo 3DS. So will Nintendo's next home console follow suit? Don't hold your breath. More »

If you were confused by the presence of a pre-owned 3DS on the shelves of your local GAME outlet on the handheld's launch weekend, Eurogamer's uncovered a possible shady explanation. According to an unnamed source who works for the retailer, a company memo encouraged GAME employees to use money from their registers to purchase a 3DS and game bundle from its competitor, Tesco, for the discounted price of £209.90. They could then trade the merchandise back to GAME for the exact same price.

The memo described this maneuver as "a great opportunity to gain 3DS consoles and games for your store's pre-owned stock." Each pre-owned system could then be "set at the same price as mint due to unexpected supply shortage on the market and the quality of the stock." However, the memo instructs employees not to sell the pre-owned handhelds until the mint hardware is sold out, prohibiting clerks from "up-selling" the used merch.

The document describes these shopping runs as "not mandatory," but Eurogamer reports one GAME employee said his store was reprimanded for not participating.

We've seen the guts of the Nintendo 3DS ripped open (and valuated!) in photos, but its hard for us to get our grisly tech-pleasure unless we see the teardown in action. Check out PimpMyConsole's audiofree 3DS surgery video posted below while we consider how truly upsetting that last sentence was.

Nintendo believes strongly in glasses-free 3D. The company wouldn't be able to achieve this feat on a home console, short of shipping an innovative TV in the box, so ... it's probably not going to do that.

"I think at Nintendo, we realize that any sort of goggle-type 3D technology was not going to work," 3DS hardware producer Hideki Konno told CNN. "In order to make 3D technology viable with video games, we thought we needed to have glasses-free 3D." Konno and his team at Nintendo did experiment with a 3D display tethered to a Wii before development of the 3DS began, but purely as a proof-of-concept for glasses-free 3D.

Echoing Konno's remarls, Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told CNN, "Glasses-free is a big deal. We've not said publicly what the next thing for us will be in the home console space, but based on what we've learned on 3D, likely, that won't be it." It probably won't be 4D either -- that's been done.

Nintendo is staring at some three-dimensional stacks of cash today. Nintendo of America issued a press release claiming that "U.S. day-one sales numbers for Nintendo 3DS were the highest of any Nintendo hand-held system in our history."

The publisher declined to comment on exact numbers, saying only that more information will be available when the NPD releases its report on the first-week sales. We guess that $250 price point wasn't much of a deterrent after all. Find the full statement after the break.

Two issues have come up with the new 3DS -- one kind of serious, and one kind of not. NeoGAF users and a GoNintendo post, among others, document a periodic error screen that appears during gameplay, which requires the system to be shut off and turned back on in order to get back to playing. It seems to be most commonly associated with Super Monkey Ball 3D and Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars.

Nintendo of Europe issued a statement to Eurogamer suggesting that this issue could be fixed by downloading the latest firmware. If that doesn't fix the issue, the company recommends users "contact their local Nintendo Customer Service centre to investigate the problem further."

Some users are also reporting an excessively loose hinge, causing the top half of the system to wobble during play. "The hinge i thought was OK," reports 3DSBuzz forum user Suspiria, "but throughout the day it has got worse and worse." Nintendo acknowledges the possibility of such an issue on its support site, advising those who suffer from it to send the system in for repairs. We're contacting Nintendo about both issues, and will let you know what shakes out. Hopefully, it's not the top of a 3DS.

[Thanks, Don]

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As you guys know, there’s two variations to the black screen of death on the 3DS. One variation will cause your game to go black, followed by an error warning. As you can guess, this screeching halt ‘kills’ your game until you restart the 3DS. The second black screen of death is [...]

#3ds These days it seems breathing on your gaming hardware is enough to void your warranty, so there's something cathartic about watching a man turn a 3DS from a single unit into hundreds of tiny, tiny pieces. More »

#video System freezes are starting to crop up on an unknown number of Nintendo's new 3DS portables. While we don't know how frequent the problem is, it's happening enough for Nintendo to include the issue on their official troubleshooting site. More »

Last week, Android users got their hands on an app which let them load up images of the 3DS AR cards on their smartphones -- but the rest of the world had to go without. Today, a more accessible mobile site has launched, opening up the doors to anyone with an internet-enabled portable device.

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There’s all sorts of armchair speculation and analysis going on today concerning the 3DS launch sales. Are people ignoring the launch or did Nintendo actually put out enough stock in stores to cater to the launch demand? We’re so used to Nintendo skimping on supplies that we see shortages all over the place. [...]

Whenever you have a method for text input, people will try to cram every dirty word they can into it. Case in point, the 3DS text input options. As you can see from the screen above, the Big N has let something slip through, which is odd because they don’t let you type [...]

Whenever you have a method for text input, people will try to cram every dirty word they can into it. Case in point, the 3DS text input options. As you can see from the screen above, the Big N has let something slip through, which is odd because they don’t let you type [...]

Nintendo UK Head of Communications Robert Saunders recently responded to a post on MaxConsole, which corralled a number of Twitter users complaining that their time with the 3DS was causing headaches and dizziness. Saunders explained, "When viewing any kind of 3D images (TV, movies etc.), some people might experience minor discomfort." He added, "The effects are short term and have no lasting effect, in fact most players can continue after taking a short break." Click past the jump for his full statement.

For those who find Saunders' response a little too corporate, Penny Arcade also released its response to 3DS discomfort earlier today. Sure, it's a smidge exaggerated, but we find it to be a tad more entertaining than the company line.

The Wall Street Journals is reporting that Miramax and Netflix are nearing a five-year deal to add 700 films to the movie-rental companies streaming service. That means more movies to watch on your laptop, console, phone, pad and soon, your 3DS. Netflix, Miramax Near Streaming Deal [WSJ] More »

#speakuponkotaku In today's 3D edition of the Speak-Up on Kotaku, commenter JoetheArachnid figures we need a post where new 3DS owners can exchange their friend codes. What a lovely idea. Let's run with it. More »

#wellplayed Being a fan of technology and gee-whiz gadgets can take its toll on your bank account and your faith in innovation at times. More »

#oddities In late spring and early summer this year, the Nintendo 3DS will be inundated with one thing in Japan: fishing simulators. More »

#oddities The Universal Gadget Wrist Charger sports a 1,500mAh 5.5V rechargeable lithium ion battery that comes with nine different adapters to charge a whole host of portable devices like the iPhone, the PSP, the DS Lite and the DSi/3DS. More »