
Nintendo of America, Satoru Iwata, president of Nintendo Co. Ltd., announces Super Mario in 3D for the Nintendo 3DS portable video game system on March 2, in San Francisco, California. Kim White/Nintendo of America via Getty Images (Kim White/Getty IMages )
The new
Nintendo 3D Video Game System which was launched last February in Japan went on sale in the United States. The sale started last March 26 and the retailing price is $250.
According to the company, the new hand-held console let the users experience the 3D features without wearing special 3D glasses. Nintendo has said that it also plans to introduce Netflix-streamed 3-D movies by summer 2011.
“The 3-D display is amazing in its own right, but just as compelling are the new forms of game play it delivers, and the groundbreaking ways it will connect players to new content … and each other,” said Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime.

The Nintendo 3DS uses autostereoscopy to produce the 3D illusion to the gamer without requiring the need of any special glasses. The player can regulate the intensity of the 3D settings or even turn it off to play the games in 2D by adjusting the 3D Depth Slider found at the upper right side of the console.
The Nintendo 3DS comes in three colors: cosmo black, aqua blue, and red. However, the red units will only be made available at the end of 2011.