Nintendo 3DS escapes production line, strikes a pose with Yoshi (video)

No, not that Yoshi , but the real, officially licensed critter with a penchant for chomping Goombas and dropping eggs. Nintendo’s 3DS handheld has, according to 3DS Buzz , been stolen from a Chinese manufacturing factory and leaked all over the Internet. This version is a little different than what we saw at E3 and even the “official” version from the September 29th announcement , the Select, Home, and Start buttons having been made flush into the screen bezel. Also, a 1300mAh battery is confirmed, as is 96MB of RAM. We have another picture of it below, showing it’s size compared to everything from a Game Boy Micro to a DSi XL , nicely demonstrating that Nintendo’s new hotness is a little bit smaller than even a standard DSi . That’s progress for ya, folks. Update : David T. wrote in with a video of the thing in action — well, in non-action, really. It’s embedded below, and as you can see the poor backless 3DS is decidedly non-functional. [Thanks to everyone who sent this in] Continue reading Nintendo 3DS escapes production line, strikes a pose with Yoshi (video) Nintendo 3DS escapes production line, strikes a pose with Yoshi (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Jan 2011 07:16:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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