Nintendo producer and current innovator du jour, Hideki Konno confirmed in an interview with Wired Magazine this week that the ‘DS on ‘roids’ look of the 3DS was final design for the product.
When Nintendo first unveiled the 3DS, it was stressed that the design shown wasn’t final, like the DS, which went through a fairly radical redesign between first being shown off and hitting retail shelves. Now it appears that the final appearance of the 3DS will remain largely unchanged between now and the handheld’s release.
Asked by Wired whether the 3DS’s outer appearance could change between now and whenever it’s actually released, Nintendo’s Hideki Konno replied, “You can take this as the final shape.”
Konno also confirmed that the on-board gyroscope would let the 3DS behave like the Wii MotionPlus does, giving it more finite control over unit than previous. He also said that a way to improve the device or advance the glasses-less 3D technology is to “make it larger.” This would undoubtly be released as the 3DS XL and conversely, the 3DS Mini because we all know what direction Nintendo takes before it makes things bigger.
Nintendo might know how to make a mint, but it’s certainly not with bold design choices.
