Nintendo 3DS

The Nintendo 3DS is a foldable dual-screen handheld that succeeded the DS and DSi; its upper screen shows 3D images without glasses. It was announced in March 2010 and launched in 2011 (CTR-001, Japan, 26 February 2011).

The family is large: the 3DS XL (SPR-001, 2012), the Nintendo 2DS (FTR-001, 2013), the New Nintendo 3DS (KTR-001) and New 3DS XL (RED-001) of 2014, the New 2DS XL (JAN-001, 2017) and the Chinese iQue 3DS XL. The catalog lists more than 300 colour and bundle variants; the same colour often has a different name by region, for example Flare Red in Japan, Flame Red in North America and Metallic Red in Europe. Accessories include the Circle Pad Pro, charging cradles and the NFC Reader/Writer.

Models without the New label have no built-in NFC, so amiibo need the separate NFC Reader/Writer, and they use SD cards while the New models take microSD.