닌텐도 3DS (Nintendo 3DS, Korea)

The Nintendo 3DS is a foldable dual-screen handheld game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. Announced in March 2010 and released beginning in early 2011, it succeeds the Nintendo DS and DSi. Building on the basic design of the DS, the 3DS retains the clamshell form factor and backward compatibility with Nintendo DS software, while introducing autostereoscopic 3D visuals that do not require special glasses. As an eighth-generation console, its primary competitor was Sony's PlayStation Vita. The Nintendo 3DS was released in Japan on February 26, 2011, and worldwide beginning the next month.