Nintendo 3DS

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A blue Nintendo 3DS.

The Nintendo 3DS (ニンテンドー3DS Nintendō 3DS) is the latest portable game console by Nintendo, and can produce "3D effects without the need for any special glasses" via a process called autostereoscopy. It was released in Japan on February 26, 2011 for ¥25,000, succeeding the Nintendo DS series of handhelds, which primarily shares the handheld console market with Sony's PSP (PlayStation Portable). The Nintendo 3DS features backward compatibility with Nintendo DS series software, including Nintendo DSi software.

Announcing the device on March 23, 2010, Nintendo officially unveiled it at the 2010 Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) on June 15, with the company inviting attendees to play with the console. According to industry analysts, the timing of Nintendo's original announcement, which had drawn attention away from the launch of the company's still-new Nintendo DSi XL handheld, was likely intended to preempt impending news leaks about the product by the Japanese press. The official release date for Japan was announced in a press conference on September 29.

The crossover game Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney and the fifth core Ace Attorney game Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies are for the 3DS.