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hey everyone I'm Jeff Bakalar for cnet.com we've got a first look at the Nintendo 3ds it's right here March 27th is the release date it's going to retail for 250 dollars three cameras on this thing there's one facing the user two around back for 3d photos very cool innovation right there we've got an SD card slot wireless compatibility allows you to play on the go with people around the world which is really impressive over here is the notification LED really going to give you a lot of information about what's going on with the 3ds really is going to deal with a lot of the connectivity Wi-Fi bass and also local sort of stuff this will really give you an idea of what's happening with the 3ds there's a lot of connectivity that's automated with the 3ds so there's really not a lot of manual configuration that's going to have to happen the 3ds can detect other systems and hook those up automatically which is really cool up front you've got the four buttons that we're all used to on DS systems but on the left side of the unit is the analog stick which is new for Nintendo portables really excited to see how developers use that along the bottom are three new buttons as well the select home and start buttons the home button will allow to pause a mid-game look into other apps without losing the action that's going on in the original game we're excited to see stuff like that they've also streamlined friend codes it's a lot easier now to play with friends we're happy about that improvement as well up top is the 3d screen we actually have it turned off so it's better for the camera we're also looking at the knee maker software right here you can take a photo of yourself in the me maker software will configure the character to look like you it's just pretty cool we've never seen anything like that before the 3ds is also backwards compatible with the Nintendo DS and all the downloadable DSi games so we're happy to see that implemented in the design as well at launch the 3d s is going to be available in black or blue there's also a lot of pre-loaded software including a game called face Raiders that takes a photo of you and inserts that into a shooting gallery pretty cool there's a game tracker it's an app that tracks all of your progress through games and reward Z there is a physical mobility monitor a sort of like a pedometer that tracks movement your physical movement with the device that's something we've never seen also included is the ability to take 3d photos that you view them on the 3d screen can also watch 3d videos on the top screen really impressive stuff that's going to do it for us it's a first look at the Nintendo 3ds I'm Jeff Bakalar for cnet.com thanks for watching