Stereoscopic 3D Was Miyamoto's Last Minute Idea for Nintendo 3DS

What the hell would it have been called without the 3D? The new Nintendo DS?

I think you're a bit confused about what was last minute; it was the super-stable 3D of the New 3DS, not stereoscopic 3D in the 3DS.   Basically, the New 3DS almost went out with the same 3D technology that the 3DS has had since it was originally made without the face-tracking technology to make it stable.

Middangeard said:
I think you're a bit confused about what was last minute; it was the super-stable 3D of the New 3DS, not stereoscopic 3D in the 3DS.   Basically, the New 3DS almost went out with the same 3D technology that the 3DS has had since it was originally made without the face-tracking technology to make it stable.

Yeah, think there was some misreading there :p I've fixed it up a bit, so hopefully makes sense now.

Yeah, certainly agree with the no-point remark there.

Still, hard to believe the IR Camera needed for pin-pointing the eyes, together with the software side, was put in last minute. 

darkflame (guest) said:
Yeah, certainly agree with the no-point remark there.

Still, hard to believe the IR Camera needed for pin-pointing the eyes, together with the software side, was put in last minute. 

It's entirely possible they were looking to include the IR receiver either way; it's also responsible for auto-brightness.