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Nintendo 3DS Game Cards Look Like This

By Spencer . June 18, 2010 . 3:01am

A standard Nintendo DS card looks like this.

 

Nintendo 3DS Game Cards Look Like This

 

As seen in Nintendo’s E3 booth, a sample Nintendo 3DS cart looks like this. The design is pretty much like the Nintendo DS card, with the exception of a tab on the top right.

 

Nintendo 3DS Game Cards Look Like This

 

Nintendo 3DS appear to have modified packing too. The case seems to be slimmer than what Nintendo is using for DS games now.

 

Nintendo 3DS Game Cards Look Like This


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  • http://whatistheexcel.com/ Excel-2012

    So it’s the Game Boy Color all over again with the new carts, is it?

    • https://twitter.com/#!/SplashdownTiger STiger

      You mean with the bulge at the top of GameBoy Color carts?

      • http://whatistheexcel.com/ Excel-2012

        No, I mean being physically similar to the previous generation save for the key on one of the corners.

        • http://photovoltaik.bandcamp.com/ Ujn Hunter

          Well it’s meant so that you can’t stick it in older models.

  • TTTT

    this reminds me of how they used to region lock their N64 games by making the shape of the cartridge different.

  • epy

    I guess they also went with this design to prevent flashcarts? Not like they won’t find away around it sooner or later. Then again there’s the PS3…

    • BrotherCavil

      PS3′s been hacked. It’s just far too much of a hassle for anyone but the pros among the pros to try anything with it.

    • Chow

      I’d say it’s designed as to not allow 3DS cards to be placed in NDS systems, but to also allow NDS cards to fit in 3DS systems.

  • BrotherCavil

    The case appears to be roughly as thick as a current-gen Blu-Ray case. Slimmer than DVD, but thicker than a slim-DVD case.

  • RAVENKam

    I hope the European case isn’t some bloated mutation of what’s seen here, as is the case with current DS packaging. Perhaps Nintendo feels we Europeans have larger shelf spaces?

  • http://twitter.com/kijof_san Moisés Musashi

    Any comment on the cards capacity?

    • Ren

      Up to 2GB at launch, since it’s nintendo, expected to go up as needed as games start needing more space. Info from *e3.nintendo.com*.

  • Chow

    *Somebody* needs to say it:
    …what’s with that strip of plastic in two of the screens? I thought it was the game card at first glance, before I realized that the actual game card wasn’t an NDS card.
    Is it just a label prop, like you’d find in an office?

  • Chow

    Thinner cases? Does that mean they’re trying to go more green, with in-game manuals a la Ubisoft (was it Ubisoft?), and a very slight dip in case materials?

  • http://www.ebookReader-Ben.com/blog E-Reader Ben Lee

    Great first look!

    It makes sense the new cartridge would be mostly the same and different enough to not confuse it with the original DS cartridge.

    I referenced this post on my blog post about the 3DS’s possible eReader capabilities: http://ebookreader-ben.com/nintendo-3ds-the-latest-ereader/ Hope that’s cool.

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