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3DS
» MANUFACTURER: Nintendo » YEAR: 2011 » COST: £229.99 (launch), £85+ (today, boxed), £75+ (today, unboxed)
Following the enormous success of the DS, Nintendo didn’t feel the need to reinvent the wheel. The 3DS employs the familiar clamshell design with vertically stacked dual displays, but both screens have a slightly higher resolution and the top screen is a slightly wider, glasses-free stereoscopic display. There are a couple of other visible changes – you get an analogue slider and a new Home button – but the primary changes are under the hood, as the 3DS is considerably more powerful than its predecessor.