Heat on 24 February 2011
3D, gyro sensor were late additions to 3DS
"3D functionality is the hallmark feature of Nintendo's latest handheld, the 3DS, but that feature was apparently a late arrival to the device's development game plan. Speaking with Japanese gaming magazine Famitsu this week, Nintendogs Cats producer Hideki Konno said that Nintendo's initial plan for the 3DS did not include 3D functionality."
"According to Konno, Nintendo initially saw backward compatibility as the primary feature for the new device, which necessitated a continuation of the dual-screen format with a touch panel."
So the new DS would have just been literally a new DS and nothing more?
Full articles: GameSpot / 3DS Buzz
