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radiantshadow92 on 27 January 2011

Nintendo Explains 3DS's Short Battery Life

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by Matt Helgeson on January 27, 2011 at 05:08 PM

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While most of the news regarding Nintendo's upcoming 3DS handheld has been positive, many gamers balked when they saw that Nintendo estimated the unit's battery life at between three and five hours.

In a recent installment of the company's "Iwata Asks" web feature, Nintendo head Satoru Iwata speaks with designer of the system, Ryuji Umezu, about a number of issues, including the battery life. In the Q&A, Umezu says the reason for the short battery life is the 3DS's LCD backlight and the technical demands of displaying 3D graphics.

“What eats more electricity than anything in a handheld gaming device is the LCD backlight,” says Umezu. 3DS has two backlights, one for each screen, the upper one being used for 3D. “The 3D one has to deliver separate images to the left and right eyes,” he continues. “Which means that in 3D the amount of light delivered to each eye is halved. In order to make it look just as bright as usual, you have to increase the brightness of the backlight, which increases the power used by even more.”

He also says that using the unit's power save feature could extend battery life by 10 to 20 percent, and that playing with 3D graphics turned off (using the 3D slider functionality) could save you up to 25 percent on power draw.

Either way, it's a bit disappointing that the 3DS won't match the excellent battery life of the DS

http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2011/01/27/nintendo-explains-3ds-39-s-short-battery-life.aspx

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Mr.Metralha on 27 January 2011

Thats why I'll wait for a redesign. None of the launch window games are must buys for me, so...

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dtewi on 27 January 2011

So a portable generation with pretty disappointing battery lives?

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Roma on 27 January 2011

i am fine with how it is. if you want high tech in a device then you have to accept that battery will not last that long.

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Soleron on 27 January 2011

Play in a well-lit room. The Game Boys and original DS didn't have nearly the screen brightness of the DS Lite and later, but they were perfectly playable.

This article confirms for me that if you do play on low backlight you'll get decent battery life.

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thekitchensink on 27 January 2011

Wonder what the battery life will be like if you turn off the backlight? On my DS, I only use the backlight when playing in the dark, and that extends the battery quite a bit.

Could I trouble you for some maple syrup to go with the plate of roffles you just served up?

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Moren on 27 January 2011

Meh, when I get a 3DS I'll have bright in "the one before lowest" setting, it worked with my DS, it helped my Itouch greatly, and will help 3DS too, and I'm sure I can push some other battery life by disabling other features.

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oniyide on 27 January 2011

There you have it. YOu want the best sacrifices have to be made. Ive had PSP for years and Its never been an issue. It wont be an issue now. Just dont play the 3d that much, if its that serious

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Joelcool7 on 27 January 2011

Honestly I don't mind a shorter battery life. For the most part I don't play my DSi more then 3-4 hours at a time anyways. Also at launch I won't be bringing it on my plane trips (Don't wanna have it stolen on my missions trips) In a few years a new model will come out and if it ends up being an issue I'll trade up!

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famousringo on 27 January 2011

Soleron said:

Play in a well-lit room. The Game Boys and original DS didn't have nearly the screen brightness of the DS Lite and later, but they were perfectly playable.

This article confirms for me that if you do play on low backlight you'll get decent battery life.

Wouldn't the solution be to play in a poorly-lit room? Makes the low backlight seem much brighter.

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