About Nintendo 3DS: it is a handheld game console produced by Nintendo. The system was announced in March 2010 and officially unveiled at E3 2010 as a successor to the Nintendo DS. The system features backward compatibility, which means it can play games from older Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS XL, Nintendo 2DS XL, Nintendo 2DS, You can also play games from older systems like Nintendo DS and Nintendo DSi, so it's easy to upgrade to a new system without losing your game library.