Nintendo 3DS announcement (live blog)

Editor's note: This live event has concluded. For a brief rundown of what was announced, check out our summary post. You can also replay our live blog in the Cover It Live module below.

Nintendo 3DS (photos)

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Nintendo released further details of its new Nintendo 3DS handheld today at a press event in Manhattan. The transcript of the live blog as it happened is available below.

Additional 3DS information is available here:

• Nintendo 3DS official details revealed: March 27, $249
• The latest on the Nintendo 3DS
• Hands-in video with the Nintendo 3DS
• Nintendo 3DS: First hands-on impressions