The Nintendo 3DS™, Nintendo’s new device which offers portable entertainment in 3D without the need for special glasses, launched March 31 in Australia and New Zealand.

Nintendo 3DS comes in Cosmos Black and Aqua Blue alongside 13 3D games including nintendogs™ + cats, Super Street Fighter® IV 3D Edition, Tom Clancy's™ Ghost Recon® Shadow Wars, PES 2011 3D, Rabbids® 3D, Combat of Giants™ Dinosaurs 3D and The Sims™ 3.

“Nintendo 3DS represents a dynamic shift in how we interact with games and continues the tradition Nintendo has for changing the technology landscape in the same way it did with touch-screen gaming in 2004 and motion-controlled gaming in 2006,” said Greg Arthurton, Nintendo of Australia’s Director of Marketing.

Nintendo 3DS also comes with a large selection of pre-installed software, including Face Raiders™, a game that asks users to battle with funny depictions of their own faces, AR Games™, Mii Maker™, StreetPass™ Mii Plaza™, Activity Log, the Nintendo 3DS Camera and Nintendo 3DS Sound. The Nintendo 3DS also features new connectivity functions called SpotPass™ and StreetPass™ .

SpotPass connects automatically online to download content like 3D video. StreetPass wirelessly connects to other Nintendo 3DS systems to exchange data with other Nintendo 3DS owners.

Nintendo says from around late May, even more features will be available. People will be able to update their Nintendo 3DS to gain access to the Nintendo eShop to download new content, such as 3D games and classic games directly to the device. The simple update will also provide the ability to browse the Internet; play 3D video content; and transfer previously downloaded Nintendo DSiWare™ on a Nintendo DSi™ system to the Nintendo 3DS.