Better be good. Wonder why they/re changing it. 3DS was pretty creative.

Not really. 3DS is also hard to spell, less catchy like Wii ord The S.
3D Screen would be easier to spell, however.

Nintendo 3Dii/Nintendo ThriiDii/Nintendo TDS.

Nintendo Super Ultra Viirtual Boy, Pocket Color Advance, SP... MicroCube64DDi XLite&Watch!

It's too late now, I'll never refer to it by any other name.

Nintendo Pii Pii

Since it is a portable game device, they could call it the Pii

Sean Aaron: Are you still calling the Wii "Revolution" or the Gamecube "Dolphin"?

Code names are often quite creative with a nice ring to them, aren't they!

I already made that mistake back when Wii was referred to as Revolution.

I think 3DS sounds too much like DS so to the general public it could seem to be just another iteration of the DS.

i hope its a cool name... i remember when i hated the name "wii" but i got used to it... now i love it.

Maybe they'll call it the....

"3DSi"!
to show it still has all the DSi features! (I'm kidding BTW)

Thank God. I've hated the name right from the get-go. For one, it doesn't roll off your tongue like the other console names. I can't quite put my finger on it, but there's just something about the name that doesn't sound very marketable.

Good names are hard to come by, and while "3DS" would sound fitting for a 3D version of an existing console, it simply doesn't leave the impression that it's the next generation powerhouse that we'd all better be hoping that it'll be.

Hhmm, I actually thought the name '3DS' was pretty good. :/ Oh well, I shall trust in their knowledge and experience. After all, I'm the idiot who thought 'Revolution' was good.

Silly me! >.<

Maybe... the Game Boy DS?

Wasn't the DS codenamed 'Nitro' at first? Hence the 'NTR' on all the cartridges. I wonder what the next gen handheld's codename is.

um, the codename is 3DS. The real name is yet to be announced.... are you confused?

Gameboy 3D?

Here's some awesome codenames:
Project Reality = Nintendo Ultra 64 = N64
Katana = Dreamcast
Atlantis = GBA
Xenon = Xbox 360
MARZ = Xbox

Yeah, in all the announcements 3DS has pretty much been denoted as a working title.

I too hope the name will denote that it IS a next gen handheld and not an upgrade, just to shut up the people on this site who think it's just DSi 2.0 who should have read the article that announced the 3DS and known better.

I think the reason that 3DS is not the real name is because it's the DS' successor. Nintendo has always been original with their console names, but not with handheld (normally), and I'm sure they to start doing that, so they don't want to just take the title of the old console and add a digit to it.

Nintendo Puu.

Nintendo Wintendo

Game Boy is also a retired name . I want them to call it the Antipod!

I'd like it to be called "That 3D handheld console from Nintendo". or T3DHCFN, that'd be a name!

Seriously,

Just keep it as 3DS.

How about the virtual boy 2. No wait never mind. Forget i even said that.

The 3S. : P

My bet's on:
The Wopoga

Short for WopogacsVib
(Worst Portable Game Console Since Virtual Boy)

I am just kidding.

I'm used to calling it the 3DS. oh well, maybe Nintendo .. i can't think of anything.

Please stop the childish pii and puu comments.

They might drop the "DS" altogether.
Whatever the name, better believe it will be a good one. Even better than 3DS.

LOL @ mariofanatic128

I gotta break my thoughts into "silly" and "actually trying to think of a name", here we go:

SILLY:
1. Nintendo "i"
2. Nintendo Yuu
3. Nintendo Vision
4. Nintendo Iz (pronounced "eyes")
5. Nintendo Cii or Nintendo Sii
6. Nintendo 3Dii

ACTUALLY TRYING TO THINK OF A NAME:

1. Nintendo DTS (3D or not, this is a feature I think we need... Dual Touch Screens)
2. Nintendo DS2 (keeps it in the universe of DS, but let's everyone know this is an ALL NEW system directly)
3. Nintendo Vision (It sounds silly, but I had to consider this one an actual possibility too. Considering Dual Screens and 3D capability, how you "see and play" it seems to be important enough to warrant a name like this)

Nintendo should pull a Capcom and call it TriDS.

The Virtual Man.

The evolution of the Virtual Boy.

DDDS :+

It might end up like the Wii, where it was called the Revolution as a code name and sounded much cooler at the time. But then they changed it to Wii and now it has stuck. I'm sure no one would have thought of that name, so maybe its a name no one would have thought of.

The Nintendo 3DS version 1.0 because you know in 4 months time they will release a "better version".

The last new handheld Nintendo released was the DSi. (Yes, the DSiXL IS an DSi)

I don't care what they call it as long as it doesn't have a gender-specific name.

@40: The all-new politically correct GamePerson Advance

You're a great writer, James.

They'll make 2: a 3DGameGirl and a 3DGameBoy :+

Nah, the DS part of the game HAS to be included. DS has made so mcuh for Nintendo that they can't risk changing the brand. Still, that's what I said about the Gameboy brand and look at that one....

Is there even any evidence that the console has 2 screens? Maybe it isn't a DS at all.

@SanderEvers Kirby fan, eh?

Hmm.. StereoVision or something like that? Not very snappy though :/
Nah, I can't think of any good names. It'll probably be something unpredictable.
Don't trademarks have to be registered in advance though? Or is that only necessary for software ratings?

The Nintendo Virtual Boy... oh wait, that's been taken.

I was hoping for this, I didn't like the fact that there's a number in the name.

But the 3DS is catchy.

iCube

Maybe Gameboy Omega. or Ultra gameboy... Hmm... DS Advanced?

Nintendo Mee

I agree with JustaGerm, what if Nintendo drops the double screens and goes for a sleeker design that is more compact so only one large screen would be required like the iphone. Has nintendo even said that the new product would resemble that of the old ds models in the first place?

@JustaGerm

I don't think Nintendo has explicitly stated that the "3DS" will have 2 screens, but as it is supposed to be backwards compatible with the current ds software, 2 screens will be necessary.

Nintendo Triforce?

that picture at the top reminds me of the pokewalker.

Good. While the 3DS title is creative, the moment I heard it I disliked it.

I am hoping for something new, like the name DS used to be.

3DSometimes

That's actually pretty funny Slapdude. Ha!

3DS would seem like a new version of a ds, while it probably is a totally new console. A name change is pretty much necessary to not confuse the crowds.

3DS was a clever name, and its going to be hard to see them trump themself. As long as the new name doesnt include "virtual boy" we should be ok.

3DS will be the final name. They said that the DS wasn't the final name for THAT handheld - they even trademarked the name "Nitro" and sent out dev kits for the "Nintendo Nitro" back in '04 - but then kept its "codename". Now the DS brand is too strong. Their next handheld will be called 3DS. It's too clever, and the DS brand just can't be stopped. They'd be foolish to change it...

Uh... how about the Double DS? Hmm.

in keeping with the Wii phallic branding, I think the 3Denis would be appropriate.

I'm with Raylax, it's going to be Puu.

They're probably going to rebrand it something simple and weird like with their console. I don't mind what they call it so long as it's not another bodily excretion.

Nintendo PR

MiniWiiTrii

Tri-Cube?

DS, DS Lite, DSi
here's my few guesses:
Nintendo Life (cause its gonna be the way of life)
Nintendo DZ (pronounced dizzy)
Nintendo DDD
Nintendo DO
Nintendo Look
Nintendo Sii or Cii (as in 'see')

Also, 3DS is already taken by Autodesk. It's one of their major 3D software. S stands for Studio. 3D Studio Max . I always called it 3DS as did all my comrades.

I like the names that the ghostbuster guy came up with.

I'll call it... GDS (Gay Dual Screens)

How about something obscure like Nintendo LightRay?

if i had to choose it would be
xbox killer
sony who

@Sean Aaron: I heard someone saying "It's too late now, to me the new Nintendo console will always be Revolution".
Now everybody calls it Wii