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Title: The Louvre will stop renting out Nintendo 3DS audio guides in
September

Date: Sat, 03 May 2025 15:00:57 +0000
Link: https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/the-...

In a few months, you'll no longer be able to rent a Nintendo 3DS to guide you
around the Louvre and tell you about the pieces exhibited in it. The website
Nintendo Everything has spotted a notice in Louvre's official website,
stating that the Nintendo 3DS console audio guides "will go out of operation
in September 2025." It also stated that the 3DS will be replaced by a new
system, but the museum has yet to reveal more details about it. Is the Louvre
swapping the 3DS for the Switch or a more traditional audioguide device?
Guess we'll find out in a few months.

The Louvre has been offering Nintendo 3DS audio guides since 2012 as a Γé¼6
rental. It can tell you about exhibits in English, French, Spanish, Italian,
Portuguese, German, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. It can also tell you about
the history of the palace and not just the artworks inside it, as well as
give you access to high-resolution images of select artwork so you can zoom
in and see the smallest details. But if you've ever gotten lost inside big
museums, you may perhaps consider its geolocation tracking capability its
best feature. The Louvre is massive, and with 782,910 square feet of space to
explore, it's very much possible to lose your way and not find an exit when
you need it the most.

Nintendo's Satoru Iwata and Shigeru Miyamoto demonstrated how the 3DS worked
as a Louvre audio guide and location tracker over a decade ago, and you can
watch it below.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at
https://www.engadget.com/gaming/nintendo/the-...
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