Nintendo’s just unveiled its best-case scenario figures for the 3DS’ battery life, and it’s not good news. The official numbers of playtime for the 3DS is three to five hours per game, or five to eight if you’re on an older DS title. And all this will be replenished in three hours and 30 minutes of recharging for a full blast again.

This is not entirely surprising, as such advance device will not be able to last you that long if compared to old school DS that does not consume that much power. However, Nintendo chief Satoru Iwata ever mentioned in October that “it is inevitable that Nintendo 3DS will be a device which requires more frequent recharging than Nintendo DS.” Not like they never mentioned that warning before. If you look at smartphone energy consumption, it’s pretty much similar. Try game on your iPhone for hours straight and you can’t go far too.

This is probably a good time to introduce a breakthrough in rechargeable battery storage guys.

SOURCE via Joystiq