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The Nintendo DS, a dual display device, is a sleek powerhouse that's great for multiplayer gaming. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
By D.F. Oliveria daveo@spokesman.com(509) 319-0354
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The Nintendo DS, a dual display device, is a sleek powerhouse that's great for multiplayer gaming. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)
The Nintendo DS, a dual display device, is a sleek powerhouse that's great for multiplayer gaming. (Associated Press / The Spokesman-Review)

LOS ANGELES – Nintendo’s 3DS video game system might be hazardous to the health of children younger than 6, according to a warning posted Wednesday on the Japanese video game company’s website.

“Vision of children under the age of 6 (is in) the developmental stage,” Nintendo’s warning said, according to a Google translation of the website. “Nintendo 3DS, 3-D, including 3-D movies and television, delivers 3-D images with different left and right eye images,” which “has a potential impact on the growth of children’s eyes.”

The 3DS is the gaming giant’s latest version of its DS line of handheld video game consoles.

What do you think about kids younger than 6 playing video games?

* This story was originally published as a post from the blog "Huckleberries Online." Read all stories from this blog