The company posted the disclaimer at the bottom of its Japanese-language website promoting a three-day event in Japan where people can try its new Nintendo 3DS, due to launch Feb. 26 in Japan. It asks that six-year-olds and those younger play games on the 3DS in two-dimension mode.
"For children under the age of six, looking at 3-D images for a long time could possibly have a negative impact on the growth of their eyes," Nintendo said on the website. It also warned that users should take breaks every 30 minutes when playing games in 3-D and stop playing immediately if they feel ill.
Nintendo has had more success than its competitors with adolescents and younger children, though it is unclear what age group the 3DS will target upon its release next year.
The Nintendo 3DS is the company's most-anticipated videogame hardware product since the Wii home console in 2006. The hand-held device will allow users to play 3-D games without special glasses to create the illusion of depth.
The warning is similar to those made by other makers of 3-D consumer electronics products. Samsung Electronics Co., Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. all provide warnings on their websites about the possible risks of viewing 3-D images for children younger than 6.
Most 3-D technologies create the illusion of depth on a flat screen by presenting different images to the left and right eyes, typically using special glasses. But Nintendo is offering that effect with the display alone, without the need for glasses, using a technology called autostereoscopic 3-D.
The 3DS comes with a slidebar to allow the user to adjust the level of 3-D effect on the games played on the machine.
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