Nintendo 3DS

By Oli Welsh Published 15 June, 2010

Hands-on at E3 with the 3D handheld.

Here's the thing about Nintendo 3DS: even if it didn't offer 3D, you'd still want one. It's a new DS with hugely improved graphical performance - eclipsing PSP and getting close to Wii - a beautiful widescreen display, and an excellent analogue controller.

Its 3D screen (and camera), however, elevate it from a must-have games machine to a must-have consumer device of any kind. It's not perfect - there's no doubt that there are more flawless ways to view 3D out there. But it works without glasses, in your hands, in any lighting conditions - and works very well. Its simplicity and immediacy are devastating, and in their way make it more exciting and impressive than any other 3D experience you can have.

The screen needs to be viewed absolutely head on - tilt the 3DS just slightly to one side or the other and the image on the lenticular screen suddenly fractures into two shimmering overlays. With a handheld device, obviously, this isn't really a problem, although the machine's motion-sensing controls (which we weren't able to try) will have to be employed with care. There's definitely an optimum distance between your eyes and the screen if you want to view the sharpest 3D image, but you'll find you adopt this automatically without even thinking.

The 3D image has perhaps a little less background depth than the current cutting edge of stereoscopic 3D, but the beauty of 3DS is that the effect is greatly enhanced by the simple fact that you're holding it. Objects in the foreground, suspended between your hands, assume a reality they wouldn't projected on the far side of the room. You feel as though you can touch them.

'Nintendo 3DS' Screenshot 1

The 3D works noticeably better with bright, colourful images (good thing it's a Nintendo machine, then). Dark, high-contrast scenes produce slight "ghosting" - like an imperfect analogue TV signal - that is a bit distracting, although it far from ruins the overall effect.

Nintendo's stroke of genius - the company once again showing its gift for lateral thinking in hardware design - is the 3D slider, allowing you to adjust the strength and depth of the 3D effect. You'll usually want it on full, but the subtler 3D effect with the slider set halfway is surprisingly lovely, and you might want to adjust it a little depending on how far the 3DS is from your face, or on what your own eyes find comfortable. And of course, it means you can turn 3D off altogether. It wouldn't occur to most other technology companies that sometimes you will simply prefer to view images in 2D - but you probably will.

Nintendo has a wide range of very brief 3DS demos to try at E3. Some are video, only one is fully interactive, while most are semi-interactive in-engine trailers and model-viewers. You can also try using the device's 3D camera.

The 3DS' presentation of movies - I watched a trailer for How To Train Your Dragon - is crisp and smooth, but the 3D effect is relatively subtle when compared to graphics generated by the machine itself. These are unbelievable. A Metal Gear Solid trailer following Snake through dense jungle vegetation and across a vertiginous rope bridge was breathtaking.

Another demo had a series of Nintendo models to view which you could pan around using the 3DS' analogue slider. Static scenes from New Super Mario Bros. Wii and Super Mario Galaxy were amazingly solid and tactile - and also happened to demonstrate how easily capable the 3DS is of doing justice to models from Wii games. A statue of Link was, if anything, more richly detailed than that in the Skyward Sword Wii demo running in the same room. But the best of all was an image of Pikmin standing amid tall plants; moving the view around this miniature diorama left me speechless, drawn into the small screen in my hands.

The new Kid Icarus game wasn't playable, but the in-engine trailer made sense of this rather odd - if fan-pleasing - choice of launch game. Fast, into-the-screen flight action is the perfect high-impact demonstration for what 3D can do in games. The only fully playable demo was for Nintendogs. I could interact with a silhouette of the puppy on the touch screen while watching the 3D image above, petting it and throwing a boomerang or tennis ball around a spacious, well-lit room. It was less immediately showy than some of the other demos, but had a profound solidity to it.

The machine's 3D camera is no high-resolution photography tool, but it is a delightful toy. The images produced are a bit fuzzy but it appears to cope well with a range of lighting conditions, and it's hard to imagine the novelty of the 3D effect on the images you snap - or view live with a remarkably good frame rate - wearing off. You can adjust the focus and 3D depth.

As for the hardware itself, the 3DS is almost exactly the same dimensions and weight as a DSi and is instantly familiar to hold. It feels as solidly constructed and ergonomically comfortable as you'd expect of a Nintendo machine. It has bevelled edges and a graphite grey finish that give it a modestly futuristic look, while the top 3D screen and its pure black surround are under a single glossy surface - an iPhone-style presentation that looks great and really makes the image pop.

'Nintendo 3DS' Screenshot 2

You could say the analogue slide control was like the PSP's, but that would do it a terrible disservice, frankly. It's the same concept, infinitely better realised. The spring is much looser, the very slightly concave surface holds your thumb well and the positioning is perfect. On the demos that allowed you to use it to rotate models or pan around the scene, it offered precise and smooth control. The d-pad beneath is now a little out of the way - it was under the joint of my (long) thumb - but will be nice to have for menu selection.

The face buttons are exactly similar to a DSi's, while the left and right shoulder buttons are slightly smaller. Between them on the back of the unit is cartridge slot that seems wider than that on previous DS units. The left side of the console has a volume slider and an SD data card slot, the right side a wi-fi switch, and there are Start, Select and Back buttons - under a smooth surface, but slightly raised and clicking when pressed - below the screen. The 3D slider is small and it must be said slightly fiddly, but its positioning on the right of the top screen is very easy to reach. A little green "3D" appears when the effect is turned on.

To hold one is to want one. It might not have the luxurious feel of an Apple product, but through a few subtle design choices Nintendo has produced a device that shares all the friendly and reliable qualities of the DS family whilst adding an edge of technological cool.

And that's before you switch it on and see that screen, and get sucked into the private world suspended in your hands. Is it just a gimmick? Maybe so, but it's a magical, irresistible one, backed up by hardware that would be a great improvement without it, and in a compact and fuss-free form that sails past any other consumer 3D products in terms of accessibility and comfort.

We need to know how much it will cost, of course, but on this showing Nintendo has not only reinforced its dominance of handheld gaming but shot to the front of the queue to own the a burgeoning new entertainment market. Nintendo 3DS is the mass-market 3D device. It's that simple.

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About Oli Welsh

Oli is Eurogamer's acting deputy editor and reviews editor and likes to take things one word at a time. He is among the best dressed people in South London.

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  • Grump #1 2 years ago

    /drools

  • YoshiMcTaggis #2 2 years ago

    Sounds great. Every implementation of 3d so far gives me a stonking headache, if this doesn't then it's got my vote.

  • FenderMaster #3 2 years ago

    i don't know how a PSP2 could possibly top this...

  • jamiscool #4 2 years ago

    I hope Nintendo is making enough manufacturing plants...

  • Dreddnaught #5 2 years ago

    So do I get this or wait the 6 months for the 3DSi, or 8 months for the 3DSiXL ?

    I'm really nervous about buying ANY Nintendo handheld, as an upgrade is always just around the corner.

  • JohnnyWashnGo #6 2 years ago

    Sold, Sold, Sold. A million times over sold ;)

  • TheStatics #7 2 years ago

    Sounds seriously brilliant.

    If anything can sell more than the DS it's this!

  • KTroopA #8 2 years ago

    Ocarina of Time for 3DS = game over. nintendo winz :)

  • dllord #9 2 years ago

    Sold! i want one!

  • albinac #10 2 years ago

    so the gamers representatives are drooling and wetting their pants with the 3ds. lets hope it works well and sells for under 200€. im tired of paying too much for consoles this gen.

  • AliRay #11 2 years ago

    FUCKING WANT.

  • KDR_11k #12 2 years ago

    I'm going to buy it, no question about that but I'm not sure if the 3DS really offers a hook for the Brain Age playing masses.

  • azazel_fallenangel #13 2 years ago

    @Dreddnaught
    Knowledge that the 3DS is coming has actually stopped me buying a DSi for months, might as well wait.

    Sounds great, definatly sold, especially on OoT and Lylat Wars.

  • Josh128 #14 2 years ago

    Whoever asked for Ocarina of Time in 3D, you got your wish.

    [link url=http:// ds.ign.com/articles/109/1098192p1.html
    ]http://ds .ign.com/articles/109/1098192p1...[/link]

    Seems like Nintendo is throwing everything they can into this thing. Should be incredible....

  • Tallon4 #15 2 years ago

    Can't wait to hold it in my own hands...Please launch this year in Europa Nintendo.
    If so I'll buy two :)

  • peterfll #16 2 years ago

    I'm genuinely surprised its that good as I've been so underwhelmed by 3d thus far. I'll be so happy if its really as good as Oil says. FAB-U-LOUS.

  • OldK1ngCole #17 2 years ago

    This sounds like a serious piece of kit. Day one purchase for me.

    Here's hoping they have some demo machines at the EG Expo.

    @ Oli - Nice article, you sound genuinely impressed.

  • sega #18 2 years ago

    Without glasses and optional is the main thing that has sold this for me. This is what 3D should be - Sony are way behind.

  • Vitor #19 2 years ago

    I'm going to be in Japan this for a year from this summer onwards so might have to start saving up for this thing if all the promises are indeed true come its winter Japan release...

  • f00b_inc #20 2 years ago

    Restating everyone elses comment: Sounds great and I can't wait :-)

  • TonyHarrison #21 2 years ago

    Day 1. That is all.

  • ph101 #22 2 years ago

    Wow this looks pretty impressive. I've been wanting to upgrade my DS phat this looks like a good reason too!

  • Der_tolle_Emil #23 2 years ago

    I want this. Now. Everything about it sounds fantastic.

    I haven't even tried watching a 3d movie yet because I don't think I want to wear glasses to enjoy it as I'd much rather lie on my couch instead of sitting up straight all the time just for the 3d effect to work. Yes, I'm that lazy. So 3d without glasses: Sold!

  • justMe #24 2 years ago

    Sony: 3d games on 3D TVs that nobody owns.
    Nintendo: 3d games in the palm of your hand.

    Hard to tell who will win...

  • gamingdave #25 2 years ago

    Ocarina of Time, Mario Karts, Pilotwings, SFIV, Starfox. Sold!

    The 3D sounds amazing. Day 1 import for this one.

  • BlitzwingHaz #26 2 years ago

    Sounds like I might get my first DS when this comes out then.
    The buttons are my only gripe; there's only 4 face buttons, playing street fighter will be a pain in the ass. Also, its going to run into the same problems as the PSP with one analogue stick.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #27 2 years ago

    Every other console manages Street Fighter just fine with four face and two shoulder buttons. Why should it be any different on the 3DS?

    I'm also not worried about the nub. Nintendo never screws up their controllers; All the dpads, buttons and sticks are top notch (with the exception of the GC dpad being a bit on the small side but still ten times more accurate than the 360 dpad for example)

  • BlitzwingHaz #28 2 years ago

    Heh I suppose I'm just used to using my Street Fighter 6 button pads. I loved the one Saturn pads back in the day.

  • IneptPercy #29 2 years ago

    Looks like my trusty DS lite will finally get retired... or given to my mum and dad to play brain training.

  • PinkSpider #30 2 years ago

    May have to get one of these at launch. Starfox alone has sealed it for me.

    I'm bloody skinnt, dammit Nintendo :(

  • secombe #31 2 years ago

    Battery life will be interesting, any estimates yet?

    Nintendo just 'get' the handheld thing, it's not about portable consoles, it's proper handheld gaming with proper handheld games. I hope the massive graphical boost doesn't dent that appeal by giving us boat loads of console ports.

    Sold, anyhow. Sounds incredible.

  • KillerMonkey #32 2 years ago

    Holy crap! They're really giving it everything they've got. Has there ever before been such a gargantuan amount of fan-service for a handheld? I don't think so..

    edit: OOT REMAKE?!?! FUCK YES!!!

    DO WANT, DO WANT!
    Edited by 1 at 15/06/10 @ 23:07

  • Mr.DNA #33 2 years ago

    I haven't wanted a gaming product this much since I read Keza MacDonald's import review of Demon's Souls. This 3DS thing sounds absolutely incredible. The review doesn't say when it comes out- how long do we need to wait for this thing?!

  • Praetorianer #34 2 years ago

    I just knew it. I finished reading a book about "Nintendo-ness" and "Nintendo magic" just today, and seeing and comparing the E3 conferences and their respective approaches AND the 3DS just show what makes Big N special.

    Day f****** one.

  • Lusterpurge #35 2 years ago

    Best thing at E3. Console games are great and all, but I can't wait to try this thing out!

  • KillerMonkey #36 2 years ago

    Also, I wish they'd make a lite/budget version without cameras I'm never going to use...

  • smelly #37 2 years ago

    >I'm really nervous about buying ANY Nintendo handheld, as an upgrade is always just around the corner.


    I've just looked on wikipedia.. there's been 4 hardware revisions of the DS (ds, dslite, dsi, dsxl), and 4 versions of the PSP (psp1000, psp2000, psp3000, psp-go).. too.

    So why people keep going on about it being a nintendo thing is beyond me.

  • Miths #38 2 years ago

    It sounds very much like the 3DS will be my first Nintendo :). I haven't read anything else from the Nintendo conference yet - did they give a release date for it?

  • ChocNut #39 2 years ago

    Damnit, I still hate the format of the ds - it's so clunky - but we wants the precious 3d and star fox too!!

  • electrolite #40 2 years ago

    The good news for Nintendo : another way to resell their old games with some tweaks.

    The good news for us : this looks brilliant. Seriously brilliant

    The other good news for Nintendo : it's going to be huuuuuuuge

  • smelly #41 2 years ago

    I think the name "3ds" is going to be problematic.. been reading on forums people who are getting confused and presuming just because of the "ds" name it's just another hardware revision like the dsi - rather than a brand new machine...



    Edited by 1 at 15/06/10 @ 23:38

  • chrisola #42 2 years ago

    i've been toying with a DS for a while -- there look to be some genuinely good and different games on it...i think this may force a purchase.

  • neonxaos #43 2 years ago

    Day one, no question about it. I have never bought ANY console right away, but this... This I must have.

  • Spudnuts #44 2 years ago

    I WANT ONE!

  • Stuz359 #45 2 years ago

    I'm really nervous about buying ANY Nintendo handheld, as an upgrade is always just around the corner.


    I've just looked on wikipedia.. there's been 4 hardware revisions of the DS (ds, dslite, dsi, dsxl), and 4 versions of the PSP (psp1000, psp2000, psp3000, psp-go).. too.

    So why people keep going on about it being a nintendo thing is beyond me.

    ------------------------

    Completely agree. And Apple are the worst for this sort of update. They have been doing a yearly update since the launch of the Ipod, the general reasoning being that they can keep selling the same product (with a few upgrades) for the same price. Seems standard practice for hardware companies these days.

    But I have to say I am REALLY excited by this, more than a grown man should be.

  • smelly #46 2 years ago

    Fun math for people moaning about resolution... I worked out (might be wrong, but i think im right.. i've had a few to drink.. so bare with me..)

    On this system, each pixel will be less than 1mm wide, being generated twice for each eye (so i'm guessing it'll look even smoother in 3d, as your brain is getting double the info).

    On a 52" tv running at 1080p, a pixel is 5mm wide.

    I.e. this is higher definition per inch than a 1080p 52" tv!

    or something.. i might be wrong here... but either way...

  • Diomedes #47 2 years ago

    I dont see how this improves playability in any kind ,but we will have to see.And the hardware ,compared to what the PSP2 seems to have in store ,seems really weak.

  • KillerMonkey #48 2 years ago

    "Fun math for people moaning about resolution... I worked out (might be wrong, but i think im right.. i've had a few to drink.. so bare with me..)

    On this system, each pixel will be less than 1mm wide, being generated twice for each eye (so i'm guessing it'll look even smoother in 3d, as your brain is getting double the info).

    On a 52" tv running at 1080p, a pixel is 5mm wide.

    I.e. this is higher definition per inch than a 1080p 52" tv!

    or something.. i might be wrong here... but either way..."

    Yes, but you do not look at a 52" TV from 1 feet away.

  • riz23 #49 2 years ago

    I am flying to wherever this thing is on sale first and joining the queue to buy one. Ninty defy expectations and blow the competition away again!

  • Kami #50 2 years ago

    Just an astounding reveal. It's going to be huge, if not massive, and when pre-orders start being taken I think we'll have to get them in very fast because I can't see the 3DS staying in stock for very long.

    Zelda:oOT remaster, Starfox 64/Lylat Wars remaster, Kid Icarus, SSF4, Resident Evil, Saints Row, Dead Or Alive fighter, Pilotwings, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, Dynasty Warriors... and much more to be announced. This is a stonking lineup already - unbelievable, all the while delivering 3D visuals better than a PSP?

    'Tis bloody witchcraft, to be sure... but like most people, I am completely spellbound!

  • smelly #51 2 years ago

    >Yes, but you do not look at a 52" TV from 1 feet away.

    No, i look at mine from 5 feet away.. 5 times the difference.. 5 times the pixel size.


  • Kaarloss #52 2 years ago

    Okay I only have one working eye and therefore can only ever see 2d ...but do you know what kudos to nintendo for giving people the option to turn the 3d off. Now it's down to price
    Edited by 1 at 16/06/10 @ 00:58

  • Fur_Cough #53 2 years ago

    On a 52" tv running at 1080p, a pixel is 5mm wide

    Erm, 5mm, half a cm wide? I don't think so try 0.5mm.

    Not that I care when it's ZOoT and Pilotwings in 3d. This rocks....never had a handheld, but I think I know what I want for xmas already.... oh and Pikimin? Pleeeease!

  • smelly #54 2 years ago

    Hmmm .. hang on.. i'll work it out again.. 52" tv is 45.3" wide - 115cm. 1080p is 1920 pixels wide.

    so 115cm/1920 = 0.05cm = 0.5mm (whoops!)

    soo... Guessing 3ds screen is 2" across - 5cm. 400 pixels.

    5/400 = 0.0125cm = 0.12mm

    So yeah.. math was wrong.. but numbers came out the same... 0.5mm to 0.12mm (ish).. so 5 times the size on a 52" tv.

    So playing 3ds 1 foot from your face is higher resolution than playing a 1080p game on a 52" tv 5 feet from your face.

    Maybe :-)
    (ignoring fact most games actually run at 720p)


  • KillerMonkey #55 2 years ago

    "So playing 3ds 1 foot from your face is higher resolution than playing a 1080p game on a 52" tv 5 feet from your face."
    1. No, it's higher DPI. That's quite different from higher resolution.
    2. Looking at a 52" TV from 5 feet away is NOT healthy.

  • Dr_Wadd #56 2 years ago

    3D or not 3D, the fact that it is getting Z:ooT, Starfox 64 and a Pilotwings game is good enough reason for me to be getting one. About time we had another Pilotwings game.

  • orangpelupa #57 2 years ago

    Wow nintendo wow, i cant wait for 3DS to be released and hopefully not expensive.
    luckily i still have many great games on DS Lite :D

    /me really need to finish TWEWY >__

  • Dizzy #58 2 years ago

    I will be in japan when it launches! Must get.

  • peteb #59 2 years ago

    I can see this being sub 200 euros. Nintendo don't like to price tooooo highly.

    Its really nice to see everyone declare that its a first day purchase, with no detractors at all! :)

  • vizzini #60 2 years ago

    Looking at how few polygons/quads were used in Nintendo's entire press conference, I feel very sorry for the (miracle worker) animators working on all the games for Wii, DS and now 3DS.

    Kid Icarus looked like an amazing N64 game, but like a game running on 15 year old hardware it is impossible to be impressed by such low fidelity animation now; or by seeing games that still use projected shadows as black circles.

    I believe Iwata when he said the 3DS is a graphically enhanced; but I assume he's talking about in comparison to the DS, as I've seen much more fluid animation in almost every PS2 game that transitioned to the PSP.

    The glasses free 3D screen and the 3D camera seems very good, and the games line sounded impressive also.

    But I won't buy a new games console/handled to experience games in such low fidelity; just to bolster a manufacturer's profits.

    Nintendo can easily provide better technology at the same retail price point, but like Apple, they refuse to take any financial risk with their products and instead prefer to sell people the “Emperor's new clothes”.

  • varsas #61 2 years ago

    @vizzini: They could provide more cutting edge technology but then it would be too expensive especially for a portable device with decent battery; the PSP has shown in the past that that strategy doesn't work.

  • fknetwork #62 2 years ago

    I honestly think the 3DS looks meh, nothing to shout about at all.

  • HarryPalmer #63 2 years ago

    Bye bye PSP.

    DAY FUCKING ONE.

  • jonsaan #64 2 years ago

    Well done Ninty!

  • vizzini #65 2 years ago

    @varsas
    They could provide more cutting edge technology but then it would be too expensive especially for a portable device with decent battery; the PSP has shown in the past that that strategy doesn't work.

    The 3DS isn't even at the technology level (excluding screen/camera) of a 5 year old PSP 1000, so Nintendo could easily subsidize a proper handheld from software sales with good battery life.

    I didn't expect the 3DS to be much better than a PSP, but I did want it to be better.

    The PSP had design flaws, mostly related to portability due to large screen size and media size. The input device also had problems; being uncomfortable and having no qwerty/pointer, or touchscreen as alternative.

    But the technical specifications and battery life of the PSP1000/2000/3000 & Go are excellence imo and provide consumers with far better value for money.

  • Chazmeister #66 2 years ago

    Why can't they make full size 3D tv's using this tech, instead of that crap where you have to wear the glasses?

  • KillerMonkey #67 2 years ago

    "Why can't they make full size 3D tv's using this tech, instead of that crap where you have to wear the glasses?"
    Pretty sure they do. They're just very expensive and have a small viewing angle.

  • dr_faulk #68 2 years ago

    I'm trying to do a witty post involving HTML, the word 'happy', and 'Nintendo3DS', but I'm being foiled. Let me just say:

    Well done Nintendo for giving us what we want. Finally.
    Edited by 2 at 16/06/10 @ 12:26

  • MoGamer2006 #69 2 years ago

    @Vizzini

    Keep spinning it, mate - eventually you might even convince yourself.

  • linksdad #70 2 years ago

    "Okay I only have one working eye and therefore can only ever see 2d ...but do you know what kudos to nintendo for giving people the option to turn the 3d off. Now it's down to price"

    With one working eye you wouldnt need to turn 3d off. You wouldnt see the other image anyway.

    Also cant wait, sounds amazing.

  • hardtech #71 2 years ago

    I orginally brought my DSPhat second hand as I wasn't sure if it was going to be worth it. Apart from an occasional twinge I've not been compelled to upgrade....until now.

    As long as it is a reasonable price point I'm sold, Kid Icarus looks immense.

  • Grayvern #72 2 years ago

    I know it has the touch screen but why not two analogue sliders.

    Apart from that it looks cool but really it's nothing to get really breathless about. It's a games platform not a game, and one capable of offering, increased fidelity notwithstanding, the exact same gameplay experiences as the DSi.

    (It baffles me why people hate glasses 3D, outside of the handheld context, so much I should hate it more than everyone else; what with adding another pair to the existing pair of glasses)
    Edited by 1 at 16/06/10 @ 13:19

  • sickpuppysoftware #73 2 years ago

    Is it wrong that I actually want one purely for the 3D camera?

    Sadly I think it's going ot be overpriced for me and will stick at that price for too long.

  • Acrid #74 2 years ago

    This is Day 1 for me, it seems so much more polished then the original DS did at launch.
    I wonder if they will change the name before launch though?

  • Grayvern #75 2 years ago

    @sickpuppysoftware Im pretty certain there's at least one consumer compact on the market with 3d not sure whether the screen on the back is 3d though.

    Also another thought how useful is 3D in games where you need to look from top to bottom screens a lot.

    And what with making the top screen widescreen and increased power could make the DS a more traditional system games wise, not a lesser one.

    Perhaps there will be some new and interesting gameplay stuff, perhaps some 3D puzzles in Layton but really.
    Edited by 1 at 16/06/10 @ 14:40

  • Dogzilla #76 2 years ago

    This actually sounds incredible. I'm just worried I'll get one on launch day and then they'll release a better version months down the line. Still, Ocarina Of Time 3D = Sold

  • themanfromdelmonte #77 2 years ago

    So technology has finally caught up with Gumpei Yokoi's vision. Excited for this, but it also reminds me of the sad loss to gaming of his genius.

  • Centrifugal #78 2 years ago

    I saw Ocarina of Time was coming to the 3DS. That's all I needed to be convinced. I can't wait.

  • modo_komodo #79 2 years ago

    Makes you wonder what kind of console they have in the works.......

  • DiamondIce #80 2 years ago

    I'll get negged to buggery but I don't find handhelds all that interesting these days. When I was young playing games like this was fine but I like to play on a TV. Perhaps my eye sight is shot.

  • J.C #81 2 years ago

    im a 360 owner, and have been reading up on natal ever since it was announced. nintendo has blown that out of the water with this. i want one. its just fucking amazing!

  • dammskog #82 2 years ago

    this is how the 3D should have been designed

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    ]http://pici.se/ pictures/znkiDwmqS.png
    [/link]

    3D requires DUAL analog for good control

  • ShiroBen #83 2 years ago

    Nintendo, you magnificent bastard. I read your BOOK!

  • Joco84 #84 2 years ago

    Does anyone know how the analogue stick will impact left handed players like myself? I don't fancy using my right hand for stylus :(

  • NintenBoy3DS #85 2 years ago

    Oh my goodness. this system is the answer to all my prayers! i mean, 3D!? really, thats like.... better than 2D! lol jkjk just being stupid. but seriously, i am with all of you, "day 1". the thing that got me hooked is that it can play 3d movies.... that is freaking awesome especially for a dude that travels alot like me. i mean, think about it. there are alot more secrets in this thing. if this system is able to play movies, dont you think it can play youtube? i am not sure, but it would be awesome! oh and i love the name. 3ds. think about it. it is 3d, but it is also the 3rd tipe of ds. first, the original ds, then the dsi, then 3ds. i am not counting all those newer ones like lite and xl, i am talking bout system in general. oh well. sinse i heard it, i started saving up for this thing. i am getting the golden colored one. i love the double color! well, do any of you know what color your getting? if so, reply to this post or... yah..... lol peace nintendoians.

  • NintenBoy3DS #86 2 years ago

    and will they have specially built ones for lefties? i hated how i always had to insert and remove the stylus with the right, it gave me a headache. oh and i do want the analog on the right side, i do think it will bring alot more lefties happiness such as myself. more buyers to i bet.