Nintendo 3DS launches today!

[bmah]

For those of you in North America, the Nintendo 3DS has arrived! There has been a lot of hype up to this point. Let's see how it fares.

http://www.nintendo.com/3ds

[Zageron]

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It's gonna be a huge disappoint.

[bmah]

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From the few who have already played it, I've heard that it really wows everyone. Haven't checked game line-up though. I think there's a vid for all the games that will be released soon after the launch date, in the link I've provided.

The only downside I've heard is the short battery life, but with the mechanisms required to function, can you really blame it for expending so much energy?

[Xayphon]

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Game Line-Up is pretty meh for the beginning. The good games (aka Zelda, Mario Kart, etc.) will be released weeks later |:

Battery Life is <4 hours

[bob bob]

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only decent launch titles are SSF4 and nintendogs/cats, rest are meh

[supermousie]

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Ah, I remember the Gameboy Color being groundbreaking. 8-bit graphics in the palm of your hand! If I remember correctly, it was 30+ hours on a set of AA's. Today's batteries have lagged behind in demand for power and life a shietload.

Soon enough, Nintendo is going to **** everyone up the arse again and release a Nintendo 4DS (4THz of processing POWAH!)- and anyone unfortunate enough to have bought a 3DS will have to go up their own arse.
It's a lot like Nintendo releasing the DSi shortly after the DS Lite. Anyone who bought the Lite raged it while the DSi owners remained smug for waiting.

[ddrxero64]

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Ah, I remember the Gameboy Color being groundbreaking. 8-bit graphics in the palm of your hand! If I remember correctly, it was 30+ hours on a set of AA's. Today's batteries have lagged behind in demand for power and life a shietload.

Soon enough, Nintendo is going to **** everyone up the arse again and release a Nintendo 4DS (4THz of processing POWAH!)- and anyone unfortunate enough to have bought a 3DS will have to go up their own arse.
It's a lot like Nintendo releasing the DSi shortly after the DS Lite. Anyone who bought the Lite raged it while the DSi owners remained smug for waiting.

I think the DS Lite coming out after the original and bulky DS pissed people off a lot more. It's like "I have a DS!" and someone says "Me too! It's slim and light! Can I see yours?" You're just inclined to tell them you were joking about having a scratched up and bulky DS haha.

I think is the 3DS is the worst thing in the world. I'm so not envious of not having one, I could care less about 3D images that don't even appear on camera psh.

Edit: After watching their little introductory video, I think this could be great competition in terms of home made apps for things like the iPhone. It won't be long until people learn to make homebrew games, and use the internet+motion sensor+3D photography+Mic to make some crazy stuff.

Edit 2: If anyone has it, how good is the camera? The camera for the DSi I had sucked really bad.

[who_cares973]

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less than 4 hour battery life isnt bad at all

[phe0nixblade]

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its supposed to get around 3 hours of battery life with like all the settings on (3d, volume, playing a game, etc)
5 hours with like the minimal (2d, brightness down I think, etc)

[cool110]

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I got mine Friday (Europe FTW), 3D works well and actually enhances the games no problems with headaches, surround sound is beautiful, got 2 streetpass hits on saturday walking round Preston town centre for 2 hours (2,500 steps according to the pedometer), AR games are really good and starts up instantly without a health and safety warning.

[ddrxero64]

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I got mine Friday (Europe FTW), 3D works well and actually enhances the games no problems with headaches, surround sound is beautiful, got 2 streetpass hits on saturday walking round Preston town centre for 2 hours (2,500 steps according to the pedometer), AR games are really good and starts up instantly without a health and safety warning.

Nice. Glad to hear people were just overly speculative of the headaches haha. How was the camera quality?

[NFD]

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I'm actually rather content with my Lite, it's got the best battery life of any DS or it's cousins. 15-17 hours.

[ddrxero64]

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I'm actually rather content with my Lite, it's got the best battery life of any DS or it's cousins. 15-17 hours.

I would agree with this, but remember, it's not just the 3D part. It's a whole new console with a whole new line of games. The quality of the games have improved substantially, so don't expect many games to be out for 3DS and DS Lite. Especially since the analog was added,

[Coolboyrulez0]

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Bought mine today without preorder. This is really an awesome machine.
3D effect is subtle yet amazing, and I've just been surprised how good this is.
Only thing lacking is line-up titles... that's why I purchased Pokemon Black.

Gonna be an amazing Spring Break.

[Thatskier]

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Ha, Ill wait till a lighter more advanced version comes out. I bought the first gen psp, ds, ps2, and ps3. I have learned waiting is better.