Is the nintendo 3DS worth $247?
I just bought my Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS black friday and I am very happy. The nintendo 3DS is not perfect at all but I do think that it is a fine system so far. As I write this some features like Netflix are not available so I will come back increase this review once I can test these functions out for myself. The system feels comfortable to hold in my hands. The size and style isn’t too far off from the DSi. The colour has a sort of metallic look to it that is very classy though I do wish that Nintendo had given us more colors to choose from. There’ll undoubtedly be more colors to select from in some unspecified time in the future though.
The colour isn’t exactly an aqua blue, it is a greater portion of a bluish-green. The question that most of you probably have is actually the nintendo 3D effect works. Yes, it does but it will take some getting used to. Keep in mind that the 3D visuals rely upon the system’s camera to track your head and so you will surely have to look at the system at a specific point for the best results in 3D. It isn’t that hard to keep your head in that spot but you may need serious amounts of get used to this. The 3DS provides a glimpse into an actual game world so you are not just looking at 3D graphics, you can actually move the machine and your view changes accordingly.
As an example, your character in the game may step into an in-game room and you can physically move your 3DS to the right and your view will shift as you move the system. It’s a lot of fun and one of the included mini games will actually have you getting around the office or dining table in order to look into a hole from the right angle. In the beginning your eyes might feel a little buggy after tinkering with the nintendo 3D effects. That is normal but you should get used to it after a few plays. You can also adjust the concentration of the nintendo 3D effect with a little slider on the right side of the system and you can even do this in the middle of the game. I personally like the nintendo 3D effect to be a little under half power. That offers a nice bit of depth but the effect isn’t overpowering. If you do not care for the nintendo 3D effects then you can simply turn that feature off and you still have a powerful little handheld system. This is good for folks that do not enjoy 3D movies as they will still be able to play games on this system.
In addition to the new 3DS games the machine can play the older DS and DSi games already out there. In a month or two Nintendo will be revealing an online shop where you can buy and download some of the original Gameboy and Gameboy Color games optimized for the 3D screen. This effectively means that the 3DS already has a library of thousands of games even before we get into the 3DS games. The 3DS does have some flash memory for storing downloaded games but you probably will want to use the SD memory card slot and store your games on your storage device. The 3DS does include a 2GB SD card for saves and there are some applications already on it so you will have something to play right out of the box. There is a game where you can take pictures of yourself, your spouse, your pets or almost anything and attach the photos to flying enemies which you must then defeat. Addititionally there is a game that uses special paper cards. You put one of these cards on the table and look at it through the 3DS.
You will see fun things happen like a hole open up in your table where a creature comes out and attack you or you can try another card to see characters pop up. Here is a tip, try downloading these cards from Nintendo’s website and print them out on large pieces of paper. How big the characters that come out are proportional to the size of the paper. A group of people in Japan strung together a massive square and made an avatar the size of a building! Do you know you can set your 3DS to sleep mode and it will talk to other 3DS systems? Let’s say that you are on your lunch break from work and you head to the deli with your nintendo 3Ds in your messenger bag.
The device will find other systems and communicate with them. When you have a game such as Street Fighter 4 there will even be a mini-battle and if you win you will win rewards. The nintendo nintendo 3DS also has a pedometer so if you walk with it the system will track your footsteps and reward you with virtual coins you may use in a few applications. Is the nintendo 3DS worth $247? I think so because of all the existing games that can be played on it and Nintendo handhelds are always very well supported with a healthy game library. It will very likely be at least2 yearsbefore Nintendo updates the 3DS hardware and I certainly do not want to wait that long to play these games. Even if 3D video game titlesare just a fad the 3DS will still play great games in regular 2D graphics and i also anticipate that this system will
