They already keep track of purchases via Nintendo Club, just let me redownload my stuff on ONE authorized hardware. What I'd like for the future is to have EVERY retail game also available on the eShop and an account system to make buying digital games less of a risky bet. I don't know if and how they will improve it in the next few years (integrated circle pad pro? wider 3D sweet spot? better battery life? cleaner design?) but it's refreshing to see such a mature iteration so early in the life cycle of the platform. And props for bringing 3D gaming to the masses. including displays and controls) gaming console ever built.
Mad, mad props to Nintendo for what is easily the best all-in-one (i.e. As for me, oh well at least I won't have a "new car syndrome" about it anymore. So my word of warning about scratches is: stick to official/licensed styluses and/or use screen protectors at least for the touchscreen. Luckily the scratch is not visible when the screen is on. Handy.Ībout scratches: I've already scratched the touch screen (playing the stupid sky fishing mini-game in Mario vs Donkey Kong Minis, by the way great value for 9.99€ on the eShop) but it was entirely my fault because I used a non-licensed cheap stylus. Wanna mute it before awaking the console? Just slide it all the way down.
Not worth halving the FPS, especially in a fighting game.įun fact: I thought a volume SLIDER (as opposed to + an - buttons on my DSi XL) was stupid on paper, but now I see it as the best thing ever: you always know how loud you left the volume when opening the 3DS, no surprises. Of course I understand people turning it off on 30FPS games like Dead or Alive. Will I get tired/used to this? I don't know, at the moment I just can't understand people who leave the 3D slide turned off. Mind blowing how our brain can be tricked. I went back to the slider pad calibration menu screen just to see the animation of the nub hovering above the screen. I'm a big iOS/Android gaming advocate, it's good for some genres, but you simply can't have all of the above on a phone/tablet.Īgain, the 3D. Aiming with the gyro in RE:Revelations (what a game by the way.I must have finished the demo like 10 times now.so perfectly integrated with the console hardware, so well executed), and having 12 buttons (6 + d-pad + select/start) and a joystick (problems iPad/iPhone?), the touchscreen for the inventory management and map, and the 3D effect.wow. No box, no club nintendo code, but who cares. I grabbed a good as new one for about 100$. With a mushroom decal or something Nintendo could have sold it as a Mario Limited Edition for 349$. Not as elegant and clean as a wine red DSi XL, with its glossy boxy minimalistic look, but still killer. Games feel like real honest-to-goodness bona fide home console games on that huge screen. I never owned a non-XL ds/3ds but I think it's safe to say that there's no reason to settle for anything less than the majestic immersive display of the XL version. The MAJESTIC look of games on that HUGE widescreen display. (and don't listen to the naysayers about the narrower 3D sweet spot of the XL.it's totally functional, I can't compare it with a regular 3DS but it just works.suffice it to say, I can still keep it in the sweet spot while aiming with the gyro in RE:Revelations, 3D slider to the max and "added" in-game 3D on "Normal", ok I'll admit that on higher than "Normal" it becomes impossible to use the gyro, but I think the same happens on a regular 3DS) This is 3D you can actually carry in your pocket and if you buy used you can have for as low as 100$. The glassless 3D that surprisingly WORKS and is amazing and for the first time ever sold me on this whole 3D gimmick. (adult hands at least, don't know about kids)