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That's the word from a Japanese magazine report anyway, relating apparent consumer surveys from Nintendo's 3DS event in Tokyo last week. Dizziness and fatigue are the main symptoms mentioned by the report, with some players claiming to have suffered them after 10 minutes.

We are, however, a little dubious of these claims at the moment. In fact we'd say it's way to early to worry about a Nintendo-induced puke carnival. You see while the report, from Friday Magazine, claims that "over half the people" interviewed reported various cranial unpleasantries, its exact statitistics aren't revealed.

The report claims that the majority of players questioned experienced dizziness and tired eyes rather rapidly, with one 30-year-old man stating that he had to switch the handheld's 3D display off altogether. Others said that the symptoms could be reduced by holding the device in a fixed position.

Rather worrying on the surface of it, but the thing is, we don't know how many people were actually surveyed. The magazine's claims of more than a 50% complaint ratio sound damning, but if that 50% breaks down to three out of 5 people in real numbers then it really doesn't matter. Similarly, if those comments about holding the machine still mean that some gamers were goonishly waving the thing around trying to see behind 3D objects like cavemen trying to work out where the sun was buried at night, that might explain some of the prolems they were having.

Basically, there are too many unknown variables in this story in the moment. And you can add to that list of unknowns the fact that we really don't know what kind of a magazine Friday is. It looks a little on the tabloidy side from the few images we've seen of it, but again we're basically guessing. Its typical game coverage could be hard-hitting Edge-style analysis, or it could be the Japanese equivalent of The Daily Sport.

So how can you know the truth? Simple. Just stick with GamesRadar. Matt and Justin are braving a stupid o' clock flight tomorrow morning to head over to Amsterdam, where they'll go hands and eyes on with the 3DS themselves. They'll return packing every bit of information you could possibly need, from hardware, to games, to quality of pixels and robo-eye-analysed framerates if Mr. Towell has his way. And should either of them return to the office covered in vomit and tripping over furniture, we'll let you know immediately. Though if they do, it could just be because they'll have been in Amsterdam. Either way, the truth will out.

http://www.gamesradar.com/3ds/nintendo-3ds/news/japanese-gamers-reportedly-sickened-by-3ds-at-recent-event-gamesradar-reserving-judgement-til-tomorrow/a-20110118111252179054/g-20100616102754448006

Other then the obvious pro nintendo bias... interesting.

Although the 3DS can be turned off... if this is true then it's bad for the 3DS. Maybe the 3DS screen isn't one size fits all.

if only the 3ds didnt have an amazing line up.

If true its not a good sign. Wasn't there a similar problem with Nintendo's Virtual Boy?

I love the thread title. The 3DS certainly sickens me.

VGC members reportedly sickened ny multiple threads about Japanese gamers reportedly sickened by 3DS at recent event.

As someone that has seen these screens, I can confirm this is completely true...

I dont see my 3D staying on if I do get a 3DS for more than 10-15 mins at a time.

I get seasick when playing WaW, and actually almost any FPS for more than a little while at a time (really, not joking). And I know for a fact I am not the only one, many people get seasick when playing FPS games for even a short while, its a well known fact. I guess this is bad for FPS games (and most specifically COD games). Oh wait...

i am sure that should be: "japanese gamers called in sick to buy a 3DS"

Just reposting my thoughts from the other thread:

My staff and I had plenty of time with the 3DS at E3 and experienced none of those symptoms at all.

The same goes for those I know personally in the industry.  Nobody has complained of those ailments until just now?    70,000 at E3 and no reports of 3DS problems.   I don't buy that it's suddenly an issue.