Nintendo 3DS review (Japanese) - engadget

[Viper1]

Skeeuk said:

Viper1 said:

Skeeuk said:

to get good 3d effect you have to hold still and hold ds right upto your face??????

So you don't hold your portable devices right in front of you.  You hold them to the side or at oblique angles?

well on my DS id say i hold it at average distance, but on 3DS you may have to hold much nearer and keep static to get full effect. i reckon il be keeping slider about 50%

I put a little more than an hour of use into it at last years E3.  I don't recall ever having to hold it only inches in front of my face.   About 8" - 18" still seemed to work.