What the "short battery life" proves for the 3DS

[greenmedic88]

Galaki said:

greenmedic88 said:

I suppose you can always turn the 3D slider all the way down

I think someone mentioned that you have to turn the 3D off in the system settings to actually turn it off and that will boost battery life greatly. By using only the slider, it somehow still suck up battery.

I am sure most (if not all) reviewers turned the 3D 'off' by the slider rather than system settings.

Well, I'll run my own tests (which are ultimately the only tests that matter), but I have a hard time believing that I'll only get 2-3 hours out of a single charge with 3D active.

It is a bit of a pain that this is even an issue (one that could have easily been avoided with a larger battery pack) as I never even bothered to "test" battery life on the DS; it seemed to last forever as someone who only plays portable games sporadically.