| Conegamer said: Nintendo have once again raised the bar when it comes to how we game, and after playing with the 3DS, you have to wonder how you were evr sketical about it. Yes, it may not be perfect. Yes, the launch line-up isn't the best ever. And it may be a bit pricey. But there's no denying that it's fun to play, and that's the most important thing. The graphics are a definte step up from the DS series, and other features like AR and Street Pass have almost limitless possibilites. It's clear Nintendo listened to criticisms of their consoles from the last gen, and to silence naysayers they've gone and created one of, no, THE best handheld gaming device of all time. Seeing really is believeing. |
A good review, Cone, but I feel it impertinent to hi-light this segment. You claim that Nintendo have raised the bar as to how we game but this implies that an addition of 3D has any effect on how we game. It doesn't. Like much of what Nintendo has done over the past few years, it is gimmicky. That's not to say it's bad nor that nintendo is bad but it is to say that that's all Touch Screens, Motion Sensors, etc, etc are: Gimmicks.
It's been emulated and performed by other companies too. And yes, the majority DOES affect how games are played but does it neccessarily create immersion? No. Perhaps it would help were these items not whored out but that's economics. Fact is, Street Pass: Already been done, Spot Pass: Also, already been done. AR, sure - a little different but honestly? I see little in it.
But I honestly don't see much use in these concepts generally (And Cone will attest this (I'm a BIG hater on most things)) when they don't get put to proper employment. Sadly, game producers don't do this. Apart from those accociated with the console producers. All it does is make gaming accessable to a mainstream party (The public as opposed to nerds) at the cost of reduction in quality.
Granted, yes, the 3D IS awesome. It just won't matter unless this handheld, producers are kicked up the collective metaphoric arse until quality gets to what it was.
The true test of any scholar's work is not what his contemporaries say, but what happens to his work in the next 25 or 50 years. - Milton Friedman.
