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Pokemonbrawlvg said:
I finally played a Vita at Best Buy. I wasn't impressed by what I played.

First, the screen isn't as beautiful as claimed to be and no it wasn't because there was a few fingerprints on the screen either. If I had to choose between a seem-to-be HD OLED screen and a glasses-free 3D screen(Nintendo 3DS). I would choose 3D anyday simply because I notice the difference and it works as it should.

Next, the buttons feel cheap and too close together(at least the X button and the down d-pad button). I didn't really feel the games I played using these small buttons. They should've made them bigger. The analog sticks worked as should, but they don't travel far so I felt that when I moved the character they could actually have time to walk to run. But, I didn't feel that. Also, they are small.

The games I played were Gravity Rush, Uncharted: Golden Abyss, and Welcome Park. I really didn't like the load times in the games. It shouldn't take that long to load especially if it's on a game card. The graphics didn't impress me either. There not as beautiful as you would see them on a video, which is ironic because whenever I watch a 3DS game on video it would look better when I played it in motion. I will say that the touch screen wasn't as tedious as I thought it would be, but the rear touch pad remains to be questioned since I gripped the system with my fingers on the pad. I tried holding it differently, but I didn't like the other feel.

I can't really say anything about Gravity Rush. I wasn't diffcult and it was easy to grasp the controls. I didn't feel the combat in the game and the boss battle was too easy. I expect the game to be much more diffcult in the final version.

Uncharted remains to be one series I can't see the praise. I just didn't like playing it and the touch controls were unresponive.

Welcome Park is Welcome Park, that's it.

Overall, I didn't like the system and was unimpressive by what I played. I know many of you will say that I'm a Nintendo fan and i'm saying this to downgrade the system and I will not disagree with you. I am a Nintendo fan. But, I will not say that my experince is lie in anyway. This is in fact my opinon of what I felt.


ROFL, what a load of Biased nintendo fanboy garbage. The screen is easily one of the most impressive on the market today, to say the 3ds screen is better is laughable and ruins any credibly you have. There is a reason it is universally praised in all tech reviews, it rivals any tablet or apple product screen. . The Ds screen is not even close, the DS is old tech with a gimmick that is wasted on suuch a small screen.  Comparing the 3ds to a vita is like comparing a volvo to a ferrari. It's no competition. Graphics not as good? Umm nothing on handheld touched the vita, golden abyss is close to the ps3 version and its a launch title.

The majority of DS sales are kids, everyone in my daughters school and daycare has a DS, the vita is a much deeper and better system, that's just fact.