1. Yes. Back in England, when I used to take the train to work, I played my 3ds all the time. I've also played it on planes, on park benches, and bus stops. I've seen other adults playing on 3ds as well, but I mainly see tablet and phone gamers. I imagine they looked at me with envy as they played angry birds (Ok, I know there are some great mobile games but it's not the same).
I don't have many reasons to play my 3ds in public anymore. If I did had reason to play it outside fear of it being lost or stole (With about a hundred potentially unretrievable downloaded games) would be my biggest concerns. Seriously, Nintendo needs to do something about that.
2. It's not in my nature to care if they did, but I actually don't think people do look negatively on you for things like that (If they did they'd be morons).







