Yes now even consoles can be reviewed with a number, except for Eurogamer

CVG 9.6/10

  Glasses-free 3D gaming is here
  Real visual depth with some 'jump out' moments
  Visuals beyond any other Ninty handheld, regardless of 3D
  Finding the sweet spot isn't difficult
  Augmented Reality shows massive potential
  A bulging, affordable package

  Battery life could be problematic
  3D image quality varies when 3DS is even slightly moved
  Photos are 2D layers on a 3D plain

Tech Radar 4.5/5

The 3DS outdoes its predecessors significantly when it comes to power and visual output, which means Ninty players can look forward to demanding names like Resident Evil and Metal Gear Solid in the future.

This is a device that's going to grab everyone all over again but, at the same time, it's got plenty to offer the gaming hardcore as well and that's just as big a step forward as the specless 3D visuals.

Eurogamer

As a contemporary gaming platform, with its modest power boost and improved usability, 3DS does just enough to keep up – but only just. Next to the latest iPod Touch, say, or Sony's Next Generation Portable, it does look like yesterday's vision of the future.

So 3DS' ability to replicate the 150-million-strong triumph of its predecessor is far from guaranteed. But it's also worth remembering that Nintendo has never yet lost a bet by following a different vision to everyone else's – and many have lost betting against it.

Actually I wandered if this would happen. Personally it doesn't make sense, simply a console at launch can't be judged. look at DS, with its launch line up, non-existant multimedia, small power, bad online...it sure would have scored 4 or 5, but look where it ended up, with one of the most amazing line ups ever (if you like japanese games, if you don't I guess you think different).

3DS looks better than DS at launch in every department and just foolish comparisons with iPod or smartphone can make it look a bad handheld. We have to wait and see how it turns up to be, and judge at the end, when everything is said and done.

I've played the 3DS. The 3D feels so futuristic. This kind of technology doesn't even exist any where else in the market at the moment. The 3DS is the future of video games.

You would hope they take that context into consideration, and they seem to have based on how favorable the scores are numerically

Chef Excellence

1

Well, I suppose I'm pleased that 3DS games will have a solid platform to be played on, and that the 3D effects can be used to enhance the experience.

But as excited as I am to get the 3DS, I'm even more excited to play games like Zelda, Resident Evil,  and Paper Mario on the 3DS.

i may pick up a 3DS, but i won't use the 3D feature

Makes me even more happy that I'll be getting it n_n

Have you only got one eye?! :(

I don't think it seems weird to give a score. They're just scoring the package that you're buying, and the scores seem justified if you read the reviews. 

Looking good.