The 3D works all the time! You might lose focus depending on your movement but the 3D is always there. In fact it's better than glasses 3D as you have a clear bright perspective. Nothing between you and the experience. The IGN reviewer.......well it's not like their judgement is adequate.

2hr battery life is kinda fail but 5 hrs without 3d on..but wait why would you not want to have 3d on at all times? cause apparently ill get a headache >.> thats 2 big falws right there....

ill probly pick one up but not yet..cause no games really appeal to me except zelda and MGS witch isnt even out yet and i would also love to see what the next pokemon games will be

@cyberninja45  but you still have to be in a perfect condition in either case. if your in a plane or car and hit turbulence or a speed bump your going to lose that effect

@dany612  seeing as he actually used the 3DS and most people here didnt as of yet im guessing his judgement is far more adequate. As for glasses 3D i dont know what your talking about but i always have a bright clear perspective when i use it. So moving with the 3DS and losing focus on the 3D is not a problem?? im not bashing the system im getting one as soon as it has 5 games i want. the 3D to me is whatever

 IGN, well we couldnt really expect much from them, trolling nintendo is one of the few things they do right... 

I'm confused on how the Review says that it's bulky and makes it less portable, when it's about the same size of a DSi, and I mean any DS ((other than the XL)) can fit in the pocket of a child ((okay maybe not the phat)). Also you give lower rating because you say there will be an inevitable revision, that's like saying don't buy a cell phone cause there will be another better one in a few months.... That really seems biased, it's like they are trying to deter sales or something

isn't it smaller than the current DS?

they are...

Build quality score is such BS it's not even funny.  Being someone that has actually played the system it's a higher build quality of the DS lite and the DS Lite was one of the best revisions to a Nintendo handheld ever.

Clicky shoulder buttons have always been there since DS Phat - fact he stated being wrong *check*

Longevity I'm really iffy about since this is the first and only report I've heard of "two and a half" hours of battery life, since that would but it at as low as the original PSP.  All reports I've read has it at three and a half to seven hours depending on what you're playing and if you turn features off.  

And yeah counting off because there's going to be a handheld revision is a joke.

I can agree on the price being a bit much for a handheld but it's in line with the revisions to the DS and the same price as the launch PSP, but my limit for a handheld is 200 I stick to that, but I'm going a bit out of my way for a 3DS simply because it has a lot of things I want.

Bottom line is this review has bad examples, I don't think was properly tested when multiple credible sources say something else and in line with each other, and it's like the guy never played an original DS since he made a point to talk about the "clicky" shoulder buttons but the DS has always had them... 

Eh IGN does a piss poor job at reviewing ever since their only good reviewers Matt, Mark, and Craig left.

I haven't recieved mine yet, but I'm doubting their view on the build quality