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superchunk on 06 July 2011

Price and the potential affect on young children's eyes are the only reasons I just bought my son a DSi over a 3DS. Had the price been sub $200 and the 3D been out in a handheld for at least 5 years to see any potential affects, I would have gone 3DS.

DSi will be their first portable. Whatever is after the 3DS in 5 years will be their next.



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oldschoolfool on 06 July 2011

I like my 3DS,but haven't really had a chance to play it that much.



TX109 on 06 July 2011

gotta wait until the end of this month.



                                                                                                  
oniyide on 06 July 2011

im taking a wait and see approach, will still get sooner or later but the PSV has just blown me away and at that price, i might get that first instead. IMHO i dont see the great thing about the 3d, i played SSF4 and it wasnt all that in 3d, then played pilotwings, which to my surprise is much better than i thought and the 3d effect is better but still not blown away, just played Nintendogs and my god the 3d was bad, it wasnt even 3d it was like those xmen hologram cards that came out in the 90s is there a game that has great 3d, cause ive yet to play one, still liking the system



radishhead on 06 July 2011

The 3DS is beautiful - it's just a bit expensive atm. Going to wait until Christmas so that I can spend money on games instead :)



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vlad321 on 06 July 2011
d21lewis said:
vlad321 said:
Also, it doesn't play my GBA games. Unless something has changed that i don't know of.


True but that's not necessarily a strike against the 3DS.  I mean, I'd love if my Wii still played my N64 games but it just can't.  I wouldn't call it a con.  I just keep my N64 (at my mom's house).  Most of my PSP games are digital download.  Maybe 25 out of 30 or something like that.  When I buy a PSV, it'll be for the PSV games.  Any game that gets backwards compatible support is welcome but not a must.  Like thetonestarr said, just keep your older console for when the urge to play the older games arises.  It's not like home consoles where space under the TV is so important.


Oh I saw this as more of a "trade in your DS for a 3DS" type of thread. But you are right otherwise, can't strike things for stuff like that (well, as a PC gamer I totally can but that's a different story).



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killeryoshis on 06 July 2011

I'll start getting the 3ds when the price matches its value. I hate paying for hardware so I'm going to buy alot of games when I get one.



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d21lewis on 06 July 2011
RolStoppable said:
Using middle brightness I get between four and five hours of playtime with 3DS games and seven to eight hours with DS games out of a single charge. That's not triple, Zapp.


Well I use maximum brightness and turn the Wi-Fi on when I play 3DS games and the battery dies in 17 minutes.  I turned the backlighting off (which results in a totally black screen) and played Super Mario 64 for 8 days straight.  Okay.  I lied.  But on average, I get somewhere around three hours worth of play on a normal 3DS game and around (like you said) 8 hours on a DS game.......I think.  I've actually never had the 3DS die on me.  I saw the light turn red once, indicating that it was time for a charge.  I plugged it in.  I tend to play with the system plugged in or charge it whenever I'm not playing.  I got the "triple time" info from a faq I read at work, yesterday.  I was trying to figuer out how to change the game resolution.

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bazmeistergen on 06 July 2011

I love mine. Mercenaries is stupidly addictive.



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d21lewis on 06 July 2011
RolStoppable said:
d21lewis said:

Well I use maximum brightness and turn the Wi-Fi on when I play 3DS games and the battery dies in 17 minutes.  I turned the backlighting off (which results in a totally black screen) and played Super Mario 64 for 8 days straight.  Okay.  I lied.  But on average, I get somewhere around three hours worth of play on a normal 3DS game and around (like you said) 8 hours on a DS game.......I think.  I've actually never had the 3DS die on me.  I saw the light turn red once, indicating that it was time for a charge.  I plugged it in.  I tend to play with the system plugged in or charge it whenever I'm not playing.  I got the "triple time" info from a faq I read at work, yesterday.  I was trying to figuer out how to change the game resolution.

On an unrelated note:  Gimme your friend code, Rol.  I'm collecting friends right now!  Mine is 3823-8631-8090

I can't be bothered to look up my friend code. Nothing against you, I've added nobody so far and I own mine since launch.

That's cool.  Just keep in mind that it's not like the DS.  You can look up your code and add friends in about 10 seconds.  I got 22 friends in 30 minutes, a few days ago (including the time it took to PM all of them).  Give it a shot......of course I haven't actually played with any of them, yet.  I don't know how to invite anyone to a game.  I'm looking forward to playing you in Mario Kart someday, though.