Hmm, interesting point. Do you have any numbers on polygon-throughput on the handheld-consoles?

On the topic of 3D videos, who feels like that Green Lantern trailer was just a big tease by Nintendo?

Who honestly thinks 3D feature films would not be a marketable USP for the 3DS, honestly.

mmm... not really, 3D without glasses it is innovative, imho the real challenge is to get a real advantage of the material you have available

I don't know if we have Netflix. If we have it is very badly advertised. But I believe we don't have it.

I don't know the Show 3D. Is it an app? Don't have it in the eShop here in Germany. We have Nintendo-Video, it offers 4 videos to watch and replaces them regularly. But they aren't streamed, they are played from the SD-card.

Internet-based streaming might be a solution for long 3D-movies. Don't know how well it will work, but data-rate might be high enough. If there is enough RAM to buffer for short connection-problems is one question. PCs use to have much more RAM.

Yeah, Nintendo show 3D is available in Canada from the e-shop. Well, you have Nintendo Video, it works off the same concept. Be it a 4 minute video or a full feature, Netflix only buffers a certain amount of video to watch, not the whole movie. You can watch a whole movie on the 3DS on Netflix (I already have), so this is a confirmed non-issue.

Streaming 3D on the 3DS is proven to work. Nintendo Video is streamed in the US and not downloaded to SD card.

Are you sure it is streamed and not put on the SD-card in the US? Can you watch it with disabled Wifi?

I never could, no. It had to be watched while online.

Interesting. Why no streaming here in europe? I don't know.

Long movies would involve big and expensive servers, but watching a long movie could involve some payment.

I keep the 3D on all the time, i love it. I dont know why people think it is an issue still, as clever old Nintendo give you the option to disable it. I think it would be more of a problem if Nintendo didnt give you this option as opinion would really be split then. I suppose its like when you go to the movies, some films you just wouldnt bother watching in 3D, but then CGI blockbusters just benifit greatly from it and enhances your experience.

Nearly every smartphone created has a battery that is larger than the 3DS battery. These smartphones while only having one screen, those screens use more power due to being denser and higher end technologies. These smartphones in nearly all cases over the last year at least have higher end hardware as well... more cpus, tons of radios, and many other features not found in the 3DS.

3DS battery life is what 3 to 5hrs max? My phone with a ~1800mAh battery, playing music in the background, many other services running such as all those radios and any app I've used recently (Android has real multitasking), and playing Angry Birds... will easily last up to 8hrs. 

Considering that these large batteries are put into millions upon millions of smartphones every day, I'm betting the cost to go from the 1300 to around 1800 or even 2000 would have been a very small difference, yet provided a significant increase in playtime.

My point wasn't thats its battery was smaller than its predecessors... no fucking shit its larger than theirs. My point is that in a time when these batteries are being used by so many devices, it makes far more sense to increase its size and allow a game console longer life than only a few hours of active play time.

While some people don't care or even see the 3D effect, it can be turned off very easily while not affecting anything else. However, having the machine not last more than a few hours really fucks shit up.

"ok dad, we're barely on the 3rd hour of our 14hr road trip but I have nothing to do now... I'm bored... Are we there yet.." and so on. Thanks Mr small battery.