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Do you use the 3D?

Yes 121 36.01%
 
No 85 25.30%
 
Sometimes 79 23.51%
 
See results 51 15.18%
 
Total:336
Lonely_Dolphin on 08 August 2013
finalfantasystud said:
I love it "its just a gimmick" riiiight enhances the visuals in a game and making the graphics better is a gimmick well I guess the ps4's video card to enhance the graphics over the wii u is just gimmick lol wow idiots (maybe I have a special 3ds or something but I have a good range for the sweet spot I can move it slighty and it doesn't bother it a bit) I say that because people will respond well you don't have to have a sweet spot with the ps4, well unless your withdrawing there is no reason why someone cant hold a 3ds in a sweet spot. Better graphics enhance gameplay that's not a gimmick. Now the cameras are a gimmick lol


Dang dude, you needs a chill pill!

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RCTjunkie on 08 August 2013

Yes, unless my brother wants to watch me play.



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snyps on 09 August 2013

of coarse! it's the sole reason i bought it at launch. i love crazy stuff like that.



Zappykins on 09 August 2013

Great thread, but that I don't have a 3DS, I can't comment about using it. I do think it's interesting how most people voting use it an like it. Then others who don't use it often or at all, think it is useless.

What they really mean is useless to them. It is an excellent example how too many of us gamers are to harsh when someone else likes something we do not.

Too many people enjoy the feature to really call it useless.



 

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bobgamez on 09 August 2013
forethought14 said:
I turn it on once in a while just to get that "ohh, it looks nice" effect, but I usually turn it off after like 2 or 3 seconds when my amazement passes by.

It's kind of funny, because 3D doesn't seem to be the selling point for the 3DS, so Nintendo's next generation handheld could be another DS-like system with a nice gimmick (4DS?) and it'll still sell like crazy.


why does everyone call the next one 4DS? lol



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TK14 on 09 August 2013

Yes I do. For the first hour with Ocarina 3D I thought it was weird and it was hard on my eyes. Didn't think I'd use it again. The next day I gave it another shot, and haven't had a problem since. I've played through pretty much the entirety of all my 3DS games (currently 18 retail) with the 3D on max settings, and prefer it that way. Once in a great while if I'm tired or if I'm worried about the battery running low then I'll turn it off, but that isn't very often. The only 2 games I don't use the 3D for are Art Academy and Brain Age, just because it's pointless and distracting when I'm trying to paint/draw or doing math problems frantically.



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Chandler on 09 August 2013

All the time.



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Egann on 09 August 2013
errorpwns said:
Yes 13 27.66%

No 13 27.66%

Sometimes 13 27.66%

Wow a 3 way tie. I don't use 3d at all.

What's really impressive is how absolutely adamant some of the opinions are. The ability to turn the 3D down or off has been part of the system since day one for a reason. I've also heard optometrists saying Nintendo's fears that the 3D may cause eye damage are unfounded, so....

Really, I expect the proportion of people who use the 3D is probably higher than the number of people using the 3DS's cameras, so as far as a "gimmick" goes, the 3D is pretty successful. It just didn't turn out to be a system seller like Nintendo thought.



kupomogli on 09 August 2013

I used to not care for the 3D because most games just had really crappy 3D, but I did test the 3D just to see how it was with each game I played. Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate's 3D was jaw dropping so the second time I played through it, other than when underwater, I played with the 3D on.

SMT4 also has really good 3D, but the problem on the game is that you'll go back and forth to your menu, you'll sometimes look at the bottom screen to look at the map, etc. So games where you're frequently switching back and forth from top to bottom, you really don't want to use the 3D effect because it's disorienting and that's when it really hurts your eyes.

So, so far, Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate is the only one really worth using the effect. Everything else, even SMT4 with it's really good 3D effect, not worth it.



Lulz on 09 August 2013

For a long time I never used it, but since swapping my original 3DS for an XL I now enjoy the 3D effect. Only on low-medium setting, though.