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Opinions of the 3DS
14 years ago
Today I manage to get my hands on a new Nintendo 3DS and was actuallly quite surprised at how well it works, I wasn't expecting much from the 3D effects but it does work quite well, to a certain degree at least, trying not to lose the 'sweet spot' can be difficult at times, especially when playing the AR games.
People around the net have said that the system can cause some eye strain, and I can see why, it may just be because I'm not used to this 3D stuff yet but after barely five minutes of playing my eyes were already starting to feel weird, even after turning it off my vision still seemed a bit blurry for several minutes afterwards until they re-adjusted to things.
I tried playing again a little later though, only for a few minutes once again and things didn't seem as bad, so the way it affects your eyes could just depend on the lighting and environment around you.
The wifi options are MUCH better compared to the older DS that I've used which couldn't connect at all no matter how much I tried, this new 3DS picked up my wifi network instantly and was a breeze to set up.
The 3D camera was cool though not very clear, very low resolution but it's better than nothing, especially when using the AR cards.
I haven't played any of the games which are sold seperately from the 3DS yet since the one I ordered wont be arriving until at least tomorrow, but the games built into the system are just so much fun and incredibly funny, most notably the 'Face Raiders' game where you take a picture of someone's face, they start flying around the room, and you have to find them on the screen and shoot them down. XD
There are a few bits and pieces on the system that I haven't tried yet but will probably get around to them sometime tomorrow, such as the music player etc.
So yeah the 3DS isn't perfect but plenty of fun to play around with. XD
People around the net have said that the system can cause some eye strain, and I can see why, it may just be because I'm not used to this 3D stuff yet but after barely five minutes of playing my eyes were already starting to feel weird, even after turning it off my vision still seemed a bit blurry for several minutes afterwards until they re-adjusted to things.
I tried playing again a little later though, only for a few minutes once again and things didn't seem as bad, so the way it affects your eyes could just depend on the lighting and environment around you.
The wifi options are MUCH better compared to the older DS that I've used which couldn't connect at all no matter how much I tried, this new 3DS picked up my wifi network instantly and was a breeze to set up.
The 3D camera was cool though not very clear, very low resolution but it's better than nothing, especially when using the AR cards.
I haven't played any of the games which are sold seperately from the 3DS yet since the one I ordered wont be arriving until at least tomorrow, but the games built into the system are just so much fun and incredibly funny, most notably the 'Face Raiders' game where you take a picture of someone's face, they start flying around the room, and you have to find them on the screen and shoot them down. XD
There are a few bits and pieces on the system that I haven't tried yet but will probably get around to them sometime tomorrow, such as the music player etc.
So yeah the 3DS isn't perfect but plenty of fun to play around with. XD
There was also a warning saying not to let people under the age of 6 use the 3D function because it could cause vision damage.
Though for more accurate information on the subject you'd be better off checking around the Nintendo websites to see what they say.
Although I'll pretty much put the 3D slider down to zero as soon as I get it and never turn it back up. ;D