The 3DS!

[ccovell]

This shits been around since SMS.

Atari 2600 and Vectrex even.

[Arkhan]

ah yeah, there was that Tic Tac Toe game, I think, and maybe a few others.

So yeah, the whole things been done already.  I think Outrun3D basically kicks the crap out of the entire launch lineup right now.

[Joe Redifer]

I enjoy my 3DS.  I haven't played Pilotwings too much yet, but it was enjoyable.  Super Monkey Ball is pretty fun, though!  The playfield tilts too much and it is too easy (so far), but otherwise it seems to be really good.  It's been a while since there was a Monkey Ball game that could be played with conventional controls.  You can tilt your 3DS like a retard to play this, but who wants to do that?

[TheClash603]

I played Pilotwings a little over two hours, and enjoyed it quite a bit.  I don't know how long the game is going to last, but for $15, I'll take the 6-10 hours I get out of it.

I am excited to play Ridge Racer and Street Fighter, but unfortunately my battery just died.  I played maybe 2 1/2 hours and it already bit the dust.  Wi-Fi was off...  yikes!

[Arkhan]

the battery life is gamegear caliber.

I think the little card doodads are the coolest part so far.  The games havent really given me that special tingle in the pants yet.

My friend got pilot wings and I played it for a bit.  I really cant take the appearance of the game, at all.  But if you squint a little and dont stare too directly, you can pretend its not that stupid looking.

[hizaygizirlz]

I passed on one for now, because nothing impressed me in the launch line-up.  If I was going to get a game it would have been pilotwings.  

Plenty of systems have had ho-hum launch games and turned out great so the 3DS will be no exception.

When the good N64 ports arrive along w/ the Kid Icarus game everyone is going to want one.  Think what they will be able to do with a Castlevania game on there so the future is definitely promising.

[Arkhan]

N64 ports seem kind of retarded to me.

[hizaygizirlz]

Zelda OoT is going to move systems, I personally want the Star Fox game as well.  I can see how some people don't like ports since you are paying for a game you arleady played.  I haven't really been following the games, but I have to think Nintendo has some big game saved for the holday season. 

I might just order one shortly.  I don't think i will beat $250 I have tons of Amazon credit, and I could essentially get a game for $15.

[SignOfZeta]

N64 ports seem kind of retarded to me.

Yeah, the N64 sucked. Lets please move on from that idea and just make new stuff...which is probably exactly what will happen. People were convinced that the GBA was going to be some sort of SNES port machine and in the end we didn't get hardly any (any?) actual SNES ports.

This system seems to be generating a lot of negative commentary, but the battery life is the biggest problem with it from what I can see. If you only get 2.5 hours out of it now, what's it going to be like when the battery is a year old? Shit, I get a lot more than that from my iPhone, and I recharge that f*cker twice a day at least.

[nectarsis]

Zelda OoT is going to move systems, I personally want the Star Fox game as well.  I can see how some people don't like ports since you are paying for a game you arleady played.  I haven't really been following the games, but I have to think Nintendo has some big game saved for the holday season. 

I might just order one shortly.  I don't think i will beat $250 I have tons of Amazon credit, and I could essentially get a game for $15.

When the good N64 ports arrive along w/ the Kid Icarus game everyone is going to want one.

What I have find funny is the 3ds has pulled many of the same things that people railed HARD on the psp when it launched.  Price, and being port city (though the 3ds adds a typical  "gimmick").   Once again Nintendo is "SO REVOLUTIONARY", yet they are relying on a lot of ports, with a few remake/upgrades to pull in the fanboys.  There are a few cool looking games coming, but far to few that grab me for my liking.

When the good N64 ports show up..what the small handful of games that were good to begin with or have held up decently?   I think the 64 left a bad/meh taste in a LOT of peoples mouths. I wouldn't count Kid Icarus, or 64 ports to sell to the masses as much as you think.  Sell decently, maybe, sell millions of systems, probably not.

[ParanoiaDragon]

I passed on one for now, because nothing impressed me in the launch line-up.  If I was going to get a game it would have been pilotwings.  

Plenty of systems have had ho-hum launch games and turned out great so the 3DS will be no exception.

When the good N64 ports arrive along w/ the Kid Icarus game everyone is going to want one.  Think what they will be able to do with a Castlevania game on there so the future is definitely promising.

Just as long as that Castlevania is NOT in the new timeline with Lords of Shadow, I hate the game, & hate the direction they've gone so far storywise.....& musicwise......& gameplay-wise.  It'd probably be an ok game...without the CV name attatched to it......like it originally was until Konami has the bright idea of making it a CV.

[Joe Redifer]

2.5 hour battery life?  It lasts a lot longer than that, for sure.

[TheClash603]

2.5 hour battery life?  It lasts a lot longer than that, for sure.

My last charge was 2:45 until the battery light was flashing, and that is with no wi-fi.

[DragonmasterDan]

The battery life is definitely not as great as the other DS models or the GameBoy Advance SP or Micro.

[SignOfZeta]

What I have find funny is the 3ds has pulled many of the same things that people railed HARD on the psp when it launched.  Price, and being port city (though the 3ds adds a typical  "gimmick").   Once again Nintendo is "SO REVOLUTIONARY", yet they are relying on a lot of ports, with a few remake/upgrades to pull in the fanboys.  There are a few cool looking games coming, but far to few that grab me for my liking.

I haven't been paying much attention, but what N64 ports are you talking about? I mean, actual ports not sequel-ports like Animal Crossing? I'm positive that the number of N64 ports on 3DS could never possibly reach the number of PS ports on PSP, which is just embarrassing. I think there might actually be more PS games ported to PSP than there are retail N64 games.

When the good N64 ports show up..what the small handful of games that were good to begin with or have held up decently?   I think the 64 left a bad/meh taste in a LOT of peoples mouths. I wouldn't count Kid Icarus, or 64 ports to sell to the masses as much as you think.  Sell decently, maybe, sell millions of systems, probably not.

Probably not. While the N64 was a huge flop for me, people are actually pretty in love with it still. Its actually a "retro" console to a lot of 20 year olds now and they still pay real money for the games at the used stores. I don't get it either. Hopefully the thing will get so popular that it will draw money away from the Turbo market and the prices on NEC stuff with drop!

Yeah, not going to happen.