Nintendo 3DS $249.99 - 3/27/2011 - Pre-order at Amazon, Best Buy, GameStop, etc

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Launch Date March 27, 2011

Price $249.99 MSRP*




Included in Hardware The following is included in the hardware set:
  1. Nintendo 3DS system
  2. Nintendo 3DS charging cradle
  3. Nintendo 3DS AC adapter
  4. Nintendo 3DS stylus
  5. SD Memory Card (2GB)
  6. AR Card(s) (view the cards using the outer cameras to play supported AR games)
  7. Quick-Start Guide
  8. Operations Manual (including warranty)


Characteristic Features
  1. 3D screen, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses and the ability to adjust or turn off 3D effect with the 3D Depth Slider.
  2. Stereo cameras that enable users to take 3D photos that can be viewed instantly on the 3D screen.
  3. New input interfaces including the Circle Pad, motion sensor, gyro sensor
  4. SpotPass, a feature that lets Nintendo 3DS detect wireless hotspots or wireless LAN access points and obtain information, game data, free software, videos and so on for players even when the system is in sleep mode.**
  5. StreetPass, a feature that lets Nintendo 3DS exchange data automatically with other Nintendo 3DS systems within range, even in sleep mode once this feature is activated by the user. Data for multiple games can be exchanged simultaneously.
  6. Convenient features that users can access without stopping game play such as the HOME menu, Internet Brower, Notifications, etc.
  7. Plenty of built-in software such as the Nintendo 3DS Camera, Nintendo 3DS Sound, Mii Maker, StreetPass, Mii Plaza, AR Games, Activity Log, Face Raiders, etc.
  8. Nintendo eShop where users can view trailers, software rankings and purchase software.
  9. System Transfer which enable users to transfer already purchased software from one Nintendo 3DS system to another. DSiWare purchased for the Nintendo DSi or the Nintendo DSi XL can also be transferred into a Nintendo 3DS system.***
  10. Compatibility functions where both new software designed for Nintendo 3DS and most software for the Nintendo DS family of systems can be played.
  11. Parental Controls which enable parents to restrict game content by ratings as well as use of specific wireless connectivity, 3D functionality, etc.****


Size (when closed) 2.9 inches high, 5.3 inches long, 0.8 inches deep.

Weight Approximately 8 ounces (including battery pack, stylus, SD memory card).

Upper Screen Wide-screen LCD display, enabling 3D view without the need for special glasses. Capable of displaying approximately 16.77 million colors. 3.53 inches display (3.02 inches wide, 1.81 inches high) with 800 x 240 pixel resolution. 400 pixels are allocated to each eye to enable 3D viewing.

Lower Screen LCD with a touch screen capable of displaying 16.77 million colors. 3.02 inches (2.42 inches wide, 1.81 inches high) with 320 x 240 pixel resolution.

Cameras One inner camera and two outer cameras. Resolutions are 640 x 480 for each camera. Lens are single focus and uses the CMOS capture element. The active pixel count is approximately 300,000 pixels.

Wireless Communication 2.4 GHz. Enabling local wireless communication among multiple Nintendo 3DS systems for game play and StreetPass. Enabling access to the Internet through wireless LAN access points (supports IEEE802.11 b/g with the WPA™/WPA2™ security feature). Recommended distance of wireless communication is within 98.4 feet. This can be shorter depending on the enviromental situation. WPA and WPA2 are marks of the Wi-Fi Alliance.

Input Controls Input controls are the following:
  1. A/B/X/Y Button, +Control Pad, L/R Button, START/SELECT
  2. Circle Pad (enabling 360-degree analog input)
  3. Touch screen
  4. Embedded microphone
  5. Camera
  6. Motion sensor
  7. Gyro sensor


Other Input Controls Other input controls are the following:
  1. 3D Depth Slider (enabling smooth adjustment of the 3D level effect)
  2. HOME (HOME button brings up the HOME menu)
  3. Wireless switch (can disable wireless functionality even during game play)
  4. POWER button


Connector Connector includes:
  1. Game Card slot
  2. SD Card slot
  3. Cradle connector
  4. AC adapter connector
  5. Audio jack (stereo output)


Sound Stereo speakers positioned to the left and right of the top screen (supports virtual surround sound).

Stylus Telescoping stylus (approximately 3.94 inches when fully extended).

Electric Power AC adaptor (WAP-002 [USA]). Nintendo 3DS Battery Pack (lithium ion battery) [CTR-003].

Charge Time About 3.5 hours

Battery Duration When playing Nintendo 3DS software about 3-5 hours. When playing Nintendo DS software about 5-8 hours. Battery duration differs depending on the brightness setting of the screen. The information regarding battery duration is a rough standard. It can be shorter depending on what functions of the Nintendo 3DS system are used.

Game Card Nintendo 3DS Game Card. The size is approximately the same as Nintendo DS Game Card.
 
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[quote name='confoosious']I don't know whether to laugh or cry for humanity.[/QUOTE]

Judging from your posts, you should start crying.

3D adds to a game but HD doesn't...wow.
 
Someone care to define "important" here? And "important" to and for who, exactly?

Seriously, we've got a potentially very cool handheld game system on the horizon, that'll, again, potentially do some very cool stuff. Will it revolutionize gaming? Will it make certain games more immersive? Probably not and probably yes. Who cares?

But will it be cool? Fun? Hell yeah.
 
[quote name='arcane93']I dunno, I enjoy 3D movies (when the 3D is really used effectively, rather than just making things "jump out") and I'm excited about 3D games, when they finally come to some level of maturation. I've got a 3D-capable TV, though I haven't bought the 3D glasses yet and won't until there's more worthwhile content available. I'm pretty intrigued by the fact that the Ico/Shadow of the Colossus "remasters" for PS3 are going to support 3D, and may well buy the glasses at the point that those come out.

Still, I like the idea of not having to wear the glasses even more. Because of that, I'm cautiously optimistic about the 3D part of the 3DS (barring, of course, it making me sick or something).

I guess I must be in the "niche crowd".[/QUOTE]

Valid point and nothing wrong with it i also am in that niche crowd and like mixer236 am actually interested in what the GAMES have to offer what i just found funny is that alot of press analyst reviewers etc seem to hold a negative opinion about 3d in general but the moment Nintendo does the same thing only difference being no glasses its all of sudden a really great thing and 3d is the future blah blah., which is weird cause some time ago dont remember where i read it but you had some Nintendo exec saying were all about gaming we don't think we need 3detc etc, months later 3ds announced!


[quote name='xycury']There's plenty of great games that came before HD. And great games don't need HD. It can look amazing but play like shit, NO one is going to play it....

I don't know why you can't wrap that around your noggin.



Yeah, everyone likes making a buck... it's a sellout tactic that you're favorite console makers are hopping on that train, no angst for them I see... because they gotz the HDz.

And no one was talking about the Wiis success, it was to back my point of bringing out something different... like Apple did with Ipods, like Toyata did with Hybrid cars and then taking it to the next level or bringing other players in to that same level.

Nice little way to make a snarky comment and say I'm stupid.[/QUOTE]

Lol love the reasoning here, so because Sony,Microsoft wanted to appeal to the same demographic the wii manage to snag its a sellout tactic instead of trying to make money just as Nintendo is doing. they didn't have to dip into that market but they did it because they can. Honestly after seeing how much money Nintendo was making who wouldn't trying to get in on that, hell you've got small time companies making knockoff Wiis selling at Walgreens and CVS for shits sake trying to get some of that dough.
 
[quote name='tmacairjordan87']It's not opinion, it's fact. Unless you're some kind of simpleton that gets wowed by stuff that doesn't do anything meaningful, there's no two ways around it....it doesn't do anything important.

The 3D in this handheld is nothing different than any other 3D, you just don't wear the glasses. It's not going to look any different than any 3D you've seen in the last year or so. Nintendo didn't come up with some kind of virtual reality 3D that's going to melt your face with awesome-ness, they just came up with a way to not wear the dumb glasses.[/QUOTE]

I'm not going to continue arguing with you about this since you are obviously stuck in your ways. I just don't understand where we got to this point where you have the incredible ability to be 100% sure that 3d will make no difference in playing 3ds games.... and apparently this is some kind of undeniable fact. I also have no idea what the hell you mean by doing "nothing important" as that term is about as broad as you could get. I'm also impressed that you are absolutely sure that developers will not be able to come up with ways to innovate.

If I have to pick a side and believe you or the game developers, I'm going to side with the developers on this one. I'm not going to write off the 3ds as being a gimmick before the damn thing launches. There has been a giant list of developers that have jumped on board because they see something in the 3ds so I think I will do the smart thing and save my judgment.
 
[quote name='tmacairjordan87']Judging from your posts, you should start crying.

3D adds to a game but HD doesn't...wow.[/QUOTE]


Just look at it this way, it's doing something no one else is doing and that's a step forward. Someone has to start it, no matter how silly it may think in your opinion.
 
[quote name='tmacairjordan87']Judging from your posts, you should start crying.

3D adds to a game but HD doesn't...wow.[/QUOTE]

yeah... i didn't say that. Try reading comprehension courses. Now I KNOW you're just trolling me.
:booty:
 
[quote name='xycury']Just look at it this way, it's doing something no one else is doing and that's a step forward. Someone has to start it, no matter how silly it may think in your opinion.[/QUOTE]

Walking with your head is something on one's doing yet, maybe someone will come along and try to make it trendy.

Doing something new doesn't mean it's a step forward. Waggle was something new and it was a step back from standard controls.
 
[quote name='confoosious']I don't know whether to laugh or cry for humanity.[/QUOTE]

I think this guy is just illiterate. There's no way he can read correctly with the way he keeps inserting his own words and ideas into people's comments.
 
[quote name='Mixer236']I think this guy is just illiterate. There's no way he can read correctly with the way he keeps inserting his own words and ideas into people's comments.[/QUOTE]

That's why I think he's just trolling. Nobody can be that dumb.
 
[quote name='bg88']I'm not going to continue arguing with you about this since you are obviously stuck in your ways. I just don't understand where we got to this point where you have the incredible ability to be 100% sure that 3d will make no difference in playing 3ds games.... and apparently this is some kind of undeniable fact. I also have no idea what the hell you mean by doing "nothing important" as that term is about as broad as you could get. I'm also impressed that you are absolutely sure that developers will not be able to come up with ways to innovate.

If I have to pick a side and believe you or the game developers, I'm going to side with the developers on this one. I'm not going to write off the 3ds as being a gimmick before the damn thing launches. There has been a giant list of developers that have jumped on board because they see something in the 3ds so I think I will do the smart thing and save my judgment.[/QUOTE]

You give developers too much credit. Have you played Zelda Spirit Tracks? The whole game is controlled by the stylus, and it is a huuuuuge mess to play. The game itself is not very good, but at the very least having Link move with the dpad would have helped tremendously.
 
[quote name='confoosious']That's why I think he's just trolling. Nobody can be that dumb.[/QUOTE]

Surely not. At any rate, it was a good source of entertainment for a while.
 
[quote name='tmacairjordan87']Walking with your head is something on one's doing yet, maybe someone will come along and try to make it trendy.

Doing something new doesn't mean it's a step forward. Waggle was something new and it was a step back from standard controls.[/QUOTE]

And yet those HD'zer console makers ate it up? Why aren't you yelling at them?
 
[quote name='confoosious']Nobody can be that dumb.[/QUOTE]

Having taught both English and Critical Thinking on a college level, I can tell you that . . . Yes. Yes they can. :cry:
 
[quote name='confoosious']That's why I think he's just trolling. Nobody can be that dumb.[/QUOTE]

I'm still waiting for you to come up with something of substance. Figures that you would defend 3D :p

You've just blatantly shot down everyone who's against 3D with "gawsh this person's dumb", and you have been defending 3D like that, while at the same time telling me that HD doesn't do anything important. You said that.
 
[quote name='xycury']And yet those HD'zer console makers ate it up? Why aren't you yelling at them?[/QUOTE]

They ate it up for the dollars, not because it was better. There's more casuals than us unfortunately.

I actually did sell my 360 and built a PC though, as MS is clearly going down the Nintendo route full throttle and I want no part of that.
 
[quote name='arcane93']Having taught both English and Critical Thinking on a college level, I can tell you that . . . Yes. Yes they can. :cry:[/QUOTE]

Ever take or teach symbolic logic? Could you imagine trying to diagram his arguments? It'd look like someone attached a paintbrush to a cat on fire.
 
To the idiot claiming 3d in games is only a gimmick and won't effect gameplay...

http://en.178.com/201011/83294340545.html

?Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says a recently confirmed Mario game in development for the upcoming 3DS handheld will benefit from 3D stereoscopic effects that will help players understand visual depth as a part of gameplay. In an interview with USA Today, the head of Kyoto-based Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis and Development arm said the system's technology will help players understand where in-game objects are in relation to each other."One of the things we have looked at, you know when you are in a 3D world but on a 2D screen it is difficult sometimes to tell distance, whether an object you are looking at is in the foreground, in the background, is the object above you? Sometimes it's a little bit harder."

FAIL? Indeed.
 
[quote name='tmacairjordan87']They ate it up for the dollars, not because it was better. There's more casuals than us unfortunately.

I actually did sell my 360 and built a PC though, as MS is clearly going down the Nintendo route full throttle and I want no part of that.[/QUOTE]

So you're running Linux then?

You'll still be paying into that part if you're not...
 
[quote name='the_legend_of_drtre']To the idiot claiming 3d in games is only a gimmick and won't effect gameplay...

http://en.178.com/201011/83294340545.html

?Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto says a recently confirmed Mario game in development for the upcoming 3DS handheld will benefit from 3D stereoscopic effects that will help players understand visual depth as a part of gameplay. In an interview with USA Today, the head of Kyoto-based Nintendo's Entertainment Analysis and Development arm said the system's technology will help players understand where in-game objects are in relation to each other."One of the things we have looked at, you know when you are in a 3D world but on a 2D screen it is difficult sometimes to tell distance, whether an object you are looking at is in the foreground, in the background, is the object above you? Sometimes it's a little bit harder."

FAIL? Indeed.[/QUOTE]

We'll see. He also said Wii Music was going to teach kids how to play music. That would certainly be the first document use of meaningful 3D in a game though, I won't deny that.
 
[quote name='confoosious']oh legend_of_drtre, don't get sucked into his vortex of troll. you can still save yourself! get out now![/QUOTE]

Don't forget the Ignore button...:cool:
 
[quote name='confoosious']oh legend_of_drtre, don't get sucked into his vortex of troll. you can still save yourself! get out now![/QUOTE]


stillll waiting. You can't hide behind other people's arguments forever.
 
I was reading Darwin the other day. He said that walking upright was a gimmick. After all, it doesn't do anything important, you can get around walking on all fours just the same.

edit: no offense to the people who still are walking on all fours.
 
Yup, he's really got nothing. He's like that kid who hides behind the big guy in school, jumps up and says something like "YEAH!" when someone else is confronting his problem.
 
[quote name='tmacairjordan87']Yup, he's really got nothing. He's like that kid who hides behind the big guy in school, jumps up and says something like "YEAH!" when someone else is confronting his problem.[/QUOTE]

No, he's just given up. You've made it clear that you're convinced that you're right, and that nothing that anyone says is going to change your mind. You won't even acknowledge that viewpoints other than your own could possibly be valid, even for other people. There's no point in continuing the discussion at that point. That's why I dropped out of it a while ago.
 
Breaking news: Ferrari is gonna make a new hybrid sedan coming in 2012

damn that company bunch of sellouts i tell ya wouldn't want them stealing ideas from "toyata"

i kid
 
[quote name='confoosious']oh legend_of_drtre, don't get sucked into his vortex of troll. you can still save yourself! get out now![/QUOTE]

I eat trolls for breakfast. With extra syrup.;)
 
This thread is hilarious. So much bickering. It's like the entire thread was built under a bridge.

Still say that if you're gonna debate gimmick vs non-gimmick, you need to look at it on an implementation-by-implementation basis. Some Wii games use motion controls to great success, such that I could not imagine playing the game without them. So, the implementation was not a gimmick. Many shoehorn in the waggle as a substitute for a button press (Donkey Kong Returns, Mario Galaxy...)...since the game could easily exist without motion controls, the implementation is in fact a gimmick.
 
[quote name='Salamando3000']Still say that if you're gonna debate gimmick vs non-gimmick, you need to look at it on an implementation-by-implementation basis. Some Wii games use motion controls to great success, such that I could not imagine playing the game without them. So, the implementation was not a gimmick. Many shoehorn in the waggle as a substitute for a button press (Donkey Kong Returns, Mario Galaxy...)...since the game could easily exist without motion controls, the implementation is in fact a gimmick.[/QUOTE]

Shhhhhhh . . . they don't like sane, logical people around here . . . ;)
 
[quote name='Salamando3000']This thread is hilarious. So much bickering. It's like the entire thread was built under a bridge.

Still say that if you're gonna debate gimmick vs non-gimmick, you need to look at it on an implementation-by-implementation basis. Some Wii games use motion controls to great success, such that I could not imagine playing the game without them. So, the implementation was not a gimmick. Many shoehorn in the waggle as a substitute for a button press (Donkey Kong Returns, Mario Galaxy...)...since the game could easily exist without motion controls, the implementation is in fact a gimmick.[/QUOTE]

I agree with that. Like I said previously, I couldn't play TW11 without the wii motion control. And I could do without the waggle in DKR too.

But the whole problem with this whole thread that's built under a bridge is that there are certain people who yell GIMMICK about motion controls in general, when that's clearly not the case.

And they yell GIMMICK about 3DS when they haven't even seen it yet.
 
[quote name='renique46']Breaking news: Ferrari is gonna make a new hybrid sedan coming in 2012

damn that company bunch of sellouts i tell ya wouldn't want them stealing ideas from "toyata"

i kid[/QUOTE]

Lol... I can't believe I did that...



Back on topic. I'm waiting for the price to come down. I think it's great, and I only have a Lite, so I haven't jumped to the DSiware or anything so it'll be fine to wait.

I'm hoping for a green maybe? At least they should consider non standard colors.
 
[quote name='xycury']Back on topic. I'm waiting for the price to come down. I think it's great, and I only have a Lite, so I haven't jumped to the DSiware or anything so it'll be fine to wait.[/QUOTE]

Yeah, if I actually go through with this pre-order all the way to the end, it'll be the first time that I've actually bought a console at launch. But looking at Nintendo's general price history, if I wait for a drop I'll be waiting for a long while, and then it won't necessarily be all that much anyway (I mean, geez, the DSi dropped a whole freaking $20. Big damn deal.). In the meantime, I could be enjoying my 3DS. Decisions, decisions . . .

[quote name='xycury']I'm hoping for a green maybe? At least they should consider non standard colors.[/QUOTE]

Personally, I like black, because as a completely neutral color it gives the best contrast with the screen. Still, I'm sure that if you wait long enough, some non-standard colors will come out. Nintendo always starts with a couple of standard colors, and then diversifies the line later on.
 
[quote name='xycury']Back on topic. I'm waiting for the price to come down. I think it's great, and I only have a Lite, so I haven't jumped to the DSiware or anything so it'll be fine to wait.

I'm hoping for a green maybe? At least they should consider non standard colors.[/QUOTE]

At E3, they had prototypes for Red, Purple and Orange 3DS's. If the orange one came out at launch, I would pick it up, day one. Until then (or when an equally awesome looking model comes out), I'm content waiting for a beefier library of games.
 
[quote name='tmacairjordan87']They ate it up for the dollars, not because it was better. There's more casuals than us unfortunately.

I actually did sell my 360 and built a PC though, as MS is clearly going down the Nintendo route full throttle and I want no part of that.[/QUOTE]

It was or is not better for "you." I don't recall electing you as the one and only representative for every gamer. Obviously, many, many gamers don't agree with you. People who throw around terms like casual and hardcore are simply trying to give the illusion that their opinion somehow carries more weight. It does not.

Many gamers find 'waggle' or 'stylus' game play to be fun. Many gamers play games to have fun. Not every gaming experience has to be a visceral, eye bleeding, exercises in precision. I prefer many games on the 360 and PS3, but I have also enjoyed a number of games on the Wii. The 'waggle' controls can add quite a bit to the enjoyment of a game. I personally enjoy playing the Metroid Prime Trilogy with the Wii controls over the original analog controls on the gamecube. To each their own.
 
I think the library needs to be expanded, but true, I doubt it'll have a pricedrop anytime soon.

I am waiting for a bonus trade in deal... has GS done that already?
 
[quote name='NDPsycho']I personally enjoy playing the Metroid Prime Trilogy with the Wii controls over the original analog controls on the gamecube.[/QUOTE]

Ah, yeah, there's another one. I mean geez, between Metroid Prime Trilogy, Mario Kart, Okami, and Resident Evil 4, we've got four major direct examples of previously existing games that have been significantly improved by the "waggle" controls, without even having to delve into new, system-specific games. I don't understand how anyone can claim that motion controls are completely useless and never add anything. Sure, they're not for every game, but why do they have to be?

[quote name='xycury']I am waiting for a bonus trade in deal... has GS done that already?[/QUOTE]

Hm . . . not sure. I don't do trade-ins at GS generally. I'm hoping that the local store that I have a bunch of credit at will start taking pre-orders, but they haven't as of yet.

[quote name='tranceFusion']WHO CARES

and why do the people that don't want to buy this system keep giving this thread free bumps?[/QUOTE]

Um . . . you do realize that by posting that, you bumped the thread too, right?
 
[quote name='confoosious']I also think Pikmin was improved in the wii iteration.[/QUOTE]

I actually liked this one better with the wii controls.
 
[quote name='arcane93']
Um . . . you do realize that by posting that, you bumped the thread too, right?[/QUOTE]

Yeah, but I love Nintendo games :D
 
[quote name='xycury']I think the library needs to be expanded, but true, I doubt it'll have a pricedrop anytime soon.[/QUOTE]

It hasn't even launched yet and you want an expanded library? XD

Maybe they'll release new games each Tuesday or something..
 
[quote name='tmacairjordan87']Except the automobile was a clear upgrade over the old stuff, like HD is a clear upgrade over the old.

Waggle isn't an upgrade to anything. It doesn't add anything to the experience, and you can't even play most genres with it. 3D is the same thing, adds absolutely 0 to the experience.

And now we're supposed to believe a piece of waggle tech like Kinect, with NO controller, is supposed to revolutionize gaming. You can't play anything with substance (i.e., not a dancing game, waggle sports, or mini games) with no controller. That's not trolling or fanboyism or anything, it's a simple fact. You just can't do it.[/QUOTE]
Handhelds offer nothing new, and neither do Air Jordans, you prick.
 
Hey guys, quick question.
I've got a $15 amazon video game credit that expires on 2/1/11, so is there anyway I can use this to help pay for the 3ds or no?
 
[quote name='tranceFusion']WHO CARES

and why do the people that don't want to buy this system keep giving this thread free bumps?[/QUOTE]

Regardless, this thread isn't going to be leaving the front page for a long time.
 
[quote name='thisboywillbreak']It hasn't even launched yet and you want an expanded library? XD

Maybe they'll release new games each Tuesday or something..[/QUOTE]

I know only 8 games might be fine... but during initial talks they had a huge list of publishers and games that they commited to be making. I just figured there would be a bigger opening library once it comes out.

I'm usually a late buyer anyways so I won't for a long while.

That won't stop me from picking up some cheap 3DS games though when they drop! :cool:
 
[quote name='Woot1337']Hey guys, quick question.
I've got a $15 amazon video game credit that expires on 2/1/11, so is there anyway I can use this to help pay for the 3ds or no?[/QUOTE]
Order right now and the $15 will be taken off the 3DS. If you cancel before 2/1, you'll still have the credit available to use on another purchase. If you cancel after 2/1, then you'll lose the credit. With those promotional credits, you just have to place an order prior to them expiring to make use of them.
 
[quote name='Thrinn']Regardless, this thread isn't going to be leaving the front page for a long time.[/QUOTE]

I guess the point is, if you don't like the 3DS, why must you convince everyone else to not like it?

Yeah, I think the motion controls on Wii are gimmicky, but that doesn't change the fact that I think the console has produced far better games than 360 or PS3. I doubt I will touch Black Ops or any other game currently out for 360 or PS3 6 months from now, but I can easily see myself revisiting Galaxy 2 or DKCR a decade from now, just like I still revisit the original mario bros game.

Could those games have come out on Gamecube? yeah. Would I rather have been able to play them on gamecube and not had to pay another $200 for a Wii? Yeah. But regardless, I still think it was worth the price of admission. If someone else doesn't, that's completely valid too. I'm not going to tell people they shouldn't buy a Lambo Murcielago built out of gold because it isn't enough of a functional update, but I'm not going to buy one either.

Vote with your dollars..
 
[quote name='xycury']I know only 8 games might be fine... but during initial talks they had a huge list of publishers and games that they commited to be making. I just figured there would be a bigger opening library once it comes out.[/QUOTE]

At the announcement, Nintendo committed to 30 titles within the "launch window" for the system, which they've defined as the period between the actual launch on March 27th to the start of E3 on June 7th. Not entirely ideal, but at the same time I can understand why they wouldn't want to put 30 titles out all at once -- doing so would dilute sales on them to the point that many of them wouldn't do well. Spreading them out a bit gives each one more of a chance to sell on its own merits.
 
[quote name='tranceFusion']I guess the point is, if you don't like the 3DS, why must you convince everyone else to not like it?
[/QUOTE]
That Air Jordan guy wears Air Jordans. I'd take his advice with a grain of salt (iodized, because it's a clear upgrade from other conventional salts).
 
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