Nintendo does it again!

I was skeptic… to say the least. But when I tested it myself I have to admit, I’m impressed! Of what I’m talking about? My, the 3DS of course!

Unless you’ve been living under a rock with only access to this site, you’ve probably noticed Nintendo’s newest handheld the 3DS. It’s like the DS… only with a new feature called 3D. Hence the name. There are numerous ways to have heard about this device, think E3, Internet and don’t forget Nintendo’s over-acted commercials. I dislike those commercials, especially since they dubbed them over here… It looks and sounds terrible.

But when I visited a local shop today I couldn’t help but gaze at the demo-pod. My fingers started to itch and slowly, very slowly I started walking to those shiny 3DS’s. In one, there was PilotWings, in the other Street Fighter. Naturally, I tried Street Fighter. And it looks awesome!! The 3D is amazingly done and doesn’t bother me at all. Also, the 3D slider works like a charm. Turned all the way down, it really is like a 2D game.

But you really have to hold it right in front of you, because you can’t properly see the effects is you like watch over someone else’s shoulder like Ingis did. I also got the chance to try out the Augmented Reality card and my, was that cool! I defeated a dragon 😀

Another plus is the fact that this little baby is backwards compatible with the standard DS games. Biggest downside however is that it isn’t region free, which means I can’t get a cooler color or edition from Japan or the US… But nevertheless, I will most definitely get this thing! You?

Announced/Released games (only displaying EU and US games)

• Animal Crossing (working title)
• Animal Resort (working title)
• Asphalt 3D
• Assassin’s Creed: Lost Legacy
• Bakugan: Rise of the Resistance
• BlazBlue: Continuum Shift II
• BloodRayne: The Shroud
• Bomberman 3DS
• Bust-a-Move Universe
• Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion
• Cave Story 3DS
• Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
• The Conduit 3DS
• Contra
• Crush 3D
• Cubic Ninja
• de Blob: The Underground
• Dead or Alive: Dimensions
• Deca Sports Extreme
• Doctor Lautrec and the Forgotten Knights
• Dragon Quest (working title)
• Dream Trigger 3D
• Driver: Renegade
• Dual Pen Sports
• Eternal Eden
• FIFA Soccer (working title)
• Face Racers: Photo Finish
• Fish On
• Frogger (working title)
• The Hidden
• Kid Icarus: Uprising
• Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
• Kororinpa (working title)
• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
• Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7
• Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars
• Lego Pirates of the Caribbean: The Video Game
• Madden NFL 3DS
• Mario Kart 3DS
• Mega Man Legends 3
• Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D
• Nintendogs + Cats
• Pac-Man & Galaga Dimensions
• Paper Mario (working title)
• The Penguins of Madagascar
• Pilotwings Resort
• Pro Evolution Soccer 3DS
• Winning Eleven 3DSoccer
• Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle
• Professor Layton VS Ace Attorney
• Puss In Boots
• Rabbids: Travel in Time 3D
• Rayman 3D
• Resident Evil: Revelations
• Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
• Ridge Racer 3D
• Samurai Warriors: Chronicles
• Saints Row: Drive-By
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
• Sims 3
• Sonic the Hedgehog (working title)
• SpongeBob SquigglePants
• Star Fox 64 3D
• Steel Diver
• Super Mario (Working Title)
• Super Monkey Ball 3D
• Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
• THOR: God of Thunder
• Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
• Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell 3D
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon
• WonderWorld Amusement Park
• Yu-Gi-Oh! (working title)

As you can see, a lot of 3th Party games… some sounding good, some… not so good. We’ll see.