3DS Impressions

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I remember that!!!! It took me a really long time to figure it out, and I wasn't even sure it would work, but when I closed the hinge and the stamp was made I was like "whaaaaaaaaaaaa that's so cooool"

The puzzle I had the most trouble with was that sliding tile puzzle. I knew WHAT I had to do, I was just terrible at doing it. I'm terrible at those puzzles.

Also

nintendo said themselves that they aren't planning any hardware updates to the 3ds for at least 2 years or so

See you in 2 years then, 3DS.

Really, I'm going to have to pay $250 just for a better version to come out 2 years later? Fuck you, Nintendo, I can wait.

And I never really assumed the 3D would be anything to freak out about, anyway. I just don't see any way it could legitimately improve or innovate gameplay, at present. It's more akin to an improvement in graphics. A jump from N64 equivalent graphics to Gamecube certainly looks nice, but that's it. I feel the same about 2D Gamecube equivalent graphics jumping to 3D Gamecube graphics.

All that ranting aside, I do plan to get one eventually, as the DS is my favorite handheld, and if this is just a new and improved DS, then that's fine with me.