I have two 3DSs, red and black. The hinge on the red is snug and the hinge on the black has some play. Nintendo says don't worry about it but if it bothers me, I can send it in. I'll probably send it in close to the end of my warranty to be safe.
The loose hinge doesn't affect gameplay but I have to wonder if it will loosen up as the months go by.
If you buy one, and the hinge is loose and it bothers you, before you do anything, I'd take it back and see if you can get one with a tighter hinge.
In terms of games recommendations, I enjoy Pinball Hall of Fame and Steel Diver - although shop around for Steel Diver as Best Buy sells it for $20.00 and everyone else sells its for $40.00.
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Nice! I love that someone else loves steel diver too. I bought it with the system along with Street fighter. Steel diver was my most played game until I got Mario kart! Steel Diver is a really fun submarine simulation/action game.
In addition to steel diver and MK7 I have really liked Mario 3D land, and Kid Icarus. But, a TON of my gametime has gone to games I have downloaded from the Eshop. There are a bunch of great original 3DS games I have gotten like Pushmo, FreakyForms, Zen Pinball3D, and my favorite, Mutant Mudds. Also, I have played a ton of the Virtual Console Gameboy games. I never had a gameboy, so it was a great suprise to find out these black and white games were so good, Qix is super addictive, Donkey kong has a ton of content and levels that hold up today, the mario and kriby games are really good, but short.
Anyway, the point is, there are a ton of great games available in both retail and digital form, I don't think you can go wrong!
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