Play Nintendo 3ds at your local game retailers now. I have first thoughts here!

Hey, The Nintendo 3ds has finally come to the uk. I went into Game today and see the nintendo 3ds behind the counter. Its avalable for anyone to play. Just ask. It only has the face raiders game and ar games. Until launch anyway. Gamestation also has the 3ds avalable to play. Again just ask at the counter and they will let you have a go. I played it for the first time and I was amazed from what I was seeing. The ar games are incredable. I played fishing and the box shooting game. Also I played the face raiders game too. The 3d blew me away its really a new experence and a great one at that. It was the very first time i managed to get my hands on a 3ds and first time I played one. My first thoughts are wow glad I pre ordered this baby. I was in the shop for like an hour playing it. The 3ds is truely amazing and I'm sure it wont disappoint you. Anyway thats my first play and thought on the 3ds. Please comment if you too have played the 3ds at your local game store yet and us all know what you thought.

I played it at one of the tours (Glasgow) The AR & Face radar games are more fun than some of the actual games, E.g Asphalt 3D.

Thanks for the impressions.

Anyone know when they will be on display in NA (in my case Canada)?

I've signed up for updates on this via the Nintendo website, but no word yet on where or when I can try one out myself.

I've also played the 3DS at the Metro Centre yesturday and posted a blog on my impressions on the hardware and games.

Small world. I was strangley impressed by how friendly the promo people were, despite them being paid to be nice etc they did seem to genuinely be having fun.mark_c_128

I know, seems alot of people really enjoyed playing Resident Evil.

Played it at the Newcastle leg of the tour, I would potentially buy it just for Ocarina of Time. Overall it was very impressive, I must admit the 3d hurt my eyes at first, took a little while to get the sweet spot on the slider which changed from game to game for me. On some games it was tricky to 'lock in' and keep the 3d effect focused (particularly Kid Icarus) However I was standing and being jostled a little by people walking past. Here are some quick thoughts on what I tried out. Remember its just my oppinion and from what I gathered and what the promo people were saying is that it differs from person to person (the 3d effect that is) Ocarina - brilliant, system seller in my oppinion. Nice graphics update, total nostalgic trip. Street Fighter - great, but the controls seemed to be more tricky than usual, however im sure after a while of getting used to the circle pad/D pad it would be better. Graphics were verging on console quality. Nintendogs - insanely cute... in a totally non masculine way! ( :/ ) Resident Evil Mercs - great graphics, controls took a little getting used to (despite playing the console versions) Steel Diver - Not really my thing, allthough I didnt give it much time. Pilot Wings - 3D really added to the visuals letting you judge distance easily, seemed like a nice relaxing game. Kid Icarus - I was not really a fan, controls were overly fiddly. Reminded me of Star Fox 64 a little (and I was in love with that game, looking forward to the 3ds version) I have never played any of the other KId Icarus games if that makes a difference.... Just my quick thoughts on what I tried out, I didnt try the AR games for some reason which I regret a little. mark_c_128

Great Impressions, Thanks!

Ocarina looks incredible. That and Pilotwings are the two standouts on your list for me.

I'm still PO'd that the biggest region for sales, North America, hasn't gotten any events, or any retailers with demo units yet.

I mean seriously, they need the 3DS to sell 50 million units (in NA) if they're going to pass the DS in sales, but we in America are getting local events at best, one month after Europe and long after Japan. Its just a little frustrating, makes me feel like an after thought when realistically I'm part of one of the most important, if not the most important market.

I'm still PO'd that the biggest region for sales, North America, hasn't gotten any events, or any retailers with demo units yet.

I mean seriously, they need the 3DS to sell 50 million units (in NA) if they're going to pass the DS in sales, but we in America are getting local events at best, one month after Europe and long after Japan. Its just a little frustrating, makes me feel like an after thought when realistically I'm part of one of the most important, if not the most important market.

darth-pyschosis

Did the DS sell the most in the US?gameofthering

[QUOTE="gameofthering"]Did the DS sell the most in the US?thom_maytees

I really wish RE: Mercs was a launch title, though. That would have kept me going until some of the other games come out later in the year.

[QUOTE="darth-pyschosis"]

I'm still PO'd that the biggest region for sales, North America, hasn't gotten any events, or any retailers with demo units yet.

I mean seriously, they need the 3DS to sell 50 million units (in NA) if they're going to pass the DS in sales, but we in America are getting local events at best, one month after Europe and long after Japan. Its just a little frustrating, makes me feel like an after thought when realistically I'm part of one of the most important, if not the most important market.

gameofthering

It sells more in the USA than any European country. Sure, if you combine every single European country then yes it sells as much on the whole continent as it does in USA, if not a bit more.

But no matter what, the USA basically is a huge market, that stands to sell a lot and its making me feel like an afterthought that so many other places get events and likely we won't get any since its already March 4th and we've got no news

:( When will the states have kios? I really want to try it out.

Sweet sounds good...now all we need is nintendo to release some good games for it besdies that awful launch list! :cry: