One thing I hate about things releasing on Sundays is that the mall closes at 5 p.m., and I usually don't finish work until an hour after :|. Needless to say, I was working at warp speed, and had to do a lot of favors to step out of work for at least half an hour and pick it up (Monday wouldn't be a good day either...another long day :x). So...was it worth it? Hell yes! Although I really can't pass judgment until more games come out (so far, I only picked up Street Fighter, which was the only "good" game on sale at the moment).

Street Fighter is, well...Street Fighter. I mean you either like this sort of game or you don't. Personally it's one of those games that I'd buy if there's nothing else out there, but if, say...Resident Evil or a GTA title were there, I'd pass up on this one. The 3D is...well, another thing I can't really judge because I'm a little light-headed after a minute of exposure :?. Granted, 3D movies do the same for me, so I doubt I'll be using the feature as much as playing games :P.

Aside from that, Street Fighter 3D is something I'd recommend for someone who doesn't have the dexterity to pull off combos with a d-pad or joystick, because the touch screen is there for simply pulling off the moves without the effort (in short, I'd call this Street Fighter for Dummies :lol:.). Of course, it plays just as good as the PS3/360 version, and I had no problem pulling off Hadoukens or Shoryukens with the d-pad (joystick wasn't great for this, at least for me :P).

To be clear, I didn't buy the 3DS for a 3D experience in my pockets (or duffel bag :P), but the awesome games coming out :D. It's really hard to tell if it's a day one investment when the launch titles were pretty mediocre (like I said, there was only one game on that day that looked appealing), and I probably won't know until the massive list actually releases in the next few months. All in all, I'm satisfied with having to cram my day's work in a matter of three hours, sprinting to the mall and back, and make it in time to send out the pies. However, asking me about my impressions isn't going to do much, considering the only thing I did was test out the 3D (which looks great) and playing a single game (which all I can say is a faithful adaption of the console game). Things like the "GameCube graphics" and "downloading games" I have to save for later because I haven't experienced it yet (I've got faith that this thing will have some mindblowing games in the next few years ;)) and I've heard the online store won't be available until the next couple months anyway. Still, I walked away pretty wowed, and unlike that CNN rookie gamer, I'm not going to full on praise the game nor unprofessionally bash it until I've got more hands on time with it, which like I said, won't happen until the anticipated games come out.