Man did I luck out when I got in line for my 3DS, basically I was the first one there (with my roommate) and we got there just as the manager did. Instead of making us wait to the two hours for the place to open he lets us in and hands over our 3DS's right there on the spot. So before the store is even open I'm back home playing 3DS and enjoying life while everyone else is just now getting into the store. Oh yea, also got a free 3DS shirt too.

Let me just start off by saying what I experienced in Best Buy the other day was nothing compared to actually having the unit in hand and being able to toy with every little feature to my heart's content. Nintendo has definitely knocked this one out of the park and anyone who is waiting for a redesign you're wasting your time and should be picking this up now.

I walked out of the store with a black 3DS, Pilot Wings Resort, and Super Street Fighter IV 3D. The 3DS itself looks awesome! The top of the unit is black while the bottom half almost looks like it is carbon fiber and the gray is very similar to that look as well. The unit's build is very solid and feels great in my hands. The weight feels just right, I can reach all the buttons with ease though the start and select buttons could have used better placement. The screens display a beautiful image and the colors really pop on everything I've tried thus far.

Before even opening a game I found alot of joy in blasting some faces in Face Raiders. This has to be one of my favorite things that came with the 3DS and it is an excellent way to show off the system's features in an extremely fun manner. Basically you take a picture of your face (or someone else), then the game morphs it slightly, and then you'll use the 3DS to aim around the room and blast the faces as they attempt to attack you. The really cool part is how you can blast holes in your walls and see pieces of wall come flying towards you that you have to blast in order to avoid taking damage. After a few minutes a boss face will arrive and once you beat the boss you'll add that face to your collection.

Each stage gets a little more difficult than the last, throwing in things like unbreakable spike balls that will knock out holes in the wall, damage enemies, and things like that. Thus far I've used my own face that worked pretty well (the 3DS was able to recognize that I was young male, I was rather impressed by this) and also did a great job with my cat's face as well (which it just gave ??? for his age and sex lol). This had me moving around the room and blasting things for awhile, and it was awesome!

The AR cards are extremely impressive, though I need to mess around with them abit more. I've only messed with the shooting gallery one but my roommate was telling me there is pool and other things like that which you can play. I'll report in later on about these when I've spent more time with them, however I will say trying to maintain the 14 inch distance at times is kind of hard and a few times I lost track of the AR card which caused everything to vanish. However all I had to do was bring the AR card back into view and the game resumed like nothing had happened.

The Mii maker works well, just like on the Wii though you can take a picture of yourself and it will make a Mii that looks like you. Mine did a pretty good job but I didn't mess it much, I've done the Mii thing before.

Now onto the games, which I'll probably be doing an individual review for at a later date. First one I popped in (after like an hour of screwing around with everything else) was Super Street Fighter IV 3D and this game blew me away. The fact that this looks so close to what I've played on the 360 and I'm holding this in the palm of my hand was incredible. The frame rate is top notch, even with the 3D slider at max I barely noticed any slow down at all and everything looked just as good as it did in 2D. The controls I think work awesome, I don't have any issues reaching L and R, and unless you're a purist who only plays with an arcade stick then you'll be right at home here. The touch screen interface is a nice addition, though I don't use it that much since I can pull the moves off with ease using the slider pad. The only time I use the touch screen is for ultra combos simply because they are a pain to pull off, even on the consoles.

I didn't care for the 3D Versus since I find it harder to keep a beat on what my opponent is doing. It is a nice way to showcase the 3D but when playing competitively I feel like I'm at a slight disadvantage since I'm not used to seeing character movements from this angle and it is hard to recognize what your opponent is going to do next.

Overall if you're a Street Fighter fan you should own this game. It comes with every character unlocked (Akuma, Seth, Gouken, the works) and each character has 3 costumes (no paying for costume packs here!). The game plays awesome, feels great, and looks incredible.

Pilot Wings Resort was one I was iffy on until I played it at Best Buy and then I was sold. I was a little bummed to find that free roam mode only allows you 2 minutes to explore the island and collect items and I'm hoping that later on that time limit will be raised. I've only spent maybe 20 minutes with this one because I've played it already, but I'm glad I picked it up when I did.

Now about the viewing angle, honestly unless you play your handhelds at a weird angle this won't cause you any issues at all. In fact I completely forgot about it until I went to show my roommate something I was doing and turned it away from me and saw the screen go blurry. Even when moving around playing Face Raiders and such the screen looks awesome and keeps the 3D effects going very nicely.

I couldn't be happier with my purchase today and for anyone that is on the fence, you're missing out on a great gaming experience. This is definitely going to be a game changer I think and Nintendo has really opened the door to 3D since there are no limitations here. Anyone can pick it up and check it out, not having glasses is incredible to me (especially since I wear glasses already). I've been playing for about two hours straight, going from 2D to 3D, trying all kinds of games, and really putting the system through its paces. I'm experiencing zero eye strain, I don't have a head ache, and I feel just fine. My roommate said he had a little eye strain after playing for awhile, but after a few minutes he said it went away and he's just fine. Also he is only just recently getting into handheld gaming, two months ago he finally bought a DS Lite and this is his second handheld.

Well that's it for now from me, feel free to ask any questions or anything like that. I'll be more than happy to answer anything that I can.