Hokkaidough 4 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I thought it was fun - my friend has a 3DS and when it hits the sweet spot it is a really good effect. I can't see me wanting to play it for a prolonged time, but short blasts would be fun. And you can turn the 3D thingy off as well. Link to post Share on other sites
SKI 15 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Does it all pop out then like at a 3d movie? Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted March 31, 2011 Author Share Posted March 31, 2011 No it is the other way round with the 3d effect going back in rather than popping out. Will be interesting to see if there are loads on the 2nd hand market or not if people don't like it. Seems to have been selling well though. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 Have seen a couple in hard-off. The 3D isn't forced either, you are able to switch it off with a slider on the right hand side of the top display, but then you just have Nintendo DS again. The 3d is good for a small device, but only having one sweet spot to view it is a bit silly. Link to post Share on other sites
nagpants 1 Posted March 31, 2011 Share Posted March 31, 2011 I think it is better quality than the ds, no? Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 OK had a proper go on the 3DS today and actually I really liked it. Definitely a "sweet spot" for the 3D and you get it better if you don't actually try. But when you get it, it's a really good effect. I had a go on Street Fighter, Ridge Racer and the footie game. Link to post Share on other sites
mina2 6 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 Anyone on here ever get to play that Virtual Boy thing? It seemed such a bad idea. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 1, 2011 Share Posted April 1, 2011 It's region locked isn't it? But you can still play any DSi titles. Just the 3DS titles that are locked. Bummer that. Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 2, 2011 Share Posted April 2, 2011 Indeed, its locked for 3DS. ****... Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 2, 2011 Author Share Posted April 2, 2011 Really annoying isn't it. Wonder why they did it when the DS/DSi isn't. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Originally Posted By: mina2 Anyone on here ever get to play that Virtual Boy thing? It seemed such a bad idea. Never got to see one of them... Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps Originally Posted By: mina2 Anyone on here ever get to play that Virtual Boy thing? It seemed such a bad idea. Never got to see one of them... For one night only: Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Did they do anything other than red!? Link to post Share on other sites
RobBright 35 Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Na, as I think red was the cheapest at the time. If you ever go to Akihabara, there is a retro game shop called super potato and they have once there that you can play. Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Super potato! Link to post Share on other sites
big-will 7 Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Might give that a try. Are they worth a bob or two now? Link to post Share on other sites
grungy-gonads 54 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Couple of hundred quid by the looks, so not crazy or anything. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 Not mad amounts, no. I think people could only really want one of them to be complete or to sell on thinking they might go higher in value. Link to post Share on other sites
2pints-mate 0 Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Got a headache just watching that. So all the games were red against black? Yikes. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 5, 2011 Author Share Posted April 5, 2011 It really was a bad move all round. Hard to understand what they were thinking. I might be wrong but I think the dude who brought us the Game Boy was behind it as well. Link to post Share on other sites
snowbender 3 Posted April 6, 2011 Share Posted April 6, 2011 And he was sacked for it. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 Gunpei Yokoi (横井 è»å¹³ Yokoi Gunpei, September 10, 1941 – October 4, 1997), also spelled Gumpei Yokoi, was a Japanese video game designer. He was a long-time Nintendo employee, creator of the Game Boy and Game & Watch handheld systems, and producer of several long-running and critically acclaimed video game franchises. Yokoi was married. He died in a traffic accident in 1997. -- Another of his creations, the Virtual Boy, was a big failure, but was not why he left Nintendo soon after. According to his colleague Yoshihiro Taki, "Yokoi had originally decided to retire at 50 to do as he pleased. His retirement had simply been a bit later than planned." According to David Sheff's book Game Over, Yokoi never actually intended for the console to be released in its present form. However, Nintendo pushed the Virtual Boy to market so that it could focus development resources on the Nintendo 64. Link to post Share on other sites
BillTheBinMan 0 Posted April 8, 2011 Share Posted April 8, 2011 I got a 3DS, well officially the gf's. Can play the DS games on it as well, so that's cool. The 3D is pretty good fun, though like others have said not for prolonged periods. Street Fighter and Pilot Wings are the ones I have. Link to post Share on other sites
klingon 10 Posted April 8, 2011 Author Share Posted April 8, 2011 Good strategy that... it's for the g/f, child, dog... Link to post Share on other sites
r45 4 Posted April 9, 2011 Share Posted April 9, 2011 Originally Posted By: RobBright Originally Posted By: BagOfCrisps Originally Posted By: mina2 Anyone on here ever get to play that Virtual Boy thing? It seemed such a bad idea. Never got to see one of them... For one night only: That just looks AWFUL!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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