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Should you buy a 3DS or not?

Yes, definitely!
244
54.22%
Maybe
60
13.33%
Nope
71
15.78%
Later
75
16.67%
Total votes: 450
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Alice
No. Unless Pokémon is coming out on it.
Mashley
I tried the console out in a games store last week.The 3D works but to be honest at this point it doesn't seem that impressive for some reason, and the window in which it works is VERY specific. Wait and see what games come out.
Behon
Not on launch day. Much like the original DS, you should wait until more substantial and quality games come out.
Doomsday
Pretty much what Behonkiss said for me, or at least, I'm hanging on until the price comes down.
Xgor
I buy it when I feel like buying it.
0_o
I'll be busy enough playing other games I haven't got through yet that I can probably wait till the 3DS 2 comes out.

psst, you should put an option for "Later" in the poll.
mm201
The 3d is the same idea as those holo-card type thingies so it would naturally be confined to a narrow angle.

Wait for actually good games to come out for it first.
GladiOol
I should but I'm not going to

(:
Sinistro
Later. An upgrade model will come out, prices will drop, and there will be more, better-made, and better-at-exploiting-the-console's-potential games. Remember the first DS games, those that had minimal use for the touchscreen and might as well have used a single screen?
blissfulyoshi
As everyone else has said, later is probably the best option. I got to play it a week ago, and the Nintendo rep told me that 3d gave a little more than 3 hours of battery life. That is a number that I probably don't want to worry about on a long road trip. so I rather wait till the battery is improved a bit in a second or third remake of the 3ds.
OzzyOzrock
I heard that it destroys your eyes. Like, two hours of play on the 3DS is the equivalent to 24 on the i, lite, bah.
RemmyX25
I'll probably get it over the summer after bills are taken care of and what not, once some other good games come out.

My DS has been broken for a while so I've been itching for a new nintendo handheld for a while.
awp
It has a starfox on rails game

I don't care if it's Starfox 64 all over again, there hasn't been anything like Starfox 64 since Starfox 64
NoHitter
I was planning to buy one on my birthday, but after reading this thread, I'm not so sure anymore.

Edit: You can play regular DS games on it right?
Nekoroll
I'm still busy playing my other games on my regular DS. I would much prefer to wait until later.
MDuh
NO,

i herd it has low battery life
I'd rather wait for PSP2
Nharox

MDuh wrote:

i herd it has low battery life
I'd rather wait for PSP2
I'm pretty sure the PSP2 will have a low battery life as well.

You should wait until the price drops and when there are more interesting games. Can't wait for the Super 3DSi XL.
Vish024
Not impressed or fazed by the new design and functions. Let's be honest here, all you really need a handheld console for is to play games while most of the unnecessary rubbish (including camera, internet etc.) can be accessed and utilized better on other devices.
Rantai
I'm getting one straight off launch, shortcomings be damned.

I'm a Nintendo fag who buys the consoles as they release >.<
YukuZetsuji
Well, PSP and NDS were must-buy consoles. And since 3DS are better than them I'm gonna buy it too.
Topic Starter
Mianki

NoHItter wrote:

I was planning to buy one on my birthday, but after reading this thread, I'm not so sure anymore.

Edit: You can play regular DS games on it right?
Yeah, it's compatible with DS and DSi games.

And screw sense, I bougth it :P
TKiller
live in Russia @ don't buy consoles until they get hacked

Though for me this 3ds thingie looks same as anything Nintendo made over past years: outdated graphics and more unneeded feautures, which only a low percentage of games will use in a fun way.
LittleMagic_old
no.
Reason? Region locked.
Anything else? No Project DIVA games.

... if they release maybe some Digimon Games, then I probably buy only the japanese 3DS. Otherwise, nope. also expensive~~~

P.S.: I don't like 3DS though and Taiko 3DS is nonsense o_o"
mm201

LaVolpe024 wrote:

Not impressed or fazed by the new design and functions. Let's be honest here, all you really need a handheld console for is to play games while most of the unnecessary rubbish (including camera, internet etc.) can be accessed and utilized better on other devices.
If you like carrying 30 million gadgets around everywhere. There's a reason why phones destroyed PDAs.

My main hope is that all this online stuff will make for a better matchmaking experience than friend codes could.
jericho2442
got my 3DS last night, yea the release games aint the best but they are fun, i got street fighter and ridge racer, SF is a lot of fun and ridge racer is cool too.

tbh im enjoying it a lot, also i noticed that the 3D effect in games is a hell of a lot better than it was with the AR due to the low quality camera's

the bat life aint that annoying tbh for me, if im out for over 3 hours i will just turn off the wifi and 3D which gives around 5 hours life, and for other times the combo of the dock and the plug works out very good

so yea....my view is im enjoying it so it was worth getting ;)
Loginer
Wait a couple of months. There's not a single good release game, early units often have design flaws, and they'll have lowered the price at least once by the time it has a decent library.
awp

otakuron wrote:

Well, PSP and NDS were must-buy consoles. And since 3DS are better than them I'm gonna buy it too.
The 3DS isn't going to support piracy unless you permanently disable wifi though, which means it won't have the emulation capabilities of the PSP which is a bit saddening

actually it just occurred to me that the homebrew community will in all likelihood figure out how to can all the 3DS's anti-"piracy" security

given that the 3DS was hacked to play DS games in about 3 days since its JP release, I'll remain optimistic
Topic Starter
Mianki
From Kotaku:
Ghost Recon Shadow Wars Is a 3DS Must Buy (http://kotaku.com/#!5785853/ghost-recon ... s-must-buy)
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