Nintendo 3DS- Daddy’s Corner (Warning- High Geek Factor!)

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Hey all, Daddy here!  As a huge gamer myself, I was psyched to get to try out the new Nintendo 3DS– the newest in handheld games. 
I am sure we have all seen the new TVs where you wear some clunky goggles. Then like magic the TV pops to life and reaches out to grab you. Are the effects cool? Definitely. Are the goggles? Not at all.
Nintendo comes along and says, enough, no more lame goggles. With a wave of their creative thought cloud, out comes a new handheld which is able to display 3D with a slide of a switch.

First of all the 3D is amazing, there is one thing you should know and that is. When playing you MUST keep the system about half an arms length away from your eyes. Do NOT pull it close to your face, or the effect will distort and you’ll have to readjust. I have to say this can be a bit annoying but I do like the ability to turn 3D off and just play on a super powered DS. The graphics are better then the DS and the PSP, so even with the 3D turned off, you still get an incredible gaming machine.

Another neat feature of the 3DS is its cameras and its ability to play ‘augmented reality’ games. What this means is, the area you are playing in turns into your game setting. An example of this is the AR games, these are games are scanned out of special cards. One of them is an archery game where the game takes place on your table, in your living room or kitchen. It really is a crazy concept and the future is very bright and in 3D too.

Unfortunately I can’t really give you much of an opinion on any games currently out there. I have seen videos and Starfox 3D looks insanely fun. I personally want to grab Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D. I am a sucker for Zelda and Ocarina is absolutely awesome.
I am very much looking forward to Super Mario 3D Land and Metal Gear Snake Eater 3D.  A very interesting game which will be coming out is : Bravely Default : Flying Fairy, it is an RPG from Japan so there is no promise it will see release stateside but check out this video and try not to think how cool it would be to see Princess Leia asking for help in 3D. 🙂