Gadgetory

hi I'm Scott Stein and I've got a confession to make I love the Nintendo 3ds I do I do I do in fact it may be my favorite gaming platform of all of last year that's what the PlayStation 4 the Xbox one the ps3 the Xbox 360 the Vita the iPhone there I said it why is that true well first of all personally I've gone back to being in the Nintendo games for a long time and that gets into what the appeal of the Nintendo 3ds is for you which is it is still a great gateway to a very excellent supply of games made by Nintendo it may seem obvious but we've written off Nintendo for so long since the Wii kind of tapered off and the Wii U's been struggling in the 3ds when it launched in 2011 seemed like it wasn't going anywhere that maybe haven't been paying attention that there have been a lot of really good games that have come out on this handheld that are wonderful worth the money and have tons of hours of gameplay what it isn't however is a universal game player now there really isn't a Kindle of gaming everyone's sectored off into different zones if you go into mobile like iOS there are certainly games you can't play that you can play on your Sony system your Microsoft System your Nintendo system and generally even though there were third-party games and needless to say never the twain shall meet on a lot of platform a lot of genres and a lot of different franchises like Uncharted or you have Halo or you have Mario and you know and it goes on and on that's why this can sort of do what it does which is that you're basically paying an admission ticket to play all of those Nintendo games don't expect any third-party games or sports games or shooters or things that really would match maybe what you're looking for otherwise you got to come here for the Nintendo games and you're gonna pay an admission ticket of 129 169 or 199 for the 2d s 3ds or 3ds XL my favorite is a 3ds XL because the screen is so much bigger physically than the others and that really matters not only for the quality of the 3d perception effect on the 3ds systems but also it just makes it easier to use it the controls feel really good the battery life is better I prefer it the 2d s is a great entry point at low gives up the 3d effect all three of these systems at least have the same features they have the same cameras Wi-Fi motion tracking abilities same controls same touchscreen capabilities and they all play a Nintendo 2ds plus 3ds games and they both connect to the same a shop or all three of them connect to the same you shop which is a lot of content now that's building up a lot of back-catalogue cheap games that you can pick up so it's obviously great for kids and I think those games are better and deeper than you would get on a mobile phone but you had to think if you're gonna hand an iPhone or iPad to a kid or you may have a lot of games to entertain yourself on an Android device or something like that you may not need this no those prices I just stated for the three systems you'll find a lot of variations you'll find sales at certain stores there are some packing bundles that even cost less and include free games so you should shop around and see you might be able to find one as low as 175 or $100 or find one with a Mario game that you wanted and you know maybe that means that the 3ds is a better Buy at one store than the 3ds XL take that into account when you go shopping right now it's a great dedicated little gaming platform and the best one that Nintendo makes is that enough for you if you have 10 great games to get on it I think it is I'm Scott Stein and that's a look at the Nintendo 3ds as it stands early 2014