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what's up everyone John retinue from TechnoBuffalo here I wanted to share my first impressions with the first 3d handheld console the Nintendo 3ds I've been playing it for the past few hours and this is by no means a full review but I do want to share some initial impressions of it so let's go ahead and get started so I did not have a Nintendo DSi or any of its variants the light the XL or whatever else might have come so this is my first experience with Nintendo's clamshell design got to say it feels very nice in the hand it is a little bit on the bulky side it feels like carrying around a rectangle but it will fit in your pocket nicely it's got a very high quality build to it alright so let's go ahead and start with the question that everybody wants to know how does the 3d work well unfortunately I can't show you a demonstration of the 3d it's not gonna quite capture on camera but I can share my impressions with it as you saw right here it's got a very very quick boot up time this is my first real hands-on with stereoscopic 3d I had some great productions stereoscopic 3d and that means glass is free all right doesn't mean glass is free but it translates to glass is free you don't have to wear glasses if you want to play two 3ds and I will say that the 3d works really well it works just as well as any other 3d technology I've used whether that's passive or active glasses passive is like when you go to the movies and just put on a pair of paper glasses with some film in there actives they've ever used 3d glasses with the 3d television you have to actually turn them on and charge it that's the active technology no glasses required here it does work very well however the stereoscopic 3d does have some side effects I've got the street fighter splash screen right here and as you move the device so if you're holding it let's say you are in a car for example you're on a bus or a train and there are some bumps the 3d it tends to fade in and out as you move it and there's a little bit of a shimmer to the screen the 3d effect works you have to be sort of staring in the right angle of the screen so if you're in a bumpy situation you're going to lose that 3d effect that's going to come back and that's all going to translate to a significant headache using this and I literally headache not a metaphorical oh it's a pain in the butt using this device for longer than 10 or 15 minutes made my eyes hurts now Nintendo says take a 10-minute break for every 30 minutes and that sounds silly you see these warnings on the Wii and other consoles you really need it with the 3d s your eyes will definitely hurt and if you're not holding it at just the right angle you're not going to see the 3d and you will get that shimmer effect I know it's not going to translate on camera you definitely have to go try a 3d s in the store to see what I'm talking about the gaming experience actually had to turn off the 3d effect go ahead and turn it off right there to actually use it without having that eyestrain and a headache that has come along with it this has been reported by a lot of early users and this is no exception I was able to watch active 3d and my friends got a 3d television put on the glasses were able to watch a movie for a few hours with minimal eye strain certainly there was a little bit there there is a significant amount though again I want to emphasize that enough with the 3d s here so definitely try one in store before you go and pick it up the 3d like I mentioned does work well but it's not really giving me warm fuzzy feelings about all the 3d devices that are coming out to evo 3d and other 3d phones and 3d tablets they are going to really hurt your eyes and give you a headache now this may be unique to just me but the only set of eyes I have are in my head so it's only impression I can give I will say that I've let other people look at the 3d essence I've had it for only 5 or 10 minutes I haven't had it all that long they've reported to various degrees the same sort of thing that I've experienced from a gameplay standpoint the graphics are pretty decent you're not looking at a gaming powerhouse right here but it hasn't really been Nintendo's bread-and-butter gameplay is fun just like most Nintendo consoles this may not be geared at the hardcore gamer but it does work very well and you guys are looking at a splash screen right here the operating system is pretty smooth and actually I didn't really have to be the stylus very much resistive touchscreen was very sensitive to my you're in touch but yeah if you can deal with the 3d effect you can own if you can see anything change and the camera as I move that slider if you can deal with the 3d effect and if you can deal with a little bit of an eye strain the 3ds might be worth picking up but I can't emphasize enough going and trying it first I got the cameras activator right here you can sort of see my hands in front of it it will take 3d pictures so all maybe my opinions will change they'll for review but I know a lot of you are deciding whether or not you want to pick this up sometime this week and I wanted to get you some first impressions before the review came out so you can help make an educated decision for yourself anyway guys I'm John Rhett enger' from TechnoBuffalo be sure to check out the website for all your tech news and I will not see you in 3d in the next video because I've got the slider turned off you