Unpacking:
When you open the packaging of the 3DS welcomes a first a really thick stack of paperwork, which mainly manuals and
Quick Start Guides contains. (The thick manual is beautifully designed and offers vivid pictures and useful tips and explanations for
Device!) In addition, the AR Cards are in the paper stack housed (More on that later). If you have gehieft block of paperwork from the package,
one finds a charging cable and the device itself, which is already a stylus and a 2GB SD card included. In another packaging tray is found then
Finally the included charger to the device (that later more).
First Impression:
The device looks at first glance very sophisticated and high quality of (Cosmic Black).
The workmanship is typical Nintendo also very good, the device is comfortable to hold and has a pleasant weight.
It's the DS Lite and the DSi, the size and very similar in weight and also fits in the old protective case,
so you can continue to use your old accessories.
You can turn on the device immediately, the battery lasts in the factory state, but only for recruitment and calibration phase. Here you can see for the first time
the 3D effect but it is only a foretaste of what one by one 3.5-hour battery recharge expected.
To recharge, you can either directly use the charging station, which is really convenient, or even just use the normal charge cable.
The battery lasts about 3 to 5 hours, incidentally, if you use only 3DS software, with the running time depends among other things on the age of the device and of the
set brightness level off. In pure use of DS software this holds 5 to 8 hours, according to Nintendo, even here the term is again of
various factors.
After the adjustment and calibration phase + Charging:
The menu is clear and visually rather Nintendo-typical, it is reminiscent of the Wii Menu.
There are prepared some useful and entertaining applications preinstalled (More on that later :-P)
You can customize the arrangement and order of the square applications as one pleases.
The settings that have been made in the setting and calibration phase, you can change at any time.
When appears inaccurate, for example, the 3D effect or the touchscreen does not work properly, you can calibrate these functions again. Existing
WLAN connections can be edited, or you can add new ones.
The touch screen works very precise long as you use the included stylus, which already is in the device.
Pre-installed software:
- Health and safety information (Summary of warnings from the operating instructions)
- Mii Maker (Here one can make his own Mii, who owns a Wii knows this feature already)
- Mii Plaza (Here one finds his own Mii and Mii's from persons who have been found via StreetPass)
- AR Games (the AR Cards are used here, these can be some games in example on your desk to play)
- Face Raiders (Here you can with the help of his camera to shoot nasty faces represented by the own flat flying)
- 3DS Sound (Here you can play around with different sounds, for example, one can change his own voice)
- Activity Log (where you can have a look at one's own activity in graphs and lists)
- The Nintendo eShop (Here you can download additional software, play demos or videos to other Nintendo software Watch)
- Settings (Here you can, as I said to change the settings)
(You can take the pre-installed software already do a lot, she is testing for yourself!)
3D effect:
The 3D effect is very good, it pulls the player into the game world in and gives the characters and the world a completely new paint. In this
Feature Nintendo has promised too much, I personally am completely fascinated.
However, one should be careful that you do not overdo it, because the 3D effect caused when too long use dizziness and headaches, especially if
you're not used to it.
Since the effect is infinitely adjustable to slowly get used to him by setting him every day slightly higher.
After about 2 to 3 days, you should have already used to the effect that this was the case at least for me.
The whole effect is one major drawback when you hold the device the wrong image and the beautiful effect distorts is gone, but if you, the device
keeps at a distance of about 20 to 35 centimeters more before the face this should not happen.
Camera:
There is not much to say, they are ... well, bad, outdated and how else you would like to call it, but it is not a question with her to the cameras
Take portraits but rather to play with their games or simply to admire the 3D effect.
The Nintendo 3DS owned 3 cameras, one on the front and two on the back, these offer a VGA resolution (640x480 pixels) and a 3D effect (back).
Game Variety:
Personally, I currently play 3 games with my new Nintendo 3DS, including Pokemon Y.
But this review is not based on my experience with these games (for that I finally Be yes Games reviews)
but they should refer to the unit, so back to the topic.
For the 3DS there are a bunch of games, this is from old classics (Mario, Zelda) to innovations, such as Resident Evil.
The offer is varied and is enhanced by the backward compatibility also of older games (Nintendo DS and DSi).
Overall impression:
The Nintendo 3DS is a small Revoltution and excited once again young and old.
There are a wide variety of games and software as well as many features that have not been reviewed by me.
Watch it for yourself to, I myself was skeptical, but this device has me excited from the beginning!
Strong buy recommendation and 5 star!
PS This is my first more detailed review, you so please do not annoy too much about mistakes :-)
