I've written before on how I feel Nintendo really dropped the ball on the 3DS launch by not having the E-Store ready on day one. My opinion on that hasn't changed; seriously, you never want to launch a console that tells you certain features "will be available at a later update" when you break it out of the box. Now that the E-Store is finally out, though, it seems like Nintendo still doesn't necessarily know what they're doing (or what they've done so far is...

  Gamers follow E3 every year to hear the latest news on the hottest games that have yet to come out and the newest technology to be integrated within video game consoles. Never one to pay much attention to the world of portable gaming myself, my attention is usually glued to the news concerning new releases for my home systems. The upcoming games for Nintendo’s 3DS mean much more than what is on the surface however. The choice of games that we will more than likely hear about during E3...

Apparently ‘early evening’ is a vaguer concept than I imagined. I’m about two hours too early for tonight’s 3DS launch at Oxford Street’s HMV thanks to a misunderstanding, apparently. London is a surprisingly dull place at night if you’re not going to get boozed up. I decide to hit an Internet cafe and do some work. On the way, I walk past the Oxford Street GAME. There are about seven people outside, but it’s early in the night. Although I think they might just be waiting for a...

The 3DS finally launched here in the United States yesterday and it's understandably creating quite a buzz. Nintendo's successor to the DS is a powerful little system even aside from its glasses-free 3D capabilities, with augmented reality, two cameras and planned 3DSware and Virtual Console marketplaces, among other features. But that doesn't mean there aren't a few things I strongly hope Nintendo takes into consideration when the next redesign of the console, inevitably...

Since its official unveiling at last year’s E3, everyone and their mother has been going nuts about Nintendo’s 3DS, the company’s latest handheld that sports glasses-free 3D and horsepower that looks to be as powerful, at least in some cases, as the Wii. I’m usually against 3D, personally—I refuse to support 3D films and the handful of glasses-assisted games I’ve played have suffered from a highly underwhelming lack of contextual interaction with the depth-of-field. However,...