Yea get a 3DS if you want to play any of its upcoming games.
As for the 3D effect, apparently it varies per person but I personally love it and always play with the slider full on (without getting anything like a headache or w/e). For me it adds a great effect and makes the games look that more deep.

It makes the already nicely patched up Ocarina of Time look that much prettier (seriously, they did a great job of patching up the graphics while not throwing away the game's original style).

Dunno if anyone with a Japanese 3DS cares.

Via andriasang: 3DS Television Service Begins Tomorrow

"Nintendo announced today that it will be dropping the price of the 3DS. The system, currently available for ¥25,000, will be cut to ¥15,000 on August 11." (169$ in NA)

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/0 … price_cut/

I should have waited. lol

Unfortunately the 3DS is bombing, at least in the Japanese market -- the only game I really want to play on it is Kingdom Hearts 3D, but I don't want to have to buy one just for that.

personally, the 3ds is one of my favorite game systems. Even if there are a lot of remakes coming out, they are quite fun to play through again. It seems like all the systems that I love don't do well though. (ex: Sega Saturn, Dreamcast, Neo Geo, Virtual Boy)

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Edit: Ooops...keikei already beat me to it. Sorry for the redundant information. I'm not too worried about the lack of games right now. How many consoles have ever had super strong titles in the first year? I can't think of many. Sucks, but that's normally what happens. Doesn't mean the 3DS is going to suck in the long term.

And Nintendo just announced a HUGE price drop. Makes sense seeing as how the PSP Vita was going to launch at the same price. Now it's going to be $169.99 in August.
http://ds.ign.com/articles/118/1184670p1.html

In Japan it will be 15,000 yen.

If you've already bought one, you can get a bunch of free (and good) GBA eShop games to make up for the price difference.

Pretty cool!

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Play Asia will probably be the best place to buy one. The only disadvantages I know are that you won't be able to download the videos in Nintendo Video since they are IP locked, but you should be able to download games that cost from the eShop with a Nintendo Points card from Japan.

Zarxrax wrote:

JimmySeal wrote:

Maybe I'll give the 3DS a look a year from now, when the price has come down

good luck with that, the DS is still selling for about the same price it launched at!

Haha, I said that a mere 6 months ago and it's already dropped by 40%.  I feel vindicated.

Well it's finally hit now, but I've become unsure. I don't see that many games I like right now, maybe I'll just wait.

Or aim for a PSVita. It isn't region locked.