Nintendo 3DS Aqua Blue

• Yet Another Review Site

  8 out of 10

Summary: It's here to gouge out your eyes with mystical splendor

Short extract: It's been just over a year filled with high hopes and dismayed expectations for the most controversial DS to hit the market,

Conclusion: It's been just over a year filled with high hopes and dismayed expectations for the most controversial DS to hit the market, yet it's finally hit UK shores for us prehistoric 2D morons to behold.

• Beautiful design, Nifty features including note taking for game and activity logs, Augemnted Reality games are exceptionally cool
• Poor battery life, 3D graphics take a while to get used to

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  9 out of 10

Short extract: TechEye got a Nintendo 3DS sample unit to play with last week, over half a year after first manhandling it at the Gamescom show in Cologne. It has to be said, playing with Nintendogs and brawling through Streetfighter managed to make us feel 13 again.

Conclusion: Fluffy and sometimes bloody handheld fun with an autostereoscopic 3D screen - beat that!

• Excellent handling and good build quality. Excellent autostereoscopic screen.
• Don't expect a graphical revolution. Mobile handsets with higher specs will appear soon

• electricpig.co.uk

  10 out of 10

Summary: Although it has its faults, the 3DS has staggering potential

Short extract: The Nintendo 3DS sure has a tough act to follow. Its predecessor – the Nintendo DS – is one of the best-selling games consoles of all time, with well over 100 million units shifted. Topping that staggering figure isn’t going to be easy, but Nintendo’s new machine as a few tricks up its sleeve – as...

Conclusion: Now for the important part of the review – the bit where we tell you in no uncertain terms if the 3DS is really worth the £200+ that retailers are currently asking for it. The short answer is yes.

• The astonishing 3D effect and great Augmented Reality games
• Slightly clunky design and poor battery life

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  8 out of 10

Summary: The Nintendo 3DS' 3D capability is its headline feature, but really it's just the icing on the cake. This feature-packed little console offers tonnes of fun, even if its battery life is slightly pants.

Short extract: The Nintendo 3DS' 3D capability is its headline feature, but really it's just the icing on the cake. This feature-packed little console offers tonnes of fun, even if its battery life is slightly pants.

Conclusion: The Nintendo 3DS' headline feature is its 3D capability, but it's really just the icing on the cake. Beneath the 3D effect lies a portable gaming powerhouse that's so crammed with features we can't imagine anyone getting bored with it quickly.

• 3D effect works really well, Takes 3D photos, Comfortable, responsive controls, Packed full of extra features
• Disappointing battery life, Low-resolution cameras

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  9 out of 10

Short extract: Nintendo's follow-up to their highly successful Nintendo DS & DS Lite comes their first real attempt at 3-dimensions in their latest handheld console, aptly named the 3DS. The 3DSs visuals and design are very much simiilar to its predecessor, retaining its dual screen approach, with the added nub...