I feel like a giddy teenager in love. Every time I even think about holding the damn thing for the first time I can't help but have a mad huge grin on my face. I've been blathering on about it to my girlfriend, explaining how b-a-n-a-n-a-s rad the thing sounds. Luckily, she's also into the video gamings, so it wasn't that hard a sell. The idea of taking 3D photos certainly got her attention, that's for sure.
It's not even like I'm into this recent 3D re-re-resurgence that's the flavour of the year. I enjoyed Avatar at the IMAX enough, and had a great immersive experience with it, but it's not been enough to make me trade up to a 3D telly. And outside of the idea of playing my beloved Wipeout in the thirdest of dimensions, nothing else game-related has convinced me it's the way to go. But Nintendo's take on it has just captured my heart and imagination (and dollars when the time comes).
I don't know if it's having a tiny portable 3D world in my hand that appeals, or the fact that you don't need to fuss with glasses. Hell, even the redesign and added features look slick, regardless of the magic going on in that top screen. All I know is this is the kind of 3D experience that personally feels right to me, and I hope that the 3DS gets the support and software that it deserves. The inevitable new Mario title? You know that's gonna be interesting at worst. Picross 3D 3D? Sign me up. And don't even get me started on thinking about what a company like Treasure could do with this thing.
Listening to the GB boys talk about their E3 experience with the little wonder only poured petrol on the flames. The madness that they described sounds ideal. It seems as though the people at the bleeding edge of designing for the machine are in a weird place, somewhere between complete freedom and head-scratching uncertainty, but in a good "the world is our oyster-shelled oyster" kind of way. While I've been thinking 3D was a passing fad, now it all seems like an uncharted but beautiful wilderness, waiting to be explored (and exploited) for our gain.
This could be the start of something great. Bravo, Nintendo. Bra-freakin'-vo.
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