A wonderful piece of hardware that delivers so much already.

Looks and feels magnificent; Lots of inbuilt and prepackaged software; Terrific augmented reality features; Internet gaming finally gets better; 3D that really works; Fully backward compatible; Future software looks promising

Battery life could be better

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.

Excellent handling and good build quality; Excellent autostereoscopic screen; A bunch of great games set to be released

Don't expect a graphical revolution; Mobile handsets with higher specs will appear soon

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

The astonishing 3D effect and great Augmented Reality games

Slightly clunky design and poor battery life

Apple's line of iOS mobile devices has gone after the gaming market in a big way and the threat to the reign of the Gameboy and DS has indeed become a reality. Nintendo has come out of the gate with their most advanced DS hardware to date, but will the 3DS be good enough to allow Nintendo to remain...

While others are only just getting their first "hands-on" previews of Nintendo's brand new 3DS handheld, ButtonMasher's Man in Japan 8-bit has got his hands on a hot launch console in Japan and kindly agreed to share his thoughts with us – the first Nintendo 3DS review published in New Zealand!

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...