The 3DS isn't a bad piece of hardware, although the included cradle is so flimsy that it shouldn't even exist. I do think that Nintendo should have shipped the handheld with the software we are all waiting for –– basically everything that wasn't available at launch.

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...

It's been far too long since I last put pen to paper, or finger to keyboard as it would actually be in my case. To return with a bang, I have secured a Nintendo 3DS to review along with a handful of it's 3D-enabled launch titles.

Game & Watch, third-party licensing, Mode-7, Super Mario 64 , Game Boy, DS, Wii. The 3DS rightly deserves a place among the pantheon of iconic Nintendo innovations. Who better than the Grandmaster of Gaming to take us through our first tentative steps in the autostereoscopic realm.

The Nintendo 3DS is a fantastic piece of technology to own. The impact it's impressive 3D capabilities have on first viewing will live long in the memory. It really is one of those moments which will stand out as a defining one when reliving your gaming highlights.

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!