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...

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!

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...

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

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

It's been just over a year since 3DS was first unveiled on March 23rd 2010 and Irish gamers are finally able to get their hands on the first bona fide new console since the PS3 hit our shores in 2007 (before any of you get pedantic, we're not counting any of the new iterations of the current batch,...

Yes, the Nintendo 3DS's glasses-free 3D is impressive. No, it won't make you cross-eyed or blind. Yes, the 3D effect you've heard so much about creates clever and often fascinating gameplay.

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

The Nintendo 3DS is a powerful and unique gaming device that will enthrall gamers, despite its poor battery life and weak camera.

3D works well; Much more powerful than the DS; Incredible amount of potential

Very short battery life; Low-resolution camera; Missing a lot of software

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