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Portable gaming has never really been my thing, phones, iPods and the odd Zune have managed to keep me entertained whilst travelling. However, like a lot of kids in the late 1990′s I had a Gameboy, which was later replaced by a Gameboy Colour, mainly just to play Pokemon. Times have changed a lot since then so I felt it was time to re-embrace Nintendo and their latest offering. A good place to start is with the 3D; I’ve seen a handful of 3D films at chess sets the cinema and I’ve also watched the occasional 3D football match at the pub. Both of those required glasses, whereas, as Nintendo so subtly point out, the 3DS does not. The level of 3D varies, depending on what your looking at, lighting and angle. This is where the 3D depth slider comes in handy. If I’m being honest, I wasn’t expecting the 3D to be as good as it is, it is actually 3D! Don’t get too carried away though, things don’t fly out of the screen anabolic cooking past your head or look like there going to hit you. But you do feel more involved and emerged, just that much closer to the gaming experience. I was slightly on tenterhooks when I first played it after reading somewhere that the 3D can cause headaches, nausea and make you feel disorientated. Being the a rather cautious chap that I am, I arranged some supervision just in case I either spontaneously lost consciousness or, began projectile vomiting all over the place. Thankfully, cue tips neither of those happened and I was able to happily sit there and play for a couple of hours. The kind and thoughtful souls at Nintendo have even installed a prompt to remind you that there is an outside world and that you should maybe put the 3DS down for a little break. Being the renegade that I am, I ignored it and was able to continue playing without feeling any after effects. As of yet, I have been unable to get my hands on any 3DS games but this hasn’t stopped wow leveling guide the 3DS from entertaining me. It has a whole host of features and functions that have managed to successfully hold my attention, which is no easy feat. Camera The camera is (in the words of Cilla Black), ‘surprise surprise’, a camera that can also take 3D pictures. Like with previous DS systems, images can have funny googly eyes, and oversized lips added on, after doing this once I moved on. I had more fun using the voice command on LED Grow Lights the camera. I estimate that I took about 30 pictures, just to make sure that each time I said ‘OK’ , it worked. You have to be thorough about these things. I then became a little over excited when I discovered facemerge and it only went and let me down. It just puts one person’s eyes, nose and mouth onto the other person’s head. I don’t agree with this advert and the people’s reactions. This level of shock and amazement is more likely to be displayed by someone who has just seen the Water best electric shaver for sensitive skin skiing Squirrel video for the first time, not their first 3D handheld gaming device. The 3DS deserves a ‘WOW’, quickly followed by deep levels of concentration in order to truly appreciate Nintendo’s hard work. AR (augmented reality) I think the best thing about the Nintendo 3DS, by a country mile, is the AR (augmented reality). This works using a pack of cards that are supplied with the console. The pack contains the main ‘?’ true grace candles card along with five character cards, including Nintendo favourites, Mario and Zelda.