Torin Bevan, 10, was sceptical about the value of a 3D gaming machine, until he got his hands on it.
A regular DS gamer, Torin had an hour with the new 3DS yesterday and declared it a winner. “It’s not like normal 3D at the cinema, it didn’t hurt my eyes and you don’t have to wear glasses. I don’t like it normally,” he said.
He especially liked the setting “where you can take a 3D picture and make them into a character. That was really funny.”
His brother Zachary, 13, agreed. “It has excellent graphics for what it is, almost like a PlayStation but on a small machine.” His main quibble was that after looking at the screen in 3D for half an hour, his eyes began to hurt, although there are regular screen warnings to rest your eyes.
He also pointed out that you have to hold the 3DS in the same position. “It only works at one angle and you have to get that right otherwise it looks very weird, like the image is out of focus.”
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So will it be on Torin’s birthday list? Yes, he said, but at about £200 “I think I’ll have to trade in my old DS to help to pay for it.”