Never played it but I find that the only games worth going hand held for are the super simple ones like Zelda, Pokemon and Adv Wars. When a hand held tries to go good graphics and indepth play it fails miserably to console.

I have a lot of fun with my 3ds (the built in streetpass game is a lot of fun on a college campus) but most of the games I was looking forward to when I bought it still haven't had release dates announced yet.

I was gonna say about the same thing. I got my 3DS when I worked at a place that sold them last summer. I originally wasn't going to get one until they had a deal where you got a gift card when you bought it and I got my 15% off discount. I got the 3DS and Zelda OoT for cheaper than the system was selling for at the time.

Right now the 3DS serves an odd social function, you "streetpass" people and can play little games with it. I'd say if you've got the money and you don't have a DSi/DS Lite/DSi XL and you're in the market for something that can play DS games, I'd just upgrade to the 3ds.

The 3DS would've been cool maybe 5 or 10 years ago. The PSP line of handhelds is far more advanced than Nintendo can hope to be.

I agree with shawn, the PSVita has such amazing graphics and gameplay it feels as if you are playing on a console. The 3DS is fun for a while but it's not really amazing or anything, the only reason I'd buy a 3DS would be to play "classic" games like mario zelda etc.

I agree the PSVita is pretty slick, I just strongly dislike the lack of backwards compatibility on the system, the exclusive memory, and just how damn expensive it is for games I'd rarely play.

On the 3DS you really need to be a fan of a Nintendo series to want a 3DS. I will fully admit I am waiting for Animal Crossing, Pokemon, and Kingdom Hearts 3D (yep, I like games meant for 10 year olds, get over it). If I wasn't waiting for specific games, or the series I was interested in wasn't a Nintendo exclusive I wouldn't have grabbed a 3DS at all. I mean, the only reason I have the old phat PSP is for Square Enix games and I didn't pick one up finally until last year.

Mobile gaming in my opinion is moving towards small games like angry birds and mobile phone gaming. I think we're slowly seeing a transition away from the mobile dedicated consoles (DS, PSP).

Now, was it the PSVita where you could start a game on your ps3 and then carry it onto your PSVita to take with you on the go? I heard this somewhere that sony was thinking of this (or I was just silly and dreamed it). That would make a PSVita's value skyrocket if I could take a console game with me on the go, even with limited functionality.