In response to the prior piece, I am happy to report after playing with an in-store demo console, the 3DS’s 3D effects DO work for me. My eyesight is crappy enough I expected to fall by the wayside there!

Still not buying the thing until something really wows me software-wise, though. And considering Devil Survivor 2 is going to the regular DS rather than the 3DS (which is getting the first game with OOH VOICE ACTING), I think it may be a little while.

Cough. Legends 3. Cough.

In other news, I finally had time to get to the game store today (good god, I was off work this week and still can say that) and picked up the latest re-re-re-release of Final Fantasy IV. While the DS version attempted to bring clumsy looking polygons and monster-raising into the game (worthy additions, of course), the PSP edition has redrawn, 2-D sprites, the entirety of the formerly-episodic After Years, and even a little extra chapter to better bridge the two. Gee, I wonder what feels more authentic as a remake of an SNES era RPG.

Yeah, my DS is kind of neglected these days. I feel kind of bad about it, but it’s mostly just due to the convenience of being able to swap games on the memory stick without grabbing another off the shelf. If I’m on the go and need a break from Radiant Historia, my immediate alternate choices are Shantae 2, Ninja Karakuriden, or drawing obscene Flipnotes. If I get tired of whatever UMD is in the PSP, on the other hand, I can boot up an old PS1 game or one of the Armored Core Portables. So you see my dilemma. Sort of.