15th June 2010, 12:33 PM
Loving the 3DS, it seems around Gamecube power (making the Wii look even more outdated in the process). I also like that they are sticking with that clamshell design. That's always been the best way to protect a screen. The addition of a "home" button suggests a nicer interface, and I love that start and select are being placed in the traditional position right in the middle. That said, the position of the d-pad seems a bit awkward. I tried positioning my fingers that way on my DS Lite and it didn't feel particularly pleasant. The location of the power button so close to the start button also seems like a bad choice. I'd move it up on the top part next to the top screen myself.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)