On the roughly 3 dozen display units, there were demos ofSuper Street Fighter IV, Dead or Alive: Dimensions, Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D, Ocarina of Time 3D,and the handheld’s assortment of AR games, including a giant AR card on the floor. Shooting an AR dragon becomes much more enjoyable when said dragon is 4 feet tall.
From the chatter in the tent, it seemed that people were legitimately impressed with the system’s 3D effects which, while not everyone finds them to be spectacular, it’s the unwashed masses that needed to be swayed. In that respect, it felt like a successful venture. Disappointing as it was to not see anything new or particularly noteworthy, it’s nice to see the company out supporting it’s (arguably) floundering handheld so strongly and, from what I saw, public interest was high.
With the recently announced price cut, things could be looking up, but at the very least, I got a ton of StreetPasses, and that’s what really matters.
