It's the end of a long week, and perhaps you're taking a break from your weekend activities — gaming, perhaps? Now is the perfect time, then, to read a product description for 3DS that was clearly written by an individual that's never used one.
The following product description is from Sears, a retailer that covers a lot of bases in its stores. It seems that it's not necessarily a master of every product, based on the following description from its website.
When it comes to handheld gaming, you can't beat the three-dimensional fun of the Nintendo 3DS. While other handheld gaming systems focus on graphics and sound, Nintendo looked for a new and creative way to play games, this time in 3D. The technology in the Nintendo 3DS allows the user to view games and content in 3D without having to wear those silly glasses. Basically, the screen sends a different image to each eye so that you get the full effect of objects flying at you in three dimensions.
On the surface, the Nintendo 3DS might not look so different from its predecessor, the Nintendo DS. It still has two screens and the traditional game play buttons. However, this version, aside from offering three dimensional pictures, has a few added features to enhance your gaming experience. The 3DS has a built-in gyroscope, which means that moving your device will affect game play as much as hitting the down button. The 3DS also has 3 cameras so that you can get a clear picture every time. Plus, the 3DS allows you to project your games onto images of your room, which is pretty cool if you want to incorporate real-life objects into your gaming experience.
If you want to do something besides game, the 3DS can do that, too. You have the opportunity to download games and look at online content from your Nintendo DS. Additionally, the DS has a built-in GPS, which means you don't have to buy a separate Garmin or Tom-Tom when you take a road trip. You can also take a trip down memory lane by downloading and playing games from older systems like the Game Boy Advance, as well as games from the popular NES and Super NES console systems.
If you want a handheld gaming device that is easily to personalize and fun for the whole family, then a Nintendo 3DS should be exactly what you need. With a great variety of games for just about anyone, it is a fun and light-hearted system that can also produce realistic graphics and game play. You can play many of your favorite Wii games as well as games from the classic Nintendo systems anytime you want and anywhere you are, making this the ultimate accessory for long road trips and endless flights.
If the 3DS did work as a full-on GPS device in addition to playing SNES, Game Boy Advance and even Wii games, then its impressive sales would surely be on a whole new level. Unfortunately not even the New Nintendo 3DS has those capabilities.
Thanks for the laughs, Sears.
[source sears.com]
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Is Nintendo aware that their own console could do this?
Just. Wow.
Surely they could get sued for false advertising?
"You can also take a trip down memory lane by downloading and playing games from older systems like the Game Boy Advance, as well as games from the popular NES and Super NES console systems"
Yes i love playing gba games on my 3ds.
I cant wait to see what the NEW3DS can do then. Built in compass and be able to play virtual boy and pc games? Built in real-life heating stove top for camping?
@invictus4000 The NEW3DS will come with a built in toaster that toasts your bread while you play. It also has a cup holder.
The 3DS GPS is great. I've never got lost using it and plus while your driving you can play Mario Galaxy
I can't believe they forgot about how you can take the two screens apart and play two different games at once!
Yup, even though "other handheld gaming systems focus on graphics and sound", the 3DS can produce those "realistic graphics and game play" xD
"You can play many of your favorite Wii games..." To be fair, that could just be a clumsy way of saying that many Wii games are also made for the 3DS.
ARASHI! Sorry. Don't mind me.
I haven't used a Nintendo product as a camera in years. The DSi had a better looking camera because it had lower res. The 3DS camera looks awful.
Your 3DS can do all this, and more, for just 2 easy payments of $99999.99!
? GPS?
@ekreig Having 3 cameras really helps to clear up the pictures...
This: "Additionally, the DS has a built-in GPS "
haha, seriously
WELL, to an extent if you were an Ambassador then you can play GBA games and Xenoblade Chronicles will be on the new 3DS. It's a bit of a stretch though
Sears; Talking crazy since 1893.
That is the specs for Nintendo 4DS, it can play Wii games, has a GPS that changes your location in Animal Crossing based on your real-world location. It uses the 3d camera for stereoscopic Facetime, advance gyroscope that sync with the Nintendo Watch to track your health so you can monitor them in WiiU Fit game.
@KTT I meant the 3DS/DSi screen resolution, it is better than the 3DS, but because the camera is the same as the DSi, it looks more granulated on a 3DS screen than DSi.
It's really not that bad. It has a lot of fluff, to be sure, and we all know that it can't do SNES or GBA (mostly), nor does it hage GPS. And its cameras suck. Otherwise, it wasn't really that far off.
No gamers would be fooled, and parents would likely hardly notice.
I lost it at the freaking GPS.
@ShanaUnite The thing is that GBA games have been available to play on the 3DS since 2011 but only for ambassadors so your sarcasm about playing GBA games is wrong.
Isn't it also a toastie maker,a multi tool, hat, shoe and remember all you cool kids. It is 100% made of recycled loom bands...FACT!!
Glad ghis made it onto NL. Me and my friend were saying over steam last night that we want to phone customer support and ask how to use my 3DS as a Tom-Tom and how to play Wii games. And the 3DS isn't the only one that got Sear-ed. Introducing, the Sonny Playstation Vita:
http://www.sears.com/sonny-playstation-vita-3g-wi-fi-bundle/p-SPM7957638827?prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1
This was true advertising. Wii games are playable on the 3ds family. Donkey Kong Country Returns and Xenoblade soon on the New 3ds. GBA are sorta on as ambassador's got some, and it does sorta have a GPS on it.
That's a way to sell a product, and then be dissappointed, OMG if it could play Wii games, and SNES and GBA, wouldn't that be a sight to see. Those are almost plausible compared to the GPS??? where did you pull that one from Sears??
@RoomB31
I'm guessing that they can't tell the difference between a pedometer and a GPS.
@justlink How does it sorta have a GPS? The ability to detect your location if you move is found nowhere in the system, you have to select your region manually, and there's no map except for the "regions you've StreetPassed with" map. It can only play one Wii game at the moment, so "many of your favorite" is definitely a stretch. And the snapshots ambassador's GBA games wouldn't be available if you bought them from Sears after seeing this.
@ThomasBW84
Are you aware that the first "Sears" link goes to http://youtu.be/46ojF9Y6JuY ?
Also, it seems they changed to listing info quite fast.
I don't know about the GPS, but technically you can play GBA games if you were an ambassador. In fact, one of those games is a port of an SNES title - Yoshi's Island. As for WIi games, Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D fits that bill.
Can I just ask, (I've never been on a Sears anything before) why is everything overpriced as heck?
I love playing SNES classics like Final Fantasy VI, Chrono Trigger, and EarthBound on my 3DS! Wait...
This is hilarious however at the same time could be mostly realistic if a Wii U system update makes the 3DS a controller like with Smash Wii U but for more games.
@justlink that's like saying you can play xbox one games on a ps4
@justlink that's like saying you can play xbox one games on a ps4
Is this the next update?
You messed up
@ModernMARVEL because sears is an old dying company that innovated but then failed to keep up with the times. Sounds familiar, I am sure 😊
Ooh, those silly glasses. c: Always such rapscallions.
Well most of this isn't lying exactly. it has Donkey Kong Country Returns... and GBA games for the ambassadors.
LOL
"Endless Flights". Wow who wrote that piece of crap?
Built in GPS.... Without 3G or satellite connection?
ZOMG I'm getting one now!
LOL!!
It was going ok until I hit the third paragraph xD
They need to make a TV ad highlighting all these awesome features!!
Also! 3DS can transform into a puppy and can even wash your car!!
I'm guessing that Animal Crossing could then reflect the weather in my current location. And here I thought my 3DS was defective just because it sometimes won't wake up from sleep mode...
"The 3DS also has 3 cameras so that you can get a clear picture every time"
More like, "Despite having 3 cameras, the 3DS will never give you a clear picture unless you are literally standing inside of the sun."
@SavoirFaire Ah, okay. Thanks for the answer.
@Vampire-Jekyll Donkey Kong country returns 3D is not a Wii game. A 3DS part of a Wii game is not a Wii game.
Just like you can't play Master System games on a SNES.
...At least it's less of a stretch than these commercials implying that the Xbox One is an even half-enjoyable purchase.
Doh!
@Genesaur Parents are highly likely to be fooled if they do read this, though. Those shopping at Sears for video games, especially.
I used to work in retail, selling games, and a surprising amount of the parents I helped were extremely ignorant about how anything worked. Many will read this description to learn what the 3DS does, since they have no clue. They'd believe every word of it, and later complain when they can't figure out how to run the 3DS's GPS or get it to play all their old Wii games.
I suppose that goes for anybody who's technologically ignorant. They have such a vague understanding that it's practically magical to them. They trust companies to provide accurate info, since they can't unravel those mysteries on their own.
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