The poll was quite a bit split this week with equal portions who have preordered and who is waiting for the 3DS Lite, and equal portions of those who need a specific game first and those waiting for the PSP2 (which is actually the NGP). As soon as a price point and a release date is set for the NGP, I’ll be asking the same question for this handheld too. I wasn’t interested in that one at all, but Sony’s recent press conference with the big reveal has slowly made me excited. However, such excitement will easily crash if the price is higher than the 3DS.

This week’s poll has been really sad for me to come up with. Since I finished Assassin’s Creed Brotherhood, I was eager to get to work on Epic Mickey, despite all the poor reviews and complaints about the camera. I thought the camera in Kingdom Hearts was horrible, so surely if I could get through that and love the game, I could have the same experience here. Besides, how bad could it really be? Surely everyone else is being extremely picky for no reason. NIER got bad reviews over one little mini-game, and I loved everything about that game. I know I can prove everyone is wrong here too. [Read more…]

The answers to last week’s poll were pretty much what I expected. I even voted for “Meh” and I bought the game. If I wasn’t such a huge KH fan, I wouldn’t have given it a second thought. I’ll probably keep the same attitude until the official announcement and release of KH3.

Last week, Nintendo announced the release date and launch price for their highly anticipated 3DS. There has been a lot of outcry that the price is set at $250, something that I don’t understand since I was expecting around $300 or more after E3. I’ve already preordered my 3DS, and I have a few other friends who have done the same. This should come as no surprise as I’m a huge gadget whore and I’m not shy about it.

I already know what my EvilCast brethren think of it as well, so now I have to know what the rest of you plan to do, if anything at all.

If you have no interest now, I have to say that you probably will once you see it in action. When I first heard of the 3DS, I had zero interest. It wasn’t until I saw how amazing it was at E3 that I spun in a full 180. Surely Best Buys and Gamestops of the nation will have kiosks displaying the greatness of the 3DS. And then non-E3 gamers will climb over the counters to get one, and plenty of young kids will be left in utter disappointment as their parents actually say no to them.