Gaming nerds spent Saturday night waiting in lines across the country in order to gobble up Nintendo’s new 3DS, which went on sale at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday. The $249 handheld gaming device — touted as the first 3D portable gaming system — already has one big fan. Comedian Jimmy Fallon loves it, telling Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime in a recent appearance that the experience is simply “insane.”
The video clip (below) is classic, as Fils-Aime takes aim at Fallon’s avatar with some well-timed tennis balls in the game Face Raiders.
“This is mind-blowingly awesome,” said Fallon, who has been known to fall in love with gaming devices from Seattle area companies.
You still may have a chance to buy one of the gadgets. About 800 GameStop locations were set to open at 12:01 a.m. on Sunday, with extended hours all day. (I called a couple stores in the Seattle area to check on the status, but no one answered, so I guess you are on your own if you want to get one right now. Or, they are just too busy selling the latest hot-gadget).
There doesn’t appear to be quite as much buzz about the 3DS as Apple’s recent release of the iPad 2. But folks on Twitter are still feeling jazzed.
Previously on GeekWire: “Nintendo 3DS: Ready to pay $250 for a handheld.”
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