After a very slow start the 3DS ended up being one of my all time favourite consoles. I never had an N64 so the excellent 3D remasters were the first time I pla

After a very slow start the 3DS ended up being one of my all time favourite consoles. I never had an N64 so the excellent 3D remasters were the first time I played Ocarina of Time and Majora’s Mask. Full DS back compat was a huge boon (make sure to hold Start to avoid gross non-integer screen scaling) and the range of homebrew and emulated systems a softmodded unit support makes it a very compelling little device. The smaller New 3DS is also one of my all-time favourite console designs and I bought a load of the silly faceplates because they looked cool. The other thing I really appreciate: I was able to call up Nintendo and buy two new official batteries for mine and my wife’s units when they started to age out. They were something like £15 each and I could swap them out without disassembling the system. Not something you often see these days.