No problem
If you have larger hands, the XL will be perfect for you. I've got pretty small hands, so the 3DS fits me better.
Eusis, can you please give me an example or a video where crosstalk is explained? I never heard of it. Also, I'm going to sleep now, so I'll answer tomorrow on other questions.
Cross talk is basically when you see a faint double of the image meant for the other eye, IE you might see light image of the log passages when looking straight at them. I suspect it's from very bright images contrasting with a dark background and thus shining past the filter enough for the eyes to notice, as it's really bad in VVVVVV due to the background at several portions literally being white stars shooting across a black void. I was thinking of this when ghosting was brought up before, so I want to be sure whether it is worse or if they actually minimized it some.
Taxation starts for California in September too...
It's funny that some people are expecting improved viewing angle because it's physically impossible. The screen needs to deliver a separate image to each eye, so the only viewing angle this technology will ever offer is the one produced by the distance between your eye and nose--once one screen is pointed past the nose in either direction it will transition to the other view. Those are the limitations, it's either that or glasses. Well, maybe there will some kind of eye tracking technology that adjusts the screen to your head movement but that is likely far from being affordable.
It seems like that's been fixed sinced the top screen has small bumps that would presumably rest on the start/select buttons to prevent the bezel from touching the screen.
I wouldn't have noticed it if I didn't put them together. I don't have two copies of one specific game, but I'll try to compare it this sunday because I'm going to someone with a 3DS. (it will be probably two copies of Kid Icarus or MK7 which I can compare)
In terms of filming the 3DS XL running games, I sadly can't do that for you. (NDA's and stuff)
But I'll be checking it out and I'm going to contact Nintendo to hear about that 'yellow' screen.
And I guess the viewing angle of the 3D is also a bit subjective. For me, I noticed no difference at all when the effect is at it fullest. However, it seems that I have a bigger margin at a lower 3D intensivity. I need some more time to be sure.
edit: It seems I am allowed to take pictures, so here you go:
Position is the same, so it will still give you cramp. (it always did for me) It's just that the pad has a better feeling and build quality. If you take a look at the picture, you can see that the Dpad position is a bit different, but the distance between the Dpad and Circle Pad stays the same.
As for that yellow like screen, in Mario Kart 7 I've noticed it's much more white when it's loading.
I still need to take a better look at the 3D, but I'm too tired to see it clearly. I see a lot of things double when I'm tired, so I hope it will be better in a few hours
When it comes to how the BC works the Vita beats it out performance wise, more often than not PSP games simply look better on it, whereas the 3DS either leaves you with either a small 1:1 image (to be fixed with 3DS XL, though it's still ignoring much of the screen) or large, blurry screens. However, the selection you can play on Vita is somewhat lacking, made worse with how terrible SCEA is being at updating compatible games, whereas the 3DS simply works with all DS games or at least nearly all DS games. For that reason I'd stick with the 3DS XL, both systems have lots of great games but if a DS game interests you it's just a matter of finding it, not hoping it's on the PSN store, supported by Vita, and isn't pulled or will be pulled in the near future.
I'm hoping other impressions come out stating it is, and the fact your hand can rest against SOMETHING may help there, but I wasn't too optimistic there. It probably requires either switching with the circle pad or a complete ergonomics overhauls. Or, potentially and somewhat paradoxically, to copy the Wii U and move the buttons down to be level, and maybe fit the right nub up there. Then your thumbs are kept equal and it becomes more a matter of the awkward stretches to L/R, which isn't a guaranteed problem for all people anyway.
I wonder if this is what people are really thinking of with a "filter effect", that they actually forgot what it looks like to be able to see the lines separating pixels in this post-Retina Display world. And to be honest, that actually DOES help a lot, the Vita running PSP games without a filter can appear way more pixalated than on a PSP, despite the PSP screen not being THAT much smaller and not using a filter of any sort. Pretty much the same as saying composite (or playing on an SDTV period really) gives HD/some Wii games free AA.
I'm 95% sure I saw them in an unboxing video.
Hi Phazon, just wondering,, I'm Dutch myself...do you write for a mag or website? Are you allowed to tell?
