So. How is the 3DS?

The truth is, the 3DS may be the greatest handheld gaming device that I have ever owned. Ever. Now I'm not trying to down play the influence of the GameBoys, GameGears, PSPs, or phones, but this is simply incredible. I haven't had this much fun with a portable gaming device since I got my first GameBoy Color at 11. I purchased The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time. This game is equally as amazing.

So what makes it so great? The top screen as many of you know displays images and video in stereoscopic 3D. It does this without using any 3D glasses at all. It is currently the only screen on the market that can do this. And it has a slider on the side of the screen that allows you to adjust the depth of the 3D.

It also has several built-in programs that show off the 3D and graphical capabilities of the 3DS. The first is a game called FaceRaiders which has you take a picture of someone, and you move the 3DS around (using the 3DS's built-in gyroscope) and you shoot at small floating incarnations of that face. On the front of the 3DS are 2 cameras which combine to form 1 3D camera. Another built-in game is called AR Games. It uses the included augmented reality cards to play a series of mini-games and it also includes several cards of popular Nintendo characters.



As I mentioned earlier, I also purchased the 3D remake of the single-highest rated video game of all time The Legend of Zelda: The Ocarina of Time.  I have a bit of a confusion, I never played the game on the Nintendo 64, largely because, I didn't own a 64. However I did play the game when it came on The Legend of Zelda: Collector's Edition for the GameCube, which was The Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, The Legend of Zelda (1), and Zelda 2. I loved the game, but was never able to finish because my disk was lost. I am grateful that I am now able to finish the game, and it looks incredible. The graphics have been given a significant face-lift and the controls feel great with the circle pad. Also the fact that the songs you have learned are actually saved on the lower screen easy to pull up when you forget them. And speaking of the lower screen, that's where your items and maps are and it works great. Look for an in-depth review when I have completed the game.

All in all, I have to say I can't recommend the 3DS enough. Especially now that it is $169.99. And if you are a Nintendo fan or have been, you need one of these. And if you are a Legend of Zelda fan, you need this system and you need this game. It will play better then you remember, and it looks even better. Now go. Buy a 3DS, buy The Ocarina of Time 3D.
And also know, Star Fox 64 3D is also coming out soon. So if you have fond memories of that game, you need this system.


That is all. Carry on!

-Spieg89

How does one stumble upon WiredGamers?

Blog Post AKA: "Search terms that have gave our site a hit"
AAKA: "What I find hilarious at 2am in the morning"

Ever since WiredGamers has been up and running here on blogspot, I have always found it quite funny as to what people search in that fancy Google search bar to find our blog. Luckily blogspot has just the feature that tells us on an hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, and all-time basis what random words bring our readers here. And now you (and only you) will know the secrets of how others find us! Aren't you a lucky duck.

"futurama donbot daughter"
Ahhh, you must be referring to our review of the Futurama episode "Silence of the Clamps"

"grape 64"
Jordan's first blog post! An achievement of sorts! Ba-dunk!

"galaxy quest poster"
Sorry, but we don't have one of those... ohh wait. Let me dig it out... AHH here it is! After spying at this poster... only then did I realize that everyone else in this movie seemed to have stemmed in to an from even greater Sci-Fi lore... Harry Potter, Avatar, Star Trek, Monk. Where does Tim Allen fit in on this?


"brink игра"
It's at this point of the blog post that we would like to thank our Russian readers. Большое спасибо!

"ritzville washington"
In case you didn't know, there is nothing here. Unless of course you have an infatuation with wheat.

"this little red"
...this search term leaves me wanting more.

"thor's hammer mjolnir images"
Don't have any of these either... hmm... and FYI... before Stan Lee stole Thor from the Norse, this is what the hammer resembled..."ubox uhaul"
uMust be referring to when Spieg89 made his trek across the uNited States.

"sonic the hedgehog birthday"
happy birthday my main man!

"wired gamers and stress"
Wherever these people are getting their information, it must be from a reputable source

"the legend of zelda game over animations"
and here we mark the end of the post... Ganon told us it would come to this.


Until later, and after more ridiculous Google searches!

~~Disc07

New Futurama episode (Now 3 hours earlier!)

Today the newest episode of Futurama called: Möbius Dick aired tonight at 10 PM EST (one of the nice things about living on the East Coast is seeing shows earlier).

The episode started out with Professor Farnsworth talking about his original crew and a very young Zoidberg. He explained how they lost their lives. The current crew then has to go set up a memorial for the original Planet Express crew. The crew then has to travel through the space equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle, the Bermuda Tetrahedron. 

As they are leaving, they encounter a white space whale, and Leela suddenly becomes like Captain Ahab and forces the crew to go on a Mobey Dick- style whale hunt to destroy the whale that destroyed the Planet Express crew's monument. This whale is no ordinary whale though because it is a 4th dimensional being. Meaning it travels between dimensions. 

This episode was significantly different from the episodes this season. I thoroughly enjoyed it. I also recommend buying Futurama Season 8 on either iTunes or Zune Marketplace. I bought it on iTunes so that I can watch it on my iPod. But a cool note would be that if you bought it on Zune Marketplace that you would have it available on your Xbox, or Windows Phone.

That is all! Carry on!

-Spieg89