Who wants to make a gentlemen’s bet? No money, in other words, just pride. The bet: Nintendo 3DS steals E3 this June and garners more hype than Natal and Move, combined.

Alright. The utterly strange Nintendo 3DS reveal has cooled a bit these past few days, but in that sentence lies the rub: Strange.
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Netflix has shipped Wii playback discs to many of their customers.  Did you order one?  Let us know when it arrives and what you think of movie streaming on your Wii!

T-minus two months until lift off (May 25).

If you’re in town tonight before PAX East kicks off, you should stop by and meet up with some folks from Infendo!  We’re going to be at McGreevy’s, across the street [map] from the Hynes Convention Center, at 7PM on Thursday, 3/25.  Just stop in at McGreevy’s and look for a table with Yoshi on it! The hula-girl will not be making an appearance, sorry.

This is only for people over 21 years of age.  And if you tell me (David) that “Infendo sent me”, he might even buy you a round!

You should really follow us on Twitter, too, since we’ll be posting updates there on the fly and all weekend long.

Looking back on Nintendo systems, it’s easy to see why the NES, GameBoy, DS, and Wii were such successes. The NES had Super Mario Bros. GameBoy had Tetris. DS had Nintendodogs. Wii had Wii Sports. In other words, they all had must-have launch games. But to get theses games, you had to buy the hardware.

Conversely, it’s easy to see why the GameCube never really took off, despite its potential. The reason: it launched with Luigi’s Mansion. A fun little Mario knock-off, yes, but hardly a system-seller. (NOTE: SNES and GBA—although extremely successfully—were more brand extensions of popular systems, so they were an easy buy for people already in love with NES and GameBoy.)

Of all Nintendo hardware, though, there is one notable anomaly. Why didn’t the N64 enjoy massive success?

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Nintendo’s 2008? Great fun. Nintendo’s 2009? Not fun enough, says Shigeru Miyamoto.

Now, I think he’s just being modest and typical Miyamoto, but if I must: I’ll admit that if I take don’t consider Muramasa, New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Wii Sports resort/MotionPlus/Tiger Woods 10, and the half dozen WiiWare titles I bought last year, I’m inclined to agree with the master!

What do you think? 2009: Could have been…funner? How so?

P.S. — If it’s any consolation, Miyamoto-san, the 2010 lineup (and rumored E3 megaton reveals) looks pretty amazing.

Japanese business publications, “Nikkei,” and “Asahi,” report that the Nintendo 3DS will utilize a parallax barrier to achieve a naked eye 3D effect. The barrier divides the light from the pixels through a series of fine slits, so that each eye receives a different image. The two images received by our eyes converge to create 3-dimensional shapes in our brains, just like how we see real 3D objects.

One problem with this technology is, it has a limited viewing angle. It’s not very practical on say, a television screen, which could have several viewers. It only works if a single viewer has the screen facing directly toward him/her. However, since most people don’t hold their handhelds at funny angles when they play, it probably won’t be much of a problem for us gamers.

Well, we all knew that Sony was going to have to say something about the Nintendo 3DS announcement yesterday. I didn’t think they’d say something so…uninformed.

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Probably not available at PAX, although I wouldn’t be surprised. [Teefury - 8 hours left as of this posting]