Thread: Pointless 3DS features

The 3DS, is a good system but it has some features that have no use at least for me that is.

My opinions:

Nintendo Video - I thought it was going to be similar to YouTube in that you could watch anything in the collection on demand, but since it only has four videos at any given time pretty much makes the app pointless.

Face Raiders - Only tried it once. It's literally the only app that I have never opened more then once. Didn't care for it.

AR Games - I think I only used this once or twice, pretty much for the same reason as Face Raiders.

Nintendo Zone - This thing is absolutely useless due to how slow it is and how it is only usable at select locations. I have used it several times at McDonalds. During a busy day where I had to wait a good amount of time for my food, I was barely able to navigate around the system before my order was ready. Even sitting around after eating, I got bored of waiting for pages to load and gave up on it.

Swapnote - Fun to send a few notes at first, but feels just as gimmicky as the Wii Message Board after a few uses.

3D- I'm not interested in it but I can see why others like it.

Internet Browser- It's good for very basic internet usage (like email, Google search) but since I use mostly use the internet for complex stuff, I need something better. I probably only used it like 3 times since I bought 3DS.

Agreed on Nintendo Video, Nintendo Zone, and the Internet Browser, those are all highly disappointing features. Swapnote is okay if you like doodling, but they should replace it with/integrate it into Miiverse. Why Miiverse didn't start on 3DS is utterly baffling.

Nintendo video is pretty much the least useful one for me, even face raiders has its moments.

Nintendo Zone is useful if you are on vacation and your hotel has no Wi-Fi like I experienced last year in Washington, DC. It acts as a free wifi hotspot, but when you have home wifi it is utterly useless.

Nintendo Video is sheer garbage. Give us a proper YouTube app! Face Raiders and AR games are just gimmicky wastes of time designed to show off features of the 3DS. I actually like Swapnote a lot, so I do not consider it a waste of time. It has gotten significantly better since the update.

-Nintendo Video: I deleted it within an hour tbh.
-Face Raiders: entertains my siblings more than me and I'm annoyed I can't delete it.
-AR Games: See above.
-3D: Hurts my eyes after prolonged use.

Face Raiders probably. That awful sound when you skim past it. It's ear bleeding when the volume is at max. I don't really use any 3DS features other than swapnote and even that I use less and less these days. Compared to other consoles manufacturers, Nintendo always make theirs dire. It's a lot better than I thought it would be.

i don't own 3DS but you seems like a valid point :) well explained