Other upgrades are more incremental.

It just so happens that the3DSdid this better than any console before or since.

Better than any console ever will?

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I wouldn’t bet against it.

That machine wrapped several features I hadn’t even imagined could be possible into one chrome-colored clamshell.

One of which you control by touch?

An anime kid in the theater for A Minecraft Movie.

And there’s a microphone, too?

And you could blow into the mic to make a boat sail or a pinwheel spin?

Or even talk into it to give a virtual puppy commands?

A split image of Lucius, Choo-Choo Charles and Finding Frankie.

Prior to this, all multiplayer GBA gaming required the Game Link Cable.

So, how could the 3DS possibly top all that?

Over time, the DS’s innovations have become commonplace.

Mario leaping out of a blue 3DS against a plain orange background.

At this point, a consumer electronic product would be more notable if itcouldn’tconnect to Wi-Fi.

Microphones have seemingly colonized every single piece of tech, and theyre always listening.

And from your successor being the 12th best-selling console of all time.

Bowser walks among some brown blocks in Mario & Luigi: Bowser’s Inside Story for the 3DS.

And from smartphones borrowing the vertically oriented design.

I didn’t always want to use it, but it never stopped fascinating me.

It isntactuallymagic, though, and here’s my very basic understanding of how it works.

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In 2009, Avatar made a big, blue, three-billion-dollar argument for the theatrical possibilities of the technology.

Would Sinners have made even more at the box office if it could boast 3D blood spray?

The Switch 2s big gimmick may end up being more useful than the 3DS.

3DS

But I understand how a mouse works.

Adaptations of existing IP can be the beginning of a lifelong love of movies.

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