I’m all for Photoshop and Maya mockups of what Nintendo’s upcoming 3DS might look like, but sometimes it’s appropriate to just go ahead and build a physical model. I’m not sure that this is one of those times.
Someone has gone and built this mockup, presumably to simulate what the Nintendo 3DS might be like. It’s an impressive creation to be fair, but the design looks like a Japanese toy out of the 80s or 90s (not counting the screen technology). In addition, both orientations where the gamepad is exposed seem very unbalanced to me – not exactly something I’d want to be holding in my hand for extended periods of time.
Still, it’s nice to see a quality attempt at a prototype of a mockup, rather than concept sketches or physically impractical render designs. We should see more of these.
