1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comChris Plante Legacy Authorhttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/chrisplante/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="soqg5sCvbe"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/midnight-3ds-launch-underwhelms-in-new-york/">Midnight 3DS Launch Underwhelms in New York</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/midnight-3ds-launch-underwhelms-in-new-york/embed/#?secret=soqg5sCvbe" width="600" height="338" title="“Midnight 3DS Launch Underwhelms in New York” — The Escapist" data-secret="soqg5sCvbe" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> Does the average consumer know what the Nintendo 3DS is? That was the question on my mind as I left Saturday’s midnight launch event held at New York City’s Union Square Best Buy. A half a block’s worth of fans had gathered in the hours before launch, stretching down the side of 4th Ave. from 14th St. towards 13th St. Most launch lines go much further or wrap around the block and Nintendo obviously had expected as much. Turning west on 13th St., a series of pretzel stands, demo booths, steel gates and an Entrance sign had been placed, but […]http://cdn.themis-media.com/media/global/images/library/deriv/51/51521.jpg