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whatgoodisaroad on Oct 20, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Nintendo Switch – New Video Game System [video]

Nintendo tried VR in 1995, but it did not go well.

shogun21 on Oct 20, 2016 [–]

Then they tried AR in 2011 with the 3DS. It went better.

Fej on Oct 20, 2016 | [–]

It wasn't much better. The cameras on the 3DS are absolutely garbage. AR was a fun pack-in distraction.

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