I hopped from game to game on Wednesday

And get this: it was visual garnish that I want to see again.I've played Killzone 3 in 3D on the PlayStation 3. I've seen movies in 3D. I don't miss the experience. I'm not rushing to buy a 3D TV for more of that Killzone or to activate a home Avatar 3D viewing. Yet just two days after playing games on the 3DS with the 3D on, I want to see (most of) them replica Jaeger LeCoultre 301.84.20 Men's Watch again. I think the difference is because of the equipment involved (cost of a new 3DS vs. cost of a whole new TV; no need to wear glasses vs. need to wear glasses). The difference is also because 3D on the 3DS presents no anxieties to me. If it acts up, I can just slide it off. If I want more, I'll just flick that slider up.

As I hopped from game to game on Wednesday, I kept getting impressed by games I didn't expect to impress me. I discovered that games with limited background movement in them do the whole expansive-world effect of the 3D very well. Nintendogs + Cats, which was presented very simply, with just one puppy and one cat hanging out in an empty room, had welcome visual depth. Even better was Dead or Alive: Dimensions, a fighting game replica Jaeger LeCoultre 301.24.20 Men's Watch whose backgrounds seemed to push far beyond the plastic parameters of Nintendo's handheld. With both of those games, I kept my eyes on just the pair of key characters on the screen while the backgrounds receded beyond them.

With the 3D turned off Ridge Racer 3D looked skippable. I've seen better-looking racing games on iPhone and PSP. But this game may have the best 3D of any 3DS game I've seen yet. It's nothing fancy; it's just a racing game with all of the depth of the tracks receding beyond the screen. Maybe it was the framerate, maybe it was the simplicity of seeing constant forward motion, but speeding through this game with the 3D on was a wonderful replica Jaeger LeCoultre 302.21.20 Men's Watch experience. When I've been thinking back to Wednesday's games, this is the one the continues to pop into my mind's eye first. It's unremarkable in 2D; utterly amazing in 3D.What Needs WorkAll is far less than perfect with the 3DS' 3D. On Wednesday, some of the games I had the highest hopes gave me some of my worst 3D experiences.