3DS You-tube App First impressions. 6/10

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Yeah this thing..

Tried this App after a very quick download on the Eshop for the Nintendo 3DS. So far after watching 2 dorkly videos it was very stable, BUT loading a new screen is is a bit slow. It has quite the annoying habit of not feeling like it is loading making you hold still after taping something. .. .. and it actually is not loading..

Anyway after the semi slow loading of the next page, the first two videos i watched "2 mins long" buffered very fast once it loaded.

At this time it felt like a decent app needs just a few tweaks. i was wrong..

Accessibility / Usability 4/10 UPDATED DO TO CRASHES

  • If you hit L/B = ← , sometimes A/R = â–º , doesn't want to work this is do to the fact it is not forward.. it is play .. so don't make a mistake . You can not go back where you were. Play could have been just as easily have been left to be hit on the touch pad K TNX BYE. If you accidentally hit the ≡ Symbol in the top left. it brings you to main menu. After hitting back 3 times i found no way back to my video..

But then i saw an option at the bottom of the screen called "show more items" .. in my mind i KNEW the memory of a 3ds can not handle this.. they must know something i do not. As i was still waiting to see if it would . maybe 4 minutes passed at this time i got sent to the 3ds home menu. lol

It has so far kept me logged in even after the Crash. The slide menu on the touch screen has very few options, quick likes and dislikes.. but comments seem to be lost .. ... YAYYYYY THE FIRSTS AND FLAMERS WHO CANT JUST WATCH SOMETHING ARE LEFT OUT !

UPDATED REVIEW NOTES

Crashed 3 times in 20 minutes. Dont try changing the HQ back and forth to see the Differnce that will force you to reset the whole system.. changing the time of the video has also caused a few crashes..

.. Time and time again i keep getting more crashes if this app was paid for i would have fought from my money back.

Graphics 6/10 UPDATED

Believe it or not quality is actually decent.. it does has some small "after image problems, But what i have always seen from the 3DS are the images that they can produce in HQ is Beautiful. You turn that HQ off OMG EWW.

New issues found..

I spent some more time Looking into the Graphics i was WRONG VERY VERY WRONG.

half the videos actually look bad if they are not HQ them selfs.. " i tried them on my PC and they looked a LOT better" This annoys me as the 3DS DOES have the capability of showing us awesome Visuals..

Now as for sound 5/10

So Far i have yet to find the usual volume bar you see in the videos on you tube. i like this, but for some reason in the back of my head i felt maybe it could have been a magical slider that powers the speakers on my 3DS to even half that of my cellphones.... we all know how not loud the 3DS can be in a louder house.. buy powered headphones.. it helps..
 
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New score 4/10 please read updates in main post why.. Thought i did enough research last night.. i was very wrong...
 
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I told you people the 3DS couldn't handle YouTube, but no one ever listens to ol' DYL.
 
I told you people the 3DS couldn't handle YouTube, but no one ever listens to ol' DYL.


You and me both lol
 
Wow, that sounds really lousy... x.x;; Good thing there's already a billion other things that can play YouTube already! Maybe they'll manage to get it working properly eventually?
 
It's usable, at least. It also loads much faster than the Wii Youtube, and buffers much less.
 
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