Hello!
I am a life-long gamer (my parents have a picture of me as a young child, teething on an Atari joystick) and have been a Nintendo fan-girl since the NES. Most of my earliest memories are actually of playing Nintendo games. My favorite console of all time is the N64, which I pulled out a few days before the 3DS launch to get my old school Nintendo fix. I'm also the proud owner of a working VirtualBoy.
I'll admit that, when I first heard about the 3DS, I thought it was gimmicky. However, the more I heard about it, the more I wanted it. So... on release day, I hauled my butt to the city and came home with an aqua blue, Nintendogs + Cats, PilotWings, and, just because, Pokemon Black. I've taken it to work every day and shown it off so much that someone at work went out and bought one as well!
I am most looking forward to Legend of Zelda, Resident Evil, Shin Megami Tensei, and Kingdom Hearts.
I just have to say... I love my 3DS so much. The joy I felt in playing it for the first time was similar to the joy I felt when I got my first GameBoy... And that is saying something.