The hugely happening CEO of Electronic Arts rhymes about how he's seen the 3DS with his own peepers, and lays down some buzz praise...

EA's CEO John Riccitiello is down with Nintendo. So much so that the exec has enough cred to have been able to see the 3DS first-hand.

Chatting to Industry Gamers, Riccitiello carefully teased all he could on the new system, emphasising Nintendo's strict policy of secrecy.

"It's like one of these things here where with Nintendo where you've got to be very careful here because they've got a lot to say at E3, and I want to be careful to not accidentally transgress an NDA. I will tell you, I've seen it; it's cool."

Hardly a stunning revelation, but at the least, it suggests that Nintendo will make the 3DS a big part of their E3 briefing next week.

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