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Byronic Hero · 12:46 AM

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/hardwa...ies/index.html

No price point or release date, but here's what it will look like at least.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by cjelly:

Re-upped.

dinosaur_hunter2 · (09-20-2012, 05:10 AM)

SO... BIG...

Sophia · (09-20-2012, 05:11 AM)

Looks better than the regular circle pad pro, at least. Still huuuge tho.

DonMigs85 · (09-20-2012, 05:11 AM)

Nintendo wastes so much fossil fuels on making these plastic doohickeys.

HYDE · (09-20-2012, 05:11 AM)

As if the 3DSXL wasn't bulky enough.

TyRaNtM · (09-20-2012, 05:12 AM)

Looks ok and better than the 3DS Circle Pad Pro.

LiK · (09-20-2012, 05:12 AM)

haha, big but necessary

-Pyromaniac- · (09-20-2012, 05:12 AM)

3DS XXXL

Tagg9 · (09-20-2012, 05:12 AM)

Originally Posted by HYDE:

As if the 3DSXL wasn't bulky enough.

And still portable... or not.

Medalion · (09-20-2012, 05:14 AM)

Just more to love... I guess

H13 · (09-20-2012, 05:14 AM)

Does the circle pad pro japan work with US ones? Just curious

RawkHawk2010 · (09-20-2012, 05:15 AM)

Better have its own stylus port.

braves01 · (09-20-2012, 05:15 AM)

More cushion for button pushin'

AniHawk · (09-20-2012, 05:15 AM)

i have to think this is just one big fuck you to everyone for not including it with the xl.

Bgamer90 · (09-20-2012, 05:15 AM)

Tenki · (09-20-2012, 05:16 AM)

At least it looks better than the original one.

The Mana Legend · (09-20-2012, 05:17 AM)

Holy shit, I didn't think they'd actually do it. I thought they'd do a Circle Pad Pro redesign.

But they actually just made it bigger.

I love this. So much. I laughed my ass off when I saw it.

Edit: Looks like it's blocking the stylus again.

Takao · (09-20-2012, 05:17 AM)

Originally Posted by H13:

Does the circle pad pro japan work with US ones? Just curious

It should. I don't think Nintendo can region lock those ... yet.

HYDE · (09-20-2012, 05:17 AM)

Originally Posted by AniHawk:

i have to think this is just one big fuck you to everyone for not including it with the xl.

Nah, that was the xl itself for not including the second analog.

Femmeworth · (09-20-2012, 05:17 AM)

Hopefully this has a better design than the first one. Who am I kidding, this is Nintendo.

Andrex · (09-20-2012, 05:19 AM)

Looks great. Deffo buying for MH.

zoukka · (09-20-2012, 05:19 AM)

It's a monster.

AniHawk · (09-20-2012, 05:19 AM)

Originally Posted by HYDE:

Nah, that was the xl itself for not including the second analog.

that's what i meant.

god i'm tired.

Hiltz · (09-20-2012, 05:20 AM)

We'll probably never see the end of Nintendo's frankenstein peripherals.

Smiles and Cries · (09-20-2012, 05:20 AM)

this is an example of stupid things Nintendo should avoid in the future

can you imagine something like that from Apple?

design your shit to work day 1! stop adding stupid shit late

I wonder what they forgot to add on the Wii U

Kai Dracon · (09-20-2012, 05:21 AM)

Not sure what everyone expected... a supersize circle pad pro was always gonna be preeetty big.

Ardenyal · (09-20-2012, 05:23 AM)

Originally Posted by HYDE:

It's a toomah.

hosannainexcelsis · (09-20-2012, 05:23 AM)

Why couldn't they just put this on the device itself again?

jaydogg691 · (09-20-2012, 05:23 AM)

I got to play around with a 3DS XL and I'm still confused why Nintendo did not put a second circle pad on the system. This just looks ridiculous.

Hiltz · (09-20-2012, 05:24 AM)

Originally Posted by Smiles and Cries:

this is an example of stupid things Nintendo should avoid in the future

can you imagine something like that from Apple?

design your shit to work day 1! stop adding stupid shit late

I wonder what they forgot to add on the Wii U

I don't even what to think about what they're going to come up with for Wii U. *quivers in fear*

poppedcollar69 · (09-20-2012, 05:24 AM)

Need some image macros from a decade ago about the xbox controller itt.

Alistair Roo · (09-20-2012, 05:24 AM)

Originally Posted by Smiles and Cries:

this is an example of stupid things Nintendo should avoid in the future

can you imagine something like that from Apple?

design your shit to work day 1! stop adding stupid shit late

I wonder what they forgot to add on the Wii U

moar powaaa

SolarPowered · 05:30 AM

Originally Posted by Byronic Hero:

http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/hardwa...ies/index.html

No price point or release date, but here's what it will look like at least.

If old, please lock.

Nice

Hopefully they release it soon. It should be an effective melee tool when fighting off the hordes on Black Friday.

KillerTravis · (09-20-2012, 05:25 AM)

Originally Posted by hosannainexcelsis:

Why couldn't they just put this on the device itself again?

Because just a handful of games support it? They probably just did this one for Monster Hunter 4.

Kai Dracon · (09-20-2012, 05:27 AM)

Actually, leading theory why there's no second analog built into the XL is because the CCP and games that use it are built around communicating with the infrared port. That's now the CCP interacts with a 3DS.

Essentially, now that the 3DS hardware is finalized, hacking a second analog stick in might not be as simple as one would think. Put it into the system itself, and you must deal with some kind of switch or signal to simulate a CCP starting communication with the IR port, then deactivate that when the IR port needs to be used for other things.

Hiltz · (09-20-2012, 05:28 AM)

Originally Posted by hosannainexcelsis:

Why couldn't they just put this on the device itself again?

According to Iwata:

Quote:

When we looked at the design of the 3DS XL, we had to look at various factors. One was battery life. One was the overall size of the unit. And we had to make some trade-offs. The choice, if we were going to include the second analog stick, was to reduce the size of the batteries or make the unit much bigger. What we wanted to do was have a bigger screen in comparison with the overall size of the system, so we had various discussions and had to make trade-offs, and this is the outcome.

Ardenyal · (09-20-2012, 05:30 AM)

Originally Posted by Smiles and Cries:

this is an example of stupid things Nintendo should avoid in the future

can you imagine something like that from Apple?

design your shit to work day 1! stop adding stupid shit late

I wonder what they forgot to add on the Wii U

Up to date hardware.

PAULINK · (09-20-2012, 05:33 AM)

Wow, I thought they would work some magic and make use of the space below the buttons, I guess I was wrong. Oh well, The circle pad pro on the original 3DS was really hard to get used to, so i'm curious if this new shape/size will be easier to use?

Mlatador · (09-20-2012, 05:34 AM)

Looks even more comfy than the og ccp

Kai Dracon · (09-20-2012, 05:35 AM)

Well, if nothing else, the big screen makes the side offset a lot less severe.

apana · (09-20-2012, 05:36 AM)

I think the reason they left it off the first time was because they didn't want to confuse or intimidate people who weren't used to these things with earlier handhelds.

Tunavi · (09-20-2012, 05:37 AM)

To those complaining about the size

Kazerei · (09-20-2012, 05:38 AM)

Oh Nintendo, you so crazy

toddhunter · (09-20-2012, 05:39 AM)

Should just put a 3ds card port on a wii u controller and call it a day.

Phife Dawg · (09-20-2012, 05:40 AM)

Looks like it has better ergonomics than the first one.

15RC · (09-20-2012, 05:41 AM)

So big. A least we know it's coming.

Boney · (09-20-2012, 05:45 AM)

Live with it

jbueno · (09-20-2012, 05:50 AM)

Hopefully they come in matching colors.

Nemesis_ · (09-20-2012, 05:51 AM)

I've used the CCP on every game that supports it.

I've yet to find a game that actually benefits from it tbh

nacire · (09-20-2012, 05:54 AM)

Obligatory