Yeah, they need it for that FPS market that the 3DS is just flooded with...
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3DS XL Circle Pad Pro on Nintendo's Site
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Yeah, they need it for that FPS market that the 3DS is just flooded with...
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SmokedMeat
Gamer™
And yet they created an add on for the XL model. They could've easily just wrote the whole extra circle pad off but they didn't.
If you've been watching Nintendo over the years it's silly to write it off as a "silly conspiracy". Monster Hunter 4 is still a ways away, and I can't think of a better game to launch the second revision with.
Anyways that's all I've got to say. For those with an XL I think the CPP is a great add on for the games that support it.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Hmmmmm pretty sure all modern games make use of a second stick these days.
Vyse The Legend
Member
Egg (2nd stick) -> Chicken (games that need a 2nd stick).
Don't go down this road, you'll end up completely disillusioned at the things people will rationalize away.
Don't go down this road, you'll end up completely disillusioned at the things people will rationalize away.
radioheadrule83
Banned
There really should be a service for sending off your old consoles and peripherals for recycling. When Wii and Wii-U are old news, I do dread to think what's going to happen with all the raw material...
I'm tempted to do something like this with my spare NES stuff:
http://www.ecofriend.com/ways-recycle-nes-controllers.html
I'm tempted to do something like this with my spare NES stuff:
http://www.ecofriend.com/ways-recycle-nes-controllers.html
Games are designed for the controls available on the controller? Do tell.
I've yet to run into a game on the 3DS that actually needed the second stick, and the one genre I'd want for (FPS) isn't really present on the handheld, and never has been on Nintendo handhelds. If the next Nintendo handheld has two sticks? Whatever, cool. If you don't like single sticks on a handheld, don't buy the handheld. As for me, I reward developers that actually work with the console they have and not the console they want with my money.
Yeah it's not like the XL itself has a pretty sexy design or anything.
Edit: Also dat stick is totally not needed for REvelations. I mean the controls that are there are already more flexible than RE4's. (That aim+strafe)
MH4 is only six months away.
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
Take a deep breath and relax. You're trying to take this in a direction that has nothing to do with my original comment.
SquiddyCracker
Banned
Hey, guys, what happened to that new revision that was going to have two circle pads?
Benjamin_MFF
Member
So, where does one find a list of compatible games for the XL CPP?
They will be the same ones as the standard CPP
http://www.giantbomb.com/circle-pad-pro-support/92-7175/games/
You're horrible!
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Looks fucking awful.
Are there even any more than a handful of games that take advantage of this thing?
Are there even any more than a handful of games that take advantage of this thing?
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CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Kid Icarus is only for lefties, I think.
MGS port is horrific, so wouldn't play that with or without CPP.
So, like two games, really. Eh.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
The Japan version of that Ace Combat game uses it, but, yeah... nothing really.
Supermanisdead
Member
I wouldn't say that crappy MGS is big, or the bomb Resident Evil either. Monster Hunter will get it's pro add-on, and the rest of the games with some minor "lefty options."
GAF being GAF.
Dehumanizer
Member
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
This is true. They did add those on for good measure as long as they were creating a control expansion. Vita doesn't have quad shoulder buttons and there's not an easy way to cram four shoulder keys onto the current portable designs due to thickness.
Writer_Head
Member
Beautiful, timeless design...
At least this one has games.
At least this one has games.
Here's a pic of it from Capcom's booth at TGS. It's in a glass case, though.
http://gadget.itmedia.co.jp/gg/articles/1209/20/news094.html
http://gadget.itmedia.co.jp/gg/articles/1209/20/news094.html
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Monster Hunter is more of a life style than a game.
Although playing with touch screen for camera controls is fine
Re-upped.
dat white
Doesn't look that bad, would like to see a back view to see where the L2 and R2 buttons are now
Byronic Hero
Member
Re-upped.
Cool, updated the OP.
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Re-upped.
As I thought, the screen is much less off-center now that when the 3DS Petitto.
Works for me.
Re-upped.
Looks much better than the original.
Do we know if its going to run on lithium ion or will it still be a single AAA battery that you have to use a coin to screw into place?
I dunno if it was the batteries or something but my CPP would eat through batteries while it wasn't plugged, so eventually I just left the battery cover off permanently so I leave the batteries out.
I dunno if it was the batteries or something but my CPP would eat through batteries while it wasn't plugged, so eventually I just left the battery cover off permanently so I leave the batteries out.
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Loved that thing...too bad this picture didn't show the massive rechargeable battery to give the full effect.
On topic, why didn't they just add another pad on to the 3DS XL? Principle?
Kai Dracon
Writing a dinosaur space opera symphony
Going by an Iwata Asks about the 3DS XL and general engineering thoughts, there wasn't room in the case without making the XL even larger and thicker. Due to electronics. The CCP has shoulder ZL and ZR triggers too; those would have to have been fit into the upper rim.
The 3DS not having dual analog is basic LOL among gamers, but at the end of the day, that's the way it was designed.
StickSoldier
Member
Re-upped.
Lol I didn't even notice that pad on it.
At the same time it can be smaller proportionally to the rest of the system, and as Kajima noted the screen doesn't look painfully off center now, nor does the system look overly lopsided on a whole.
tetrisgrammaton
Member
I need a landfill to throw my Wii accessories in.
I feel like its not THAT bad. I mean, if your using the XL already, the increased size isnt that much. Like alot of people have already said, its more so the vast size of the console itself that makes the addon so huge.
And regarding the lack of the addition of the extra circle pad on the 3ds XL, I would say that it would lead to marketing issues all in all. If the XL is the only one with the circle pad, then that would seriously mar normal 3ds sales. However, the second circle pad only being on the XL would alienate many consumers who simply do not want such a huge handheld. It would ultimately cause many people to not buy either model of the 3ds, knowing that a remake of the smaller model would be coming soon.
And regarding the lack of the addition of the extra circle pad on the 3ds XL, I would say that it would lead to marketing issues all in all. If the XL is the only one with the circle pad, then that would seriously mar normal 3ds sales. However, the second circle pad only being on the XL would alienate many consumers who simply do not want such a huge handheld. It would ultimately cause many people to not buy either model of the 3ds, knowing that a remake of the smaller model would be coming soon.
For what it is... it's honestly smaller than I expected.
Deputy Moonman
Member
I'll probably get it whenever it's available in the states. The XL is still not the most comfortable handheld to hold for long periods of time.