Astral/H3X
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It looks like an XL.
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Nintendo reveals the "New Nintendo 3DS" and "New Nintendo 3DS LL"
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It looks like an XL.
not supporting SDXC and 64 gig MicroSD?
eh, hope not. I'm on a 32 gig for my XL and it's almost full so I need something bigger than that with the new 3DS. I'm almost thinking of upgrading to a 64 gig for the XL too so...
their next handheld isn't going to be like the 3DS. Chances are it's going to be that hybrid handheld/console thing that has been rumored. Nintendo needs to boost 3DS sales so that is why they are releasing this.
SixStringPsycho
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I wouldve been okay with Famicom 3D
Night_Trekker
Member
Oh, wait. I confused myself with the "SD card support is dropped" stuff. Not the same thing as the game cards themselves, obviously.
Yay, DS BC is still there. Does that mean there'll be another hardware revision eventually that drops it? 'Cause Nintendo gotta Nintendo.
IchigoSharingan
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Yes I know. Just making a snarky bitter comment about how Nintendo doesn't put much effort in the quality of the screens: lighting, resolution, contrast, etc.
What, no they didn't. Look at this, under battery info. "Approximately 7 to 12 hours when using Nintendo DS Software."
ArchedThunder
Banned
No, it isn't. The only exclusive games will be ones not possible on 3DS. If the New 3DS didn't exist neither would those games. They aren't arbitrarily making some games exclusive and some games not.
No, the BC is still there
brandonh83
Banned
I too think that waiting a bit longer and showing an actual new product would have likely made less people upset, but if you already bought a 3DS then surely you had justifiable reasons to do so at the time. I was just saying that had Nintendo treated this as a completely new handheld as some are suggesting, that there would still be "that's it?" style complaints about it.
Xenoflare
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Yeah, bundling this with the SSB4 is almost like a no brainier.
But it's always been like this. This is actually less of a "slap in the face" launching a digital shop exclusively for the new model, like with the DSi.
Seems like a real missed opportunity to get it the peoples hands who might buy one for Smash combined with the Holiday.
Maybe they got 2DS over stock and are looking to dump it all this holiday, what with the three new MK7 bundles or whatever. After all 2DS never launched in Japan.
They will use this year (especially the holidays) to sell their existing stock of regular 3DS and 3DS XLs. After that they are ready to ship the new versions out.
Sounds plausible, right?
Ah damn. I misread the OP. So it's only in October for Japan. NA is 2015! Boo. Excitement has died substantially.
I'll obviously still get one, but I was hoping to play Smash on this. Maybe...if it's not region locked, I could import it early from Japan (like I did with the new slim Vita)?
Definitely reasonable. Makes sense.
I wonder if I'd be able to sell my 3DS XL for close to the price of a regular New 3DS.
I'm not on board yet though. The built-in CPP will certainly be great for MonHun (well, maybe not on that dinky C-Stick) but nothing else about it is really appealing. I don't care for Amiibos and one good exclusive isn't gonna make me want to go out and buy it. Also, am I hearing there's no DS BC? That sucks.
I'm not on board yet though. The built-in CPP will certainly be great for MonHun (well, maybe not on that dinky C-Stick) but nothing else about it is really appealing. I don't care for Amiibos and one good exclusive isn't gonna make me want to go out and buy it. Also, am I hearing there's no DS BC? That sucks.
Night_Trekker
Member
I think, from now on, I'm just gonna buy consoles and handhelds towards the end of their lives. So I can avoid the disappointment that goes with getting the "wrong" revision.
ndawgdrake
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I guess the handheld market has different tolerances for asinine bull shit business decisions.
I guarantee you if Sony or MS pulled this shit on their current consoles, no one would stand for it.
I guarantee you if Sony or MS pulled this shit on their current consoles, no one would stand for it.
It still has DS BC.
NOA here is your chance to redeem..
ArkhamFantasy
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Nintendo has learned nothing from thier mistakes. Doubled down on 3d that most people dont care about, they acknowleded that they need dual analog sticks and they make a silly nub, and now they are going to make exclusive games for certain sku's?
Cmon nintendo you are so much better than this.
Cmon nintendo you are so much better than this.
Jesus, what a weird fucking thing. Well, I guess I'm sorta glad that I didn't pick up a 3DS yet.
It's a decent idea in theory but it's going to split the user base, not to mention make some people who supported the 3DS feel a little screwed over. Also, the name is a going to be another issue. "New Nintendo 3DS" is going to cause the same, if not more of the sort of confusion the Wii U got.
Unless the 3DS is going to be Nintendo's only handheld for a long, long time, it seems like a weird investment to make a marginally upgraded system.
It's a decent idea in theory but it's going to split the user base, not to mention make some people who supported the 3DS feel a little screwed over. Also, the name is a going to be another issue. "New Nintendo 3DS" is going to cause the same, if not more of the sort of confusion the Wii U got.
Unless the 3DS is going to be Nintendo's only handheld for a long, long time, it seems like a weird investment to make a marginally upgraded system.
Alternatively, buy the very first release, and then buy the final one. e.g. brick gameboy -> gbc. GBA -> GBAmicro, DSUgly -> DSi.
Every handheld revision for the past 20 years, like clockwork. Love it.
ArchedThunder
Banned
The 3DS isn't $400-$500.
SixStringPsycho
Member
Oh you will see some games use them. Theyre gonna make us buy this new hardware revision we like it or not.
It also looks like itll have some sort of connection with the wii u since it has the same buttons as the wiiu gamepad.
The handheld market is fucking weird, and I say that as a handheld gamer.
Maintenance
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Seeing all those responses makes me want to see Nintendo release new handheld hardware every year, with a tick-tock mechanic. People already have that in smartphones, time to put it into the handheld market too. Few people will complain, apparently.
I'll not buy that, obviously.
Papacheeks
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But that's dividing your customer base, especially big games like Xenoblade which has a lot of buzz. If more games get created under the new revision and are not backwards compatible with older 3DS, then how is that not a slap in the face.
If they labeled it a new handheld that's a different story, because it would explain why newer games built around the hardware wouldn't work on older 3DS.
No what they are doing like they did with the 2DS is creating another re-vision of essentially the same device minus a cpu bump, battery life, better 3D, and upgraded thumbstick, that will have specific games that only iy can play.
But yet they are still calling it a 3DS, how does that not piss people off who are buying the still available 3DS and 3DS XL?
I don't know about Neogaf gamers but on french forums they did critsed the 3Ds for not having enough buttons. So everyone has just different taste.
Why not? It would be a nice feature if it could function as a gamepad. If your regular gamepad breaks and you have to send it to Nintendo, you have a backup waiting. Also, it could have a better range or even offer remote play like functions and enable to play your WiiU over Wifi.
"Pulled this shit"? The fuck are you talking about? It's a stopgap slightly spec and feature bumped handheld - just like the GBC and DSi before it. If you don't like it, just keep buying games on the 3DS. The fuck?
MidEvlDed
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I see multiple problems with Nintendo releasing this new 3DS. For one, they already have a branding issue when it comes to the Wii vs. the Wii U. So now, they've decided to go ahead and do it again with the 3DS and a new 3DS?
Casual consumers are not going to know the difference between the two. How many people will buy Xenoblade Chronicles for their kids and then wonder why it doesn't work?
Also, unless there are a lot of exclusives, anyone that has a 3DS already really has no incentive to buy. And if there are a lot of exclusives to the new 3DS then you completely segregate your market.
To me it seems like they wanted another way to sell their Amiibo figures. The Disney and Skylanders sets sell like crazy and they want to get in on that. But they don't have the install base with the Wii U to do big numbers, so they decide to come out with this new 3DS that will also be able to handle Amiibos because it's been a proven seller.
Then they add in Xenoblade Chronicles and hope that enough people want that game badly enough to jump in.
If they wanted to add in new tech, they should have just gone all the way and created a new system. In the mean time they could have created an adapter for the 3DS to use the Amiibos. An adapter would not be that portable but it's not like dragging around a big ass bag of plastic toys to use with it is portable either way.
Casual consumers are not going to know the difference between the two. How many people will buy Xenoblade Chronicles for their kids and then wonder why it doesn't work?
Also, unless there are a lot of exclusives, anyone that has a 3DS already really has no incentive to buy. And if there are a lot of exclusives to the new 3DS then you completely segregate your market.
To me it seems like they wanted another way to sell their Amiibo figures. The Disney and Skylanders sets sell like crazy and they want to get in on that. But they don't have the install base with the Wii U to do big numbers, so they decide to come out with this new 3DS that will also be able to handle Amiibos because it's been a proven seller.
Then they add in Xenoblade Chronicles and hope that enough people want that game badly enough to jump in.
If they wanted to add in new tech, they should have just gone all the way and created a new system. In the mean time they could have created an adapter for the 3DS to use the Amiibos. An adapter would not be that portable but it's not like dragging around a big ass bag of plastic toys to use with it is portable either way.
This is an entirely new handheld that is backwards compatible with the previous console's library.
It should have been marketed as the "Super 3DS" or something similar. Selling games that work on the "new" 3DS, but not any of the 45 million 3DS units that have already been sold, is the same type of marketing folly that destroyed the Wii U.
It should have been marketed as the "Super 3DS" or something similar. Selling games that work on the "new" 3DS, but not any of the 45 million 3DS units that have already been sold, is the same type of marketing folly that destroyed the Wii U.
LoL, this is commedy gold. Comments like this are brilliant, haha! It's like a parody of the MANY comments saying "Nope, not gonna buy the 3DS XL because I'm waiting for the inevitable second analog stick revision" when said version was announced.
Sooo many people were like "Hey Nintendo, where the fuck is the second anlog stick?!?!".
Duh. You think Nintendo is gonna all of a sudden kill off region locking? I think they are the ones to really pull that shit back in the 90s.
Xenoflare
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It's probably still the same. Region locked I mean.
Juke Joint Jezebel
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Gameboy color was released 16 years ago, did they add extra buttons for that? Can't quite remember.
darkistheway
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This announcement probably means that Nintendo's next portable is going to be a 'third pillar' like the DS was.
I can't see anyone thinking a hardware revision will keep the 3DS selling into well enough into 2017-2018 that they would delay a 2016 launch of new hardware.
Does this bode well for those rumors of console/portable hybrids? Having that package ready for Christmas 2016 (with games) would be pretty bold for Nintendo.
I can't see anyone thinking a hardware revision will keep the 3DS selling into well enough into 2017-2018 that they would delay a 2016 launch of new hardware.
Does this bode well for those rumors of console/portable hybrids? Having that package ready for Christmas 2016 (with games) would be pretty bold for Nintendo.