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Nintendo Announces Nintendo 2DS
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sixteen-bit
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Wonder what he or she does with the WiiU
So 3DS is not designed for kids? What was the last handheld Nintendo did not thinking on kids?
kswiston said:
I don't think parents are going to forget so easily that Angry Bird is 0.99$.
Yes, maybe the Ipad Mini is not the best example but you got what I wanted to say about the tablet thing. I still believe the App price factor is fundamental too.
It shouldn't confuse customers provided they advertise it well enough. It's coming out with the new Pokemon games, so I'm sure it will be fine.
JetBlackPanda
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I have a 3DSXL and I want one. I fucking hate clamshell. I do not play my games outside the house and this look more comfortable on the couch to me.
honestly I will be getting one because my wife uses my XL all fucking day for animal crossing and @ $120 dollars its an easy decision.
Nintendo will sell so many of these.
It may be comfortable to use around the house or in the car but I don't understand why they didn't make it foldable. It would be easier for kids to carry with them to use at school, at a friends house, or just walking around town if it were smaller. More kids are on their phones when they are outside because they are easier to carry and pull out. Tablets are usually used when you are stationary for long periods of time.
MasterShotgun
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Good god that is ugly. And if you're worried about the 3D effects on a 3DS, just turn them off and/or lock them within the parental controls. A 2DS makes no fucking sense except to release a cheaper model.
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Thanks for taking my mind of the W101 sales tragedy Nintendo! 
JetSetRadio
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Would not touch with 10 ft pole.
MikeXXIeaf
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Anyone complaining about the design and lack of a 2nd analog stick, you're clearly not in the target audience.
As someone who shops for kids I've noticed they're not very specific when it comes to how their video games look. As long as they can play the game. This looks like a very solid design, plays all the 3DS games, and the price is attractive to parents.
As someone who shops for kids I've noticed they're not very specific when it comes to how their video games look. As long as they can play the game. This looks like a very solid design, plays all the 3DS games, and the price is attractive to parents.
eighty(one)
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All 3DS retail game packaging says "Nintendo 3DS", wont this 2DS confuse general consumers?
What about the displays that say "Only on 3DS"?
This new slate handheld is fucking ugly. It just is. I also don't see it as a good move, from Nintendo.
It's actually funny though: it's as if Nintendo is telling the people that wanted a 3Dless 3DS, that they listened. Nintendo responded by removing the clamshell, lowering the cost and giving them the ugliest handheld I've ever seen. Don't like 3D? Have this monstrosity!
What about the displays that say "Only on 3DS"?
This new slate handheld is fucking ugly. It just is. I also don't see it as a good move, from Nintendo.
It's actually funny though: it's as if Nintendo is telling the people that wanted a 3Dless 3DS, that they listened. Nintendo responded by removing the clamshell, lowering the cost and giving them the ugliest handheld I've ever seen. Don't like 3D? Have this monstrosity!
EvilKatarn
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I wish they would make the 3DS I want.
The form factor of the original 3DS, slimmer and with a killer battery. There, done.
The form factor of the original 3DS, slimmer and with a killer battery. There, done.
The_Inquisitor
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I don't understand. Don't a lot of 3DS games have features that explicitly use the 3D feature?
Holy fragmentation batman.
Holy fragmentation batman.
TheBaronOfNA
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I also doubt Nintendo is going to change the touch screen, so also expect a lot of scratchs unknown in a Ipad.
Plus they are not going to suddenly remove an input that some games may require to function. The buttons, circle pad, D-pad, touchscreen and cameras are all potential game inputs and form a baseline spec for a 3DS game-compatible system. 3D is an output and is not, and right from the start has been treated as a nice-to-have that shouldn't break a game if it's turned off (although Nintendo themselves skirted very close to that line with the 3D perspective trick rooms in Super Mario 3D Land).
Maybe I missing something but I don't think kids want tablets because the silhouette is a thin slate.
The 2DS still has two different sized screens, only one being a (resistive) touch screen, a bunch of buttons, no good non gaming apps and completely different types of games. The price will certainly help with Pokemon but I don't see how this meant to capture the market eaten by tablets.
The 2DS still has two different sized screens, only one being a (resistive) touch screen, a bunch of buttons, no good non gaming apps and completely different types of games. The price will certainly help with Pokemon but I don't see how this meant to capture the market eaten by tablets.
Graphics Horse
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Surely not. Where's that?
KillerTravis
Banned
Lol you don't have to buy it.
MisterHero
Super Member
I had the money for regular 3DS and almost bought one a week before XL debuted.
I did the same last week with the XL. Enough money for the thing but not any games.
I don't know I was waiting for this time.
I did the same last week with the XL. Enough money for the thing but not any games.
I don't know I was waiting for this time.
Once they have the hardware the fam can buy them $30 presents.
The whole design is meant to reduce costs. So even if there is potential room for a larger battery, Nintendo will use the cheapest one possible.
Verified by the official fact sheet as well.
Space Runaway
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Why does this exist? This is how they're getting around lowering the 3DS price? It doesn't even fold, which is one of the best features of the DS/3DS. Bleh.
WrenchNinja
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How do you fit this in your pocket
How do you not have the screen scratch without clamshell
What are you even doing Nintendo
How do you not have the screen scratch without clamshell
What are you even doing Nintendo
Art Teitlebaum
Member
Ahahahahaha....
This is amazing.
God, they really lost their minds over there.
This is amazing.
God, they really lost their minds over there.
We just "hating" the design, why its can't look "normal"
Jeez I want this badly.. but the design just..
If it was for kids under 7 I would not even include wifi on there, or digital store.
Extreme thinking, but man...I can't really give my kid a tablet or phone to "play" with.
Always the chance she will mess something up.
(1 year old)
According to the interview with Scott Moffett on GamesIndustry it is one continuous screen and the shell is there to create the illusion of two separate screens. I imagine people would think their screen was broken if there was parts that weren't displaying stuff.
Visualante2
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When I read it, I thought cool, I hate 3D but then when I saw it I was like.. eh
10/10
It's not as b0rked as the Wii Mini or PSP Go
The Karasumori
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It's ugly as sin but looks far more comfortable to hold. I'm getting it!
Aquamarine
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I still think this GIF needs to be reposted every page:
It looks incredibly ergonomic for adult hands, and quite durable.
It looks incredibly ergonomic for adult hands, and quite durable.
alfredofroylan
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I don't know about other states but tablet and gaming system are banned in the schools of my area, the have to drop them in the principal's office.
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