This is going to confuse the HELL out of normal people.
Why are the buttons next to the top screen????
Keeping the 2 cameras on the back to take 3D pictures you can't even view just kills me.
Why are the buttons next to the top screen????
Thought it couldn't get worse...then I saw the back.
That thing looks like a piece of bread.
On top of that they kill every idea in parents heads about the potential "3D is not good for kids" thinkings and needed actions to deactivate it on a regular 3dsLooks like a great product.
It's a clear attempt to head off a worrying trend--younger and younger kids wanting tablets and their parents obliging, combined with cheaper and cheaper quality tablets like the Nexus 7 and iPad Mini. There are 3 year olds who are playing iPad games right now. I know this is shocking for people who are 18-22 but when your friends start having kids, it's amazing. The kids are illiterate but figure out how to unlock it, launch the games they want, and play them. And sometimes even purchase.
This is about recapturing those kids. And also their parents--although parents are worried about kids breaking or scratching, that worry evaporates a little more with each passing month that tablets become more ubiquitous and accepted. This is Nintendo adopting more of the tablet form factor and lowering the cost of entry, and since young kids aren't supposed to use the 3D anyway no harm no foul (doesn't hurt that it's not a selling point).
They still face extreme barriers in terms of software pricing and the way the app market has disrupted it, as well as software variety issues... and I'd also add that even a kid can figure out that two cheap screens and a stylus ain't the same as one beautiful continuous screen with finger power, but I think it's a good move by Nintendo.
I expected to be quoted for crow or posterity after the reaction "what an ugly pile of shit" crowd calms down a little
I would like a 2DS with a clamshell, I never turn the 3D on. As long as it was significantly cheaper.
The idea is good but I won't be convinced this is the best design they could have done. It look hideous.
Oh you know what that does actually look really comfy. It looks solid when held just not very good in promo shots.
It's just so hilariously un-portable. You can't just throw this in a bag without worrying about the unit getting damaged, maybe a clasp on cover would have been good?
Guys, stop with this nonsense of the tablet form, this is not a tablet.
Are you saying this...
Is going to compete with this?
Do you think children don't have taste?
Hahahahahaha, this is adorable, thanks for sharing
Don't ever compare the greatest handheld of all time to that horrid thing Nintendo just createdIts basically a GBA with a second screen,