Nintendo announces the 2DS

[ComeTurismO]

Next: Wii U Mini
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It'd be funny if they make a 3DSi.

 

[Xexyz]

3DS Lite, 3DSi, 3DSi XL, 4DS, 4DS XL, 4DS Lite, 4DSi, 4DSi XL, 54321DS

 

[Vipera]

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[Walker D]

F*ck

Yeah ..3DS for kids, ok
...But this design ...I ...just ...can't...

 

[ComeTurismO]

I don't know, the 3DS itself is tiny and it has an advanced version of the menu the DSi has, plus the ability to play games directly from the SD card.

Yep, I'm not really saying that i'm expecting to make one, but Nintendo is being silly. I don't know what else we have to expect in advancery (if that's even a word) if a 3DSi.

 

[shoyrumaster11]

One word... Nintendo. Hire. Some. SMARTER. People!!!!!

Why do they all of the sudden have drunk people on the job???? I'm starting to lose hope in these guys!

 

[Xexyz]

F*ck

Yeah ..3DS for kids, ok
...But this design ...I ...just ...can't...

that is creepy

 

[Gahars]

One word... Nintendo. Hire. Some. SMARTER. People!!!!!

That's 5 words.

 

[shoyrumaster11]

That's 5 words.

That was the point!

 

[Sizednochi]

Hands on video:


Looks a lot better IRL.
Another one here. It's tinier than I thought it was.

 

[Xexyz]

One word... Nintendo. Hire. Some. SMARTER. People!!!!!

"rant here"

*five one word sentences

 

[shoyrumaster11]

*one uncompleted sentence

Indeed. I am silenced when I look at monstrosities like the design of the 2DS

 

[Vengenceonu]

This video made me laugh and wanna smack the guy all at the same time.

 

[Xexyz]

Hands on video:
vid here

Looks a lot better IRL.
Another one here. It's tinier than I thought it was.

Wow, it looks better than I thought.

 

[Sizednochi]

It kind of looks just like a normal, fully open 3DS, except without a hinge.

There's also this one, in english, showing the system better, also comparing it to a 3DS and a XL.

 

[TackyPie]

Dear Nintendo:

Please dont make a Nintendo 2DSXL


-TackyPie

 

[TripleSMoon]

Developers could easily say "fuck you" to Nintendo as well.

I'm pretty sure Nintendo could make it a requirement. It wouldn't be as simple as "fuck you, we're doing it anyway" on the developers' end. How could it? It's Nintendo's console: The devs follow their rules, or they don't make a game for it. Plain and simple. And I guarantee you a developer isn't going to walk away from the current best-selling handheld based on such a trifle requirement. Even if Nintendo didn't make it a requirement, it wouldn't be in the developers' best interests to make a game only compatible with a smaller fraction of 3DSes.

In the end, I don't think Nintendo needs to bother with a second analog model this far into the system's lifespan, nice as it would be. But saying that creating a revision with a second analog would actually hurt the install base, when the only conceivable issue is easily dealt with, is a bit silly in my opinion.

 

[WhiteMaze]

Other than improved control on the games that do use it.

Thank you.

I'm tired of carrying around a ridiculously large circle pad that actually makes it look idiotic.

 

[nukeboy95]

I see it as a desperate move
there's no other words to describe it

they could name it 3DS lite instead 2DS wtf is that?

what next? 1DS? only 1 screen instead of 2 no 3D and no touch screen ability?

http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/28/nintendo-2ds-has-one-big-screen-divided-by-plastic

 

[Vengenceonu]

I'm pretty sure Nintendo could make it a requirement. It wouldn't be as simple as "fuck you, we're doing it anyway" on the developers' end. How could it? It's Nintendo's console: The devs follow their rules, or they don't make a game for it. Plain and simple. And I guarantee you a developer isn't going to walk away from the current best-selling handheld based on such a trifle requirement. Even if Nintendo didn't make it a requirement, it wouldn't be in the developers' best interests to make a game only compatible with a smaller fraction of 3DSes.

None of this applies because the Wii U is a dieing breed. Nintendo NEEDS 3rd party support so they will stfu and do as they're told or Wii U and the 3DS gets weaker (albeit it wont be really noticable) gets a funeral.