Nintendo announces the 2DS

[Veho]

shitty NES addons like Rob The Robot

R.O.B. actually helped the NES launch on a market that was still vary of game consoles after the video game crash of the previous year. The NES sneaked in below the radar because it "wasn't" a console, it was an awesome amazing interactive robot toy. That also happened to play games but dude, robot! So while it may seem shitty from today's point of view, it was really a major selling point.

 

[rharesh]

Well well I got a nes, snes, gameboy advance sp, nds lite x2, 3DS,3DSXL.... Now why would I buy 2DS..:oops:

 

[Snailface]

Here's a size comparison fwiw:

 

[Bladexdsl]

they should have named it the ki2S (KIDS)

 

[wiewcw]

R.O.B. actually helped the NES launch on a market that was still vary of game consoles after the video game crash of the previous year. The NES sneaked in below the radar because it "wasn't" a console, it was an awesome amazing interactive robot toy. That also happened to play games but dude, robot! So while it may seem shitty from today's point of view, it was really a major selling point.

Yeaup really awsome... working only with 2 games, and very slooow... I know about Video Game Crash - but ROB isn't thing that gives Nintendo their place after crash, was powerfull CPU and 8-bit graphic. Nintendo also got PowerGlove <- it is also faulty... and etc. Good thing was Music Keyboard as educational purposes device.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

Yeaup really awsome... working only with 2 games, and very slooow... I know about Video Game Crash - but ROB isn't thing that gives Nintendo their place after crash, was powerfull CPU and 8-bit graphic. Nintendo also got PowerGlove <- it is also faulty... and etc. Good thing was Music Keyboard as educational purposes device.

Nintendo didn't need to worry about Japan, it was America, which R.O.B helped them. Because of R.O.B, Nintendo could market it as a toy, and not a video games console. More people were willing to buy it then, and they did.

 

[GBA rocks]

Design-wise:
- the Vita is just a tweaked PSP, which itself is just an iteration on the "screen in the middle + buttons on sides + shoulder buttons" formula already seen in many handhelds of the past (GBA to name one)
- the 3DS is just a tweaked DS, which itself has its far roots in Game&Watches

On the other hand, this wedge, slice of cheese shaped, square-ish dualscreen "thing" is one of the first original designs (for handhelds from major manufacturers) in years, and if "it works" (i.e. is comfortable to hold and well balanced) it's by all means a great feat from nintendo. No one would have ever guessed they'd come up with a slice of cake shape. In an age of super predictable phone/tablet designs it's a breath of fresh air.

Now make it XL.

 

[Arras]

Here's a size comparison fwiw:

There's less room between the screens? That means every game that takes the empty space into account will look weird (cutscenes in Metroid Prime Hunters for example, or the credits in quite a few games)

 

[grossaffe]

Yeaup really awsome... working only with 2 games, and very slooow... I know about Video Game Crash - but ROB isn't thing that gives Nintendo their place after crash, was powerfull CPU and 8-bit graphic. Nintendo also got PowerGlove <- it is also faulty... and etc. Good thing was Music Keyboard as educational purposes device.

Retailers were refusing to stock the NES until it was packaged with the R.O.B., so yes, it was very important in the revival of video games.

 

[DSoryu]

The Vita is more doomed that before nao

Also, this idea is much more cooler and better dessigned:

And Nintendo, please fire your designers, first they screwed the original 3DS forgetting about the second stick, then designed a bulki-ugly add-on to implement it like "ups, we know we forgot the second stick, but here it is" and now they come with the ugliest handled console I ever seen :facepalm:

 

[ShonenJump]

at least give us a nintendo ds player for Wii U.

 

[ForteGospel]

The Vita is more doomed that before nao

Also, this idea is much more cooler and better dessigned:

And Nintendo, please fire your designers, first they screwed the original 3DS forgetting about the second stick, then designed a bulki-ugly add-on to implement it like "ups, we know we forgot the second stick, but here it is" and now they come with the ugliest handled console I ever seen :facepalm:

you could not be more wrong in the same posts... its like, every sentence is wronger than wrong.

also, why do people bitch about another cheaper options for the 3ds? if you dont like the design - dont buy it, if you want 3d - dont buy it, if you want bigger screens - dont buy it, if you want a cheaper option, this is for you.

2004: nintendo release the NDS - "omg nintendo what are you doing? 2 screens?"
2009: nintendo release the NDSXL - "omg nintendo what are you doing? its not portable"
2011: nintendo release the 3DS - "omg nintendo what are you doing? 3d?"
2013: nintendo release the 2DS - "omg nintendo what are you doing? 2d?"

give nintendo some credit, so far in the handheld market they got criticized every step on the way and had yet to fail.

this will sell like hotcakes for everyone that thought the 3ds itself was to pricy, they are releasing it with pokemon after all.

bundle it with any of those games and it will get outsold even before release.

IMO i hope they dont release a 2DSXL, as one of the features i like about the 3DS XL is how good the 3d looks on them

 

[Bladexdsl]

Yeaup really awsome... working only with 2 games, and very slooow... I know about Video Game Crash - but ROB isn't thing that gives Nintendo their place after crash, was powerfull CPU and 8-bit graphic. Nintendo also got PowerGlove <- it is also faulty... and etc. Good thing was Music Keyboard as educational purposes device.

don't FUCK with rob!

 

[FireGrey]

I think it's this?

Yeah it's that, thanks for finding it

The Vita is more doomed that before nao

Also, this idea is much more cooler and better dessigned:

And Nintendo, please fire your designers, first they screwed the original 3DS forgetting about the second stick, then designed a bulki-ugly add-on to implement it like "ups, we know we forgot the second stick, but here it is" and now they come with the ugliest handled console I ever seen :facepalm:

I've just thought of something, surely Nintendo must already be starting to come up with concepts for the 9th generation of handhelds, what if the idea is to to have a big portrait screen?
And the 2DS is an experiment that can benefit them.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

The Vita is more doomed that before nao





And Nintendo, please fire your designers, first they screwed the original 3DS forgetting about the second stick, then designed a bulki-ugly add-on to implement it like "ups, we know we forgot the second stick, but here it is" and now they come with the ugliest handled console I ever seen :facepalm:

Second stick isn't needed.
Gamegear.

/thread

 

[gamefan5]

Due to the fact that it doesn't close, I wish it was a capacity touch screen instead of resisitve. Oh well. Still the 2DS seems great for who it is aimed at.

 

[Mario92]

Due to the fact that it doesn't close, I wish it was a capacity touch screen instead of resisitve. Oh well. Still the 2DS seems great for who it is aimed at.

Why would you want that? Then you'd must use fingers instead of pen which means it's far from accurate and it's impossible to play something like Trauma Center, price would also go up and this is also why I hate capasitive smart phones as pen would be ideal for some titles.

Why 22 pages of hate for console version targeted for under 7 years old players? At least my console had PEGI 7 rating on top of it. Even if this is funny as shit I would just ignore it completely.

 

[The Suspect]

I love the idea of releasing a cheaper version with no 3D implemented (mainly because I don't really use it myself), but seriously... You could at least have designed in a DS/3DS shape?
- Oh, and I suppose there's no sleep mode on it, since that's a mechanic that happens when you fold it? Or?

 

[ForteGospel]

I love the idea of releasing a cheaper version with no 3D implemented (mainly because I don't really use it myself), but seriously... You could at least have designed in a DS/3DS shape?
- Oh, and I suppose there's no sleep mode on it, since that's a mechanic that happens when you fold it? Or?

or you could look that on google, there is a slider that mimics the close of the console to put it on sleep mode

 

[metroid maniac]

This thing isn't made for most people. The lack of a hinge and blocky design makes it seem like something a little sturdier, for little kids. Little kids who don't care that it's shaped like an extremely thin slice of cake.