Nintendo announces the 2DS

[Jax]

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Nintendo announced the 2DS today, a new entry-level handheld system. The 2DS will be available for $129.99 on October 12th (the same day as Pokemon X and Y) and features a slate-like design rather than the clamshell seen on DS and 3DS models. No 3d functionality but otherwise fully compatible with all 3ds and DS games.

The 2DS is fully compatible with all 3DS and DS games but does not include the ability to display games in 3D. It still features all the functionality of 3DS (WiFi, local multiplayer, etc.) and can be put to sleep using a slider that replicates closing the clamshell on a standard 3DS. WiFi can still be turned off, though it’s done via controls in the software rather than with a physical switch.

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[chavosaur]

That is the ugliest, most what the fuck thing I have ever seen.
Nintendo
What
Are
You
Doing.

 

[tommyt]

Edit: Also a WiiU price drop to $299 From 20th September in US.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

...is...is this a joke?



OH GOD. WHAT ARE YOU DOING NINTENDO. YOU EVEN REMOVED THE GIMMICK THAT SUPPOSEDLY MADE YOUR HANDHELD NEW AND EXCITING. STOP IT. STOP IT NINTENDO

 

[Satangel]

HAHAHAHAHA EPIC
APRIL FIRST BIT LATE

God I'm laughing so hard, the reactions that are incoming!

 

[Fishaman P]

I'm sorry Nintendo. I wanted a 2DS, but the lack of a clamshell design is a dealbreaker.

 

[Judas18]

How incredibly ugly and pointless.

 

[Ryukouki]

When I read this at first, I thought this was a serious joke. Now I see I am mistaken. :/ Looks ugly as fuck.

 

[nukeboy95]

Is this a joke?

 

[Deleted member 473940]

I thought it was a spam post.

Now, I am like

 

[soulrazor]

When I read this at first, I thought this was a serious joke. Now I see I am mistaken. :/ Looks ugly as fuck.

My thoughts exactly. take my like

 

[Harsky]

HAHAHA, BEST APRIL FOOL'S JOKE...

Oh God... it's real...

 

[Gahars]

mfw

Nintendo pls

 

[Pong20302000]

Europe Version Thread

http://gbatemp.net/threads/nintendo-2ds-october-12th.353755/

 

[Randall402]

I'd rather just pay the extra $70 for a XL

 

[omega59]

Nintendo are running out of ideas to cash in..... all they are doing are REMAKE crap and you people are dumb to buy it.

 

[Kouen Hasuki]

DAFAQ IS THAT THING?!

QUICK KILL IT WITH FIRE BEFORE IT HITS RETAIL!

 

[renes2]

Looks line a 3DS Prototype

 

[Bonny]

Yep, I know people who always turn off the 3D-Effect. Seems Nintendo is now trying to provide a cheaper system for exactly such people.

Ugly? Well... could sure look nicer. But I don't think it's soooo bad. I'm one of those people who mostly using their handhelds at home, so it's not so bad for me that the whole thing is a little bigger.

 

[chavosaur]

Yknow what's funny about this? They had a hard enough time convincing people the 3DS was a new console. Why make this even HARDER on themselves?
Nintendo: "Ok ok ok, so the 3DS plays DS games and 3DS games. The DS can only play DS games and not 3DS games. But we also have a 2DS that plays 3DS games and DS games, but there are no 2DS games. Yes I know the 2DS is less then 3DS but it still plays 3DS and DS games. The DS is just less then 2DS and 3DS so it only plays DS games. Do you understand now?"
Customer: ._.