Nintendo of Europe has posted a banner ad on their home page for the upcoming Metallic Red 3DS model. In addition to sporting a fiery finish, this latest 3DS also comes packed with some incredible new features. Not only can you now play your entire DS software library in glorious 2D, you can even turn the 3D effect OFF on 3DS titles! Whoooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaa!!!
This new marketing push is meant to clear up confusion about what the 3DS can and cannot do, specifically that you don't need to have 3D on and that old DS games won't magically develop a third dimension. I understand that Nintendo is trying to get hardware moving, but it's gotta be super embarrassing -- not to mention pretty hilarious -- to have to basically shake each and every one of your customers and say, "You are doing it wrong, dingus!"
Apparently, this is limited to the countries under the umbrella of Nintendo of Europe. As far as I can tell, the American and Japanese branches still treat their consumers as having some semblance of brain function.
(Great tip, Isshak!)
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7:00 AM on 09.25.2011 | 
They shouldn't.
People are stupid, no matter what continent they live on.
Especially when they're faced with a new situation. It doesn't help how many instructions you give because a lot of people are just plain morons and/or too lazy to read instructions.
This is dumb. And useless.
o/~ Doo-Be Doo Be Do-Ba Doo-Be Doo Be Do-Ba... o/~
Stop acting like you personally own Destructoid and expect the content to be tailored to your own interests. You don't, and it won't be. Just don't click on the articles you don't care about. It's that simple.
WHAT?!
If your comment doesn't make it into the Truth section of the Comments of the Week tomorrow, I will be really pissed, because you just said exactly what I was thinking.
A little late,but whatever..
Nothing wrong with educating the unknowing public. If this article gets good media attention,It should boost sales.
Personally I think its a good thing Nintendo listed out carefully what the system CAN and CANNOT do. On principle you shouldn't have to do research equivalent to writing a college paper to buy a product.
Nigga please!
Nothing of value would be lost in the event you did leave.
But, you know... why not then just buy the cheaper and much more varied Kool-Aid?
(My point being that if somebody is really that "afraid" of the 3D, they could easily opt for a DS right now and get a very similar experience. And if they already have a DS of some form, well... wait?)
What I want to know is, why the hell aren't there 3DS demo-units in EVERY frickin' Walmart, Gamestop, and BestBuy from coast to coast? NONE of these stores in my area have them.
What the price drop did was to make buying a 3DS over a DS a no-brainer. Always go for the newer model when the price is the same, right? I think that was a bigger factor than the games situation, as the DS continued to sell very well past the launch of the 3DS.
So yeah, I can't blame Nintendo for trying to clear up misconceptions, even if it might sound condescending to some.
You must be new here...
We live in the future.