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Hey, Nintendo? See that big space under the ABXY buttons? Why don't you PUT IN THE SECOND ANALOG GOD DAMMIT.
Meh, no second analog nub AND the D-Pad still isn't properly symmetrical with the face buttons. Even the freaking PSP and Vita got that right! Bigger and better battery life that elevates it to adequate from simply embarrassing.
I imagine Nintendo is trying to replicate the DS Lite releasing along with NSMB, hoping for a similar software/hardware sellout. Maybe it will work, but with P4 Golden selling PS Vita in Japan, after Nintendo spent so much money buying marketshare (Monster Hunter, which is still gonna be multiplatform regardless so they effectively just wasted their money), along with several other games coming out for the Vita in the future that could move hardware in Japan, Nintendo was expecting to have left the Vita in the dust by now, and that hasn't happened, so even in Sony's ineptitude, they still have a shot of having a solid foothold in the handheld market as they did with the PSP in Japan thanks to Nintendo making a handheld that the mass market is actively hostile to.
And with MH4 having a gameplay overhaul (which Dragon's Dogma was likely being used to field-test) the Vita is going to be in a better position to make use of it, making it the more ideal platform over the 3DS. There's also the Vita port of Phantasy Star Online 2 (if Sega doesn't fuck that up). And there's also Black Ops for the Vita. If that does well that could move units to a more comfortable level everywhere and not just one country (as with Monster Hunter) which from the sounds of things the 3DS isn't getting.
I'll probably buy the new model 3DS down the line when it's cheaper and used. Then I'll just buy the third party games on the system I'm interested in (like Soul Hackers or RE Revelations) and ignore the bulk of the first party games like I did with the N64 and Game Cube. Considering how NSMB 2 is shaping up I will probably pass on it. A new Wario Land game would have been nice though, we haven't seen one of those in awhile AND it would have fit with the whole gold-grabbing thing better.
I imagine Nintendo is trying to replicate the DS Lite releasing along with NSMB, hoping for a similar software/hardware sellout. Maybe it will work, but with P4 Golden selling PS Vita in Japan, after Nintendo spent so much money buying marketshare (Monster Hunter, which is still gonna be multiplatform regardless so they effectively just wasted their money), along with several other games coming out for the Vita in the future that could move hardware in Japan, Nintendo was expecting to have left the Vita in the dust by now, and that hasn't happened, so even in Sony's ineptitude, they still have a shot of having a solid foothold in the handheld market as they did with the PSP in Japan thanks to Nintendo making a handheld that the mass market is actively hostile to.
And with MH4 having a gameplay overhaul (which Dragon's Dogma was likely being used to field-test) the Vita is going to be in a better position to make use of it, making it the more ideal platform over the 3DS. There's also the Vita port of Phantasy Star Online 2 (if Sega doesn't fuck that up). And there's also Black Ops for the Vita. If that does well that could move units to a more comfortable level everywhere and not just one country (as with Monster Hunter) which from the sounds of things the 3DS isn't getting.
I'll probably buy the new model 3DS down the line when it's cheaper and used. Then I'll just buy the third party games on the system I'm interested in (like Soul Hackers or RE Revelations) and ignore the bulk of the first party games like I did with the N64 and Game Cube. Considering how NSMB 2 is shaping up I will probably pass on it. A new Wario Land game would have been nice though, we haven't seen one of those in awhile AND it would have fit with the whole gold-grabbing thing better.
nintendo lied to your faces, how do you nintendo fans feel about that? was buying the 3ds day 1 worth it now?
buying it day 1 and then seeing its released a few months later at a lesser price and to then see a redesign barely even a year later when they said they wernt going to do it.
and i thought DLC was bad, nintendo has been milking its fans for years now. redesigns, remakes, accessories that arnt used on more than 2 games etc. yet you all keep buying it just because its nintendo. suckers.
buying it day 1 and then seeing its released a few months later at a lesser price and to then see a redesign barely even a year later when they said they wernt going to do it.
and i thought DLC was bad, nintendo has been milking its fans for years now. redesigns, remakes, accessories that arnt used on more than 2 games etc. yet you all keep buying it just because its nintendo. suckers.
Someone PLEASE correct me if I'm wrong, but:
All the software I bought and downloaded on the 3DS I just bought won't be transferable to this new model, right?
All the software I bought and downloaded on the 3DS I just bought won't be transferable to this new model, right?
@youngreezy
You CAN transfer between two 3DS's at this time, but you need both systems side-by-side, so you can't trade in your old 3DS before getting the XL.
See link for details. ~ http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/3ds/en_na/data_transfer.jsp
You CAN transfer between two 3DS's at this time, but you need both systems side-by-side, so you can't trade in your old 3DS before getting the XL.
See link for details. ~ http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/3ds/en_na/data_transfer.jsp
@youngreezy: You can transfer it, it is a normal 3DS with bigger screens, nothing else.
@fetusmilk: This isnīt a redesign, it wonīt be the successor to the normal 3DS it is JUST an alternative for people who bitched about the 3DSīs small screen and bad battery life . (For shitheads see----> DSi-DSi XL), sucker
@fetusmilk: This isnīt a redesign, it wonīt be the successor to the normal 3DS it is JUST an alternative for people who bitched about the 3DSīs small screen and bad battery life . (For shitheads see----> DSi-DSi XL), sucker
Ok, question I haven't seen answered yet....will it support larger SD cards? The regular 3DS only supports up to 32Gig cards. If they're going to be offering retail games as digital downloads I'd want to get a 64Gig card if the 3DS XL supported it.
@Stealth Just found out about that. :) I'm glad Nintendo got smart with that at least. I mean if you're going to put out new hardware every few months you'd better let people upgrade :D
@Stealth Just found out about that. :) I'm glad Nintendo got smart with that at least. I mean if you're going to put out new hardware every few months you'd better let people upgrade :D
It's not thinner, lighter, or smaller, and it doesn't have a second analog stick. As if the jokes about how unportable the Vita is weren't bad enough. PASS.
I'll wait for the 3DS Lite or 3DSi or whatever the fuck you're gonna call it, thanks.
I'll wait for the 3DS Lite or 3DSi or whatever the fuck you're gonna call it, thanks.
A product designed, purposefully and with intent, to be LARGER, aimed at people who WANT that is not "thinner, lighter, or smaller" and it's an iteration of a product that doesn't drastically deviate from the previous release rendering it obsolete, fancy that!
There's no way in hell I'm touching a 3DS until they release one with a second analog stick. It's just tacky that they're asking for $30 to give your system functionality it should have had from the start.
Well.. I'm both pleased (in more then one direction) and a little dismayed.
Getting the dismay out of the way, Them having to do this a year and a half after the launch of the 3DS, specially after they stomped around saying "THERES WILL BE NO NEW ITERATIONS, THIS IS IT!!" is a bit of a pisser... Its also a bit of a pisser that it looks like the XL's have a mat finish on them, which a lot of us probably wish the base 3DS' would have. And yeah, no second nub is a little odd- are they going to have an even bigger Circle Pad Pro come from this now (That thing would be huge, I almost don't want to think about that). Also, on almost the same note, it doesn't look like it'll be that much better to hold, although those corners certainly look quite a bit rounder and less "sharp".
Oh, and unless they say otherwise, how will DS games look? DS games on the 3DS already look slightly "wrong" (I think they're fine, but you can see the resolution difference).. The screens being bigger isn't going to help that one bit. I expect people buying Black/White version 2 to be raging in their Huggies that their new 3DS doesn't make the game look awesome to the max.
But I'm pleased in a few ways too. On the first end of it, the lighter end, is that they did listen quite a bit to people about the 3DS. One thing they did well to listen to is the Start/Home/Select button section, which looks to be actual buttons now then a weird flimsy film (the one on my roommates 3DS was shipped slightly loose from their 3DS, which doesn't bother them at all, but pissed me off quite a bit).. And then, yeah, theres the bigger screen. And then theres the Mat finish look it seems to have.
I'm also pleased in this way because, looking at it, sure it'll be great to have bigger screens and not feeling like I need to wipe it down after every use, but I don't really feel obligated to run out and get one of these ASAP. I already feel like I can't find a place for my Vita and my 3DS now, a bigger 3DS is just a bigger burden. So I'll get one down the line, if mine goes awry, but I'll still be happy to rock my Zelda Edition 3DS.
On the Darker end of being pleased, I'm pleased it'll have a bigger battery life - EVEN IF ITS JUST A SINGLE EXTRA HOUR!!!.. Seriously.. Did we suddenly forget the 3DS only gets about 5 hours as it already is?
Honestly, overall, I'm not as mad about this as I thought I would be
Getting the dismay out of the way, Them having to do this a year and a half after the launch of the 3DS, specially after they stomped around saying "THERES WILL BE NO NEW ITERATIONS, THIS IS IT!!" is a bit of a pisser... Its also a bit of a pisser that it looks like the XL's have a mat finish on them, which a lot of us probably wish the base 3DS' would have. And yeah, no second nub is a little odd- are they going to have an even bigger Circle Pad Pro come from this now (That thing would be huge, I almost don't want to think about that). Also, on almost the same note, it doesn't look like it'll be that much better to hold, although those corners certainly look quite a bit rounder and less "sharp".
Oh, and unless they say otherwise, how will DS games look? DS games on the 3DS already look slightly "wrong" (I think they're fine, but you can see the resolution difference).. The screens being bigger isn't going to help that one bit. I expect people buying Black/White version 2 to be raging in their Huggies that their new 3DS doesn't make the game look awesome to the max.
But I'm pleased in a few ways too. On the first end of it, the lighter end, is that they did listen quite a bit to people about the 3DS. One thing they did well to listen to is the Start/Home/Select button section, which looks to be actual buttons now then a weird flimsy film (the one on my roommates 3DS was shipped slightly loose from their 3DS, which doesn't bother them at all, but pissed me off quite a bit).. And then, yeah, theres the bigger screen. And then theres the Mat finish look it seems to have.
I'm also pleased in this way because, looking at it, sure it'll be great to have bigger screens and not feeling like I need to wipe it down after every use, but I don't really feel obligated to run out and get one of these ASAP. I already feel like I can't find a place for my Vita and my 3DS now, a bigger 3DS is just a bigger burden. So I'll get one down the line, if mine goes awry, but I'll still be happy to rock my Zelda Edition 3DS.
On the Darker end of being pleased, I'm pleased it'll have a bigger battery life - EVEN IF ITS JUST A SINGLE EXTRA HOUR!!!.. Seriously.. Did we suddenly forget the 3DS only gets about 5 hours as it already is?
Honestly, overall, I'm not as mad about this as I thought I would be
The people who think Nintendo is going to add a second nub to the hardware are completely brain dead and fucking stupid. Never has one of their new iterations of the same console made it so the older was radically different, they are never adding a second nub! Either buy the shit or shut the fuck up! Tired of these god damn comments on every fucking 3DS article.
@kt
I would be tired of defending a crap piece of hardware if I were you too. It can't be easy to justify no second nub when it's pretty much an industry standard... And by leaving it out, it makes Nintendo look more than a bit retarded.
I would be tired of defending a crap piece of hardware if I were you too. It can't be easy to justify no second nub when it's pretty much an industry standard... And by leaving it out, it makes Nintendo look more than a bit retarded.
My biggest peev with this move is Nintendo is now completely abandoning it's circle pad pro attachment....meaning no more right analog stick. This reason alone will make me hang on to my regular 3DS.
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