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Barkley on 28 April 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
BraLoD said:
Actually that's the best thing Nintendo announced in years.
A 2DS that looks like the 3DS but doesn't have the annoying 3D effects.
But $150? Come on, the pricepoint for this is $100, I'm probably getting one of this instead of another 3DS now.

I hope you are aware of the fact that you can just not use the 3D in a normal 3DS

He's aware, he just means he doesn't like 3d so might as well have a lower-price due to not having the 3d screen. I agree with BraLod, the idea is good but the price-point is a little too high for my liking, if it launched at $119.99 or even less would have been fantastic!



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tak13 on 28 April 2017
think-man said:
onionberry said:

$199.99 and 0 stock, you can't even buy the thing since last year.

Where have you been looking? I can walk down to the shop and buy one right now xD

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/thread.php?id=227683&page=1

Read!

Onion exaggerates but essentially she is right!



tak13 on 28 April 2017
Barkley said:
Goodnightmoon said:

I hope you are aware of the fact that you can just not use the 3D in a normal 3DS

He's aware, he just means he doesn't like 3d so might as well have a lower-price due to not having the 3d screen. I agree with BraLod, the idea is good but the price-point is a little too high for my liking, if it launched at $119.99 or even less would have been fantastic!

Actually, price is ideal.

My New 3ds xl  got drown in the toilet last year lol...

 

I'm forced to play on my bigger's brother 2DS, I hate the tiny screens and I was used to the faster hardware of new 3ds xl ( even the browser is usuable on it ), I was wanting a new new 3ds xl but all that time I couldn't afford it and I'm not willing to settle for 2DS or even New 3DS...

New 2ds xl is a new 3DS XL without the 2D, lighter, sleek and a sexier for 50$ less...

Anywise, 150$ is the initial price, you will probably see it kinda cheaper on holidays. ;)



Mummelmann on 28 April 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
Mummelmann said:
That's a truly ridiculous decision right after the Switch release, it's like they don't want it to keep its momentum going. If the 3DS all the way has only been saved by a massive amount of revisions and a bunch of price cuts, it appears to be a bygone concept, better to back their new horse instead.
This also extends their period of bifurcating their development resources for software, which was one of the main issues the Switch was going to fix.
Oh my god, that's all there is to say about this.

Remember when GBA Micro killed the momentum of NDS?

Me neither.

Remember when the market was completely different and Nintendo hadn't just released a machine trying to reel in two different demographics and hadn't been suffering from huge problems with extended development cycles that lead to problems supporting more than one platform at a time and didn't choose to keep these problems alive even longer?



Veknoid_Outcast on 28 April 2017

Huh, that's surprising. But there are still a few 3DS games in the pipeline -- Monster Hunter, Kirby, Ever Oasis, Pikmin, Miitopia -- so I guess why not. I really don't think this signals that Nintendo plans to pump out more 3DS software at the expense of Switch. The strength of Switch is the unification of all software development. I'd be shocked if Nintendo submarined its new platform just to move a few million more 3DS units.

This strikes me more as a chance to push the 3DS games already en route, provide an attractive price point for late adopters, and maybe even create a gateway drug for a more powerful and future-friendly Switch. Just as BotW's multi-platform release didn't hurt Switch sales, a New 2DS won't cause consumers to suddenly forget about Nintendo's latest system.



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Helloplite on 28 April 2017

And this is the real death-knell of 3DS. The 2DS. The real successor to the DS.



Paperboy_J on 28 April 2017

I must be the only person on the planet who likes the 3D feature...



Paperboy_J on 28 April 2017
BasilZero said:
Solid-Stark said:
Looks cool, basically a 3DS design without 3D.

 

I would have preferred if they had released this 3 years ago when I bought my own 3DS XL.

 

Its perfect.

 

Clampshell design, XL screens and No gimmicky 3D nonsense.

 

I havent touched my 3D on my 3DS XL since the day I bought it back in Holiday 2013 - tried it on Pokemon X, didnt like and never used it since - such a useless feature.

Well... it's 3D.  What other "use" is there other than that?

You get to see your games in 3D.  That's it.  That's the feature.  What else were you expecting from it?  What else is it supposed to do?



potato_hamster on 28 April 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
potato_hamster said:
Still believe the Switch is replacing the 3DS as a handheld?

It appears Nintendo may not think so.

It appears you may know nothing about Nintendo, remember this?

Released almost one year after Nintendo DS on NA, I guess DS was not a replacement for GBA after all 

Silly me. I must have missed the part during the whole Switch launch where the Switch actually does have the capacity to acceptand play 3DS cartridges. Care to point out where that port is on the Switch?



potato_hamster on 28 April 2017
Goodnightmoon said:
BraLoD said:
Actually that's the best thing Nintendo announced in years.
A 2DS that looks like the 3DS but doesn't have the annoying 3D effects.
But $150? Come on, the pricepoint for this is $100, I'm probably getting one of this instead of another 3DS now.

I hope you are aware of the fact that you can just not use the 3D in a normal 3DS

I hope you are aware of the fact that people don't like paying extra for features they have no intention of using.