kurasakiichimaru said: Would this one screw 3DS battery life?

No, you put the 3DS on it to charge, LOL.

I guess that Sega mole planted in saturn era finally rose to position inside Nintendo where he can influence their decisions.

If it's just an enhancement for certain games, then it's OK. But if they make the next redesign 3DS with dual analog then it's mean it is mandatory for future 3DS games..... Sigh....

LOL so this is confirmed now? :D oh man this is too good

1. this is gonna do wonders for the battery
2. need to pull up that 01net thread, so much crow
3. I think this pretty much confirms a redesign with dual nubs coming up, a big F U to early buyers
4. on a bright note this might lead to more real old games being given out for free..or maybe that part was already included in the previous ambassador program
5. I can't wait to see the 'omfg sony the copiez' people come out and talk about this. You think such accusations are bad when a similar product comes out towards the end of the gen? Try within 6 months of launch

on a serious note I hope this is just for MH3DS and not leading up to a redesign..or quite a few early buyers are gonna be so pissed and I won't blame em

Hmmm, nice hardware design. Great idea, whoever it was...

First of all Nintendo designs some of the best looking consoles/ handhelds....this thing is ass ugly.
Stupidest rumour I have ever seen and heard. That big ass thing for just one extra analog stick? Do you know what something like that would do to the battery?
On top of that, how the hell would you shove that in your pocket? The whole idea is portability!
And im not even going to start on how close it is to the buttons!
Just more anti-Nintendo propaganda to slow down 3DS sales.
How the hell did gaming get to this sad pathetic point?

wait I'm not sure I understand what you're saying here...how is this anti-ninty propaganda exactly?

I wonder if this means the 3DS redesign is coming as well.

It's one thing to create an optional hardware add-on, but if they built it into the next version of the 3DS, it should pretty much become mandatory for old 3DS owners, as many games would probably start using it.

Hey if their gonna have an r2, it's innovative because it's an extra button! Amazing!

why so big fuss about a 2nd analog stick, current 3DS has anough buttons to play any game and has the touch screen as well

I hope MH3DS is true, but a redesign or analog stick peripheral is not welcome in any way

I mean, they should have thought about the 2nd analog stick before releasing the 3DS