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Which 3ds should I get?

The original 3ds 27 21.60%
 
3ds XL 87 69.60%
 
Wait for a newer 3ds to come out 11 8.80%
 
Total:125
tbone51 said:
BasilZero said:
tbone51 said:
XL!!!! Unless the XXL comes out lol


That...would be Godlike, day 1.



its good, and then people can choose! Too big get an XL, for a kid? Get the orginal! For Me, You, and Real gamers get the XXL! imagine that beauty!

Something like this?



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Veknoid_Outcast said:
tbone51 said:
BasilZero said:
tbone51 said:
XL!!!! Unless the XXL comes out lol


That...would be Godlike, day 1.



its good, and then people can choose! Too big get an XL, for a kid? Get the orginal! For Me, You, and Real gamers get the XXL! imagine that beauty!

Something like this?



lol, noooo! I mean like 50% bigger than the XL now, like the wii u gamepad screen!(each screen but a little smaller!)



This by next year!



$149.99=3DS

$179.99=XL

$209.99=XXL

Edit: With two anologs i buy it for $209.99 day 1!



zero129 said:
Kaizar said:
BlowoverKing said:
If you are older than 10 or taller than 5 feet then the 3DS XL is the only option. The regular is just so tiny.


Actually the newer 3DS games have a way much greater 3D effect, so if you are 6 feet tall and playing with the 3D ON & all the way up, then you should get the regular size one.

Fire Emblem & Crashmo & Dillon's Rolling Western & Luigi's Mansion & Sonic Racing transformed, just to name a very few out of so many.

 

And 3D is only good for our eyes & brain anyways:

http://www.aoa.org/x17309.xml

Why would you want to do this?, really dude the 3D effect on the bigger screen on the XL makes the 3D in any game stand out and look sooo much better, so why would you want to limit yourself to such a small screen if giving the choice??.

Also take this from an owner who owned the original 3DS and once i seen the 3DS XL in action traded in my original for the XL right away.

First it feels soo much more better in the hands.

You dont get any more pixalated gfx then on the original 3DS (dont ask me how nintendo does this i have no clue but they do it, you look at a game on the 3DS and the 3DS XL and i can bet you wont notice it being any more pixalated or that)

The 3D looks like 100 times better on the 3D XL screen and the sweet spot for seeing the 3D is not as small on the 3DS XL as it is on the 3DS so you can kinda move it a bit more without losing the 3D effect.

In every sense of the word if your a gamer the 3DS XL is the most definate version of the 3DS and the one everyone should buy!, unless they are worried about pocket size the is no reason you should pick the original over the XL version.

The 3D effect acts like anti-alising and the XL has physical antialiasing which gets even more antialising from the 3D effect.

The XL does have it's 3D look better because the same 3D image is 90% bigger because the 3D screen is 90% bigger, which gives 90% more depth & distance, which is why the depth slider is 90% longer.

And if you read my other post you would see that I mention a similar thing where I talk about Pushmo & Cubic Ninja & Crimson Shroud.

Plus I'm the kind of person who wants to see everything at once.

If you looked at the games I mentioned on a regular size 3DS: 

Fire Emblem & Crashmo & Dillon's Rolling Western & Luigi's Mansion & Sonic Racing transformed, just to name a very few out of so many.

With the 3D ON & all the way up, then you should know what I am talking about, plus the OP user is actually asking which to get, so I had to explain since he or she is not just going straight with the XL.

i wanted to get the XL so bad myself until I saw the newer 3DS games with the 3D ON & all the way up.

@TheKoreanGuy

I forgot to mention that the XL is 3% reflective VS. 12% reflective on the regular size, which makes the XL suitable for playing outdoors during the day time when the sun is out fully.



I currently own both and I game mostly on the original 3DS. I like the feel and the weight of it mostly.



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BasilZero said:
tbone51 said:

This by next year!



$149.99=3DS

$179.99=XL

$209.99=XXL

Edit: With two anologs i buy it for $209.99 day 1!


I would be so pissed to hear this being announced after getting a 3DS XL XD.

Wait you can't be serious. lol I don't think it's getting any bigger than the XL haha



Kaizar said:

Well, the XL marks the last version of the Handheld until the New Gen in around 2020, because they have ran out of new iteration ideas.

If you are always going to play with the 3D ON and all the way up then get the Original 3DS, and it will make you love 3D no matter who you are, it will make you a believer:

http://www.aoa.org/x17309.xml

If you have ever had any problems with 3D on 3DS then Lower the Volume of 3D the first 1 to 2 weeks to needed levels, but after 1 to 2 weeks you will be able to play with it all the way up 24/7.

Anyways the newer 3DS games have a way more better 3D effect then ever before that makes the screen seem even more bigger then any previous 3DS games.

Plus the Firmware update will give you a realistic battery life.

You should also take advantage of the 6 speaker sound earphone jack, with Surround Sound headphones like "Plantronics Gamecom 777" ($30 to $80' depends where online you look), it's a 7.1 Surround Sound headphone with noise reduction and plugs into an earphone jack with a separate microphone jack plug I just leave unplugged.

I would only suggest the 3DS XL if you are playing in 2D like 2% of 3DS owners or if you are playing these 3 games in 3D:

Cubic Ninja

Pushmo

Crimson Shroud

FYI it's Speakerphones do Virtual Surround Sound. Also check out the 3D websites in my signature on the Web Browser when you get it, but the GBA site needs to be visited on your computer to download the rar files and extract 3D screenshots to put into the SD card once you have more then 100 photos/screenshots in your 3DS to have multiple folders in your DCIM folder to fit them all by 100 per folder (you will know what to do by then)

Thanks for the informative posts. What if I don't want to use 3D? I'd much rather save battery life.



BasilZero said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPciPoOfNEg

^ I like his review XD

Anyways - the only thing I dont like about the XL is the color selection ;( - y u no release more colors NoA T.T

Nice review. The games look really nice on that huge screen and DS games don't seem to take any visual hits so that's a plus.

Yup, the current red and blue for NA are so lame....



zero129 said:
BasilZero said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPciPoOfNEg

^ I like his review XD

Anyways - the only thing I dont like about the XL is the color selection ;( - y u no release more colors NoA T.T

I like his review too as he hits it spot on . also am i really the only one who doesnt care about handheld colours as long as pink is not the only option xD.

I care about the color. I mean, once I buy it, I have to stick with it so I want it to look as pleasing to my eyes as possible. :P