I have no interest in the 3DS but I am getting a Wii U soon. Can someone explain to me why I should want a 3DS?  This may seem to be a troll thread but I seriously am curious. Do your best to sell me either a 2DS, 3DS, or 3DS XL, your choice.

The fact that you guys helped convince me to get a Wii U made me curious to if you all could make me want a 3DS as well (this will be much harder than the Wii U)

Agreed, I'd much rather game on a laptop. However, handheld consoles still have advantages. Vita and 3DS are easier to carry around, are relatively cheap, and they have software not available on other platforms.

I've used and will continue to use my 3DS just enough to not consider it a waste. But I'm certainly disappointed by the software as a whole. Its seems to be for people that really enjoy JRPGs or 1st party platformers.

This is exactly why your ways of looking at things is completly wrong. ALBW is 5times the game that is Killzone on the vita imo. Sure you don't have to take my words or any reviewers words for it. You can judge with screenshots and youtube videos but that would be a terrible and foolish mistake. I have a friend like you who did'nt want anything to do with the 3DS, he had the same mentality, judging 3DS games as inferior just because of screenshots he saw. Now he completed Mario and Luigi's Dream Team, said it was one of his favorite RPG ever and is now playing hours of MK7 and planning on buying a bunch of other games.

Your mentality is like someone seeing a trailer of the Lion King or Toy Story (two of the best movies ever imo) and say that they are garbage when you can watch movies with great realistic CGI like Transformers or Avengers... Everyone who saw the Lion King or Toy Story knows how stupid this way of thinking is but they will never convince you. They can try to show you as many arguments, trailers or scenes from these movies but you will never get it till you leave aside you presumptions and watch these movies with a open mind.

Same goes when you compare anime shows like Death Note or w/v anime you like to watch and dismissing it as kid crap cause it's ''cartoons''.

If you are the kind of guy who made his oppinion by looking at screenshots, I'm afraid that nothing anyone here will be able to say will ever convince you. That rigid way of thinking will cause you to miss out on alot of things, if comparing screenshots can wrongly reassure you that you made thw right choice of picking up a Vita over a 3DS despite what the world around you is saying, well good for you and keep on comparing screenshots and you will remain convinced and happy since someone who does'nt know how wrong he is can't be unhappy about it.

Someone who will never want to watch the Godfather, The Thing or the first Starwars trilogi because it's too old and old is crap in his oppinion can't be unhappy for not watching it. If he is convinced that today's UltraHD/3D CGI movies are the pinnacle of cinema it won't make him unhappy thinking that way. That's good for him I guess but moviegooers won't help it but to feel sorry for him neverless. 

Beautiful. OP simply is a troll guised as an avid shopper. He'd rather purchase a DS for probably 60 off Craigslist as opposed to getting a 3DS with 2 games for around 100-120 which plays two generations of systems.

Kid Icarus: Uprising

The 3D effect in 240p gives you more clearity & anti-aliasing then 4K HD in 2D.

A couple of 3D Augmented Reality games and their sequels, that are all pre-install in AR Games.

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon

Mario Kart 7

Virtual Surround Sound Speakerphones

6.0 speaker sound earphone jack (3D sound)

Resident Evil: Revelations

Bravely Default

Kingdom Hearts 3D

Rodea the Sky Soldier

Dillon's Rolling Western

King of Pirates (trilogy)

Metal Gear Solid 2 & 3 definitive version

The definitive version of iOS games, if you care about that. (all 60 fps 3D)

Star Fox 3D

Project X Zone

StreetPass Mii Plaza (for example; Mii Force & Monster Manor)

Shinobi 3DS

Cave Story 3D (retail)

Monster Hunter 4

Bayonetta 2.5

Zone of the Enders 3

Youkai Watch

E.X. Troopers

Fire Emblem: Awakening

Metroid 3D

Beyond the Labyrinth

Rhythm Theif & the Emperor's Treasure

Sonic Generations 3DS exclusive version

Shin Megami Tensei 4

Castlevania Lords of Shadow: Mirror of Fate

Persona Q

Batman Arkham Origins 2

Sonic Lost World

Paper Mario: Sticker Star

Free 3D videos to watch on the go, like World Premiere Music Videos from many different artist of different genres, like Linkin Park & Skrillix & b.o.b. & The Black Keys & Wale & etc., and 3D Movie trailers & many other free 3D videos to watch on the go like the Blue Man Group & "Son of a Pitch" (ages 18 & up)

Access to Netflix & Hulu Plus 3D Library later this year.

Full 3D Movies in the next 12 months

use StreetPass to exchange a copy of your top 5 favorite songs with other people within 100 feet (takes half a second)

Heres a list of 3DS games:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nintendo_3DS_games

The 3D effect is better then draw distance.

The 3DS does way more open world then the PS3 & 360. (5 times more then Lego City Undercover at least)

The 3DS does 60 fps in 3D, while the PS3 & 360 does 24 fps in 3D. (I'm excluding Super Mario 3D Land & Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D, because these 2 1st party games are locked at 30 fps)

HBO GO & MAX GO are coming to the 3DS

Both Western developers & especially Japanese Devs are making tons of games for the 3DS, like Ironfall (it's like a new Gears of War but cooler functionalities)

I must be the only person who like the 3DS more than the XL. too bad I use my XL instead because I cant go without those screens

You're not alone. I personally find the XL to be kinda ugly (though hardware-wise it's an improvement).