Nintendo 2DS

[Izuno]

http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/28/4667962/nintendo-2ds-3ds-comparison

[Thrik]

Bizarre but for kids I guess. I'd imagine it's built like a tank.

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Nintendo 2DS

"From the creators of Power Glove..."

[Minos]

Seems like a crappy idea at first but make a lot of sense imo, specially for lower income people and 3rd world countries

[Minos]

And in all honesty, does anybody even play 3ds games with the 3d on? I never did for more than a couple of minutes...

[Thrik]

I can't even see the 3D thanks to my weaker left eye.

[Mazy]

I would be all for this, if they'd just kept the same clamshell design. I think losing the 3D to make it cheaper and have longer battery life is a good move.

 

This just looks like a joke however, can't believe they found that design acceptable, looks like one of those cheap Chinese knockoffs.

[Izuno]

I thought 3D was cool for about 30 seconds. Never used the 3D again whenever I got my hands on a 3DS.

 

In the handheld space for the last decade it's pretty hard to bet against Nintendo...so we'll see.  I'm a bit optimistic about it, even though I'd never play it, won't get it for my oldest kid (who's too young now anyway) and didn't see it coming anyway as well.

 

Still...the form factor...

 

 

...but yeah kids have been into the non-clamshell design before so we'll see.

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129$ is still too much, it should be 100$! It's still a massive thing, doesn't fit in your pocket, and it's just an abomination! But hey, yeah, we're not it's target market I think.

 

This is as much of a good idea as the micro game boy was

[Thrik]

^ lmao holy shit

[blackdog]

Isn't this in practice a rebranding of the old DS?

[Thrik]

No, confusingly the 3DS is actually a whole new generation. Its games don't run on any other kind of DS. :s

[Minos]

Isn't this in practice a rebranding of the old DS?

 

Nop, the 3ds' hardware is a lot better and has internet support.

 

The 3DS is a great machine by the way, it's slowly starting to pick up the pace but it's got some awesome games already (Animal Crossing, Monster Hunter, Ocarina of Time, Etrian Odyssey, just to name a few I remember).

[FMPONE]

I think its a great idea personally. I've seen the ravages of childhood firsthand