Nintendo announced the 2DS today, a new entry-level handheld system. The 2DS will be available for $129.99 on October 12th (the same day as Pokemon X and Y) and features a slate-like design rather than the clamshell seen on DS and 3DS models.
The 2DS is fully compatible with all 3DS and DS games but does not include the ability to display games in 3D. It still features all the functionality of 3DS (WiFi, local multiplayer, etc.) and can be put to sleep using a slider that replicates closing the clamshell on a standard 3DS. WiFi can still be turned off, though it’s done via controls in the software rather than with a physical switch.
Wow. distinguished mentally-challenged, and only makes sense if the battery life is significantly longer and it costs fuck all... If this isn't super cheap then LAWLZ aboundFrom Kotaku:
What happened to Nintendo's industrial designers? Did they all go to Apple after the DS Lite and Wii?What, you already erased the lunchbox from your mind?
I can't wait to see the 2DS Circle Pad Pro :hyper
The biggest kicker is I do not know how this is easier for a 4-6 year old to handle versus the plain 3DS.
It's hilarious, if you bring up the fact that Nintendo is now a company that is trying to own the 5-8 year old crowd, so they one day grow up and buy consoles for their 5-8 year old, people on GAF freak the fuck out.
How fucking cheap is this company? They can't even design a device that utilizes a new screen or controls. They are just leftover DS parts in a cheap, plastic case.
The biggest kicker is I do not know how this is easier for a 4-6 year old to handle versus the plain 3DS.
Curiously, the 2DS is even more of a tablet-style system than it appears at first glance, as it actually features a single large screen in its center, not two separate ones. As one of their cost-cutting design measures, Nintendo reduced the number of screens in the system from two to one, and the appearance of separate screens is merely simulated by the way the case masks out the extraneous portions. This means the entire screen is by necessity a touchscreen, with the upper screen protected by a layer of plastic that sits above it. While this makes no difference for the system's normal functions -- after all, neither the system's firmware or its software would recognize the hidden, inactive zones of the screen or the upper portion's touch capabilities, even if you exposed those portions -- I'm curious to see what hardware modders manage to do with the system.
It's time to go back to basics.
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Nintendo GBS, out 2015.
The whole thing is a single touchscreen. :lolSo not even DS if you want to be technical. :shaq2 Smart though.
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The whole thing is a single touchscreen. :lolQuoteCuriously, the 2DS is even more of a tablet-style system than it appears at first glance, as it actually features a single large screen in its center, not two separate ones. As one of their cost-cutting design measures, Nintendo reduced the number of screens in the system from two to one, and the appearance of separate screens is merely simulated by the way the case masks out the extraneous portions. This means the entire screen is by necessity a touchscreen, with the upper screen protected by a layer of plastic that sits above it. While this makes no difference for the system's normal functions -- after all, neither the system's firmware or its software would recognize the hidden, inactive zones of the screen or the upper portion's touch capabilities, even if you exposed those portions -- I'm curious to see what hardware modders manage to do with the system.
The whole thing is a single touchscreen. :lolQuoteCuriously, the 2DS is even more of a tablet-style system than it appears at first glance, as it actually features a single large screen in its center, not two separate ones. As one of their cost-cutting design measures, Nintendo reduced the number of screens in the system from two to one, and the appearance of separate screens is merely simulated by the way the case masks out the extraneous portions. This means the entire screen is by necessity a touchscreen, with the upper screen protected by a layer of plastic that sits above it. While this makes no difference for the system's normal functions -- after all, neither the system's firmware or its software would recognize the hidden, inactive zones of the screen or the upper portion's touch capabilities, even if you exposed those portions -- I'm curious to see what hardware modders manage to do with the system.
The whole thing is a single touchscreen. :lolQuoteCuriously, the 2DS is even more of a tablet-style system than it appears at first glance, as it actually features a single large screen in its center, not two separate ones. As one of their cost-cutting design measures, Nintendo reduced the number of screens in the system from two to one, and the appearance of separate screens is merely simulated by the way the case masks out the extraneous portions. This means the entire screen is by necessity a touchscreen, with the upper screen protected by a layer of plastic that sits above it. While this makes no difference for the system's normal functions -- after all, neither the system's firmware or its software would recognize the hidden, inactive zones of the screen or the upper portion's touch capabilities, even if you exposed those portions -- I'm curious to see what hardware modders manage to do with the system.
Holy. Shit.
So you're powering a really big screen where a huge number of its pixels are hidden behind plastic :lol
i've seen some people saying how this was done "because the 3D is a pointless gimmick and nintendo has seen the way" and while i agree with 3D not being the end of the world,it's pretty clear to me this is more like an half assed price drop done for when pokeyman hits and it annoy me so freaking much
i've seen some people saying how this was done "because the 3D is a pointless gimmick and nintendo has seen the way" and while i agree with 3D not being the end of the world,it's pretty clear to me this is more like an half assed price drop done for when pokeyman hits and it annoy me so freaking much
...why would anyone give a shit about pokemans when you could play PAD? You confuse the everliving fuck out of me, Magoose.
i've seen some people saying how this was done "because the 3D is a pointless gimmick and nintendo has seen the way" and while i agree with 3D not being the end of the world,it's pretty clear to me this is more like an half assed price drop done for when pokeyman hits and it annoy me so freaking much
Cuz pad is not out in europe motherfuckersss
pokeymans is still fun :-[
But, there I go again, expecting ninthings to have any discernible taste or critical thinking skills, when time after time it's always about nostalgia for them, and never actual gameplay.
I won't abide mocking my Pokeymans. :wag
Cuz pad is not out in europe motherfuckersss
Dude. MAGOOSE got a version of it somehow. Are you trying to tell me you're not smarter than MAGOOSE??? :gurl
"a 2ds is a 3d system that doesn't play "3d" games but is the the same as a 3ds"
Nintendo has done some great branding between this and the WiiU.
I won't abide mocking my Pokeymans. :wag
It's ok, you don't know any better. Why you have a hard on for android and won't play PAD is beyond me, tho.spoiler (click to show/hide)You only have a hard on for android because it scratches two of your itches- apple hate (because eventually they'll kill nintendo in the portable realm) and MS hate, because... well, I honestly don't fucking know why.[close]
Oh man so many kids are gonna be bawling themselves to sleep on Christmas night after they figure out their 3DS doesn't actually do 3D.
So it's not all bad.
I mean, I don't think anyone doubts pokeymanz will continue to be a big seller for Nintendo. Honestly, I expect a more modest dip than you do- I'd say 20-25% feels right.
I was just wondering aloud why anyone with any discernible taste or critical thinking skills would continue to play that shitty, iterated to death monster evolving sim when you could be rolling with the new on either iOS or android. But, there I go again, expecting ninthings to have any discernible taste or critical thinking skills, when time after time it's always about nostalgia for them, and never actual gameplay.
I mean, I don't think anyone doubts pokeymanz will continue to be a big seller for Nintendo. Honestly, I expect a more modest dip than you do- I'd say 20-25% feels right.
I was just wondering aloud why anyone with any discernible taste or critical thinking skills would continue to play that shitty, iterated to death monster evolving sim when you could be rolling with the new on either iOS or android. But, there I go again, expecting ninthings to have any discernible taste or critical thinking skills, when time after time it's always about nostalgia for them, and never actual gameplay.
Because at least with Pokemon you can spend $40 and be done with it, instead of having to do all sorts of IAP (disclaimer: I haven't tried PAD yet but am not a fan of IAP in general)
Because at least with Pokemon you can spend $40 and be done with it, instead of having to do all sorts of IAP (disclaimer: I haven't tried PAD yet but am not a fan of IAP in general)
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Oh man so many kids are gonna be bawling themselves to sleep on Christmas night after they figure out their 3DS doesn't actually do 3D.
So it's not all bad.
Isn't Super Mario Land 3D one of the few games people actually buy for the 3DS? Granted there's not a lot of these, but there are some areas in the game that will require 3D to be turned on to do something. Not sure how they're going to swing that unless Nintendo patches those areas.
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Oh man so many kids are gonna be bawling themselves to sleep on Christmas night after they figure out their 3DS doesn't actually do 3D.
So it's not all bad.
Isn't Super Mario Land 3D one of the few games people actually buy for the 3DS? Granted there's not a lot of these, but there are some areas in the game that will require 3D to be turned on to do something. Not sure how they're going to swing that unless Nintendo patches those areas.
Unfortunately NSMB2 handily outsold 3D Land so as far as Nintendo's concerned the casuals/kiddies still buying their games don't give a fuck about 3D (which I can sympathize with since I always play with it off, even in 3D Land most of the time.)
that's an awfully andrex reply
When did the last Pokemon game release in the US Oscar?Today, actually (Pokémon Rumble U). The last mainline game was released in October 2012.
pokemon is pretty much their last hope of improving things in the west, though, and you surely have to agree that among the typical audience that buys pokemon pretty much every time, that twenty dollar pricedrop is meaningful.
My son wants one...I asked him why and he said it was alot cheaper, doesn't care about 3d at all, and there was no way in hell he was going to be seen in public playing a 3ds anyway so why not get the "cheese wedge".sounds like your son should start posting on The Bore
My son wants one...I asked him why and he said it was alot cheaper, doesn't care about 3d at all, and there was no way in hell he was going to be seen in public playing a 3ds anyway so why not get the "cheese wedge".
Reasonable. How old is he?
Reasonable. How old is he?
15
And he did try to register here....but that can't happen. I already feel old enough. :'(
"Nintendo's new 2DS handheld game console is cheaper than the 3DS, but with lower quality graphics."
Reasonable. How old is he?
15
And he did try to register here....but that can't happen. I already feel old enough. :'(
Really? Did you ground him? Fuck you, dad.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/nintendo-announces-2ds-lowers-wii-142527753.html
At the bottom of the videoQuote"Nintendo's new 2DS handheld game console is cheaper than the 3DS, but with lower quality graphics."
pokemon is pretty much their last hope of improving things in the west, though, and you surely have to agree that among the typical audience that buys pokemon pretty much every time, that twenty dollar pricedrop is meaningful.
Twenty? 3DS is $170 and XL is $200. This is a $40 price "drop."
Yeah sorry I don't actually live in your country, y'see. I see them here for 15,000 yen and just assumed.
http://news.yahoo.com/video/nintendo-announces-2ds-lowers-wii-142527753.html
At the bottom of the videoQuote"Nintendo's new 2DS handheld game console is cheaper than the 3DS, but with lower quality graphics."
The graphics have one less D.
Reasonable. How old is he?
15
And he did try to register here....but that can't happen. I already feel old enough. :'(
Reasonable. How old is he?
15
And he did try to register here....but that can't happen. I already feel old enough. :'(
Don't worry dude, Greatness Gone no longer post here.
:bow Francis :bow2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a76vZfbRZ-c
Is there even anything in the 00s to be nostalgic about though?
the 2030s are going to be insufferable due to Brony nostalgia
Is there even anything in the 00s to be nostalgic about though?
9/11, two prolonged wars, Muslim paranoia, collapse of PC gaming, George W. Bush, economic instability, Hurricane Katrina, 2004 tsunami...Ah those were the days...
the 90s and 00s had so much fucking awesome music and games that i can get behind it.
Plus the football team i support were actually not sucking back then.
Plus regular sexy time!
The Killers is like my favorite band yo. If you can't accept that then we can no longer be butt buddies. :wag
We are done, I need a new ho anyway.
00's had a lot a great stuff like every decade. I'll probably be nostalgic for some things and some good times from that era when I look back.
Yeah, 90's hip hop is pretty much the peak of the genre IMO. You have lots of different sounding stuff, whereas today everything pretty much sounds either overproduced or underproduced, and all of it by the same guy.
Yeah, 90's hip hop is pretty much the peak of the genre IMO. You have lots of different sounding stuff, whereas today everything pretty much sounds either overproduced or underproduced, and all of it by the same guy.
Sounds like you don't listen to hip hop. It's better today than it has been in a long time, and I'd argue there is more variety now than in the 90s. Not saying it's a better era than the 90s, but your post sounds like something that would be justified in 2002-2010.
2. I'm out of the sales loop, but were 3DS sales floundering?
2. I'm out of the sales loop, but were 3DS sales floundering?
Not particularly.
the 2030s are going to be insufferable due to Brony nostalgia
00's nostalgia? It's already here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-NITnBWkaM