3DS 2ND ANALOG STICK ADDON IS HUGE LOL

[MCD]

They might turn out wrong, but we still love you, old man Oscar.

[naff]

The add-on "connects" in the worst way I could entertain when wondering about the rumors: using the IR port, which requires wrapping around the entire unit, blocking the wireless switch, the SD card, stylus and game card slots. So you'll need to remove it every time you want to access any of those features.

And since it doesn't connect to the power slot, it cannot provide additional battery life and will require batteries itself to power the IR connection. No matter how cheap it is, the inconvenience is massive: I can see people leaving the add-on home when they take them 3DS with them.

So it looks crap and is functionally terrible, I first thought it might add extra battery life or something

[magus]

- slide pad itself is said to look identical to the system's current slide pad
- release date and price TBA
- attachment clips onto the whole 3DS
- attachment sticks out 1cm at left, 2-3 cm at right, 2cm at bottom and 2-3 cm thickness

is Tri without shitty underwater combat

The game will reportedly retain the water elements of Wii's Monster Hunter 3

[Cerveza mas fina]

This is what you get when Nintendo designs budget hardware.

Remember nintards laughing when Sony left out rumble? Yeah.... 

[fistfulofmetal]

I remember around the time the Wii came out I was predicting that Nintendo would fail with their next go of hardware, following the cycle perfectly. Nobody believed me.

Vindication is fucking awesome

[Cerveza mas fina]

[The Sceneman]

lol

[pilonv1]

just amazing. you couldn't make this any worse

[Cerveza mas fina]

Want some free roms of 20 year old games?

Pleas buy 20$ add-on monstrosity.

Please understand.

[Joe Molotov]

wait is this legit!?

(Image removed from quote.)

Look at the bottom picture on that scan. It seems legit.

[magus]

i usualy visit a japanese blog just for kicks and i found this today

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[muckhole]

Fuck you all!

Twin sticks !

Added girth and heft !!

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Still no games.  :'(

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[AdmiralViscen]

Lol

[bork]

All that can be said about this is 

Maybe I should cancel my Starfox pre-order, wait for Resident Evil and play through it, then sell this crap off.

[tiesto]

Please tell me that after partying for 3 days straight at Electric Zoo, I crashed hard and am having really strange, surreal and lucid dreams where DQX is announced as an MMO and a bulky analog stick addon was made for 3DS.

[Diunx]

Best generation ever!

[bork]

So...Super Mario Galaxy 3 on PS3?  Nintendo's gotta do something after this disaster and when the Wii U fails!

[Damian79]

I am starting ot think this is only for the MH game.  You really dont need the second analog for most games.  If they really wanted they could have added used the touch screen for the camera.  I hope the game bombs for the ushed port that it is.

[naff]

I bet there's never a dual analog revision and this remains a sidelined peripheral for a couple games like Monster Hunter, which won't do well relative to the PSP heavy hitters anyway....

I don't want 3DS to fail. I thought it was a nice decision to stay simple and keep with stylus + dpad/slider input, they just need to have better portable sensibilities with battery life in mind. Left analog/dpad + stylus + right analog would be a clusterfuck. I think it's ugly enough moving your hand to the screen from the face buttons on vita let alone going from the face buttons to stylus input. It's good (sometimes) to give devs options too though so :/ Anyway it's nice remembering when 3DS was announced and I thought either Sony were fucked or out of the game I'm happy the tides have changed.

[maxy]

All previous MH games worked fine on PSP or to be exact audience was fine with just one analog.I doubt that Capcom demanded "second analog or else",this is most likely Nintendo idea fueled by 3DS second analog redesign(probably fueled by Vita arrival,nothing else makes sense to me).

MH is not just some game in Japan and Nintendo surely wants more MH on 3DS so second analog will be used in sequels too.Nintendo would have to be totally insane to push this ugly mess for the rest of 3DS lifespan,like totally batshit crazy.What is next then,rear touchpad addon?

Not to mention that this is adding extra confusion to already confused developers.


This ugly thing is a stopgap designed to please existing 3DS userbase,nothing else.Redesign will be made and games will require second analog,got old 3DS--buy Frankenstein addon...ugly as hell but it has second analog functionality
I refuse to believe anything else.

[Hitler Stole My Potato]

Even further proof that you should never buy a first generation Nintendo handheld.

Ambassadors = suckers

[The Sceneman]

I bet there's never a dual analog revision and this remains a sidelined peripheral for a couple games like Monster Hunter, which won't do well relative to the PSP heavy hitters anyway....

I don't want 3DS to fail. I thought it was a nice decision to stay simple and keep with stylus + dpad/slider input, they just need to have better portable sensibilities with battery life in mind. Left analog/dpad + stylus + right analog would be a clusterfuck. I think it's ugly enough moving your hand to the screen from the face buttons on vita let alone going from the face buttons to stylus input. It's good (sometimes) to give devs options too though so :/ Anyway it's nice remembering when 3DS was announced and I thought either Sony were fucked or out of the game I'm happy the tides have changed.

yeah, we still don't know how the Vita is going to get on. It could tank also

[Corporal]

What the flipping fuck. What a gross piece of hardware. Just what is going on at Nintendos HQ?

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BRB, burning my Iwata hug pillows in effigy.

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[Howard Alan Treesong]

Even further proof that you should never buy a first generation Nintendo handheld.

Ambassadors = suckers

You should never buy the first generation of *any* hardware.  Especially nowadays.  From the DS launch onwards we've had:

DS: Ugly as shit, shitty screen
PSP: Square-button, shitty blurry screen
360: RRoD
PS3: YLoD
Wii: lol it's a wii
iPhone: lol
3DS: lololololol

after getting burned by first-gen DS, PSP, 360, PS3, and Wii, I finally sat out the 3DS launch. I'M LEARNING

[Third]

3DO3 has been such a trainwreck so far 

- the 3D has failed
- the software has failed
- the hardware has failed

Poor Nintendo(fans)

[Raban]

Even further proof that you should never buy a first generation Nintendo handheld.

Ambassadors = suckers

You should never buy the first generation of *any* hardware.  Especially nowadays.  From the DS launch onwards we've had:

DS: Ugly as shit, shitty screen
PSP: Square-button, shitty blurry screen
360: RRoD
PS3: YLoD
Wii: lol it's a wii
iPhone: lol
3DS: lololololol

after getting burned by first-gen DS, PSP, 360, PS3, and Wii, I finally sat out the 3DS launch. I'M LEARNING

Me too :'(

[magus]

01net also called IWATA GETTING THE BOOT

I kind of want this to happen. I don't think it will happen anytime soon, 01net or not, but I want it to happen for some reason.

but think of all the gif losing their mean forever :'(

[Raban]

Man, this has gotta be one of the few places in the world where someone can make a joke about Perrin Kaplan and people actually know who the fuck you're talking about. I love The Bore sometimes.

[maxy]

I miss Peter :'(

damn rrod

[Smooth Groove]

The good thing about this is that Nintendo may have finally realized that it can't just rely on a gimmick to sell new hardware. 

[Raban]

[Diunx]

I still can't believe how amazing this is

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I think we are spending too much time focusing on how dumb the analog stick looks, and not enough time focusing on how the thing is TWICE AS THICK AS THE 3DS ITSELF

[EmCeeGrammar]

Of course, these are just my speculations and given my track record for the last while, they are almost certainly wrong.

In your defense, this past week has slapped the face of anyone who uses logic, precedent, and/or empirical evidence.

[demi]

I think we are spending too much time focusing on how dumb the analog stick looks, and not enough time focusing on how the thing is TWICE AS THICK AS THE 3DS ITSELF

Penis envy

[Howard Alan Treesong]

I think we are spending too much time focusing on how dumb the analog stick looks, and not enough time focusing on how the thing is TWICE AS THICK AS THE 3DS ITSELF

Penis envy

twice as thick as the 3DS itself, and requires its own battery pack

plus it blocks all the slots and sliders while it's attached! it's awesome wowsome

[maxy]

It doesn't block 3D slider

[pilonv1]

Even further proof that you should never buy a first generation Nintendo handheld.

Ambassadors = suckers

You should never buy the first generation of *any* hardware.  Especially nowadays.  From the DS launch onwards we've had:

DS: Ugly as shit, shitty screen
PSP: Square-button, shitty blurry screen
360: RRoD
PS3: YLoD
Wii: lol it's a wii
iPhone: lol
3DS: lololololol

You can go back even further if you want

PS2: crap laser damaged discs
GBA: dark as shit screen
Xbox: cheap solder on the power supply
Gamecube: has a handle
Ngage: is a taco

iPad is sort of the only hardware that's launched that hasn't been shite, unless I'm ignoring something.

[Rman]

Wow, what a bomb the 3DS has been so far.  Nintendo let its arrogance get to its head again.

[demi]

Gamecube

[Trent Dole]

Gamecube

Man the 'cube was so rad. WTF happened?

[pilonv1]

I was counting situations where the early adopters got screwed, not where *everyone* got screwed. 

Wii: lol it's a wii

I thought the Dreamcast had some version where the disc drive died?

[Raban]

what about $499?

[D3RANG3D]

generally machines last longer if you don't use them, yes

the launch ps3 is the definitive version, but i would definitely say paying $599 for a PS3 is the definition of being screwed

I paid 600 for mine feels good man!

[Raban]

You don't remember the $100 price drop the 60GB got before getting discontinued?

[Raban]

But what about folks who bought the 3DS for $179 at Wal-Mart while they could still become ambassadors!?

[Cerveza mas fina]

I got a 60GB PS3 and it broke, then SCEE couldn't replace it with another 60GB unit so I got my money back.

GG Sony.

[Smooth Groove]

$600 to legitimize my beat downs of sfags in their darkest days was definitely worth it.  Pirates on Blu-Ray was just the cherry on top. 

[Smooth Groove]

I think GC was launched at $199 in the US.  I bought all last-gen systems during the month of the Xbox and GC release since the PS2 was out of stock for most of the year.  Including the games + accessories, it was quite a bit of money.  Luckily I didn't have much to spend on PC gaming that year because PC software and hardware were in a major lull phase since the whole gaming community got suckered into the bullshit about the consoles having Toy Story graphics in real time. 

[naff]

iunno, 01net's called for a hardware revision, and at this point i'm inclined to believe them

Maybe they'll be wrong THIS time   It just seems like such a cursory peripheral, surely the precursor to such a major hardware revision would have more thought put into it!?

the launch ps3 is the definitive version, but i would definitely say paying $599 for a PS3 is the definition of being screwed

Paid 1200 NZD for my launch PS3  :'( worked out somewhere between 8 and 900 USD I think  :goatse

I also paid $299 for GC WTFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

Still love my launch GC International price differentials suck though. Globalization is a lie. On the front page of steam I'm seeing games like Rage and Skyrim selling for the low low price of 90 USD wtffffffffffff I hate America(ns)

[Eel O'Brian]

hahaha, i wonder if they're just turning it into the wii u controller

[Shaka Khan]

That's part of the speculation, since it now has every input the Wii U controller has. They're probably preparing the 3DS for cross platform titles, such as Smash Brothers (or to be used as a Wii U controller, maybe). In other words, people hoping it would be a Monhun only accessory are in for a surprise.

[Eel O'Brian]

That's part of the speculation, since it now has every input the Wii U controller has. They're probably preparing the 3DS for cross platform titles, such as Smash Brothers (or to be used as a Wii U controller, maybe). In other words, people hoping it would be a Monhun only accessory are in for a surprise.

i'd go so far as to speculate that maybe they are thinking about scrapping the tablet altogether and just packing it in with the wii u

of course that won't happen, but it is a hilarious thought

[Cerveza mas fina]

That would make TONS of sense. Rethink this whole WiiU thing and really intergrate the DS into it.

[pilonv1]

Connectivity version 2012

[bork]

I thought the Dreamcast had some version where the disc drive died?

Yup.  Back in my game store days, we had plenty of broken Dreamcasts returned due to faulty drives.  There was also an issue with the DC controllers have shitty triggers.  They broke easily.

i actually see the launch PS3 as the definitive version , at least - the 60gb version

Fully (almost) BC - stupid glitches at the start that got ironed out - now gone
SACD support - now gone
Multi-AV out - going

No YSOL for me yet - stilll going like a tank.

GC was an awesome little machine - didn't even mind the handle.

I have a 20GB launch model that is also still going strong.  I don't even care about backwards-compatibility anymore, but see no reason to replace this PS3.  Meanwhile I've lost count of how many XBox 360 systems I've gone through since launch.

Game Cube kicked ass.  I imported a Japanese unit at launch and had it modded to play U.S. games later on, then brought it around to work and to friends' houses all the time.  Never had a single problem with it.  Too bad multiplatform releases tended to suck on the Cube, and third party support kinda vanished too early on.

[Third]

after this last generation with your sweet princes at sony, it's nice for the shoe full of shit to be on another company's foot, eh third?

Yes, I love it.

When Nintendo fails at something, they fail hard. Can't wait for Wii U. Sound like a disaster in the making. 

[tiesto]

iPad is sort of the only hardware that's launched that hasn't been shite, unless I'm ignoring something.

You're ignoring the fact that it's made by Apple

[Raban]

That $299 GC I got was the SEX BLACK Metroid Prime bundle.

I never played:

- a Metroid game
- an FPS on console

before.

I was in for a H U G E fucking shock.

Few years later and I have completed pretty much all pre-Wii Metroid games (2D, 3D).

Metroid

Metroid

[Raban]

I don't agree. With the exception of its long, unruly cutscenes, Other M is about as good as any of the Prime games.

But it's on the Wii