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Your innovative "new" idea of the new 2DS is literally slamming the last nails in your coffin, what were they thinking? "Hmm, people are complaining about the WiiU but not the 3DS, they must want a sloped, non-folded version of the 3DS, without the 3D. And to promote it we'll launch it on the same day as our global launch of Pokémon X/Y" They're apparently targeting it at younger players, so they made no way of protecting the screens that are now even more likely to become damaged or broken. GG Nintendo, I see it is just the money you're after now rather than making new, innovative, good-looking consoles and giving a crap about your large fan-base... :crazyeyes
..Rant over... ~J~
..Rant over... ~J~
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maybe they've sort of listened to the fans, because I know lots of people who didn't buy a 3DS because they weren't interested in the 3D-ness of it.
Frankly, it's not like SEGA with the Saturn, which was too little too late. Nintendo have two good consoles on the market, and a very popular hand-held. If the 2DS flops, it's hardly the end of a quality game and system producer.
It's not aimed at you, which going by the wailing of the man children over the last day or so is an alien concept.
It's cheaper and sturdier. Guess where the structural weakness is on the 3ds? Hint, it's the hinge.
Little kids are being brought up on tablets. Now Nintendo have a tablet style version of the console that they're actually able to shift units of.
You know that you can still buy the regular 3DS right? What's wrong with giving parents a cheaper alternative? What's wrong with putting more devices into people's hands?
Do you honestly think that putting this out took any research time or budget from other Nintendo products?
AFAIK they're about only £30 more expensive, and the 3D can be turned off or even "locked" off. Even if I didn't like the 3D effect I'd never get a skateboard like that.
from what iv seen 3DS are about £160-£180, whereas game has marked the new 2DS at £109, which is quite a difference really. iv never seen the point of buying a 3DS and having to turn off the 3D of it. but, when it gets towards Christmas and there's special deals on etc, if 3DS come down a bit I'll probably buy one of those as their appearance is loads better.
100 million times this.
My friends' 11 year old has a DS, and guess what - the hinge is broken! This would be perfect for him as I know he enjoys Pokemon but couldn't give a shit about the 3D aspect (I gave him my Gameboy Colour for his birthday a week ago and he spent hours playing Pokemon Red).
This this this. All of this.
I'm not sure I get the OPs issue about the 2DS. Ok, they're probably going back in time a bit; (Gameboy) but as mentioned, it'll be sturdier.
I think they're a pretty stable company, financially, having posted only one loss in their entire history or something ridiculous like that. I sincerely hope they don't go bankrupt - they're innovative, creative, bold and daring, and their's not enough companies like that nowadays.
This comes from a lad that still plays his N64, so may be slightly biased.
Nintendo are just what they used to be, and that's the problem. They need to change, and they have, but not fast enough.
Mario 3D World sold like crazy (in context, given the Wii U's sales). And yet they refused to have online play in it because they wanted to preserve the classic feeling of playing with your friends in a living room (I don't remember their exact words).
Their online network is pretty cool. I'd say it may even be better than PS3's. And yet the downloadable content you buy is STILL tied to the console and not your account.
Instead of trying to become a modern company (and they don't need to give Mario guns or add a sex minigame in Zelda for that to happen) they're trying to change as little as possible. They're still awesome enough to not be in trouble yet but that won't last forever unless they adapt.
Fanboy rant over.