Yet another 3DS model announced - the NEW 3DS

[mjmjr25]

New 3DS2iU Advance XXL with New New Motion Plus+

They have these in every home in Europe. Every room in fact.

[samsonlonghair]

This could be a great money maker for Nintendo if they drop the price of the old 3ds. I'm sure there's many people that haven't picked one up yet and a price drop would definitely move some units.

They probably will drop the price, I mean who wants to spend the same amount for an inferior model?

Don't bet on it. When the DSi was released, I checked into a price drop on the DS lite. No go; Likewise, when the 3DS was released there was no price drop for the DSi.

[alienjesus]

I literally just laid down the cash for a 3DS XL last week, so I can't say I'm delighted about this. I'm a glutton for punishment though, so I'm sure I'll end up with one of these. I probably wait til there is a definitive reason to own one before I pick one up though.

[Tanooki]

Reflecting back a day later on all of this, my old thoughts included. I still come up with the same thing. Simply put, I'm in.

The thing is NIntendo has been one long train of ups and downs, primarily let downs with their consoles since the N64. N64 drove me into two things, being a heavy handheld gamer, and also buying multi-console as it got me into the Turbo Duo to start and it snowballed from there. One thing that NEVER ever let me down was their handhelds. Sure they're cheap, we know they cut corners to stay within a range to then upgrade the hardware. Gameboy went to 'color shells' in 95 to the pocket in 96 and Color in 98 and then 3 years later anew. GBA then went to the SP over lighting issues, and that screen sucked so then you got the Brighter SP and then the oddball micro too. DS got the same thing with the same teeny window of time for change to the DSLite and DSi. GBA excluded, the other two the back end of the beefing was the return to the same hardware, but maxing out the specs of the main chip while lumping more RAM in for good measure. 3DS is just another in the train and I've rode this pony since 1989 so why the hell should I put it down now?

The DS was not one I was really loving so much, still used it a lot for GBA games as the DS had a lot of filler(wii like) crap around the goodies going for a quantity over quality approach. 3DS went more N64 like, thankfully not the no third party help thing, but quality over quantity and it has been fun. 3DS has been raking them in a lot of dough, but not enough to stop the WiiU bleed. This should be the shot in the arm they need. I've loved the 3DS for the 3D slider, but I haven't used it almost at all in over a year now because I get sick of the double vision. New3DS fixes this. New3DS also gives me finally a full WiiU pro controller/PS4 whatever you want to call it like full controller setup which is overdue and huge too. I see no real fault to this other than dropping one hell of a bomb causing a shock and awe campaign on the internet causing some to be in love and others to have some form of gamers ptsd or something over it.

I just say let it go, enjoy. The 3DS has been getting hammered by the android game market that's more and more cozying up to shields and mogas with games that are free to $10 in most cases. The 3DS has its complaints, this units other than a resistive (dumbasses to the end) screen, have been addressed. Knowing what I felt when GBC popped up and what it did on those system specific carts, and again with the DSi (not the camera junk but the games coded to use the cpu/ram boost) good things can and will happen. But they only will happen if gamers buy and support it. We really don't need Nintendo exiting the handheld market due to goddamn casual candy crush zombies and dudes using their phones with bluetooth controllers. Nintendo is an ice wall against IAP and even lower standards abuse on that medium.

[Retrogamer0001]

One thing that never ceases to amaze me about gamers is how they'll compulsively buy the newest, shiniest toy, even if that toy does the exact same thing that something they already own does. I hear so many of you guys saying something like "it can play games my other four 3DS consoles can't! I need to buy this so I can theoretically buy games I'll probably never get around to playing because my backlog is already immense!" That might come off as douchey, and I'm one to talk about massive backlogs, but seriously, why bother? I'm willing to bet that you all have dozens, if not hundreds of games you haven't even looked at and don't need to buy a new console to play.

Let er' rip.

[Tanooki]

Ehh you're probably right. I have a backlog too, but it's nothing like that. I don't consider old games backlog worthy either as much of that is what I once owned before and I'll either get around to it or not. That leaves modern, maybe 5-10 games and I'm whittling away at that so a newer 3DS is ok in my book. I've got a kid who turns 3 in a couple months, she leaves me not much game time on the TV based stuff, so handheld is the way to go for me.

[dsheinem]

I'm willing to bet that you all have dozens, if not hundreds of games you haven't even looked at and don't need to buy a new console to play.

Many of us regularly pay attention to our backlog and to brand new games simultaneously pretty much all the time, and like to both stay current and to go back to old games as well. So yeah, the "backlog" has never been a reason not to buy a shiny new console, especially if there are new and interesting exclusives for it.

In all honesty I'd much rather have had a brand new Nintendo line of handhelds. This half-step/slight upgrade to the CPU/GPU thing is nonsense.

[Retrogamer0001]

I'm willing to bet that you all have dozens, if not hundreds of games you haven't even looked at and don't need to buy a new console to play.

Many of us regularly pay attention to our backlog and to brand new games simultaneously pretty much all the time, and like to both stay current and to go back to old games as well. So yeah, the "backlog" has never been a reason not to buy a shiny new console, especially if there are new and interesting exclusives for it.

In all honesty I'd much rather have had a brand new Nintendo line of handhelds. This half-step/slight upgrade to the CPU/GPU thing is nonsense.

You just keep right on rollin' those eyes.

There are many members here who own well over 500 games (in many cases, much more) and I see backloggery tags constantly with 200+ games unbeaten. My own is shameful, to say the least. Yet, arguing that owning all those unplayed games while buying a system to buy more games doesn't make logical sense. Whatever, nothing I say will change anyone's habits, so have at er'.

[mjmjr25]

[Retrogamer0001]

Only on a website dedicated to games would I get eye-rolled for suggesting people beat the games they have before buying a new console (aka one they already have four of) to buy more games.