Nintendo announces the 2DS

[Chaossaturn]

Looks awesome if you ask me, I guess what ever firmware pokemon requires, this will have it preinstalled, I might buy one as my unhacked system with pokemon, as it may take a while for games such as pokemon and zelda to work. It probably has better battary life then the 3DS/3DS XL and who plays with the 3D on, anyway, I don't.

 

[BoxmanWTF]

Can you imagine being that one kid with a 2DS while everyone else has a 3DS?
"HEY GUYS, LET'S PLAY IN 3D. BECAUSE WE CAN!"

I actually saw something like this once too. Bunch of kids playing with GBA SPs, one kid had an old GBA.
They all went into a dark corner and started playing with the frontlight so the other kid couldn't see.

 

[PolloDiablo]

Pokemon comes next month... this thing will sell like crazy
they should have called it the Nintendo YouCanPlayTheNewPokemonGameWithThisDS

 

[Vengenceonu]

Looks awesome if you ask me, I guess what ever firmware pokemon requires, this will have it preinstalled, I might buy one as my unhacked system with pokemon, as it may take a while for games such as pokemon and zelda to work. It probably has better battary life then the 3DS/3DS XL and who plays with the 3D on, anyway, I don't.

actually no, its slightly better then the 3ds but still not up to the 3ds xl's battery life.

 

[Master Mo]

Not sure if you're trolling or serious. But assuming you're serious, you can get a used 3DS on Amazon or Ebay for cheaper than you can get the 2DS, there are also enough bundle deals out there that you can get an easily better deal on a new 3DS(and in some cases a 3DS XL) with a game like Mario Kart, Pokemon, Zelda, etc. That's just factoring in the monetary aspect of the device. Nintendo needs to price this at more like $80-90 to have a chance at success with it.

I am serious and I don't understand how in any shape or form this could be trolling! They provide an option. It is not like they are discontinuing the one model and continuing with a model that you are considering worse! Personally I consider you remark trolling...

Used market is for Nintendo as a cooperation uninteresting hardware-wise. It`s the mom that goes out and gets her children a 3DS and thinks "Wow, 180 dollars? That`s too expensive!" and is actually kinda OK with a 130 bucks price point.

Bundles cost more then a regular system (at least here in Europe): 3DSXL 180€ / 3DSXL+SM3dL 210€ - you get a discount on the game but I think you are talking about non official bundles!

 

[Foxi4]

Pokemon comes next month... this thing will sell like crazy
they should have called it the Nintendo YouCanPlayTheNewPokemonGameWithThisDS

Hey guys, remember how silly consumers thought that the WiiU is just a revised Wii, not a new system and refrained from buying? Let's compare two names, shall we? 3DS and 2DS. Now, the average person looks at this and realizes that "3" is more than "2". I'll let you guys do the rest of the thinking.

 

[ßleck]

The real real question is, why would I buy a 3DS game to play it in 2D?

That's like saying ''why would I buy a game if it has shitty graphics''.

There have been compelling games for the 3ds that use the 3d?

Also this ^

 

[Jamstruth]

This is just- did they look- I mean maybe- WHAT THE HELL NINTENDO?!

Point 1: That is the least ergonomic looking design I have ever seen. The vertical height just looks too much for a use to put their fingers on the top L/R buttons.
Point 2: The 3DS can already be turned into a 2DS. I barely play with the 3D on because it can be awkward to use, especially while travelling.
Point 3: IT'S UGLY NINTENDO! UGLY! I know you needed a new design to differentiate it from the rest but the Clamshell design really was the best looking for the DS form factor.

I thought this was going to be an Onion video, like when they did a fake Macbook launch but... Really Nintendo? This is less useful than the goddamned Virtual Boy.

 

[tronic307]

Sooo, Nintendo hadn't actually completely lost it ...until now.

 

[gamefan5]

Hey guys, remember how silly consumers thought that the WiiU is just a revised Wii and not a new system and refrained from buying? Let's compare two names, shall we? 3DS and 2DS. Now, the average person looks at this and realizes that "3" is more than "2". I'll let you guys do the rest of the thinking.

But... it's not a sequel this time, the 2DS is a revision of the 3DS so it's not that bad a situation.

However, there is a problem.
The average consumer will think that the 3DS games are NOT compatible with the 2DS because... 3DS vs 2DS.
Nintendo is horrible with names.
I'm even wondering if some idiots will be confused with the DS and the 2DS in terms of names. Technically both are in 2D LOL!

 

[slingblade1170]

Now, this thing is ugly but anyone with destructive kids or kids in their family, this is a good thing to buy. I have 2 cousins and a niece that have destroyed their 3DS and they never play in 3D mode. So if you get a cheaper model that looks to be a bit tougher than a normal 3DS its a good buy.

 

[Vengenceonu]

There have been compelling games for the 3ds that use the 3d?

Mario 3D Land hard parts where it was nessecary.

 

[Foxi4]

But... it's not a sequel this time, the 2DS is a revision of the 3DS so it's not that bad a situation.

Very true, but the logic is still sound. Consumers will be confused and the games factor you just introduced makes it worse. I hope it'll just be initial confusion but the name is a bit unfortunate.

 

[ßleck]

Mario 3D Land hard parts where it was nessecary.

I don't remember such a thing. Do you mean those dumb bonus areas?

 

[gamefan5]

Very true, but the logic is still sound. Consumers will be confused and the games factor you just introduced makes it worse. I hope it'll just be initial confusion but the name is a bit unfortunate.

Not denying it at all. Personally I don't think it's THAT bad since they both play the same games unlike the Wii vs WiiU.
However, they do cost money to produce. If that thing doesn't fly, it probably won't mean that much of a loss. (I don't remember if it was a big loss with the GB micro)
But I could be very wrong. Hence the word "probably".
Bottomline is, whoever is coming up with these names should be fired.

 

[NeSchn]

Oh man, something tells me Nintendo is gunna be the next Sega with consoles at the rate they're going.

 

[Jstone]

Wait!! There is another problem with this thing, not only is it ugly as hell and doesn't it make any sense to remove the 3d functionallity with the 3ds...

The huge problem is, will developpers be motivated to keep creating awesome 3d graphics? Zelda OoT looked beautiful in 3D but when this 2DS sells good I'm afraid developers will be like, "why create 3d graphics? Half of the people CANT use them and most of the others don't"

 

[the_randomizer]

Is this a joke?

I thought someone used Photoshop.

 

[Veho]

The huge problem is, will developpers be motivated to keep creating awesome 3d graphics? Zelda OoT looked beautiful in 3D but when this 2DS sells good I'm afraid developers will be like, "why create 3d graphics? Half of the people CANT use them and most of the others don't"

You're assuming the 2DS will sell even remotely as well as the 3DS.

 

[Foxi4]

Wait!! There is another problem with this thing, not only is it ugly as hell and doesn't it make any sense to remove the 3d functionallity with the 3ds...

The huge problem is, will developpers be motivated to keep creating awesome 3d graphics? Zelda OoT looked beautiful in 3D but when this 2DS sells good I'm afraid developers will be like, "why create 3d graphics? Half of the people CANT use them and most of the others don't"

Developers don't have as much impact on the 3D effect as one might think - the SDK does most of the job on the basis of distance in the Z-plane (depth). The models are either in the foreground or in the background, that's the gist of it.