I've got the pretty excellent 3DS XL so i'm hardly quaking in my boots

I don't get the second stick hang up. It's a peripheral for some games, it's not part of the original spec.

it's not really a hang up, it's more of a case of it's 2010, the future! we all has 2 thumbs etc.

well, most people do.

I guess, but it isn't, so why bother going on about it? Plenty of games out there proving you don't need it.

@Smang I didn't mean you, but everyone says "why not add another stick?" forgetting it only benefits maybe 3 games on the system, 4 if you're left handed.

It's a bit of a redundant point. Until Nintendo decide a second thumbstick is needed for the majority of portable games, they'll just keep leaving it out.

I'd probably put money on it not popping up on any 3DS revision, but instead coming out on whatever their next handheld platform is.

Tempy wrote:

It's a bit of a redundant point. Until Nintendo decide a second thumbstick is needed for the majority of portable games, they'll just keep leaving it out. I'd probably put money on it not popping up on any 3DS revision, but instead coming out on whatever their next handheld platform is.

while i agree, what was even the point in making the circle pad add-on? i know Nintendo has a boner for making controller add-on these days but still. it's like admitting it's a design error.

The point was some games had camera controls that benefited from being controlled by a 2nd analogue stick. Instead of restricting the control, they just released a cheap peripheral that let you chose to use it.

As far as I know, all the games that can use it are absolutely playbale without it, it's just a little more awkward. MH3 is definitely not broken without it, even with the 2nd stick I still used the shoulder button "swing to lock" function, it just makes underwater fights a little easier because of the vertical axis being in use more.

It is, but the net expecting a revision is as silly.

This is total madness. Ninty's revisionist/reiterative businesss model aside, this is cuckoo bananas even for them! Let this thread die. Let us never speak of this 'thing' again.

What next gen?

Vela wrote:

What next gen?

When the WiiU launches next year.

Can't wait for the '-1DS'. It's £99 and basically Wilfred Brimlley turns up at your house in an ill fitting mario costume, he steals your 2DS and then bums you.

Ill be quiet now.

Sony are releasing a Playstaion2 Portable (PS2P) but it's not a portable PS2 but a Vita without the track pad on the back.

Apart from the design I don't see the problem with this. It makes perfect sense to release an entry level version of the HW, maybe not this early in its life but thats just my opinion.

The 3DS is selling well but its struggling to match its predecessor in the west. Just look at this chart for the week ending 17th Aug.



Its clear to see that its not doing as well in the West as it should be, especially in the US. The Japanese market is roughly half the size of the US yet its selling double the units.

This is clearly an attempt to rectify that. As @davyK said taking the 3D out also puts Mrs Smiths mind at ease from the negative tabloid press the 3D effect has got, and lets not beat around the bush here, this is exactly who this is aimed at. Parents buying for thier young kids. Not us 20+ forum goers.

Its surely also an attempt to phase out the budget DS and replace it with the newer HW. Again why is it just the US market that still buying DS units? The rest of the world has moved on. Nintendo like others make their money on SW and those 7k sales in the US aren't buying 3DS games, its almost a waste of a sale to Nintendo.

I don't get the anger, its just a bloody games console. I personally don't understand the love for the XL models. I like the original sized DS/3DS models thanks very much. But you know what, if you like your XL good for you and I'm sure there'll be people who will like their 2DS units just as much. Like I've always said, play games not consoles. Whatever unit you like we're still enjoying Mario etc.

Oh and one more thing about that chart. Check out the good old PSP sales in Europe. Thats right thats the European exclusive PSP-E1000 unit that lacks Wi-Fi and would you believe it only outputs mono sound selling very repectable numbers as a BUDGET console. End of the day people like cheap stuff, after all there's more important things to be spening money on.

Now I'm off to play Luigi's Mansion 2 on my 3DS... in 2D!!!

/drops mic

Edit: oh my god you idiot fucking ginger cat