How do you feel about New 3DS?

[Dreiko_v1legacy]

This one's a doozy since it has upgraded hardware meaning there's gonna be some games that will only work on it. It's like game boy color. "Wanna play Pokemon Crystal? Oh, normal gameboy? Sorry, you don't get to."



I hope they'll issue some kinda exchange program where you trade in your 3DS (I have an XL) and pay a little more and they give you an new 3ds that way.

 

[otakon17]

I want to get it to play Xenoblade Chronicles. It'll probably be my best and only chance to play the dang game as it's near impossible to find.

 

[Ryallen]

I won't buy it. I'll wait until its successor comes, since it'll probably be compatible with New 3DS games.

How long do you think this Life cycle will be since the DS lasted for 7 years before the 3DS came out. This has bout three more if this follows the same line.

I'll wait. However long it takes, I will wait. I'm like frickin' Penelope over here.

They should also put a little more effort in differentiating their products.

Agreed. I still haven't figured out what a DSi is.

A DSi was a Nintendo DS that had a camera and allowed apps to be installed. It was the thing that the eShop was created for, or at least it's prototype.

 

[SD-Fiend]

Two, it's just the same old gimmick-covered crap with a new processor. I know it's about the games, not the hardware, I really do - but I'm still not gonna buy something with some much needless shit. Why the two low resolution screens? Why the touch functionality? Why the 3D? Why the camera pointing at your face? why the two cameras for making pointless 3D-esque photos? why the option for voice commands? Just... Why? There is never really need for any of those things. I've never seen a good DS game where a truly great gameplay element couldn't be done without any of those. Sometimes I wonder what the price of a DS would be if it was just the screen, some buttons, a battery and the whole GPU/CPU business.

Also, if you happen to like the DS, that's totally cool, more power to ya, but I just don't like it.

Well if you regard everything slightly unique about it as a gimmick then of course you aren't going find anything great about it. It will always remain a gimmick in your eyes no matter how well integrated into the game it is, especially if you never actually try it out yourself if you aren't willing to give it a chance.

Honestly I'm annoyed how the word gimmick translates to "mechanic or gameplay style that doesn't interest me" Heck you could argue that 3D graphics and movement are gimmicks since there are plenty of games out there that would be just fine without either of those.

And why ask why instead of why not? Why not have something extra that can be used to innovate gameplay? or at the very least do something that looks neat. It's all there so that people can have fun with it. Even if you don't like using the 3D that doesn't mean that it's pointless, It can be used to add a sense of depth to the games or even make some games look better. As you said it's "about the games" and that's why all of those things are there, It's so that the people who are making the games have a chance to be innovate and introduce something new with the games that they're producing.

 

[SD-Fiend]

I'm perfectly fine with it to be honest.

I really don't understand why people act like the name is so absolutely terrible. It certainly isn't the best name ever but I'm assuming that everyone here is an adult that knows what they're doing so it shouldn't be too hard to ask for the New 3ds instead of just asking for a new 3ds. They'll likely change the name when it comes stateside anyway. They can get away with calling it New in Japan since it's more of an exotic word there.

 

[Story]

I'm perfectly fine with it to be honest.

I really don't understand why people act like the name is so absolutely terrible. It certainly isn't the best name ever but I'm assuming that everyone here is an adult that knows what they're doing so it shouldn't be too hard to ask for the New 3ds instead of just asking for a new 3ds. They'll likely change the name when it comes stateside anyway. They can get away with calling it New in Japan since it's more of an exotic word there.

Just to chime in. Though I can't speak for Japan. Not everyone who plays video games is an adult, many of Nintendo's consumer base are children. Heck, just because an adult who frequently plays games can tell the difference doesn't mean an adult who has no interest in games, but has a child who does, can.
This is a very confusing name especially if they are continuing to sell the original 3DS.

Heck, I just got done talking to a Gamestop manager the other day and he claims customers are still confused about the difference between the Wii and the WiiU. Even the Xbox One and Xbox 360. And praised Sony for at least keeping it simple.

 

[duwenbasden]

On one hand, my 3DS XL Triforce is now obsolete;
on the other hand, it's Japan only and it's Japan, where everything is 5 years ahead.
On one foot, I haven't played my 3DS for 2 weeks;
on the other foot, I want to play it more.

 

[Qitz]

I'm perfectly fine with it to be honest.

I really don't understand why people act like the name is so absolutely terrible. It certainly isn't the best name ever but I'm assuming that everyone here is an adult that knows what they're doing so it shouldn't be too hard to ask for the New 3ds instead of just asking for a new 3ds. They'll likely change the name when it comes stateside anyway. They can get away with calling it New in Japan since it's more of an exotic word there.

It is though. It is ABSOLUTELY terrible. The thing you have to remember is that a majority of the people who would purchase a "New" 3DS don't frequent The Escapist, or Destructoid, or Game Informer, or Giant Bomb or any of the other Video Game centric Magazines / Websites. Gamers know the difference, yes, but not everyone does. Parents won't all know whether or not their kid as a 3DS or New 3DS or a whatever. Most people look at numbers, that's why Apple just changes the number on their phone, to show it's a new version. Sony got this to work for them too, 4 > 3 so the PS4 would be an upgrade to the PS3.

Not to mention causing confusion with purchasing games. Is this a new 3DS game or a new game for the New 3DS? For Japan it probably does work out but for NA and, most likely, EU, it's horrible. You could call it anything else, Super 3DS, 3DS Squared, hell, you could call the thing 3DS 2: Electric Boogaloo and it wouldn't be as confusing of a name as "New" 3DS.

We're in a minority here. I'm excited by it so I read the articles about it to see that it is a new version of the 3DS. Other people who happen across it won't get just what the hell is so "New" about it and that's not something Nintendo should allow, especially since it's such a quick fix.

 

[McMarbles]

I won't buy it. I'll wait until its successor comes, since it'll probably be compatible with New 3DS games.

This seems like the right course of action, but dat Xenoblade... *sigh*