They skipped it because they would have to make new assets for the baby characters. 2 isn't coming to Switch.
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Doug Bowser: We have no new games to announce for 3DS, but we will continue to support it
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You can definitely still buy a 3DS lol. On Nintendo's website and at many brick and mortars.
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I take my 3ds everywhere, something that can't be said about my Switch. I wouldn't be mad if they made some more games through 2020.
It's in stock on Amazon (US and Canada) right now. Maybe you meant actual "3DS" systems (excluding 2DS models)? If so, yeah those aren't regularly stocked in most places anymore because the 2DS models are more popular due to lower prices.
For a little kid who's like 6 or 7 years old, a 3DS at $80 is not a bad option at all to get them introduced to Nintendo IPs. The games are still perfectly fine and the library is massive and the system is durable.
Not everyone can afford to be giving their 6/7/8 year olds $200-$300 dollar birthday gifts.
Not everyone can afford to be giving their 6/7/8 year olds $200-$300 dollar birthday gifts.
I fully expect the 3DS to stick around until Nintendo can manage a $199 Switch SKU.
The 2DS is a killer deal. There's a metric fuckton of games for the platform and everyone needs to have owned or played one at least once in their life.
Meanwhile I just wish they'd throw us a Wii U eShop sale every now and again. If the 360 and PS3 are still getting software sales, there's no excuse for the Wii U. Harumph.
Yeah, the 3DS is still king in the portability department. It folds up nice and neat into a small wallet size whereas the Switch is like porting around a cafeteria tray.
The long and short of it is that the 3DS is pocketable, the Switch is not.
The 2DS is a killer deal. There's a metric fuckton of games for the platform and everyone needs to have owned or played one at least once in their life.
Meanwhile I just wish they'd throw us a Wii U eShop sale every now and again. If the 360 and PS3 are still getting software sales, there's no excuse for the Wii U. Harumph.
Yeah, the 3DS is still king in the portability department. It folds up nice and neat into a small wallet size whereas the Switch is like porting around a cafeteria tray.
The long and short of it is that the 3DS is pocketable, the Switch is not.
Yeah I'm like one of 5 people still actively attempting to collect street passes. Still a bunch of Mii games I have yet to complete since the second and final round of them take a loooooong time. I still also need to get someone from Washington DC (I was there last year too and got nothing...) and need 3 birthdays. I'll keep going with it till then end when it finally goes offline!
Stores can stock 3DS for a couple more years really.
Even at $199.99 a Switch Mini is still likely to be larger than a 3DS folded up and far more expensive. A 6 year old doesn't need a Nintendo Switch, it's more game system than they can handle.
If Nintendo is fine selling NES and SNES' again, there's nothing wrong with stocking 3DS'. Games like Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 and Pokemon are perfectly enjoyable.
Even at $199.99 a Switch Mini is still likely to be larger than a 3DS folded up and far more expensive. A 6 year old doesn't need a Nintendo Switch, it's more game system than they can handle.
If Nintendo is fine selling NES and SNES' again, there's nothing wrong with stocking 3DS'. Games like Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 and Pokemon are perfectly enjoyable.
For real, it's crazy...
Best handled ever for me. What a stellar library. It's only missing a F-Zero X remake and a new Advance Wars, and it would have been the most perfect library of games I could have dreamt of.
It's amazing how well that machine did despite everyone and their dogs resenting the core gimmick of the system.
Not me though, I sometimes miss the 3D when playing of Switch.
Not me though, I sometimes miss the 3D when playing of Switch.
The majority of my gaming time has occurred on psp/vita and the DS/3DS over the last decade plus.
I've always collected handhelds before but the last two gens really pulled me in and fit my lifestyle.
As a handheld only switch leaves me just not caring to use it much, so it's a bit sad to know the end is coming for the traditional model of a handheld.
Hopefully one of the revisions coming address battery and size, currently it gives me game gear vibes carrying it around and I end up going back to my vita/3ds backlog.
I've always collected handhelds before but the last two gens really pulled me in and fit my lifestyle.
As a handheld only switch leaves me just not caring to use it much, so it's a bit sad to know the end is coming for the traditional model of a handheld.
Hopefully one of the revisions coming address battery and size, currently it gives me game gear vibes carrying it around and I end up going back to my vita/3ds backlog.
Other than it being supported for "too long", what did the 3DS ever do to you to make you so hostile?
I hate the 3DS because the hardware sucks while having an amazing library. So, to play said amazing library, I have to deal with godawful, uncomfortable hardware.
This doubly sucks since my favorite franchise got three 3DS installments, which means I have to keep the stupid thing around indefinitely.
Seriously. There's so many games I play on the Switch where all I can think is "Man how fuckin' cool would this look in stereoscopic 3D?"
I dunno about that. That's like saying resources being spent on Wii U ports are resources not being spent on new Switch titles.
The 3DS library is just fantastic, and it's pretty cheap to get a 3DS and get into that library of games available.
It did well.
It did well.
Which system do you have? You should try a 2DS or New 2DS XL if it's a comfort issue.
I have a n2DS XL actually. It is admittedly more comfortable than my OG 3DS but the resolution still sucks obviously and the n2DS XL has flaws of its own like the stupid short stylus.
With the 3DS, turning 3D off instantly reminded me of how sad that screen looked, so atleast that functionality gave it some sort of a boost.
Well, RIP my dreams of seeing a rerelease of VB Wario Land and Mario Clash I guess.
Still love that system. The day they turn off the eShop will be a dark day indeed, though I don't expect that to happen any time in the near future.
Still love that system. The day they turn off the eShop will be a dark day indeed, though I don't expect that to happen any time in the near future.
I still bring my 3DS with me in my pocket, in the vain hope of getting the Streetpass Nokos in Yo-kai Watch 3. I've only had two YW3 hits since I got the game on release day....
Well, there is a upcoming new 3DS exclusive survival horror game called Silver Falls, that is still set to release digitally.
It actually looks quite promising, featuring both a story mode and a seemingly quite fleshed out and robust mercenaries like mode with leveling and skills etc.
Just a shame it's a New3DS exclusive. Can't imagine that many people are still on the lookout for digital games on the 3DS. Especially new3DS exclusive ones.
I never actually use the in-system stylus. I have a bunch of styluses lying around, and even take an extra stylus with me when I go out.
Welcome to a forum for hunks of plastic
The guy at the GameStop told me the other day that they no longer get 3DS systems sent to them from Nintendo, they are only getting a slow trickle of 2DS systems. Coupled with not many people trading in 3DS systems they are having a shortage on them right now. A lot of people looking for one, not many that they keep in stock.
Has been that way since forever now. "3DS" is 2DS and New 2DS now.
Every now and then I'm tempted to get that yellow & red Mario Maker 2DS bundle. I see a few at Best Buy every time I'm in there, but I have a N3DS I use personally plus a spare in a closet, so it'd be a waste.
Wish that Animal Crossing 2DSXL was released in the states; my wife has been lusting after it for months. Fucking region locking.
Wish that Animal Crossing 2DSXL was released in the states; my wife has been lusting after it for months. Fucking region locking.
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Same.
I need to pick up a N3DS XL because there's alot of games I haven't played
I recently downsized to a New 3DS from a New 3DS XL and randomly scored one with dual IPS screens (most come with the shittier TN screens so yay for me). I think it'll be seeing some periodic use for possibly a few more years to come from me personally, it's still a super practical design for portability.