Nintendo 2DS

[ajprice]

Nintendo 2DS. A DS system, laid flat without the hinge, that plays DS games, and 3DS games in 2D. $129 (Game have set their UK price at £109. Can't quite process this yet, but I think Ninty have been smoking the weird stuff.

Nintendo 2DS out Oct. 12 for $130, plays all 3DS, DS games | Joystiq


http://www.nintendo.co.uk/Nintendo-3DS/Nintendo-2D...

Edited by ajprice on Wednesday 28th August 18:49

[CBR JGWRR]

Removes my biggest problem with the DS, excellent.

[BlueMR2]

Looks like a retarded gameboy.

[Dan 80]

CBR JGWRR said:

Removes my biggest problem with the DS, excellent.

What the 3D? Can't you just turn this off on the 3DS?

Unless the price drops by another £30 or so then I can't see this selling much...

[Meoricin]

Dan 80 said:

What the 3D? Can't you just turn this off on the 3DS?

Unless the price drops by another £30 or so then I can't see this selling much...

Presumably weak hinges.

[CrowCrow00]

Will buy! I already have a Pikachu 3DS XL, and I still want one of these. If only Nintendo had an account system so I could have my eshop games on both.

[dorme]

and the award for the most pointless hand held console goes to...........

you can turn off the 3d on 3ds, and it doesnt look like a ssmashed and squashed version of the old DS?

[Alexandre MX]

Looks like Nintendo is desperate for profits.

[ajprice]

I hope it comes with that soft case in the box. 2 screens on a 'slate' like that is a weird setup, a price drop and 3DS software on the DS Lite would have got the same market as an entry level handheld, it's been around a while so it would be cheaper to make now than what it was at launch. I know Nintendo update the DS line with something just about every year, but this is an odd one.

[CBR JGWRR]

Dan 80 said:

What the 3D? Can't you just turn this off on the 3DS?

Unless the price drops by another £30 or so then I can't see this selling much...

The floppy hinges which can't keep the top screen where you want it. Although I don't mind the loss of 3D, I couldn't tell the difference myself...

[JDMDrifter]

My immediate reaction when I heard about this! What are they thinking? Who would bother to buy it?

Handhelds seem to be dying out due to tablets and smart phones, they don't seem as revolutionary as they once where...

[TheTurbonator]

dorme said:

and the award for the most pointless hand held console goes to...........

The virtual boy?

[CrowCrow00]

TheTurbonator said:

The virtual boy?

Or the PSP Go, which was a nice idea for the US or Japan as they have loads of games on PSN. In EU we only have about four and a half games on there, so it was pointless.

[RobDickinson]

This actually uses just one screen with a plastic faceplate making it look like two..stupid :-\