Nintendo reveals the "New Nintendo 3DS" and "New Nintendo 3DS LL"

Vanillalite said:
Now with this shit coming it means we won't get a real fucking new system till 2016 at the earliest.
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Which you ought to have expected to begin with...? The 3DS is still a fine machine for portable games.

Nose Master said:
Nintendo, you gotta knock it the fuck off with these names. Calling something "New ___" is awful, and will make no god damn sense in about six months.

These minor increments are also grating, but they can get away with it. Why? Because I even think it's bullshit, and I'm still going to buy one. I did skip XL, though.
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Clearly this will be the last iteration of the 3DS, so calling it "new 3DS" won't be too confusing. I'm betting the next handheld from them will return to the GameBoy name, or it will be something entirely different from the DS line.
 
Goddamnit Nintendo. I knew you'd revise, because you always do, but you've never added new fucking control methods. Could you possibly burn current owners any harder?

The idiocy of this company never ceases to amaze.
 
If it was a huge upgrade, with a higher resolution screen and at least Vita-level specs (really not much too much to ask for in 2014), which was also backwards compatible, I would've been all for it. It would basically have been a new handheld, everyone would be happy.

This slight CPU upgrade is laughable. Absolutely stupid to make exclusives for it. Say, if Xenoblade would run on the old 3DS too and benefitted from the better CPU with a framerate/graphics boost, that would've been cool.

But this? No. Why should I buy this when the "real" new handheld is probably 1 year out?
 
duckroll said:
This is a real megaton. It tells us a few things I think:

- There is no "real" 3DS successor in the foreseeable future
- Nintendo has been thinking long and hard about how to extend the 3DS generation
- They've decided that a stop-gap measure with an improved 3DS can buy them a few years
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DSi did something similar for the DS with improved specs and features (added a camera, faster CPU, increased RAM) while being the same platform. 3DS came out about 2 years later give or take a few months depending on your region so maybe we can expect a successor in late 2016/early 2017.

Then again the first redesign of a Nintendo handheld used to be the best one to get for that generation and this model scoffs indignantly at history's expectations so who the hell knows what will happen.
 
mrklaw said:
a few years? If they think that then IMO they're fucked. They've done most of their normal IPs, and they don't tend to release twice on one platform.

the spec bumps just scream DSi which got almost no support in a meaningful way (was by far my worst Nintendo hardware purchase)

This might buy them a few hardcore users double dipping, but any exclusive software is going to get relatively tiny numbers. They need a proper follow up really soon - but from the look of this that is more likely to be 2016 than 2015 (but I still hope we get something next year)
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Specs bump can be used for browsing and navigating the OS much faster than before... also, quite important, if the Stereoscopic 3D effect has been enhanced it makes the system gimmick more and more important and more useful :). That affects all S3D games ;).
 
Hmm I don't really understand for who this new version of the 3ds is really it serves no purpose kinda. About the name really nintendo? New Nintendo 3ds? I think nintendo has a real problem with coming up with good names.
 
Keyser Soze said:
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Oh heart be still, nostalgia overload...anyways now I have to buy yet another 3Ds, any word for NA?
Should be "super 3ds". :)
 
So, do you think that the original models will be immediately discontinued, and oly *new* models sold from now on? I think that's probably the best decision, but I'm hardly a businessman.
 
As a day one 3DS user this is great news.

I've been hoping for a standard size remodel as I still like to take my 3DS out with my and the XL is too big for that.

Skins are also great since now I don't have to worry about buying it day one.

Please please please NoE, keep the SNES buttons.
 
Foshy said:
If it was a huge upgrade, with a higher resolution screen and at least Vita-level specs (really not much too much to ask for in 2014), which was also backwards compatible, I would've been all for it. It would basically have been a new handheld, everyone would be happy.

This slight CPU upgrade is laughable. Absolutely stupid to make exclusives for it. Say, if Xenoblade would run on the old 3DS too and benefitted from the better CPU with a framerate/graphics boost, that would've been cool.

But this? No. Why should I buy this when the "real" new handheld is probably 1 year out?
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Then it wouldn´t be a hardware revision, it would be an entirely new system, that´s a pretty significant distinction.

EDIT: Nevermind, just saw that Xenoblade stuff. So it´s is a revision... and a new system, kinda. Shitty move, to be honest.

Honestly, I´m extremely surprised that they even included a second stick, I would NEVER have guess they would actually do this, let alone so let in the systems life.
 
Then...

GBC Oct/1998 → GBA Mar/2001
DSi Nov/2008 → 3DS Feb/2011
New 3DS Fall/2014 → DS Next Winter/2017

...I guess?
 
Nose Master said:
Nintendo, you gotta knock it the fuck off with these names. Calling something "New ___" is awful, and will make no god damn sense in about six months.

These minor increments are also grating, but they can get away with it. Why? Because I even think it's bullshit, and I'm still going to buy one. I did skip XL, though.
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I dunno, it worked pretty well for The New iPad.
 
Relaxed Muscle said:
Is clearly a new platform as in, it will have games that only will play in that platform.
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They will be a small portion of its library. The userbase to develop exclusive "new 3DS" games won't be enough to justify the development of 3DS games to completely switch to this handheld. They are trying to ensure a smooth transition to the next de facto new platform over lapping userbase and software development from a generation to another. I think it's brilliant! Don't know if it will work though hehehe But the concept/idea is very elegant.
 
Ryuuga said:
It's a thumb dimpler. Though, as I said in the direct thread, I'm surprised we didn't have ardent defenders opposed to the idea of a second stick function when it would do split the market in twine causing chaos in the streets. Now we get it and hardware-exclusive games! Great time to be alive.
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Sure, I know what the new stick is. I didn't even mention the new back buttons, which to me look like it may be uncomfortable as hell, because the way I hold my 3DS XL, my fingers don't even reach the full back L and R triggers (yey for small hands!).

KojiKnight said:
Can't be worse than the ol' laptop clit mouses, should be good enough for many games.

And damn I think I'm as torn about this as everyone else... I was one of the people that actually upgraded from a DS to DSi and didn't get a whole lot out of the deal (the store was mostly ass). This feels like a stop-gap towards a more powerful 'true' next gen portable in another year or two (again, like the DSi).

That said... I'll probably get it because I'm a chump... but I may not trade my XL in for it in case it blocks the upcoming homebrew channel.
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Yeah, I think I'm fine with the old XL model. Also didn't upgrade to the DSi last time, and I don't feel I've missed anything valuable.
 
Relaxed Muscle said:
Is clearly a new platform as in, it will have games that only will play in that platform.
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So far we know of 1. It's like saying the DSi was a completely new platform... It's a year or two stop gap hold over for their next system which is sounding more and more like it'll be revealed at next year's E3.
 
Dice said:
Goddamnit Nintendo. I knew you'd revise, because you always do, but you've never added new fucking control methods. Could you possibly burn current owners any harder?

The idiocy of this company never ceases to amaze.
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the idiocy of this post was fully expected.
 
I just cannot understand why Nintendo is determined to keep the analog sticks on the Wii U and 3DS above the buttons. It's the most uncomfortable thing I've ever felt. Also what's with the small analog stick.
 
Nosgoroth said:
Then...

GBC Oct/1998 → GBA Mar/2001
DSi Nov/2008 → 3DS Feb/2011
New 3DS Fall/2014 → DS Next Winter/2017

...I guess?
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That's assuming strong sales after this is released. If 3DS continues to get shit sales after the first month or two, there is no way they delay the next handheld to Winter 2017.
 
WTF, out of nowhere, just like the 2DS. How is Nintendo able to keep this stuff a secret while the world has known what the iPhone 6 looks like for half a year?
 
Foshy said:
If it was a huge upgrade, with a higher resolution screen and at least Vita-level specs (really not much too much to ask for in 2014), which was also backwards compatible, I would've been all for it. It would basically have been a new handheld, everyone would be happy.

This slight CPU upgrade is laughable. Absolutely stupid to make exclusives for it. Say, if Xenoblade would run on the old 3DS too and benefitted from the better CPU with a framerate/graphics boost, that would've been cool.

But this? No. Why should I buy this when the "real" new handheld is probably 1 year out?
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I like the better CPU for a faster operating system and browser. But I agree its a little crappy to then make games exclusive for it. A completely new 3DS(like you described initially) would not make everybody happy either, though. It would in fact make quite a few people upset at the super short life of the 3DS. And I doubt this successor is only a year away. Probably more like 2 or 3.

I'm very glad I waited on getting a 3DS now.
 
I guess it sort of makes sense to release it in Late Winter/Early Spring next year for US and EU. I remember them releasing the DS Lite at kind of an odd time and it still did fantastic.
 
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