Daydream Sequence
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That's. Umm. Odd. So the only way you know if you accurately hit a button is if the device reacts accordingly?
3DS XL First Impressions/Previews
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That's. Umm. Odd. So the only way you know if you accurately hit a button is if the device reacts accordingly?
Stealth20k
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its probably sexy
No, you can feel perfectly that you are pressing it, but it doesn't click.
Just went to grab my Purple 3DS and look at it. Hadn't touched it all day, had work.
Look along the right side of the screen. Near the "R" for camera, vertically from there:
Hopefully the XL fixes this. Preordered blue.
hey, we really don't have to argue about this.
I have giant scratches on my 3DS and the L Buttons is broken as fuck. But...class actions suit... You can't be serious?!
Ken Masters
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yes, shit breaks, thanks for the insight. But when a company releases a product in which the designs flaws of the machine causes it to scratch itself, they do nothing about it, and the only solution is to buy a 3rd party screen protector, that equates to a classic class action lawsuit
where you also calling people who complained about the iphone 4 antenna problems crazy internet people?
and comparing a defective unit which has dead pixels to a design flaw is a joke
eighty(one)
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I would like to not go on and on about this. My opinion, is that if it takes a class action to get Nintendo (or any other manufacturer of goods), to not release poorly designed products which mutilate themselves through no fault of the owner - then yes. If Nintendo had made larger/longer rubber feet the problem would be non existent. If something forced them to fix the issues of future units during manufacture, so new owners won't have the same issues (put to rest): That would be good. Not bad.
My purple unit released on May 20, 2012. The issue is still there, in the same capacity it was Feb./Mar. 2011. They need to revise something in the method of assembly to fix it. Hopefully the XL fixes this particular 3DS issue. I won't tolerate it again. Not after spending 560$ + on 3DS units (after XL).
What is this I hear about the 3DS LL having shit speakers?
:/
Seriously, I'm kinda undecided if I'm trading my 3DS for one of these or not.
I cant relate to those who complain about asthetics or cheap looking build quality because I have one of these:
Which looks like SEX.
And seeing as I cant buy a white LL here in Euroland, I'm leaning towards staying with my Ice White 3DS in the meantime. These speaker complaints are giving me good feelings about my choice.
:/
Seriously, I'm kinda undecided if I'm trading my 3DS for one of these or not.
I cant relate to those who complain about asthetics or cheap looking build quality because I have one of these:
Which looks like SEX.
And seeing as I cant buy a white LL here in Euroland, I'm leaning towards staying with my Ice White 3DS in the meantime. These speaker complaints are giving me good feelings about my choice.
Daydream Sequence
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Yeah, the issues with the DS Lite and 3DS aren't a matter "shit breaks". Those are design defects. Dead pixels, squeaky or defective buttons is kind of the crapshoot we all engage in when we buy anything. That's normal. The problem here is that Nintendo complicates the "shit breaks" issue by making it much worse because if you transfer your system before realizing something is broken, you're screwed.
Milkncooke
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The 3DS comes with a year long warranty so if something is wrong with your new 3DS you can send it in for repairs for free.
huh? yeah feel free to just quote a little cut out of my post. makes perfect sense now.
i stated that the 3DS was a faulty product. may the worst i've ever bought. it was just about his/hers "class action suit" comment, but that's settled. we're cool now?
oh and some fast and dirty KH DDD pics (DEMO):
Daydream Sequence
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With the DS Lite and 3DS it does me no good to trade in something that is going to be sent back with the very same inherent problems. The best way to avoid the faulty hinge on the Lite and the scratching/smudging on the 3DS unfortunately is to simply never buy one.
eighty(one)
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That looks really nice on the XL :O
I pick up my KH3D on Tuesday, when it releases here in the US. Gonna hold off, not even play it until the XL. It'll sit alongside Rhythm Thief unplaced, until the 19th. I preordered KH long before the XL was announced. Id like to experience it, alongside other games, for the first time played on the larger screen.
Sorry for ruffling your feathers with my opinion. I like your posts in general ^_^
Sidenote: will I be lost if KH3D is my first KH experience? Should I avoid the game, being unfamiliar with the series or is it the type of game that's a good game in general?
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Anyone know why the cradle got delayed? Seems everywhere has it down for the end of August now. A month delay for a lump of plastic seems odd.
Milkncooke
Member
That's not really what I was getting at. You said;
Which is what I was replying to when talking about the warranty. If you do a system transfer to a faulty system you're not screwed because you can send it in to Nintendo for free.
we're cool. always take a risky jump for your opinion! oh and just for GAF, i took this shot. it's really spacey out there.
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goddammit! what a lovely looking system in closeups! hardware porn!
I just took a peek under my 3DS cradle and I think I'm gonna use the two circular ones it has
I've read some complaints about the sound and speakers in the XL. The default Surround sound setting is a bit too quiet and not up to par with the 3DS, but I switched it to Stereo and it sounds bright, rich, clear, and loud at max volume. I'm very happy with the sound quality now.
Fuck yeah problem solved 
Took the two rubber circles from the 3DS cradle
Sticked them in so both touch the Select/Home/Start bar and voilá
Doesnt look too bad IMO
No more cloth/napkin 3DS sandwich
edit: It also happens to align with the depth of the outer rim of the upper 3DS screen. Perfect
Took the two rubber circles from the 3DS cradle
Sticked them in so both touch the Select/Home/Start bar and voilá
Doesnt look too bad IMO
No more cloth/napkin 3DS sandwich
edit: It also happens to align with the depth of the outer rim of the upper 3DS screen. Perfect
Fuck yeah problem solved
Took the two rubber circles from the 3DS cradle
Sticked them in so both touch the Select/Home/Start bar and voilá
Doesnt look too bad IMO
No more cloth/napkin 3DS sandwich
Looks pretty proffesional of you ask me. Way better than the 360 feet ones. Better placed also. Godspeed, my son!'
lowrider007
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You can barely feel them tbh, there is hardly no give or feed back.
Check here from 7:45 onwards they talk briefly about the select/start/home buttons, Brad says it's mushy but they arn't.
http://www.giantbomb.com/bustin-out-the-3ds-extra-large/17-6386/
imo they are pretty poor.
Stealth20k
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you guys crack me up sometimes 
I have the thing, I can feel them perfectly.
Wait, you guys don't even have the original white 3DS for sale? NoA is being a bit shite lately.
It's nintendo in a nutshell.
they made them better ( single buttons, easy to click) and worsen then (did i click them, derp?) at the same time.
i would say....overall better. But still...
NoA has been shit ever since 2008/2009. They've just been getting continuously worse until they overtook NoE as being the worst branch of Nintendo.
EDIT: Oh, and the white 3DS XL has matte finish shoulder buttons so I'm worried they'll turn yellow like the DS lite. I'm a clean freak and yet Nintendo white products always have aspects that turn yellow no matter how much I baby them and continually was my hands (sticks on nunchuck, d-pad on Wiimote, shoulder buttons on DS lite/DSi). The white 3DS is the only white product with no white rubber or matte white plastic anywhere so I'm willing to risk it.
lowrider007
Licorice-flavoured booze?
Good for you then, yours must be different.
Did he really put in NSMB2 backwards at first.....
eighty(one)
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oh and just for GAF, i took this shot. it's really spacey out there.
edit:
goddammit! what a lovely looking system in closeups! hardware porn!
That's a really, really beautiful picture. That's the best looking image for silver I've seen: (o-0)"!
Hero of Legend
Member
So the ghosting/blur in the GBA games is deliberate due to emulation accuracy? Why? Emulators can do the job perfectly right?
Daydream Sequence
Banned
We have Purple, which is probably the best color they've released the original 3DS in so far. Unless orange got released somewhere and I missed it.
Ken Masters
Banned
we're cool
I cut the rest of that quote because that line was jarringthanks for the pics
eighty(one)
Member
To the members (and press) who've mentioned the shell seems to unclip easily...just how easily?
Is it bad enough that if the XL ever drops, while out and about, that the bottom clip/shell will go flying off of the system and it's innards spew out?
Seems like a small thing, until I think about it ever taking an accidental fall and it's outer shell breaks off *_*
Is it bad enough that if the XL ever drops, while out and about, that the bottom clip/shell will go flying off of the system and it's innards spew out?
Seems like a small thing, until I think about it ever taking an accidental fall and it's outer shell breaks off *_*
chickdigger802
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So instead of asking for specific game screenies,
If I stick my face close to my 3ds, will it be an accurate comparison to XL?
If I stick my face close to my 3ds, will it be an accurate comparison to XL?
bitoriginal
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It's attached with two screws, so that situation is unlikely to occur.
nhlducks35
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What about the top half?
bitoriginal
Member
To be fair, the top half isn't as easy to unclip as the bottom half. I haven't actually unclipped it yet, but I'm sure its possible. Bottom half is very easy to unclip though.
nhlducks35
Member
That's not good to hear...
bitoriginal
Member
It's nothing drastic, it's just the way the thing is designed. I can run my nail down the side, and pull it away on one half of the system. It's not gonna jump off without me unscrewing two screws and trying to pull it off. It definitely feels like it meant to be swapped out though, if not then I don't quite understand why its been designed this way.
Maybe they originally planned faceplates? Who knows...
Will be good for anyone that wanted all black though - get a top and bottom black shell and switch em!
AkimbO_Arcana
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What brightness level are you playing on? I get easily 4:30 with my launch 3DS with 3D and volume on max (brightness on 2, which is fine in the house).
nvm, already answered.
Conrad Link
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The only annoying thing for me about the 3DS XL is that I've pretty much stopped playing 3DS stuff in anticipation for it lol. I've got loads of games I want to play but in my mind I'm like no I want to wait for the big screens now!
IrishNinja
Member
hey, that cradle situation isn't too shabby, might do that myself if the problem persists.
this, yeah...im still plugging away at Theaterythm but stuff like RER and OoT are just sitting there waiting for a proper screen now, heh.
this, yeah...im still plugging away at Theaterythm but stuff like RER and OoT are just sitting there waiting for a proper screen now, heh.
Had to put that last sentence in, didn't he?
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