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

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The Nintendo 2DS is a new handheld in the DS family due out on October 12 for $130, in red and blue. As its name suggests, the 2DS plays all 3DS and DS games, but in 2D. It's a solid piece of hardware, no hinges, with dual screens the same size as 3DS screens, one circle pad, a camera, a single speaker and standard DS face buttons. Nintendo calls the 2DS "an entry-level dedicated portable gaming system."

Nintendo describes the 2DS as follows: "The system features a distinctive fixed, slate-type form factor .... Nintendo 2DS maintains many of the same hardware features as Nintendo 3DS: dual screens, game-play controls and touch-screen features. The system also has backward compatibility with the existing library of more than 2,000 Nintendo DS games, as well as access to wireless connectivity features like multiplayer online game play, fun Nintendo Video content and great digitally delivered games in the Nintendo eShop."



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Source: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/08/28/nintendo-2ds-plays-all-3ds-ds-games-in-2d-ditches-clamshell/

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ZeffPosted:

The thing looks like a plastic piece of toast that Nintendo made for some extra scratch.

CokesPosted:

Why did they even make this?

WakePosted:

Intresting design, might end up buying one of these as a back up/family wide used device.

DawPosted:

ehh. Not my type but I'm sure there will be some people who buy it. $130 is a good price if you ask me.

KatsumiPosted:

slapshot101
Katsumi
Impossibility they seem to be running out of ideas


Well it's not a very bad idea to be honest. It's intended for small children so they don't break the screen or have their eyes damaged by the 3D. I am sure that it will draw a fair few parents in
On the same hand it would seem to me that it would be easier to break as the screens aren't protected as they are not inclosed, it seems easier to scratch or crack the screen. I can see your point though in the reveal trailer most of the people playing it were under the age of 14 and their parents were playing also.


While it would be easier to break the main concern of Nintendo was that they will do things such as snap the top screen off the hinges, get their fingers caught between the 2 screens and things along those lines.

LWTPosted:

thx for the info. much appreciated.
//LWT

MentalistPosted:

BlueIceRaw The 2ds design is soo ugly


I don't care about design to be honest, I care about performance.

MentalistPosted:

I might get one of these, I always wondered how its like at the moment.

BlueIceRawPosted:

The 2ds design is soo ugly

slapshot101Posted:

Katsumi
Impossibility they seem to be running out of ideas


Well it's not a very bad idea to be honest. It's intended for small children so they don't break the screen or have their eyes damaged by the 3D. I am sure that it will draw a fair few parents in
On the same hand it would seem to me that it would be easier to break as the screens aren't protected as they are not inclosed, it seems easier to scratch or crack the screen. I can see your point though in the reveal trailer most of the people playing it were under the age of 14 and their parents were playing also.


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