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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KatsumiPosted:

Losers they only added a big screen and you can no longer close it


They also cut the price a fair bit and removed the painful 3D feature

LosersPosted:

they only added a big screen and you can no longer close it

gmlukensPosted:

Pretty cool, id buy it for maybe some of the pokemon games :D

FavismPosted:

this is stupid. they should of just made 3ds games compatible with regular ds. The 3d feature on the 3ds is the stupidest thing i've ever used and all it does is cause major headaches.

Michael1321Posted:

Have they actually just downgraded the 3DS

DemonSurferPosted:

Boar
TheDylanDylan
daRealRush This is just another Regular DS, except it can play 3DS games! I'm sorry, but just no! No!


for younger audience and people who don't want to buy a 3ds just to play 1 or 2 games


Why not just have made 3DS games compatible with the DS in the first place without 3D effect? Would have been a lot easier than making this ugly thing.


Since the 3DS is way more powerful than the DS that wouldn't be possible it would be like trying to play ps3 games on a PS2 or XBOX 360 games on an original XBOX.It,s not just a DS/Lite with optional 3D

BoarPosted:

TheDylanDylan
daRealRush This is just another Regular DS, except it can play 3DS games! I'm sorry, but just no! No!


for younger audience and people who don't want to buy a 3ds just to play 1 or 2 games


Why not just have made 3DS games compatible with the DS in the first place without 3D effect? Would have been a lot easier than making this ugly thing.

BoarPosted:

McNuggets_Jr There's like what 10 different types now, maybe more? Nintendo need to stop milking this crap...


Well they have been essentially the same from the DS upwards apart from the little 3D effect which a lot hated, they are sort of milking it.

BoarPosted:

God this is one ugly console in my opinion, jezz..

CraigPosted:

Pufferfish It would be nicer if the whole device was red or blue. Not just the back


It would be nicer if they stopped making them altogether.