Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

Re:Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade by devindotcom on Thursday September 17, 2020 @04:55PM (#24509845)

I don't think the 2DS defeats the purpose of the device. The 3D aspect was by design only used in optional ways by nearly all developers and the 2DS as a great, cheaper, lighter alternative to the original. If anything it makes the handheld more focused and useful by stripping away something that was never really effective to begin with.

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Re:Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade by fossuser on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:27PM (#24510158)

In my case I was trying to get a gift for a friend who plays a lot of monster hunter world and the 3D apparently helps with gameplay since being able to sense the depth makes it easier to fight the monsters.

By “defeat the purpose” I just meant that a version of the 3DS without the 3D part isn’t really the same thing.

I generally find Nintendo the company frustrating to interact with when trying to buy things from them.

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Re:Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade by takeda on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:49PM (#24510366)

if 2DS was foldable I would buy it instead of 3DS. Didn't really care about the 3D.

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Re:Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade by EddieRingle on Thursday September 17, 2020 @05:58PM (#24510473)

The New 2DS is the foldable version.

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Re:Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade by fzzzy on Thursday September 17, 2020 @07:02PM (#24510999)

Highly recommended, it's great hardware.

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Re:Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade by takeda on Friday September 18, 2020 @01:08AM (#24513194)

Neat, won't buy it since aleady have 3DS, I really wish they created it earlier.

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