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What a coincidence, I just saw someone playing a 3DS (not XL I think) on the train on the way home today. I haven't seen someone playing a dedicated handheld console in forever. I should've struck up a conversation about it.
I also saw someone using an MP3 player last week. Single-purpose electronics making a small comeback this year?
Yeah, that’s what I have been hearing.
I basically only play older games.
I grew up with nes to ps2 gen games. I don’t really like all this online stuff l, dlc, or paid skins.
I’ll just stick to my old stuff.
New2DSXL is what you want. And a back up motherboard in case yours fails and needs to replace.
It’s the goat pirate/homebrew console. Pretendo is thriving.
Without 3D its not worth having a physical console when everything else can be emulated extremely reliably everywhere else and 3DS games are getting better emulated day by day. Its like if you bought a SNES but played it on a shity LCD TV.
The (New) 3DS XL has quite nice haptics, and emulating the dual-screen setup is a little awkward especially handheld.
Apart from that I agree with you.
It was worth getting a second-hand New 3DS XL for €100 a few years ago, but the prices people talk about here are just not worth it.
Same holds true for old Gameboys and similar tech.
Same experience here, there have been a couple of interesting devices to run double screen games (AYN Thor), but it's rather expensive for having a dedicated device for just the DS and 3DS catalogues (with some hardware gaps).
Is the “new” version worth it if I already have an old 3ds xl?
The N3DS differences are:
Also, if you have a hacked N3DS you can enable the overclocked speed in original 3DS games to make stuff like Pokemon games lag less. Going from 268MHz to 804MHz does make a difference.
Thanks! It seems that it’s not worth getting the new 3ds since I already have the base one.
You're smart. I was looking at one last year, but I didn't bite the bullet. Luckily, my wife has one lying around that she said I could mod.
As a tech that attempted to repair a waterlogged flooded and rusted out 2DS, unfortunately unsuccessfully, may I ask a question?
How many versions of the Nintendo DS did they make, and more importantly, why?
DS, 2DS, 3DS, DSi, DS XL, am I missing any, and why so many variations?
Yes, here they are in release order
DS - original Ds light - slimmer version Dsi &dsi xl - removed ability to play gba games, added cameras and some exclusive. I think the exclusives for this were just a few and nothing notable, but I could be wrong. Also xl has a bigger screen.
3ds- next gen ds with 3d screen. 2ds & 3ds xl - 2 ds gets rid of the 3d screen to save cost and xl version is larger. New 2ds and 3ds - better hardware, but not a new gen. There are a very few exclusive games for it like Minecraft. Added a second joystick on the right side for camera control in some games.
DS and DSi were basically one console.
3DS and its variants were the second gen. 2DS was a 3DS with no 3D and no hinge, made for kids. 3DS XL was just a larger version. "New" 3DS was a power upgrade plus a new right stick for games that were a little too much for the base console.
It was a glorious line of handhelds, and I wish the Switch had never been invented, leaving the portable 3DS line still valid. I would love a new one.
DS, DS slim: That's the first generation. 67MHz, 4MB RAM. Both consoles are identical apart from the form factor and play DS and GBA games.
DSi, DSi XL: Second generation, 133MHz, 16MB RAM, downloadable games, no GBA slot. GBA compatibility still exists via virtual console, but not with physical games. Adds a camera and integrated storage.
3DS, 2DS, 3DS XL: Third generation, 2x268MHz, 128MB RAM. The 3DS variants have autostereoscopic 3D displays. The 2DS is a hingle-less cheaper variant without 3D displays. Adds a left joystick. 3D cameras.
New 3DS, New 3DS XL, New 2DS XL: Fourth generation, 4x804MHz, 256MB RAM, second stick
So basically there are four generations. Each generation massively upgraded the performance while adding new features here and there.
Each of the generations (apart from the original DS) has size-variants that have bigger screens for a higher price and a larger size.
The DS and DS slim are identical apart from the fact that they managed to slim down the device with further development.
DS was the first dual screen games(bottom is a Touchscreen), dsi added a web browser, a store to purchase "DSiWare" and a camera, 3DS added 3D, gyroscopes street pass and probably some other things I'm forgetting, NEW3DS is faster hardware and eye tracking to fix the 3D so you don't have to hold the 3DS directly in front of you stiffly. 2DS is for kids because parents got it in their heads that the 3D would fry the kids eyes and has no hinge so you can't protect the screens. I don't remember there being a "DS XL" but I remember a DSi XL, 3DS XL and NEW 3DS XL(the best version). There's also a 3DS I don't remmeber the letters for but was exclusive to Japan that was a NEW 3DS with changeable faceplates. I forget which console added the IR emitter/sensor but the Pokémon DS cartridges originally had them in them I think for transmitting to the pokewalker but I don't think the built in or sensor ever worked for that functionality.
If you don't consider the DS fat an upgrade to the GBA like the GBA was to the Gameboy Color, then I wouldn't consider the DS on the same line the 3DS is. Basicly from the Gameboy DMG all the way up to the NEW 3DS XL is just one upgradeable line of handhelds that Nintendo just kept making better and better. That's the "why" to there being so many, always has been. The Switch truely feels like its own third branch from Nintendo's handheld and console lines with how ass backwards they regressed in features. No backwards compatability at all hardwarewise with a prior device so its definitely a new starting point.
The main advantage I have seen with my kids in the 2DS over the 3DS is that the 2DS survives being shaken without issues. My kids tended to shake the consoles when they got angry that they lost a game. Try doing that with the 3DS and you are soon going to build a GBA Macro.