@Groundings said:

Great, now they should release games worth buying for the system.

Really? Super Mario 3D, Paper Mario, Mario Kart, etc. isn't enough for you?

Seriously, if you want a 2nd analog stick buy a Vita and shut up. I hope they never make one just to keep pissing you people off.

The only admiration i have for Nintendo is their business sense. They milk the fuck out of their products, while no one complains, and put out shit that no one wants, but yet will sell millions. Brilliant.

@delorean99947: you are so right, whats the point of making the damn thing bigger and not including the second stick. if they didn't release the circle pad pro to begin with on one would be complaining. all they had to do was move the xyab buttons down a bit and put the other analog stick inline with the other.

I considered buying a 3DS XL because the regular 3DS is a bit small for my hands, but I decided not to purchase any handheld gaming device after only a few moments of thought. I realized that when I'm at a point in my day where I'm able to play video games, I can always use a home console on my awesome TV, while any mobile gaming needs are met by my phone. Sorry, Nintendo & Sony, no amount of fancy bolt-on transformerish sorcery is going to win me over.

@President_Barackbar said:

@Hailinel said:

Cool. As a left-handed standard CPP owner, Kid Icarus is wonderful to play using it. Fuck all of the haters.

I don't really think anyone is "hating" on it so much as being confused as to why Nintendo just didn't add a second stick to the revision. 

I'll take it one step further and say: Why didn't they just design the ORIGINAL 3DS with two sticks? 

@DrMcKittrick said:

Seriously, if you want a 2nd analog stick buy a Vita and shut up. I hope they never make one just to keep pissing you people off.

But they already made a second stick called Circle Pad Pro... they just haven't built it into the actual handheld. That's what everyone is criticizing Nintendo for.

Fuck you, Nintendo, fuck you.

@allodude: But even then that doesn't make a lot of sense

Long story short...I don't get this myth that we want handheld games.

Take Mario Kart for example...its not like you can't get that series on the Wii...it plays the exact same.I've been playing handhelds since the Game Boy...and to me, the whole idea of handheld gaming to give me that console experience on the go

I'm going off into a tangent...but I've always been one of those people who never got the myth surrounding handheld gaming vs. console gaming and how the two differ

Example

The Gameboy was an underpowered NES...there was something cool about having a copy of Mario that you could take with you no matter where you went.

The Gameboy Color was technically a NES of sorts...hell it launched with Direct Ports of NES games (Super Mario Bros and Zelda come to mind

The Gameboy Advanced was for all purposes a SNES...hell I played Donkey Kong Country on the go and loved it...but make no mistake, it was a console game on a handheld

The PSP was a Portable PS2...and I enjoyed it for that

The DS was an underpowered N64 of sorts...It launched with a port of Mario 64 on it...sure it had casual handheld games, but it wasn't voided of Ports (of sorts)...I mean Mario Kart is a great game, but its not like I couldn't get it on a console...wasn't that the charm? That you could take Mario Kart with you

This is just a personal gripe of mine...but I don't get this myth of we want handheld games...because it seems to me that the charm of a handheld was that it offers a console experience on the go.

I'm happy with a console experience on the go...I thought the GTA games on the PSP worked great...I thought the God of War games on PSP were great...I thought Uncharted for the Vita was pretty cool...I thought Zelda Ocarina of Time 3DS was cool...that's a console game through and through but I still really enjoyed playing it on my handheld.

I understand people want bite sized gaming on a handheld...but that's where I thought things like RE: Revelations and MGS: Peace Walker really got it right with the way they split the game into small bite sized chapters...I think you can do a console experience and it can be just as fun

I think that whole idea of we want handheld games only is a complete myth...otherwise how do you explain 20 million units of Mario Kart DS sold??? It's Not like that's a handheld exclusive franchise now.

Sorry for being long...but this is just something I never got when people argue it

That circle pad pro is a pretty meaty piece of hardware so this thing is going to be just hilariously oversized.

Just give me a Vita with Nintendo games for it and I'll be happy.

Also doubles as low income housing I assume.

just please stop supporting nintendo. its like supporting disney at this point.

didn't capcom make the "smaller" one?

But what if I want a THIRD analog stick?!

I was so ready to go out and give Nintendo my $ when they released a new 3DS with a second stick on it...but then they didn't...so then I didn't give them my $...and it doesn't look like their gonna get my $ anytime soon, cause NO second analog stick = NO $ from Rodent.

Sorry Nintendo.

*waits for Vita price drop*

Can I attach my n64 expansion pack to that thing?

I want paddles so I can play Pong on it.

Nintendo certainly shot themselves in the foot when they chose not to add a second analog stick, there really isn't any reason not to. Still, I believe that in this type of situation you either go all in or not at all. Developers should find alternative and creative ways to enhance control in 3D games with the lack of a second analog stick, but the release of the CCP kind of ruins that in a way. I personally wouldn't mind if some games found a way to implement the 3DS gyroscope for camera control. Journey on the PS3 had an alternative method of moving the camera with the Sixaxis gyro and it worked reasonably well.

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Didn't see that one coming.

@DrMcKittrick said:

Seriously, if you want a 2nd analog stick buy a Vita and shut up. I hope they never make one just to keep pissing you people off.

I hope everyone does so you shut the fuck up about people being pissed off.

They should just friggin make a 3DS with a 2nd circle pad already! Gawd.

That is going to look sooo dumb.

@Tarsier said:

just please stop supporting nintendo. its like supporting disney at this point.

Yeah! Don't buy something you like because the same company made something you didn't like!

@DrMcKittrick said:

@Groundings said:

Great, now they should release games worth buying for the system.

Really? Super Mario 3D, Paper Mario, Mario Kart, etc. isn't enough for you?

Paper Mario isn't out and unfortunately looks like a follow up to Super Paper Mario (which wasn't a very good game) rather than the far superior RPG games. I'm quite happy with my 3DS at this point, but they need to keep the game releases flowing, it still doesn't exactly have a stellar line up.

As for the second analogue stick, why shouldn't people be annoyed about this? Having something that allows you to easily control the camera is a basic function at this point. Considering they're releasing a new 3DS, why didn't they already have it built in, instead of releasing a stupid attachment? It just means it'll never be supported outside of one or two games. It's a baffling design decision.

there are no words

This just in, Nintendo is building a laptop.

I might end up buying both a 3DS XL and its Circle Pad Pro just for the ridiculousness of it all.

Nintendo realizes that this is a portable system don't they? Like, maybe it should fit in a pocket?

Artist rendition

Hope it comes with a giant Kid Icarus stand too or no deal.

That thing is going to be a monster of a handheld now, which is okay with me because I will play handheld games at home.

@mrpandaman said:

@DrMcKittrick said:

Seriously, if you want a 2nd analog stick buy a Vita and shut up. I hope they never make one just to keep pissing you people off.

But they already made a second stick called Circle Pad Pro... they just haven't built it into the actual handheld. That's what everyone is criticizing Nintendo for.

What Pandaman said!

@WinterSnowblind: Actually it looks more like an RPG with battles and light platforming but you could be right, we won't know until the game is out.

@Dan_CiTi: The turn based battle system is nice, but I'm not a fan of the lack of stat progression and partner characters, or the fact you have to use stickers with limited use instead of just learning skills.

yep, they do know how to innovate '$__$'

people always say that!

isnt the regular N titles enough for u?

well, for many of us, NO!

its all good if your a N fan, but if your not,

u do want something more than just the same old.

This definitely won't be a first party thing it will be something that niche devs will use since noone outside of that will support it and the install base being so small to begin with for the peripheral.