The Nintendo 2DS was announced not a day ago, to the surprise of everyone. Literally no one (aside from the shadowy people who chair Nintendo's board of directors) knew it was coming.
That's just one of the main reasons why the 2DS isn't likely to succeed: it's something no one asked for.
Castlevania’s twilight years were some of its best, but they were not enough to avert the dramatic end of the series as we knew and loved it.
Someone should fire to the lowest pit the guy on Konami that thought mobile gaming was the future and destroyed MGS, Castlevania and other franchises in the way.
Dan Rizzo says "So this is where we’re at with Nintendo and their continuous colloquy of tedious arguments against emulation. It’s funny how a company that’s so against open-source emulation, uses it to sell commercial products such as the NES and SNES Classic Mini, but release a minimal quantity to drum-up all the hype behind it, only to leave a majority of its fanbase disappointed when struggling to acquire the now collector’s piece."
someone made a good point that older music, movies, and books are far more easier to get access to than games. I think the industry needs to make a change. It's crazy that so much is gone now and I'm willing to pay for the games, but there's literally no way to get them now.
I can't speak to music as I don't collect it, and books are still quite accessible through paperbacks & hardcover releases. But movies & tv shows are starting to have a problem with accessibility now, with all these streaming-exclusives. Before everything would get a DVD or Blu-ray release, but now if content is pulled from a streamer, like happened with some HBO Max stuff recently, there's often no physical disc option or even a digital download through a service like iTunes. They're just lost media, same as delisted digital-only games.
As of late March 2023, it will no longer be possible to make purchases in Nintendo eShop for the Wii U system and the Nintendo 3DS family of systems. It will also no longer be possible to download free content, including game demos.
No surprise, but a sad day for gaming with hundreds of exclusive titles to be lost forever
it's sad that no one is actually outraged by that piece of news ut it's even worse to Sony because Nintendo acknowledges that going forward they would only release classic content thru the Nintendo online membership.
Basically, they are killing the store to create value for Switch and the Nintendo membership.
This article is crazy talk. I have no doubt these things are going to be flying off the shelves this Christmas. Parent's looking for a cheaper handheld for their kids can look at this, say "Meh. I don't think little Timmy needs his games in 3D," and save themselves some cash. It's as simple as that. This guy may scoff at the $40 difference in price, but when you're buying Christmas presents for a family, $40 is no insignificant amount.
I'm rather amazed that so many sites aren't seeing the appeal of this. Did the success of the Wii teach them nothing? Price matters for families. I wasn't even looking at a 3ds for my little guy but I was considering getting him a cheap tablet for Christmas. Now I'm seriously mulling over if he's old enough for the 2DS instead as the price is right and it seems a bit more robust.
it will do good, does not mean it is good
Playing the games from the 3DS on a cheaper 2DS! It will sell like hot cakes.
The price alone will make it sell.
"Why the Nintendo 2DS is Poised to Fail"
rightt just like the 3ds failed.