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What The 3DS LL Should Have Been

MegaJon28 writes "The 3DS LL has been announced and looks to be an improvement over the 3DS XL. The 3DS LL is going to feature a more powerful processor, extra ram, extra buttons and a 2nd thumbstick or “nub” as its being referred to. Its true the 3DS LL is an improvement, but it could have been so much more."

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lilbroRx3519d ago (Edited 3519d ago )

The New 3DS LL is what it should have been.

pcz3519d ago

am i the only one confused by this new 3ds?

it doesnt have a big enough identity to distinguish it from its counterparts. which is exactly the problem with the wiiu.

doesnt nintendo ever learn?

Sly-Lupin3519d ago

This isn't meant to replace the 3DS for the general consumers. It's meant to get their core consumers to buy ANOTHER 3DS.

This is the same reason why they waited 1 year before releasing the XL, and another year before all the LE consoles. Nintendo expects their core fans to shell out ~$250 USD annually on hardware.

Madock3518d ago

when the designs are put and the order actually runs through an assembly line that's like a year at least if we consider packaging and shipping,
If they drastically change the shape and size of the console that requires a long and very expensive assembly line change as well as being sure of the no of units to b produced and sold
They cldn't stray away far from the 3ds design even if they wanted to…
In the mean time i don't know why ppl r angry when it was us who kept moaning about a 2nd analogue and extra trigger buttons

Geekman3519d ago

True. But I don't enjoy dwelling on "what could have been." I like focusing on NOW and FUTURE IMPROVEMENTS. Endlessly complaining about the New 3DS won't change anything, where as complaining about the Xbox One before launch actually got Microsoft to get it together and fix what we didn't like.

pcz3518d ago

@ madlock

''They cldn't stray away far from the 3ds design even if they wanted to…''

i can imagine it costs a lot of money to alter production methods for new hardware designs. but i know it also costs the company to not be able to sell hardware too.

there is the saying that you need to spend money to make money. it has been evident that nintendo are trying to cut costs, and are going to drastic measures to do so. but i wonder how beneficial this is...

i think the products they are putting out are suffering. what we are starting to see is hardware that doesnt really excite anyone and has poor identity.

i think they are borrowing heavily from apples business model. offer similar products year after year with little upgrades. it works for apple, but im not sure it will work for nintendo.

its a massive shift in gaming culture to offer an almost identical hardware product, albeit with little upgrades in spec, especially cpu/speed. in gaming we are used to having a good 5 years between new tech, so offering this little upgrade will undoubtedly cause confusion and segregation in the market.

i can envision many gamers/parents buying games for their DS that they can't even play, because they are unaware the 'new'DS has different specs. i think its going to cause consumer chaos.

i guess we will have to watch this space ..

DualWielding3519d ago

3DS LL is just the Japanese name for 3DS XL

WiiUsauce3518d ago

Lol I know. This guy thins LL is exclusively the name for the new XL, but the current XL is called 3DS LL in Japan.

Summons753519d ago

Complaining about the screen resolution? Did you see the side by side on the video. Smash 3DS looks 100x better on the N3DS than it ever did on the DS. Plus better 3d that you can see from any angle is huge.

You think you can do better than please stop winning and do it yourself. Nintendo puts out what they want to put out not what "should have been"

megajon3519d ago

I only bring up the screen resolution because it was a glaring issue with the original model that was worsened with the XL and its stretched image to match the 5 inch screen. I'm more concerned that after buying this I will see another revision in a year with a high definition screen.

LAWSON723519d ago

It is called the XL not the LL, that is just what it is called in Japan. Do some research or learn what you are talking about before making an article.

lilbroRx3519d ago

I didn't catch that. I was under the impression that the writer of the article at least new that much, though I suppose they spare no effort and finding something to make an issue out of with Nintendo.

megajon3519d ago

Yeah that was an editing issue/typo at the time. Sorry about that :)

WiiUsauce3518d ago

Oops. Accidentally disagreed. Meant to hit agree haha. You can disagree with this comment and call it even :P

MasterCornholio3519d ago

What's the nub like though?

Is it like the nubs that laptops have or is it movable stick?

Pillsbury13519d ago

Probably like a laptop nub or like the c stick on GameCube.

Summons753519d ago

They've been comparing it to the Gamecube's C-Stick as well as actually calling it a C-Stick versus the gross sounding nub.

hkgamer3519d ago

looks very similar to lenovo/ibm laptops.

i think most games wont heavily rely on this so your thumb would barely touch it unlike most western games. think about monster hunter and i think its mainly used to adjust the camera every so often.

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Bloody Tearful: An ode to DS-era Castlevania Games

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.

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RiseNShine316d ago

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.

edureboucas311d ago

I think that might have been a group decision, but lol!

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Wii U & 3DS eShop are gone. What now? - Opinion Piece

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."

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walken7372d ago

Jailbreak. It was pretty easy on the 3ds, there are good guides out there.

CrimsonWing69372d ago

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.

fan_of_gaming372d ago

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.

fan_of_gaming372d ago

play all of the games I got before they closed

PhillyDillyDee372d ago

Yar me thinks me knows an answer yarr

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Wii U & Nintendo 3DS eShop Discontinuation

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.

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mooreneco21793d ago

No surprise, but a sad day for gaming with hundreds of exclusive titles to be lost forever

Petebloodyonion793d ago

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.