Nintendo preps huge 3DS overhaul: report

By Fred Dutton Published 23 August, 2011

Dual analogue, re-branding planned?

Nintendo is preparing both an external second circle pad add-on for the 3DS, as well as an entirely new model which "radically tones down" the system's 3D capabilities, according to insider sources.

French site 01Net has published the first in a four part report detailing how the platform holder is currently in turmoil over the direction to take its new handheld following disappointing launch sales.

While some of its claims seem rather out-there, the site has pedigree - it correctly broke news of Wii U and PlayStation Vita specs before both machines' respective announcements earlier this year.

According to its source, who it describes as "one of the very few Nintendo employees to dare break the code of silence", the company is currently working on a detachable second circle pad for the handheld.

Apparently the decision not to include two analogue sticks in the initial system build is a source of great regret at Nintendo HQ and was a result of the production process being rushed to ensure the system launched before the PlayStation Vita.

Nintendo's engineers are reportedly spending "sleepless nights" fine-tuning the add-on, which will sell for "about $10".

The source added that the platform holder has asked "a select group of developers" to work on titles for the peripheral, though third parties are growing increasingly disgruntled at Nintendo's approach.

As well as the dual analogue attachment, the insider also claimed that Nintendo is preparing a second iteration of the console for release in 2012.

The new version will "radically tone down" the system's 3D features, possibly rebranding the machine entirely. It was suggested that the recent price cut was planned partly as a means to get rid of stocks of the launch 3DS, clearing the way for a successor.

Finally, the source reported widespread third party frustration at the limited availability of 3DS dev kits. There is still reportedly a long waiting list for the units nearly six months after launch, with only 300 units being made a month.

According to 01Net's mole, development of the kits has been outsourced away from Nintendo's internal Intelligent Systems division to Tokyo Electric and Marubeni.

We've contacted Nintendo for comment.

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  • tinyspark #1 9 months ago

    What an absolute clusterfuck the 3DS has been, never have I regretted buying a console so early.

  • TelexStar #2 9 months ago

    What an absolute clusterfuck the 3DS has been

    +1. Not a truer word has been said. A real shame too.

  • deez #3 9 months ago

    This sounds hugely unlikely. Really not believing the detachable stick part.

  • repeater #4 9 months ago

    A new iteration of the 3DS with an extra analogue stick would be remarkable enough, but an EXTERNAL analogue pad? As hilarious as this would be, I'm going to have to call "bull" on this..

  • rockavitch #5 9 months ago

    "As well as the dual analogue attachment, the insider also claimed that Nintendo is preparing a second iteration of the console for release in 2012."

    I knew it was worth waiting, but I suppose it might be best to actually wait for the 3rd remodelling in 2013 which will include 2 analogue pads and by then we might have a handful of games to play also.

  • chasejamie #6 9 months ago

    Did they not have around 5 years to learn that not having a second analogue stick was a bad idea thanks to the PSP? I love the PSP, but even Sony learned their mistake. Anyway, I love my 3DS and probably couldn't go a year without playing Mario Kart on it anyway.
    Edited by chasejamie at 23/08/11 @ 08:55

  • Gumersindo #7 9 months ago

    I knew it!
    Always wait for the 2nd model!

  • Gearskin #8 9 months ago

    I call BS.

  • cardboardMonster #9 9 months ago

    To be fair the rebranding has already begun - those new adverts claiming, "this is not DS, this is 3DS" don't even mention the '3D without glasses' USP the launch adverts clung to. Detachable stick does seem unlikely, but then stranger things have happened. Nintendo has clearly got this all very wrong.

  • mrpon #10 9 months ago

    Attachment?

  • the_dudefather #11 9 months ago

    use the vivality sensor, your stress levels control your aiming

  • HyperTails #12 9 months ago

    I don't believe this but if, and I mean 'if', then this would be a major fuck up and i'd be so pissed off. Though as others have said, Nintendo has been making mistakes lately.

    *sigh* I really hope I didn't make a large mistake buying a 3DS as it is.

  • midnight_walker #13 9 months ago

    So wait, are there now gonna be loads of games that say "dual analogue required"?

    No. Given that this is Nintendo, there will be about 3.
    Edited by midnight_walker at 23/08/11 @ 08:46

  • HiddenAway #14 9 months ago

    We've contacted Nintendo for comment.

    Let me do that for you...

    We do not comment on rumour or speculation.

  • jablonski #15 9 months ago

    • I saw the 3DS come out.
    • I looked back at Nintendo's recent history of redone DS, redone wii controller.
    • I decided not to trust them with the 3DS.
    • I was right.

  • Cobalt_Jackal #16 9 months ago

    Wow, I'm genueinely glad I never once bought, all was interested in the 3DS. It just sounds like an epic failure... a huge trainwreck waiting too/more than likely will happen.
    Edited by Cobalt_Jackal at 23/08/11 @ 08:51

  • roz123 #17 9 months ago

    Bullshit

  • Cid #18 9 months ago

    By "tone down the 3D" they mean from a marketing point of view, right? You can already tone it down with the slider.

  • justsomeone #19 9 months ago

    @cobal_jackal - what do you mean "waiting"?

  • jellyBelly #20 9 months ago

    Nintendo at the moment reeks of lack of confidence, no wonder their stock has lost so much value. They stood still while their competition intensified

  • TheNonk #21 9 months ago

    I do believe I was chastised pre-launch for mentioning the 3DS and the Virtual Boy in the same breath...

  • abigsmurf #22 9 months ago

    Not having dual analogues was incredibly stupid of Nintendo. Surely at somepoint when the unit was being tested, they realised that it would literally make games needing the slide pad and touchscreen unplayable for left handed people (Kid Ikaros being one of those games).

    A rebranding seems possible, especially as their "this is not DS, this is 3DS" campaign seems to highlight that they know what a mistake it was not differentiating it enough from a DS.

    However options for the new console/model? I just can't see them bumping the internal specs, that would be suicide. I'd personally like to see them use a more modern 3D tech for the top screen. There are 3D screens around know that have a much wider viewing angle for the sweet spot and no ghosting.

  • Widge #23 9 months ago

    Stick with one analogue. Trying to shoehorn dual analogue in is a terrible idea.

  • Der_tolle_Emil #24 9 months ago

    I was fine with Nintendo not having enough games and seriously apologizing for it but a new model in the first year of the console is a bit too much. Maybe they offer a trade-in, my volume slider is broken anyway.

    Edit: I don't need two sticks - I also wonder what they mean by toned down 3d. I have to agree that the novelty of the 3d effect has worn off incredibly fast even though it works well enough for me. It's impressive to look at but it only adds to the game the first couple of minutes until you get used to it. Also, the biggest downside is that (at least in Ocarina of Time) anti-aliasing gets disabled when you turn 3d on and it's very noticeable. It looks SO much better without 3d because of added anti aliasing so I keep the 3d off most of the time anyway.
    Edited by Der_tolle_Emil at 23/08/11 @ 09:18

  • LeChuckie #25 9 months ago

    I hate Nintendo. Hope this is true.

  • Whitster #26 9 months ago

    I went into the 3DS fully expecting a slim-line, better battery, brighter screen, etc, edition to come along a couple of years down the line as thats just how consoles work now days. However I don't expect additions like a second analogue stick making my original system redundant without a new add on.

  • Golgo #27 9 months ago

    Serves 'em right for rushing it out to hit the end-of-tax-year. When 3DS was first announced I was almost delirious with excitement. I may still get one in future, but I'll require a lot of persuading.

  • GingerNathan #28 9 months ago

    Utter rubbish, never going to happen. In fact you'd have to be rather soft in the head to believe it! :/

  • Shinetop #29 9 months ago

    New iteration in 2012, sure, I could see that happen. Toning down the 3D from a marketing perspective sounds like a weird idea, but okay. An external stick attachment just sounds completely ridiculous.

    Honestly, I don't see what the big problem with the hardware is. It's a perfectly fine device, and while battery life is not great it's acceptable. The single biggest thing that's holding the 3DS back is the games. There's just nothing out there, and nothing coming fast enough on the horizon. The dev kit frustration illustrates this point too. I don't get why they're focusing so much on a new hardware iteration when the problem is so obviously the lack of games.

  • youhavenomail #30 9 months ago

    Dual analogue stucks will be necessary for this left-handed gamer to ever consider buying Kid Icarus.
    Edited by youhavenomail at 23/08/11 @ 09:28

  • IronGiant #31 9 months ago

    Nintendo are becoming a joke.. The Wii U is another failure waiting to happen.

  • slippysloppy #32 9 months ago

    Oh dear. It's a great little console, the few games it does have are very good and I actually love the 3D but it seems something's gone very wrong, be it marketing, lack of features, power, games or price.

    I want to see this succeed but I think Nintendo are burning themselves by releasing new versions all the time, it creates a lack of trust in the company and prevents people from purchasing when a cheaper, higher spec revision is round the corner.

  • Vanmunt #33 9 months ago

    all they need to do is release some games.. I have fired into zelda, now there really isn't anything to play.

  • TheEarlOfZinger #34 9 months ago

    Fuck you nintendo



    Iwata: The first thing (Nobuo) Nagai-san, who’s in charge at the Uji plant, said to me when he looked over the designs for Nintendo 3DS before mass production began was “This time it’s fully packed right from the start.”

    Sugino: Oh, really? (laughs) But he was right. That’s why we don’t have any short-term plans for creating a more compact version of Nintendo 3DS like we did with Nintendo DS Lite. (laughs)

    Iwata: Yeah. (laughs) When making Nintendo 3DS, we used all our tricks for Nintendo DS Lite—and more—for cutting down on size right from the start.


    TRUST LOST

  • fabio78 #35 9 months ago

    It seems the doors are wide open for Vita. Sony depends only on itself not to fuck this up.

  • WeakOrbit #36 9 months ago

    Wonder what ambassador kit we'll get this time. Probably an analogue stick in the post.

  • chubster2010 #37 9 months ago

    Ridiculous.

  • Max_Powers #38 9 months ago

    I don't know, we'll see. For now I just want some games. I'm done with Zelda

  • Gearskin #39 9 months ago

    I bought a 3DS on launch and don't regret it one bit. The hardware is great, the design is sturdy, the built in software is nice and slick, online shop and features all work.

    I'd say it's the most complete handheld that Nintendo has every produced on Day 1. Yet... it gets slammed. Presumably by people who haven't explored the console properly themselves?

    I don't see Nintendo ditching all this hard work. Console redesign... maybe. But they aren't goign to fundamentally rebuild this thing from the inside out.

  • madeinbeats #40 9 months ago

    I hate Nintendo. Hope this is true.

    Why? did they kill your parents or something? You sad, sad, sad, man...

  • CallousB #41 9 months ago

    They must have heavily discussed a second analogue before launch anyway..so if they wanted it they would have included it.

    Of course there's chance Nintendo had always planned to include some form of dongle with a specific game to encourage sales of that title.

  • Malek86 #42 9 months ago

    What does "drastically toned down" mean? It's already toned down now, since you can turn it off whenever you want. Perhaps they mean less focus in marketing, but that's already happening.

    Anyway, assuming it's true (I have my doubts), this whole 3D thing has been a failure for Nintendo. Guess you can't use a graphic enhancement as a selling point in place of a real gameplay enhancement. If this rumor is true, I bet the next model's marketing will focus on the second stick instead.

  • Kay #43 9 months ago

    More 3DS scare-mongering, and clearly bullshit.

  • roz123 #44 9 months ago

    @Callous B yes they did, they said "we don't need a second analogue we have a gyroscope and a touch screen that does the job"

    They haven't just seen the Vita and gone "wtf a second analogue stick, what is this crazy idea" and decided to redesign the whole thing before they have even released a Mario game.

    The only reason I imagine we will see an analogue stick on the right hand side of the 3ds is if they made a model for left handed people which had the buttons swapped round.
    Edited by roz123 at 23/08/11 @ 09:56

  • Spunkweazle #45 9 months ago

    the only way to make a detachable thumb stick for that price is to make a plastic nubin that sticks over the four face buttons.

    /jumps forward in time and has a look

    I was right!

  • madeinbeats #46 9 months ago

    An analogue add-on that costs $10? Bollocks!!!!! Would cost at least $25 !!! ;-)

    It somehow 'sticks' onto the 3DS?? Where??? Assuming it would go over the 4 buttons, then, what are you going to press to shoot, jump etc???? Is there going to be a wire coming out of it that plugs into the 3DS somewhere? How you going to close the lid?

    'Selected' developers making games for the analogue stick add-on? What a load of horse shit... If Nintendo went to them and said that, any developer's head would implode at what was coming out of the Nintendo rep's mouth, would ask for a refund on their dev kit and not touch the 3DS with a large barge pole ever again!!

    A dual analogue stick is such a simple, important and integral design addition that if the 3DS was meant to have one, it would have had one!!! And even if there was the slightest possibility that they do regret not adding one, they would just keep stum and just get on with what they have got.

    If this is true, I'll eat my shoe.. .. .. there's dog shit on my shoe.. ... ..
    Edited by madeinbeats at 23/08/11 @ 10:17

  • silversun #47 9 months ago

    Ok new console design, fine but adding a second stick that games depend on and lowering or removing the 3d effect , it not a 3ds anymore. The second stick could attach the bottom right corner and be detachable just below the xyab buttons.
    Btw it not a bad idea to have games that dont use the 3D.

    I just hope 3ds i have now does not become a paperweight.
    Edited by silversun at 23/08/11 @ 10:35

  • MikkyX #48 9 months ago

    Between this and the Virtual Boy I think Nintendo should just never, ever go near anything 3D ever again. Ever.

  • AceGrace #49 9 months ago

    Perhaps the analogue stick could click to the side of the machine?

    Also, I suppose it could be bundled with games.

  • kirinnokoshin #50 9 months ago

    What an absolute pile of merde.

    What's most shocking is the number of people on this site who seem to be believing this fantasy.

    Where is this "detachable second circle pad" supposed to attach to exactly?

    Unsurprisingly this 'scoop' is nowhere to be seen anywhere else.

    "Some people think the internet is a bad thing, what do you think?"

    Correction:

    This story is now plastered over a number of other websites, and I'm still struggling to believe a word of it.




    Edited by kirinnokoshin at 23/08/11 @ 12:22

  • munki83 #51 9 months ago

    Another huge fuck you to the early adopters thanks Nintendo
    Edited by munki83 at 23/08/11 @ 10:41

  • Biker_Bob_1971 #52 9 months ago

    Post deleted at 15:13:16 09-05-2012

  • IronCladChicken #53 9 months ago

    @Biker_Bob_1971
    This is currently a 'rumour'

  • madeinbeats #54 9 months ago

    Yeahhhhh, because Nintendo haven't had enough of a head ache with the 3DS already, that they suddenly decided it 'desperately NEEDS' another nub pad which will solve everything?????? Have a day off people.
    Edited by madeinbeats at 23/08/11 @ 10:52

  • joelstinton #55 9 months ago

    Great post gearskin.

    I'm worried by nintendo. Not by there console design, or there games, or hardware. But i think they are taking some small criticism to heart. Because of the direction they take, and the mass popularity of the DS and WII, some idiots just lambast unessccary fanboy criticism at them (although some valid arguments are to be hard) because its cool to do so and it doesn't play COD or blood spouting games.

    Like the, 20 free games and massive price cut was a massive over reaction to a steady start to the 3DS life. Ultimatley it was probably the right thing to do.. but.. yeah.

  • Biker_Bob_1971 #56 9 months ago

    Post deleted at 15:13:16 09-05-2012

  • scouserfuller9 #57 9 months ago

    Nintendo have made two big mistakes with the 3DS. Hardcore gamers have been put off with its lack of decent games, Casual gamers have been put off because Nintendo have made it sound like a DSi with 3D graphics. Think it will succeed alot better now. Don't believe any of this story. If anyone has a problem with the 3DS stop moaing and don't bother buying one!
    Edited by scouserfuller9 at 23/08/11 @ 13:20

  • Anufea #58 9 months ago

    "radically toned down" 3D == 2D?

  • Murby #59 9 months ago

    What a fucking joke. I've loved nintendo all my gaming life and was an early adopter of the 3DS but fuck em. I wasted money on an unsupported system by third party developers and now this. They can fuck off in my books if this is even remotely true.

  • silversun #60 9 months ago

    @joelstinton- I think nintendo strength is there first party line up.
    The 3rd party to them is just a bonus really, it what makes them different from sony or microsoft in my view.

  • apoc_reg #61 9 months ago

    Getting rid of the 3d would get rid of the sole reason to own one!!! All it needs is a massively improved battery life, a second analogue stick and region free!
    Edited by apoc_reg at 23/08/11 @ 11:14

  • Ryze #62 9 months ago

    Nintendo have TOTALLY FUCKED THIS UP.

    That report sounds like a meeting where all sorts of crap ideas are being thrown around.

    FOOLS!

  • Mr_Brown #63 9 months ago

    2nd analogue stick? It doesn't need this or to tone down on the 3D, there is a switch for that. Just release to games for f#cks sake. Thats the biggest problem so far.

  • Rens11 #64 9 months ago

    I feel cheated buying one at launch! Riding the hype wave from all the gaming websites

  • Bruce_One #65 9 months ago

    Ha! And to think I got blasted in an EG forum pre-release for even suggesting the 3DS was not worth the money!

    SO glad I cancelled my pre-order.

  • Chibi-Kibou #66 9 months ago

    I'm kinda doubting o.O

    I mean, a lot of this suggests being absolutely terrified of the Vita, and I don't think Nintendo are that worried about the thing, however good it may be.

  • TonyHarrison #67 9 months ago

    The number of people seemingly ready to swallow this nonsense is staggering. So I give you a detachable analog stick and tell you to stick it on your 3DS to the right of the bottom screen. Now what? How is that connected to the internal workings of the console? Maybe you can chisel away at the plastic casing and stick it in the hole you've just created. That sounds plausible, right?

    This site was also the source of the Vita halved RAM nonsense, so I'm not sure why EG are claiming they were spot on with their leaked Vita specs.

  • trugs26 #68 9 months ago

    Sounds like complete bullshit.

  • GamesConnoisseur #69 9 months ago

    Add on stick?! Where it ll go then?

    Tuning down on 3D? What's hell the 3D volume slider for then?!

    Absolute bull!

  • tim_love99 #70 9 months ago

    Who do so many dickheads on this site seem so keen to write off the 3DS? If you don't like it, don't buy one. It's very simple. Moan moan moan moan. It's pathetic. Grow up.

  • Ryze #71 9 months ago

    TonyHarrison

    Isn't there an expansion socket on the back of the 3DS?

    I've not checked, and I'm not buying one with the current games library either, so...???
    Edited by Ryze at 23/08/11 @ 12:25

  • FortysixterUK #72 9 months ago

    Lol...a new revision already? I bet this one has a bigger screen and they're still try to sell it to me for full price , even though I bought the first 3DS.

    In other news:- Nintendo changes its name to Apple as they keep doing minor and pointless upgrades to their hardware to rip the public off.

  • Murby #73 9 months ago

    @tim_love99 don't get me wrong, I think it's a fantastic piece of kit and works superbly. My disgust is at how Nintendo have treated it's 3DS early adopters. I'm sure some of this is bull, but I spent a lot of money on a system that is now half the price and to make up for it i get 20 free games from years ago that frankly I'm not interested in.
    There's hardly any decent games for it and it's been 6 months. I know there are some in the pipe line but it's not good enough, it's been one mess after another where the 3DS is concerned.

  • tim_love99 #74 9 months ago

    @Murby - fair enough, but literally every 3DS story is met with people moaning, it's so ridiculous. The software so far hasn't been great but I'm sure it'll come. All I'm saying is that the system really isn't as bad as people on here seem to think.

  • kassmageant #75 9 months ago

    i'm actually sad, i owned all nintendo portable systems save for 3DS, and it might actually be the first one that i'll pass on, every day i hope so optimistic news on that system will appear, but all that comes up is one shitstorm after another... at least i hope that nintendo mistakes will be analyzed by sony, and they will help them make psp vita much more succesful system. srry nintendo, i want to love 3ds but you try really hard to make me ignore it

  • Dr_Salvador84 #76 9 months ago

    I wish I could find the original comments I made about the 3DS.
    I predicted exactly what has happened so far with the Virtua Boy 2, sorry I mean 3DS.

  • el_pollo_diablo #77 9 months ago

    Can we have a moratorium on people 'calling' bullshit on things?

    You might believe, reckon or suspect something to be bullshit, but 'calling bullshit' is to be reserved for times ONLY when you know something to be untrue, or for those times when you want other people to think you're a tit.

  • captainCandy #78 9 months ago

    I'd love to see 3DS-2 in 2012 with 5x faster CPU and GPU and at with PS Vita screen resolution...

  • BonzoBanana #79 9 months ago

    The only thing wrong with the 3DS is battery life, its underpowered with regard its cpu and the cartridges are smaller in capacity than originally claimed. They could release a superior battery as an upgrade, perhaps fit an additional cpu into cartridges for the games that need extra power and of course use bigger capacity cartridges for games that need it so games have a decent amount of content. Lack of two analogue pads is not what most people are concerned about.

  • Bilstar #80 9 months ago

    Thats the stupidest plan ever. A second attachable stick? Cos they rushed it to market before the Vita?! Thats it, im flogging mine. No games and no faith in its own hardware.
    Little wonder.

  • FooAtari #81 9 months ago

    Bloody hell. Why are those who read games sites such knee jerking, gullible irrational idiots??

    This is just a RUMOR at the moment. IF it turns out to be true I'll be pretty bloody annoyed, especially after the large price cut just months after I bought it.

    But, it seems way more than half the people posting comments are taking this as fact. Why? At the moment there is no substance to the claims other than a "source". This is just rumor and speculation that could turn out to be total bollocks.

    Grow up...

  • Scirm #82 9 months ago

    Guys, are you really believe this? Come on.

  • HyperTails #83 9 months ago

    Nintendo really need to say whether this is true or not and NOW, because this is not only plastered all over the games sites, but its on the Metro's website as well. Its okay us lot on games websites debating whether or not Nintendo's lost the plot, but if the general public catch wind of this then 3DS sales will plummet off a cliff and no price drops will save it. So they have to tell us its a fake, or their screwed.
    Edited by HyperTails at 23/08/11 @ 13:53

  • TheFrostedFireFly #84 9 months ago

    Maybe it's a trick and you download the analogue stick onto your touch screen for a certain price and get ripped off...

    Screw that. Whether it's true or not, THEY HAVE A TOUCH SCREEN, is it not logical to use that for camera controls or whatever?
    THINK.

  • eviroboy #85 9 months ago

    Bring it on.

    Personally I like my 3DS, if some of you don't or don't even own one then why are you even commenting? Don't tell me peer pressure is forcing you to put your oars in?!?

    It's all evolution, live with it, or don't. At the end of the day, it's YOUR choice. Muppets.

  • retrological #86 9 months ago

    "an external second circle pad add-on"

    Come on... really?! This better be true because this is a really damaging story. Nintendo are having a hard enough time with the 3DS as it is without people making up bullshit like this.

  • WAusJackBauer #87 9 months ago

    Wow I love some of the comments you guys make because its exactly what I'm thinking.

  • Biker_Bob_1971 #88 9 months ago

    Post deleted at 16:59:10 06-02-2012

  • Whatascoop #89 9 months ago

    Tekken 3DS to ship with 3 extra analogue sticks each one controlling a limb.

    PS Vita version will come with a free Magical lamp/three wishes depending on how many exclusives Sony gives us.

  • elephant_stone #90 9 months ago

    FFS already?!

  • RoOhDaMite #91 9 months ago

    Rumor this, rumor that - fact is I'm not gonna buy it untill they get the battery life and the line up right. Better emulation of old DS titles would be also welcome. Looking at Kid Icarus I can understand why 3DS could benefit from an added stick.

  • Whitster #92 9 months ago

    @Biker_Bob

    All the faults you've mentioned were noted and in the public eye before the UK launch. You made the informed decision to purchase one anyway. The only real criticism you can get away with is the lack of games, that I'll give you.

  • Biker_Bob_1971 #93 9 months ago

    Post deleted at 16:59:10 06-02-2012

  • Sid-Nice #94 9 months ago

    The Wii U rumour is better.

  • Loghorn #95 9 months ago

    Wow. Both Nintendo & the 3DS are turning into a complete joke. The high price tag, the bad marketing, the design of the handheld (looks exactly like a DS Lite!), then screwing early adopters by lowering the price tag after the system has only been out for 4-5 months, & now, this rumor about a redesign with another analog stick & possibly to ditch 3D?

    What is going on with Nintendo? One moment, they're doing everything right with both the DS & the Wii, & the next, they turn around, do a complete 180 & start to screw things up. And as to what happened back at E3 '11 with the awful Wii U reveal? Wow. It's like Nintendo said to themselves, "OK, we've won big with the Wii & the DS, now let's turn around & act stupid!". It's like they're going backwards instead of forwards.

    They have seriously let the success of the DS & the Wii get to their heads. They need to be brought back down to reality.

  • KanePaws #96 9 months ago

    People believe this rumour because the 3DS has not been a tale of one success after another; it has not been one intelligent decision after another; it has been one stupid decision after another, and something like this rumour fits Nintendo's pattern quite well.

  • axisofweevils #97 9 months ago

    I don't believe this for a second. The 3DS doesn't need a second analog stick, and I'm pretty sure that Nintendo aren't soiling themselves at the thought of the Vita. Someone probably saw the Wii U controller and got confused.

  • fkh #98 9 months ago

    I`m fine with the way my 3DS is right now. Just start to release more AAA-games beyond Ocarina of Time, and I`m all set for delving into fantasy worlds, taking a break from real life when I feel the need to.

    The only thing I`m unsure of now: Is my 3DS blue or green? People say blue but I swear that it looks green to me...

  • acousticwilliam #99 9 months ago

    Why did I buy a 3DS? No, really?

  • oupe #100 9 months ago

    I bought a 3DS on launch and don't regret it one bit. The hardware is great, the design is sturdy, the built in software is nice and slick, online shop and features all work.

    I bought a 3DS at launch too, the hardware sucks balls (is it 1995 again?), the design isn't sturdy at all and the built in software has the most horrible and slow interface I've had to work with since years. Fuck Nintendo for fucking up a €250,- handheld.