Nintendo 3DS: Thread 03 - Discontinued Edition

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.technologytell.com/gaming/141088/rumor-new-3ds-new-3ds-xl-february-13-2015/

Rumbles are mounting that the NA release date for the New 3DS models will be February 13th, many are expecting tomorrows Direct to confirm it

[Nu-Eclipse]

Do you think that NoA might've missed a trick by not making the New 3DS buttons match the NTSC SNES Joypad for North American customers?

[SUMIRE]

I wish this thing had Bluetooth. All I want is to output the music to speakers without cables.

[replicashooter]

Do you think that NoA might've missed a trick by not making the New 3DS buttons match the NTSC SNES Joypad for North American customers?

Not as iconic as the original 4 colours.



Thats the main reason I'm buying a New 3DS really, all thanks to those retro memory hitting buttons.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Not as iconic as the original 4 colours.



Thats the main reason I'm buying a New 3DS really, all thanks to those retro memory hitting buttons.

I get that, but it wouldn't really register with North American gamers back then as they obviously didn't have that.

[Neon Ignition]

The thing with those colours is that they speak very much of a certain Nintendo era. For any new gamers from the last 20 years those coloured buttons won't mean much and little else ties into the SNES. I love it, but it makes you wonder why they've done it... hopefully a very early sign of Nintendo looking back at that era and nodding to the systems appeal

[Paddy]

I'm curious to know, is there any way to transfer your digital titles from an existing XL to the New 3DS when you purchase one?

[Lebowski]

I'm curious to know, is there any way to transfer your digital titles from an existing XL to the New 3DS when you purchase one?

Yeah there is a system transfer tool built into the system software, you can do a system transfer every 7 days.

[Dogg Thang]

Do you think that NoA might've missed a trick by not making the New 3DS buttons match the NTSC SNES Joypad for North American customers?

All these years and I had no idea the US SNES pad didn't have the coloured buttons.

[Asura]

Do you think that NoA might've missed a trick by not making the New 3DS buttons match the NTSC SNES Joypad for North American customers?

Nah. They made a mistake first time around and this an attempt to rectify it.

[kryss]

I wish this thing had Bluetooth. All I want is to output the music to speakers without cables.

At least we can copy photos from it without having to take the sd card out.

[Nu-Eclipse]

Nah. They made a mistake first time around and this an attempt to rectify it.

Don't get me wrong, the original NTSC-U SNES console itself is hideous looking, as are the cartridges. NoA definitely got that wrong (although the SNES mini is an improvement).

But, imo, the NTSC-U SNES controller always had an edgy cool about it with the two-tone purple, especially back then. Precisely because it was different to its NTSC-J and PAL counterparts. It stood out.

Not that it matters much these days. Global uniform branding means that the era of NES/Famicom or SNES/Super Famicom or Mega Drive/Genesis are obviously long gone and never coming back.

[BIG EDD]

13th February for new 3ds launch
Also Majora's mask new 3ds edition launched same day

[pentarou]

Was hoping to get the smaller version with the coloured buttons, only getting the XL version in North America it seems, gah! (╯?□?）╯︵ ┻━┻

[Nu-Eclipse]