Nintendo killing off the 3DS - Surprisingly not a corona victim this time

[Poop A Loop]

Seems like the Citra emulator works well enough that this isn't a big blow to the ability to play all those classics a decade from now.

 

[Disgruntled Pupper]

I really loved the 3DS, to me it was a great little console that had the best of all worlds. Plenty of new great games, but also the ability to buy/download old games. I personally thought streetpass was brilliant for a handheld console- it recalled the earlier days of when you had to have a cable to trade pokemon with your friends, but it was an upgrade that used modern technology to make the idea better and easier. The 3D feature was a fun gimmick, but they were also smart enough to include an easy way to turn it totally off. To me it really encapsulated the best of what Nintendo as a company and handhelds as a system have to offer.

 

[Kuchipatchi]

Fuck you, Nintendo. Seriously. This is going to make replacing my 3DS' battery a nightmare.

I had to replace my 3DS battery recently cuz it swelled up for some reason. I bought one from Zedlabs for £15. Good as new.

 

[cowisnow]

I had to replace my 3DS battery recently cuz it swelled up for some reason. I bought one from Zedlabs for £15. Good as new.

Was it a LiPo (lithium polymer pouch) battery? Yeah they eventually always swell up - I've changed several in various devices. I hate those damned things.

 

[Darksy DePhil]

R.I.P. the last real handheld console.
Yeah, the Switch is technically handheld too, but it's really sad that we might never see something like the 3DS or the Vita again because of mobile cancer taking over.

 

[Kiwifarmsname]

F. literally my whole childhood I had a DS or some kind of DS.

R.I.P. the last real handheld console.
Yeah, the Switch is technically handheld too, but it's really sad that we might never see something like the 3DS or the Vita again because of mobile cancer taking over.

I think Sony should revise its Xperia play. I can see it working out.

 

[Cyclonus]

I never got all of those damn pink puzzle pieces.

 

[TFT-A9]

lol get on my level. I grew up with the Game Gear and that fucker drained all 6 AA's fast. I only knew a few people that actually had the battery pack

I had the battery pack but it was nonfunctional after about a year. Wouldn't charge.

 

[Linako 2.0]

Shit, I need to fix my cracked 3ds screen while I have the chance

 

[Pissmaster]

Batteries and replacement parts kick around on the market for years afterwards. Yeah, get on it if you need some right now, but you'll still be able to find replacement parts for the rest of the decade. There are countless 3DSes sitting around either unused, broken, or unsold for whatever reason. The general public is pants-on-head retarded with their electronics.

But get on it anyway because laziness is degenerate and I'm gonna kick your ass if you're lazy, doubly so if you're also fat

I never got all of those damn pink puzzle pieces.

Those puzzles just kept coming and I completed a shitload but never did beat the whole thing because it just never ended, even past when they stopped having the McDonalds streetpass things that made it easy to get pieces

 

[Crustyguy]

It's not surprising to see it go, but bravo, 3DS. You made up a massive part of my childhood/adolescence. For as much as a lame gimmick the 3d was, the console had some cool features and some great games. Having Ocarina of Time and a whole 3d Mario game was a pretty big deal to me at the time. It was also the 1st portable device I could use the internet on, meaning I didn't have to use the family computer.

 

[Kosher Dill]

Semper Fi to DS and 3DS.

"Etrian Odyssey" made the whole dual-screen gimmick worthwhile.

 

[CrippleThreat]

I never got all of those damn pink puzzle pieces.

I didn't either.

Should have rigged up that homepass.

 

[Pickle Dick]

Well darn, I remember how cool it everything about the 3DS was when it came out, especially the 3D parts of it

Also, soundtrack for all the system music from the 3DS

 

[Smug Chuckler]

I got bored with the 3d after an hour of playing Star Fox 64.

 

[George Orson Welles]

I got bored with the 3d after an hour of playing Star Fox 64.

Lmao bro you're quite boring then.

 

[Chin of Campbell]

Can't believe "lol no games" ended up being one of the better consoles of the last couple decades, but boy I sure got plenty of time out of it. The last half of my 3DS's life was basically spent as a Wario Land and Metroid machine.

All things must end, however. You had a good run, 3DS.

 

[Dom Cruise]

It never had an IGAvania or an Advance Wars so I never saw a strong reason to get a 3DS, although I came close to buying one once, but this is still sad to think of the DS family ending after 16 years, as I loved the original DS.

 

[Judge Dredd]

Seems like the Citra emulator works well enough that this isn't a big blow to the ability to play all those classics a decade from now.

The 3D screen and the touch screen could make it hard to emulate properly.

 

[Pissmaster]

The 3D screen and the touch screen could make it hard to emulate properly.

It'd be nice to have a companion app for Androids with styluses and jailbroken iPads that could cast the bottom screen to your device.

Trauma Center on a Galaxy Note via DraStic works pretty well. (sadly, Elite Beat Agents and Rhythm Heaven don't)