New Nintendo 3DS, who's getting one?
Hey,
Okay so who has ordered or plans to order the New Nintendo 3DS or XL for it's release date on February 13?
I currently have the Majora's Mask edition on preorder from Amazon France for £180 but I will cancel if I see a better deal.
I have watched a few comparison videos between the old and new 3DS from NihongoGamer on YouTube, Most of the small changes actually seem like a decent step forward (with the exception of having to use a #0 screwdriver to change the SD card).
Also I have decided to upgrade the memory card as soon as i get it to a Samsung Evo 32GB for £11.42, I already have two of these for my Dell Venue 8 Pro and Nintendo Wii U and find them to be very good.
Finally I am interested in purchasing the New Nintendo 3DS XL Charging Cradle (for ease of charging and a place to put the 3DS when not in use) which costs £10 from both Zavvi and Game but doesn't actually include the charger which is an extra £10.22 from Amazon for an official one.
Gormond.
Okay so who has ordered or plans to order the New Nintendo 3DS or XL for it's release date on February 13?
I currently have the Majora's Mask edition on preorder from Amazon France for £180 but I will cancel if I see a better deal.
I have watched a few comparison videos between the old and new 3DS from NihongoGamer on YouTube, Most of the small changes actually seem like a decent step forward (with the exception of having to use a #0 screwdriver to change the SD card).
Also I have decided to upgrade the memory card as soon as i get it to a Samsung Evo 32GB for £11.42, I already have two of these for my Dell Venue 8 Pro and Nintendo Wii U and find them to be very good.
Finally I am interested in purchasing the New Nintendo 3DS XL Charging Cradle (for ease of charging and a place to put the 3DS when not in use) which costs £10 from both Zavvi and Game but doesn't actually include the charger which is an extra £10.22 from Amazon for an official one.
Gormond.
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(I couldn't use it on my RaspberryPii (retropie) for exactly the same reason)
If ya can afford one then why not! ;-)
Yeah I was going to get one until I heard the New 3DS was coming out.
You could have had the Zelda edition from the Nintendo UK store or Monster Hunter edition from Game.
I'd rather the inevitable Pokemon one with Z inevitably releases
I'll certainly give it a try! :cool:
Cheerz!
The one question I do have relates to the 3DS System Transfer. What does it actually transfer? I realise it transfers over what is currently on the 3DS - but can this not be downloaded on the new one at a later time anyway since your downloads are linked to your account? What about Ambassador Games? Since they are presumably linked to your account, you could just download them again anyway? Or is the account stuck with the 1 machine?
The one thing I really dislike about Nintendo is its daft online download rules...
It's only a difference of 76g, I doubt it will actually be that noticeable as I manage to play games on the Wii U for hours without discomfort and it's controller weighs 162g more than the 3DS XL. My main issue with the standard 3DS is my hands are too big and they cramp up which doesn't happen on the XL model.
As per the 3D, I wont know till I have it. I hated the 3D on both the old models as it gave me a headache and a sore neck although i'm fine with 3D on my TV and at the cinema. I hope the 3D is as good as all the reviews are saying but if not I will just turn it off.
The graphics are better which is why we are seeing Wii ports such as Xenoblade Chronicles coming to it. My vita just sits gathering dust though as there are so few decent games to play on it and no new exclusives.
Both the 3DS and Vita use flash storage (similar to SD cards) for games and can store more data than CDs and DVDs so i'm unsure what you are referring to here. Nintendo and Sony have set a limit of 8GB currently (due to cost) but no game has even came close to this so there is no reason to increase it further ATM.
Its more the screen resolution rather than the graphics. Vita has a near HD resolution screen whereas the 3DS doesn't.
Not a slagging match, just saying.
When in 3D mode that's true (as it halves the horizontal resolution of the screen) but in 2D mode the 3DS is about as high a PPI as the Vita (which doesn't have an HD screen as that would be 1280 x 720 and not 960 × 544).
Nintendo 3DS - 3.53 inch display @ 800x240 = 236.61 or 132.15 PPI in 3D Mode
New Nintendo 3DS - 3.88 inch display @ 800x240 = 215.26 or 120.23 PPI in 3D Mode
(New) Nintendo 3DS XL - 4.88 inch display @ 800x240 = 171.15 or 95.59 PPI in 3D Mode
Playstation Vita - 5 inch display @ 960 × 544 = 220.68 ppi
The lower resolution in 3D mode can be quite noticeable in games like Pokemon when you see the leaves falling when in 2D they look smooth. The main reasons for jaggies in games like Resident Evil Revelations is the lower specs of the 3DS has but hopefully the better specs of the New 3DS will fix this going forward if devs take advantage of it.
Although I find the 3DS a better console but it's mainly due to the quality of the games and not the graphics. The bright OLED screen on the PS Vita really is nice but for me it sits gathering dust as it has no games I wish to play.
Also Sony slightly piss me off by using their own memory card format rather than SD card like the 3DS uses. For example a 32GB Vita card from Amazon costs an eye watering £54.99! compared to about £11 for a good SD card.
I would like to see both Sony and Nintendo boost their screens to HD 720 on their next major revisions for atleast 2D mode as most of us have phones at HD 1080 now a days and are used to a PPI of over 300.
Now i'm curious lol
I was being a bit of a prat pointing out that your info was pretty incorrect on the new 3DS specs and how the screen works. I thought about it, and figured that it's not fair to point it out - after all it's not as your fault that the info out there is wrong.
Yeah i'm going with what i have read and i'm quite happy for you to correct anything inaccurate.
As per the hardware specs of the New 3DS I have been looking for more accurate information but have so far been unsuccessful. The information I used was from Wikipedia although after a second look I see no good source to backup this information so could easily be false. 3Dbrew.org claim to have the information - http://3dbrew.org/wiki/Hardware#New_3DS_Specifications This is the information everyone seems to be using.
It'll also be nice to own something special, rather than a generic one.
Cannot wait for Monday! :P