A great 3DS option for parents with small kids or gamers strapped for cash
Nintendo's 3DS handheld has quickly become one of my all-time favorite gaming devices. We're only two and a half years into the console's lifespan, and we've already been treated to several masterpieces so good, they can easily compete with and defeat many home console releases in terms of quality and overall excellence. It has also been a hugely successful venture for Nintendo, but some people have still held off from buying one. Why? Maybe it's the price that has kept people away. Perhaps parents are afraid their children will break the hinges of the 3DS. Admittedly, one of the coolest features of the system, the 3-D effect, isn't for everyone, either due to preference or age. Well, whatever the case, Nintendo has come out with the 2DS to try and appeal to those people. Let's get one thing straight right off the bat: everything about the 2DS has the same high-quality and attention to detail that is to be expected of Nintendo products, but in my opinion, the 2DS pales in comparison...
This could be for you
It looks weird. If you think it looks weird, it is because it looks weird. If at a store and you see the Nintendo 2DS' cousins, the 3DS and 3DS XL, with their somehow more intuitive clam shell design sitting right next to the 2DS on the shelf, it just seems like Nintendo did not care about the 2DS and simply made "something" because "eh, why not?" Obviously, the fact that you cannot close your handheld is nothing new; Nintendo had been doing it for years with the Original GameBoy and GameBoy Advance, or even a more contemporary example: the rival PSP. But this is different. It is a square. A large block with childish color options: either bright red or bright blue, even though the majority of the exterior is black (even the back). Subconsciously, realizing that the numeral "2" is a lesser value than "3" may indicate that the 2DS is an inferior product to the 3DS and to a larger degree the 3DS XL. This is, after all, a device that plays all of the DS and 3DS games in only 2D. But is it...
Not just for kids
I bought a 3DS when it first came out and promptly returned it. I hated the 3D (it made me feel sick) and disliked the screen even with the 3D turned off. I bought the 2DS a month ago and I love it! The design is surprisingly comfortable and the 2DS gives those of us who don't like the 3D the ability to play the most up to date games. I'm an adult who has owned every version of nintendo handhelds since the Game Boy and this was just what I needd to get back into handheld gaming.
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