The main advantage I have seen with my kids in the 2DS over the 3DS is that the 2DS survives being shaken without issues. My kids tended to shake the consoles when they got angry that they lost a game. Try doing that with the 3DS and you are soon going to build a GBA Macro.
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Goretantath@lemmy.world 11 hours agoDS was the first dual screen games(bottom is a Touchscreen), dsi added a web browser, a store to purchase “DSiWare” and a camera, 3DS added 3D, gyroscopes street pass and probably some other things I’m forgetting, NEW3DS is faster hardware and eye tracking to fix the 3D so you don’t have to hold the 3DS directly in front of you stiffly. 2DS is for kids because parents got it in their heads that the 3D would fry the kids eyes and has no hinge so you can’t protect the screens. I don’t remember there being a “DS XL” but I remember a DSi XL, 3DS XL and NEW 3DS XL(the best version). There’s also a 3DS I don’t remmeber the letters for but was exclusive to Japan that was a NEW 3DS with changeable faceplates. I forget which console added the IR emitter/sensor but the Pokémon DS cartridges originally had them in them I think for transmitting to the pokewalker but I don’t think the built in or sensor ever worked for that functionality.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Goretantath@lemmy.world 11 hours ago
If you don’t consider the DS fat an upgrade to the GBA like the GBA was to the Gameboy Color, then I wouldn’t consider the DS on the same line the 3DS is. Basicly from the Gameboy DMG all the way up to the NEW 3DS XL is just one upgradeable line of handhelds that Nintendo just kept making better and better. That’s the “why” to there being so many, always has been. The Switch truely feels like its own third branch from Nintendo’s handheld and console lines with how ass backwards they regressed in features. No backwards compatability at all hardwarewise with a prior device so its definitely a new starting point.
over_clox@lemmy.world 10 hours ago
Holy fuck, how much money did you blow on all these devices to know all this stuff?
Fuck, that much N addiction makes a crack cocaine habit seem healthy.
squaresinger@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Dude, you asked for information and then you attack everyone who answers with knowledge you can find on wikipedia.
What’s wrong with you? If you don’t want answers don’t ask questions.
If you ask a question and someone answers it, the proper response is “Thank you for the detailed answer”, and not claiming that anyone who has knowledge you don’t must be a drug addict.
Get a grip, man.
over_clox@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Maybe teach the toddlers to grip their handheld game consoles and not drop them in the toilet, or maybe even prevent them from taking them into the restroom in the first place, then techs like me won’t get upset.
Broadfern@lemmy.world 8 hours ago
Believe it or not, sometimes a person can interact with many other people to learn things. They can also use the internet to look up information.
Money need not be spent for this knowledge.
over_clox@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
No, but much time must be spent on this knowledge between all these various devices. It’s a waste of time.
I collect games that I’ve never played. You expect me to arrange a means to play over 5000 games to see if they even work?
Fuck, I’m an archiver, not a player.
tinyurl.com/172games
That’s only a fragment of what I have here, I ain’t got time to play every game I have…