Bought a 3DS XL last year

Submitted ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com⁩ to ⁨retrogaming@lemmy.world⁩

I bought a 3DS XL sometimes last year. It was under $200.

After seeing the surge in demand, I feel lucky that I bought it when I did. I also decided to take it out and play some animal crossing new leaf for the first time and I’m really enjoying it.

I sometimes wonder if I should have bought the “new” variant back then, but they were much more expensive and I’m still not sure if the performance improvements would have been worth it.

I’m basically just using not for ds and 3ds games, so, I’m guessing the power difference would not really matter.

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tuckerm@feddit.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What a coincidence, I just saw someone playing a 3DS (not XL I think) on the train on the way home today. I haven’t seen someone playing a dedicated handheld console in forever. I should’ve struck up a conversation about it.

I also saw someone using an MP3 player last week. Single-purpose electronics making a small comeback this year?

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- neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yeah, that’s what I have been hearing.
  
  I basically only play older games.
  
  I grew up with nes to ps2 gen games. I don’t really like all this online stuff l, dlc, or paid skins.
  
  I’ll just stick to my old stuff.
  
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rezz@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
New2DSXL is what you want. And a back up motherboard in case yours fails and needs to replace.

It’s the goat pirate/homebrew console. Pretendo is thriving.

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- Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Without 3D its not worth having a physical console when everything else can be emulated extremely reliably everywhere else and 3DS games are getting better emulated day by day. Its like if you bought a SNES but played it on a shity LCD TV.
  
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  - squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The (New) 3DS XL has quite nice haptics, and emulating the dual-screen setup is a little awkward especially handheld.
    
    Apart from that I agree with you.
    
    It was worth getting a second-hand New 3DS XL for €100 a few years ago, but the prices people talk about here are just not worth it.
    
    Same holds true for old Gameboys and similar tech.
    
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- neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Is the “new” version worth it if I already have an old 3ds xl?
  
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  - Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    The N3DS differences are one are improved 3D consistency via face tracking, a limited number of system exclusives (Minecraft, Fire Emblem Warriors, Runbow Pocket, Xenoblade Chronicles, and digital-only games), games with N3DS enhancements (including Hyrule Warriors and Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate, with most improvements being faster loading times, C-stick support (too small to be usable in my opinion), home menu access for certain games, and the ZR/ZL buttons), and the SNES virtual console.
    
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over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
As a tech that attempted to repair a waterlogged flooded and rusted out 2DS, unfortunately unsuccessfully, may I ask a question?

How many versions of the Nintendo DS did they make, and more importantly, why?

DS, 2DS, 3DS, DSi, DS XL, am I missing any, and why so many?

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- neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Yes, here they are in release order
  
  DS - original Ds light - slimmer version Dsi &dsi xl - removed ability to play gba games, added cameras and some exclusive. I think the exclusives for this were just a few and nothing notable, but I could be wrong. Also xl has a bigger screen.
  
  3ds- next gen ds with 3d screen. 2ds & 3ds xl - 2 ds gets rid of the 3d screen to save cost and xl version is larger. New 2ds and 3ds - better hardware, but not a new gen. There are a very few exclusive games for it like Minecraft. Added a second joystick on the right side for camera control in some games.
  
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  - over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Ah, thanks for proving my point, they salted the N fanboys.
    
    There’s no way you could know this unless you dumped your bank account into all these devices plus compatible games.
    
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- Quibblekrust@thelemmy.club ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  DS and DSi were basically one console.
  
  3DS and its variants were the second gen. 2DS was a 3DS with no 3D and no hinge, made for kids. 3DS XL was just a larger version. “New” 3DS was a power upgrade plus a new right stick for games that were a little too much for the base console.
  
  It was a gloriuos line of handhelds, and I wish the Switch had never been invented, leaving the portable 3DS line still valid. I would love a new one.
  
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  - over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    2DS had one single screen, that motherfucker was a goddamn joke!
    
    You think I’m shitting you, go ahead and disassemble one, it only had one single screen!
    
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- Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  DS 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.
  
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  - Goretantath@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨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.
    
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  - squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    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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- squaresinger@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  DS, DS slim: That’s the first generation. 67MHz, 4MB RAM. Both consoles are identical apart from the form factor and play DS and GBA games.
  
  DSi, DSi XL: Second generation, 133MHz, 16MB RAM, downloadable games, no GBA slot. GBA compatibility still exists via virtual console, but not with physical games. Adds a camera and integrated storage.
  
  3DS, 2DS, 3DS XL: Third generation, 2x268MHz, 128MB RAM. The 3DS variants have autostereoscopic 3D displays. The 2DS is a hingle-less cheaper variant without 3D displays. Adds a left joystick. 3D cameras.
  
  New 3DS, New 3DS XL, New 2DS XL: Fourth generation, 4x804MHz, 256MB RAM, second stick
  
  So basically there are four generations. Each generation massively upgraded the performance while adding new features here and there.
  
  Each of the generations (apart from the original DS) has size-variants that have bigger screens for a higher price and a larger size.
  
  The DS and DS slim are identical apart from the fact that they managed to slim down the device with further development.
  
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  - over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    I didn’t ask how many generations they made, I asked how many VERSIONS did they make!
    
    God fucking damn, is this question so hard to answer?!
    
    If I’m tasked to fix one with a broken screen, what version and revision am I supposed to seek parts for?
    
    Seems to me there must be at least 2 dozen versions by now, like how the fuck do I find parts if someone wants me to fix theirs?
    
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