Why Does the Nintendo 3DS Exist in 2017? #Helpful Post

hey guys this is all stain the 3ds

originally came out in 2011 but in a

world with the Nintendo switch should

the 3ds still exists so if you want to

buy a 3ds in 2017 your going to be

picking from one of these three options

to start with we have the Nintendo 2ds

which came out in 2013 now as you might

be able to imagine this has a little bit

of a different design

I remember wouldnt intend to originally

announce the 2d ass I totally thought it

was a joke so in the transition from the

standard DS to the 3ds one of the major

advantages was the idea that it did

support 3d however the to ds9 does it

look weird but it doesn't support 3d at

all that doesn't really bother me though

as I very rarely use that 3d feature to

begin with so there are a couple of

other trade-offs here most notably that

it has a couple of fairly small displays

and the actual speaker itself is kind of

quiet but when you consider that this

only costs $80 and comes with a copy of

Mario Kart 7 it starts to look like a

pretty good deal take a closer look at

the 2d S and it is a little bit odd

looking so this is the only DS or 3ds

that doesn't have a folding clamshell

design which means that it is definitely

not as pocketable but on the flip side

if you're someone with larger hands this

is actually one of the more comfortable

consoles to play on next in the lineup

we have the new Nintendo 2ds XL and this

actually only came out a couple months

ago and I did do a full video on it if

you guys missed that there's actually a

lot of interesting stuff with this guy

because this is a newer console Nintendo

are still rolling out some new colors

including this white and orange which I

actually think looks pretty nice what I

really want to get my hands on is the

pokeball addition which comes out next

month unlike the original the new 2d s

XL doesn't give up a lot over a 3ds so

you're getting those larger displays

you're getting the upgrade speakers and

of course it'll actually you know fit in

your pockets there are also some nice

upgrades like faster internals which

help with load times as well as give you

a couple vehicles of titles and you do

have a Mito support long story short

this is actually one of my favorite 3ds

you can buy today which brings us to the

only actual 3ds here the new 3ds XL open

this guy up and we'll see the same

QuickStart information a our cards as

well as the console itself what you

don't get is an AC adapter in the box

which is weird considering that this is

the most expensive 3ds you can buy I

will say though that some of the limited

editions such as

Sammis edition 3dsxl look really nice so

this originally came out in 2015 at

least for the non special edition

version and what you got here was very

similar to the 2d SXL except with

face-tracking 3d I do have to admit this

looks really cool but the problem is is

that for only an extra hundred dollars

you can go all the way up to the

Nintendo switch which makes the 3dsxl

kind of a hard sell if you've never

owned a 3ds or just haven't played in

the last few years then there are a lot

of great games for it Mario Kart 7 is

one of the earlier 3ds games but it

still holds up so presently well

especially considering that it comes for

free on the 2d s so I will say that I'm

typically a fan of a little bit more

simulation style games like Fortson Gran

Turismo but it's really hard to argue

with just how much fun Mario Kart is

even though 150cc is not not my strong

suit it is hard to talk about a Nintendo

handheld without mentioning Pokemon and

this is the series that keeps me coming

back and there are so many great games

available including the upcoming ultra

Sun and Moon but the original side of

Moon are also not too bad

Lou the game of actually put a fair bit

of time into and one of the things

that's actually nice about playing on

the 2d s is that even though it does

have a smaller display it's the same

resolution as the bigger ones which

means that this actually looks a little

bit sharper than playing on the 3ds XL

or 2d s XL on top of playing pretty much

all the Pokemon games in the last 10

years or so on the 2d s and 3ds you also

have a couple in the Virtual Console

including red blue yellow gold and

silver I grew up playing the original

Pokemon games so they definitely have a

special place in my heart but I've got

to say it is really nice to be able to

play them on a backlit display with a

headphone jack having a battery it's a

lot nicer than the old-school game boys

I've gotta admit all 3d s's can also

play original Nintendo DS games so the

only issue is is that because the screen

is slightly higher resolution than the

DS screen you're either dealing with a

little bit of blurry upscaling or you

just can't use the entire display for

the games but in return you're getting

one of the best handheld libraries of

all time the games really are why you

should consider picking up a 3ds in 2017

sure Nintendo is slowly bringing a lot

of these franchises over to the

smartphone but at the end of the day

there are a lot of games that you just

cannot play anywhere else besides the

3ds I think it's only a matter of time

before the switch totally replaces the

3ds but for now I think it makes sense

why this exists in 2017 there are still

new games coming out for it if you just

want to play through a few DS or 3ds

games then the original 2d

is not a bad pickup for $80 you're only

a single pair of headphones away from

having a pretty solid gaming experience

my favorite 3d is isn't actually a 3ds

at all it's the new 2d s XL so if you're

okay with giving up the 3d display which

personally I just don't find all that

useful you're pretty much getting the

full experience here and it's cheaper to

be fair the new 3ds XL isn't exactly a

terrible pickup but at $200 it is so

hard to justify picking this up when the

Nintendo switch is only $100 more unless

you're a hardcore fan who really likes

these special editions I would go with

the 2d S or 2d s XL so what do you guys

think should the Nintendo 3ds still

exist in 2017 let me know in the

comments below and I will catch you in

the next one