Gadgetory

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