There IS a free game that comes with the 2DS, which is Face Raiders. I was pleasantly surprised at how fun it is. This is what the 2DS' huge single LCD screen looks like". Eurogamer. October 16, 2013 . Retrieved November 10, 2013. Nintendo not abandoning 3D despite 2DS release, says Iwata". CVG. Future plc . Retrieved November 9, 2013. The original 2DS had something of a divisive design, with its flat, wedge-like shape that had both of the system's screens placed on a single, non-foldable plane. Getting your own hands on it was really the only way to see if you liked what Nintendo was attempting to do, with many finding it to be quite a comfortable piece of kit.

a b "New Nintendo 2DS XL coming this July". Polygon. Vox Media. April 27, 2017. Archived from the original on April 28, 2017 . Retrieved April 28, 2017. a b c d Molina, Brett (August 28, 2013). "First impressions: Hands-on with Nintendo 2DS". USA Today. Gannett Company. Mine still works fine and is played by my kids occasionally. The only thing wrong with it is that the cover of the control disc pops off sometimes and needs replacing. Must be the glue used. Then the New 3DS XL came out, and I got the grey one as a gift. So I moved my account. But… To be honest I still liked the 2DS. So I started a second account on the transparent 2DS and began using both. Eventually I got a Pokeball 2DS XL for christmas, and I sold the grey n3DSXL. a b "The Nintendo 2DS is coming to Japan in four gorgeous Pokémon-themed colors". The Verge. Vox Media. December 25, 2015 . Retrieved December 26, 2015.BIGGER TOP SCREEN: awesome. It won't stretch normal DS games, which I found surprising since there is a DSiXL. Is there an option for this? Tsukayama, Hayley. "Nintendo drops Wii U price, releases new '2DS' handheld". The Washington Post . Retrieved August 20, 2013. The layout is very comfortable, with the big shoulder buttons and buttons by the sides of the top screen. The battery was great and it fit very easily in a bag with the official case. I do wish I’d managed to get a trigger grip with handles, which makes playing on the New 3DS much more comfortable.

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If you're anything like me, than you hate 3D in anything. Sure, it's fun initially, but tiresome after a while. Calling it a "smart move" to redesign the Nintendo 3DS so as to lower costs, Wired felt that the 2DS might enable Nintendo to sell the console at a significantly lower price with a significantly higher profit margin. [45] Post-release [ edit ] a b Lambrechts, Stephen (February 26, 2019). "New Nintendo 2DS XL review". TechRadar. Archived from the original on February 12, 2019 . Retrieved February 26, 2019. I bought the original 3DS during the transition period in the price changes, to slip into the ambassador program at the lowered price. McFerran, Damien (October 12, 2013). "Nintendo 2DS review". Eurogamer. Gamer Network . Retrieved November 9, 2013.Here's how the Nintendo 2DS compares to the 3DS". Polygon. Vox Media. August 28, 2013 . Retrieved August 29, 2013. Later, I got the 3DS XL for the bigger screens (I think it was the red one), trading in the original one. Purple and silver New 2DS XL Mario Kart 7 Bundle launches September 28". August 28, 2018. Archived from the original on September 17, 2018 . Retrieved September 16, 2018. Still, the question remains – does the New Nintendo 2DS XL have what it takes to impress in an age where Nintendo fans can get a home console-quality experience on the go? Design a b Orland, Kyle (August 28, 2013). "How the 2DS could have been Nintendo's first true portable tablet". Ars Technica. Condé Nast Digital . Retrieved August 29, 2013.