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Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by peruvian »

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #7

Looks like it's finally time to grab all those games I held off on grabbing because my backlog was already extraordinary, lest I have to find them in a couple years on eBay at wildly inflated prices.

Most in-demand 3DS games have not been cheap in years. They've been pretty expensive due to low printing (Bravely Default, DQ remakes, most Atlus RPGs) for years now. I'm guessing Nintendo games are OK due to so many people owning them though.

3DS eShop might be a safe bet but aside from the usual downsides of digital, the games are tied to the system, not your eShop account.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

kawsper wrote: post #10
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #6

The small New 3DS is the last portable console I can actually fit in my pocket, and for that I still take it out with me instead of the Switch on some days. So much easier to whip out of my pocket.

I do still play on my PS Vita, and I'm still sad that Sony abandoned it quite quickly after it was released, for me it's a perfect portable "Risk of Rain" machine (although I've played other games on it too!), it's also cool that they've ported some PS1 games to it like Metal Gear Solid, I wrote about my experience here: http://kaspergrubbe.com/i-bought-a-ps-vita-in-2016-first-imp...

I was never able to comfortably fit a PS Vita in my pocket. :(

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

datalus wrote: post #9

Hopefully Nintendo releases the SDK? It's been a decently active platform for indie titles and homebrew games. I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think the 3DS is covered by the same NDA as the Switch in terms of toolchain/docs/etc. I believe you can find those after signing up for a developer account at https://developer.nintendo.com/

I can promise you Nintendo won’t do this.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by JohnBooty »

kawsper wrote: post #10
Wowfunhappy wrote: post #6

The small New 3DS is the last portable console I can actually fit in my pocket, and for that I still take it out with me instead of the Switch on some days. So much easier to whip out of my pocket.

I do still play on my PS Vita, and I'm still sad that Sony abandoned it quite quickly after it was released, for me it's a perfect portable "Risk of Rain" machine (although I've played other games on it too!), it's also cool that they've ported some PS1 games to it like Metal Gear Solid, I wrote about my experience here: http://kaspergrubbe.com/i-bought-a-ps-vita-in-2016-first-imp...

The PS Vita really deserved better. It really did so many things right.

The OLED screen is still unmatched by portable consoles IMO. Sure, somewhat higher resolution or higher refresh rates would be nice, but those infinitely deep black levels? Just amazing.

There are a few multiplatform games like Undertale for which I consider the PS Vita the best version.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by Narann »

goda90 wrote: post #8
beefhash wrote: post #5

I sort of wonder if there's going to be a barrage of exploits held until end-of-life that's going to be released now. EDIT: I'm already aware that the system has been exploited to death and back, so I'm mostly curious if people haven't already dumped everything.

There's actually quite a large community of 3DS hackers: https://old.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/ I was able to hack mine(though I don't use it much anyway) fairly easily. My brother did it to his so he could dump DS carts onto the SD card for better portability.

There are some cool homebrews still made: https://gbatemp.net/threads/wip-wumiibo-amiibo-emulation-for...

I suspect 3DS hacking community will stay active for long time as it's the only cheap (second hand 2DS), wide spreaded, hacked portable console available.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by mywittyname »

peruvian wrote: post #11
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #7

Looks like it's finally time to grab all those games I held off on grabbing because my backlog was already extraordinary, lest I have to find them in a couple years on eBay at wildly inflated prices.

Most in-demand 3DS games have not been cheap in years. They've been pretty expensive due to low printing (Bravely Default, DQ remakes, most Atlus RPGs) for years now. I'm guessing Nintendo games are OK due to so many people owning them though. 3DS eShop might be a safe bet but aside from the usual downsides of digital, the games are tied to the system, not your eShop account.

The 3DS homebrew scene seems pretty robust. The hardware is cheap enough now that you can have a modded system for preservation purposes, while keeping another for digital downloads.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by fishtacos »

jefft255 wrote: post #12
optimuspaul wrote: post #2

seriously?! I just bought one now after putting it off for years

Personally I wouldn't be mad, the homebrew and hacking community will probably stay strong for years. I'd be surprised if you bought it think you'd be playing brand new games?

Right? There is a tremendous game library on the 3Ds, with several well known titles being exclusive to the console. Thousands of hours of gameplay on native games, let alone the emulated ones.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by rdtwo »

peruvian wrote: post #11
AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #7

Looks like it's finally time to grab all those games I held off on grabbing because my backlog was already extraordinary, lest I have to find them in a couple years on eBay at wildly inflated prices.

Most in-demand 3DS games have not been cheap in years. They've been pretty expensive due to low printing (Bravely Default, DQ remakes, most Atlus RPGs) for years now. I'm guessing Nintendo games are OK due to so many people owning them though. 3DS eShop might be a safe bet but aside from the usual downsides of digital, the games are tied to the system, not your eShop account.

I sold my 3ds games for a hefty profit so I agree
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