As part of a promotional effort for Nintendo's late-2013 releases, the Nintendo 2DS was featured on The Nintendo Experience promotional tour at Simon Malls locations in the United States throughout October and into early November. [13] Launch [ edit ] 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 "Nintendo Making Pokémon X And Pokémon Y 2DS Bundles For Korea". Siliconera. November 19, 2013 . Retrieved November 24, 2013. Etienne, Stefan (May 29, 2018). "Nintendo is releasing a Hylian Shield Edition 2DS XL on July 2nd". The Verge. Archived from the original on June 16, 2018 . Retrieved March 13, 2019. a b c d Molina, Brett (August 28, 2013). "First impressions: Hands-on with Nintendo 2DS". USA Today. Gannett Company.

I bought the original 3DS during the transition period in the price changes, to slip into the ambassador program at the lowered price. Tsukayama, Hayley. "Nintendo drops Wii U price, releases new '2DS' handheld". The Washington Post . Retrieved August 20, 2013. Nintendo 3DS 'power save mode' illuminated". Joystiq. AOL. Archived from the original on October 12, 2013 . Retrieved August 29, 2013. Mario games besides Luigi's Mansion he's hit-or-miss on. He likes Mario Odyssey, 64, and for a little while even had an interest in Sunshine. But he thinks Mario Kart is kind of boring because, in his words, "All you do is just drive around and around." Which, I mean, is fair I guess.

And so, let's dive off this Skyloft-like introduction and into the glowing light of the Hylian exclusives below... Game & Watch Game & Watch: The Legend of Zelda (1989) Image: Gemma Smith / Nintendo Life 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. A new model of the 2DS, titled the New Nintendo 2DS XL (branded as New Nintendo 2DS LL [b] in Japan), was released in Japan and Korea on July 13, 2017, [23] Australia and New Zealand on July 15, 2017, [24] and in North America and Europe on July 28, 2017. [25] There IS a free game that comes with the 2DS, which is Face Raiders. I was pleasantly surprised at how fun it is. a b "Nintendo 2DS hands-on: surprisingly not the worst thing ever". Polygon. Vox Media. August 30, 2013 . Retrieved January 17, 2014.

Nintendo 3DS 'could harm children's sight', parents warned". The Guardian. January 20, 2011 . Retrieved August 29, 2013. 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. Nintendo not abandoning 3D despite 2DS release, says Iwata". CVG. Future plc . Retrieved November 9, 2013. It's an all-time great and many of us hold it up as one of the 'best DS designs evs' (except not phrased exactly like we're a cool kid in an early-2000s movie). Hyrule Edition Image: Nintendo Dring, Christopher (November 2013). "2DS enjoys half-term sales spike". MCV UK. Intent Media . Retrieved November 6, 2013.

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Byford, Sam (September 17, 2020). "Nintendo has discontinued the 3DS". The Verge. Archived from the original on September 17, 2020 . Retrieved September 21, 2021.Some time later, my blue 2DS started having very short battery life, and I eventually replaced it with a Zelda edition green 2DS, which is the one I still currently use. 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 ] Earnings Release: Fiscal Year Ended March 31, 2019" (PDF). Nintendo. April 25, 2019. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 3, 2019 . Retrieved August 22, 2023. Kelly, Makena (July 3, 2018). "Nintendo's special edition Animal Crossing 2DS XL is adorable and I'm mad I can't buy it". The Verge. Archived from the original on July 7, 2018 . Retrieved March 13, 2019. Nintendo Randomly Announces The New Nintendo 2DS XL". USGamer. April 28, 2017. Archived from the original on April 29, 2017 . Retrieved April 28, 2017.

The Circle-Pad is comfortable and easy to use. The arrow buttons, not so much, but it's still possible to use. You can use the Circle-Pad as a replacement for them for DS games. McFerran, Damien (October 12, 2013). "Nintendo 2DS review". Eurogamer. Gamer Network . 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.Nintendo officially unveiled the 2DS on August 28, 2013 via a press release; members of the press were given a chance to demo the device in private prior to the announcement. [8] According to Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aimé, the Nintendo 2DS is primarily aimed at a younger demographic than the Nintendo 3DS — particularly, those younger than 7 years old; whom Nintendo had advised not to use the 3D features on the 3DS due to potential eye health concerns. The validity of Nintendo's claims were questioned by vision experts, however, who believed that the 3DS could actually help detect certain eye problems, and felt the warnings were for liability reasons rather than any realistic harm. [9] [10] [11] Once the Animal Crossing one arrived, I sold the previous XL to a relative for cheap and switched to the Animal Crossing one, as I liked the appearance. It had a short lived life in my possession, however, as it had a dead pixel on the top screen that developed almost immediately after purchasing I found VERY distracting, so I traded that in and got a pink one soon after. Stayed with that one for many years, using vinyl skins to fancy it up. Gaston, Martin. "The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds changed slightly because of 2DS". GameSpot. CBS Interactive . Retrieved November 24, 2013. 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.