The 3DS Thread - The Bear and Badger

hylian_elf

I see.

If we are going by dates of first and last game purchases around their broad release dates, probably PS1 for me.

hylian_elf

Actually no, it’s easily 3DS. Followed by Vita if we count Limited Run games.

Moot_Geeza

3DS for me. We're in the right place o/

Moot_Geeza

Oh wait, Vita's a good shout. I've still got my eye on two games for that, so it's not over yet.

AJ

I had a PC that I was getting new games on for something like a decade without upgrading, does that count?

retroking1981

hylian_elf wrote:

Actually no, it’s easily 3DS.

Moot_Geeza wrote:

3DS for me. We're in the right place o/

I find it oddly impressive.

I'm a big fan of the 3DS and along with the PS3 its been my favourite system post N64, aka adult life.

My top systems didn't last anywhere near as long though. SNES for example I got in June 92 and the last game I purchased new was Christmas 1996. MD, N64 and PSone are all in a 4-6 year range tops.

retroking1981

AJ wrote:

I had a PC that I was getting new games on for something like a decade without upgrading, does that count?

Why not! Out of interest what era was it? What specs it roughly have?

AJ

I think I got it around '99 and it was a 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 with a Radeon 9700 Pro, but my memory's a little fuzzy. Had an insane amount of RAM, as I also used it for video/effects/3D. Can't remember the actual amount, but 2-4GB seems likely.

Blue Swirl

retroking1981 wrote:

My bad, I didn't do the best explaining myself tbf.

I think there's a worthy thread on this topic, what console gave you the most mileage.

I can't be bothered though.

I think it came up in the Sins of the Silicon thread. Well, longest lived machines, anyway. I think at the top were Atari 2600 and Neo Geo AES, both with more than a decade of official releases. Whether or not someone bought a 2600 in 1977 and the last game in 1992 is a different question.

This ignores stuff like the Famicom, which stopped getting new games but the hardware continued to be produced for years afterwards, and the bizarre Master System situation in Brazil.

Personally it probably is 3DS. I got one about a year after launch, and I just bought Wario Ware Gold, and have few other games on the "to buy" list. If I buy a new release for it in 2019 it'll definitely be my longest lived system. Honorable mentions should probably go to original DS (thanks to Pokemon Conquest) and the first PlayStation.

Nina

Got my coral pink 3ds with Kid Icarus, so that must have been March 2012 or a bit after that.

I'm still waiting on a date for Luigi's Mansion. Wario Ware is tempting but I don't have the money now.

Think Nintendo did a pretty good job with keeping the hardware fresh. New 3ds is a nice piece of hardware, and I like the look of the 2dsXL so much that I'm playing with the idea of getting an US one, so I can actually buy some games I skipped. That's still a stupid thing, region locking their handheld.

Blue Swirl

Nina wrote:

That's still a stupid thing, region locking their handheld.

Yeah, definitely a backward step after the original DS. Glad the Switch is regionless.

I can vouch for the 2DS XL. You can tell it's not as premium as previous models (bar the 2DS), but the design is great. I miss the stereoscopic 3D, though.

mistercrayon

Will this be the first year without new Nintendo hardware (not including pokeball controller) since the 3ds release?

Blue Swirl

mistercrayon wrote:

Will this be the first year without new Nintendo hardware (not including pokeball controller) since the 3ds release?

I thought "That can't be right" so I went to Wikipedia.

2011 - 3DS
2012 - Wii U
2013 - 3DS XL, 2DS
2014 - New 3DS (and XL)
2015 - New 2DS XL
2016 - NES Mini
2017 - Switch, SNES Mini

By Jove, you're right. I went back to look at the DS, too, with the DSi and XL variants, there was never more than two years between hardware releases. Damn, Nintendo. Chill out.

EvilRedEye

mistercrayon wrote:

Will this be the first year without new Nintendo hardware (not including pokeball controller) since the 3ds release?

2014 or 2015 was missing new hardware depending on your region. I think there has also been new special edition 3DS hardware this year, just not an outright new model. I guess there's only so many times you can reiterate really.

Paul the sparky

They'll stop making then when you stop buying them.

Out of that lot I've got a Switch. It's serving me well.

EvilRedEye

2DS XL was 2017 Swirl, you're two years out there somehow?

mistercrayon

my feeling is that while Iwata was the boss they were aping Apple in many ways - including having new machinery to sell annually. I think it kept people interested even when the upgrades seem minor.

Even in the DS era we had DS, DSLite, XL and DSi

retroking1981

It's never really been any different with their handhelds tbf.

Granted it was more or less colours and special editions with the Game Boys, but they always seemed to be shoving something down our throats.

retroking1981

Thinking about it, colours aside, how many big consoles haven't had redesigns?

N64, DC, GCN, XBOX and Game Gear.

Blue Swirl

EvilRedEye wrote:

2DS XL was 2017 Swirl, you're two years out there somehow?

Probably. It's late and I'm stupid.

Blue Swirl

retroking1981 wrote:

Thinking about it, colours aside, how many big consoles haven't had redesigns?

N64, DC, GCN, XBOX and Game Gear.

Saturn, maybe, if you ignore the licensed clones. GameBoy Color, if we count it as a separate machine to the original GameBoy. The Neo Geo CD was redesigned twice, but the AES stayed the same, iirc. (Do Neo Geo systems count as "big"? Discuss.)

If we're being pedantic, the N64 Pokémon edition was physically wider. So maybe the '64 doesn't count.

I found out recently we can't count the Neo Geo Pocket Color, even if we treat it as a different machine to the non-Color: Japan got a slim version with a better screen, according to latest Retro Gamer.

retroking1981

Saturn had a redesign, be it very minor.

Forgot about that Pikachu N64, guess we gotta count it. Then again the internals were the same afaik, so what's the difference between that or a different colour.

retroking1981

What home console has had the most redesigns?

PS3 and 360 both had 3, so did the Wii if you count the GCNless version.

I guess XOne and PS4 both have 3 now too.

It's basically becoming a more common thing across the board.

AJ

Did the SNES have a redesign? I don't remember any...

Don't remember 3 Wiis, either. What was this version without GCN functionality?

hylian_elf

SNES/SFC Jr

WorKid

Wii mini wasn't there. Total flop.

I suspect Reg has 100 or so in a lock-up

regmcfly

WorKid wrote:

Wii mini wasn't there. Total flop.

I suspect Reg has 100 or so in a lock-up

Only released in UK and Canada. Yes I have one.

regmcfly

Blue Swirl wrote:

mistercrayon wrote:

Will this be the first year without new Nintendo hardware (not including pokeball controller) since the 3ds release?

I thought "That can't be right" so I went to Wikipedia.

2011 - 3DS
2012 - Wii U
2013 - 3DS XL, 2DS
2014 - New 3DS (and XL)
2015 - New 2DS XL
2016 - NES Mini
2017 - Switch, SNES Mini

By Jove, you're right. I went back to look at the DS, too, with the DSi and XL variants, there was never more than two years between hardware releases. Damn, Nintendo. Chill out.

retroking1981

regmcfly wrote:

My man!

retroking1981

AJ wrote:

Don't remember 3 Wiis, either. What was this version without GCN functionality?

It had the same design but had the Wii writing in a horizontal design instead of verticle. It also done away with the GCN ports and innards I guess.

OG:

2nd design:

The third was the Wii mini, already mentioned above:
wii-mini-dark-bg_870.0.jpg

This went as far as to remove Wi-fi connectivity.

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