3DS XL

o1s1n · 04-07-2012 10:05pm

Kinski wrote: »

Not if you use a USB plug. I have one that came with an MP3 player, works fine for anything.

That's totally different though as it's running off the AC power from the wall so can charge fast. USB from a PC or other device is slow.

/\/ollog wrote: »

I use a USB charger for my 3DS exclusively.

I couldn't put up with that to be honest. It's a trickle charge - just too slow.

Much rather plug it into an AC adapter and have it charged up fast.

Also I use a laptop on my lap, so cables coming out of it for hours on end are a no no!

cloud493 · 04-07-2012 11:39pm

Are E-shop games not tied to a club nintendo account?

Nollog · 05-07-2012 2:01am

cloud493 wrote: »

Are E-shop games not tied to a club nintendo account?

They are and they aren't.
When you buy them, they'll show up in your list like you registered them, but you don't get points

unlike in America and Japan.

But the games and content itself is locked to the hardware it's originally downloaded to.

GTR63 · 05-07-2012 3:23am

For those wondering about chargers I got a AC Charger for my Ds lite in argos for €7 and it covers DS phat, Dsi, Ds lite, PSP, 3DS. Yeah its not official but it only cost €7.

cloud493 · 05-07-2012 9:41am

/\/ollog wrote: »

They are and they aren't.
When you buy them, they'll show up in your list like you registered them, but you don't get points unlike in America and Japan.

But the games and content itself is locked to the hardware it's originally downloaded to.

Really? Damn

its not that chargers are expensive, they're not really. Its the principle of not putting one in.

valleyoftheunos · 05-07-2012 9:53am

cloud493 wrote: »

Really? Damn its not that chargers are expensive, they're not really. Its the principle of not putting one in.

+1`on this, I remember when all consoles came with two controllers and the best game on the system as well as various av cables, now they don't even come with a sodding PSU!

Kinski · 05-07-2012 10:44am

A lot of electronic goods are going that way. The Kindle doesn't come with a charger, just with the cable for connecting one.

And two controllers in the box...those were the days. Mario on the WiiU has five-way multiplayer, as if everyone will have four WiiRemotes handy (which they could've got round to some extent by making the Classic Controllers plug into the actual system rather than the bottom of a Remote.) I think I've played a simultaneous four-player mode once, and that was on the Dreamcast.

RobbingBandit · 05-07-2012 1:45pm

Gamestop.ie have the 3DSXL charger up to preorder for €8 and the charging dock for €25, plus €2 extra postage. Their price for the console is €210 instore at the moment, I am hopeful Smyths or HMV will do it for €199.99.

Banjo · 05-07-2012 1:59pm

The less crap you don't (or might not) want in the box, the lower the price tag, the easier it is for you to snag impulse buyers which make up a big chunk of Nintendo's new target audience. Arguably, if you're a nintendo fan you probably already have at least one of the DSi, DSi XL or 3DS - do you really want another charger? Do you actually use the charging stand? I'd happily ditch all of the manuals that go into the box for online media if it would knock a quid or two off the sticker. As for an included game, there's the AR stuff, thought they're idiots for not giving something cheap and cheerful away on the eShop so that everyone has a game.

The cost of the Wiimote controller would have destroyed the Wii's impulse appeal (if they'd bundled 2,3,4...). Frankly, the idea of bundling a Wiimote with a bunch of proof-of-concept Demos (WiiPlay) was a stroke of genius, as was the rolling out of MotionPlus using key games that probably looked like safe bets at the time (WiiSports Resort yes, Red Steel 2 and that EA tennis game not so much...). Not that it's a new idea - see the N64 Memory Pack and Donkey Kong 64.

The theory with the Wiimotes, by the way is that everyone will bring their own. They sort of fluffed it though, too few games make any use of the Wiimote's onboard storage at all never mind something innovative and inspiring, which was supposed to encourage you to carry it with you to a friend's house. You know, so you don't play with "a" wiimote, it's your wiimote. Hopefully there will be some way to use your 3DS as a surrogate controller on the Wii U to address this. Even a CPP-like dock that you can plug a classic controller into or something... Platform integration + some sort of unified online identity that ties you the person (not you the console) to your Nintendo account would go a long way to convincing me to buy a WiiU. *sigh*

But I digress. Ultimately they're going to be very sensitive about shipping the 3DSXL at a price that's too far above the 3DS after the price drop fiasco last august, so any pounds that can be shed to make that price a bit leaner are going on the chopping block.

CastorTroy · 05-07-2012 6:24pm

Am I the only one who doesn't use the cradle for their 3DS? I just charge it when needed and then I just plug the charger directly into the 3DS

Wolverine359 · 05-07-2012 8:05pm

CastorTroy wrote: »

Am I the only one who doesn't use the cradle for their 3DS? I just charge it when needed and then I just plug the charger directly into the 3DS

Yeah I think I used it once ever, the first time I charged the 3ds, after that I never used it again. Seems like a completely pointless lump of plastic, don't know why it was included at all.

cloud493 · 05-07-2012 8:20pm

Gamestop had some advertising stuff outside today, price seems set at 209.99.

06-07-2012 12:01am

trade in 3ds for xl for 99 euro good deal tho you have to tade in a game also wtf

GTR63 · 06-07-2012 3:28am

Deleted User wrote: »

trade in 3ds for xl for 99 euro good deal tho you have to tade in a game also wtf

Lets see bit a math here. They think my ol 3DS is worth what €85 assuming you get €25 on the game trade.

RobbingBandit · 06-07-2012 3:50am

GTR63 wrote: »

Lets see bit a math here. They think my ol 3DS is worth what €85 assuming you get €25 on the game trade.

Smyths were offering €90 cash or €110 credit for a 3DS a couple of weeks ago not sure if that has dropped, Smyths would also have bundle offers on the XL so check them out too before comitting to Gamestops offer.

cloud493 · 06-07-2012 8:24am

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Smyths were offering €90 cash or €110 credit for a 3DS a couple of weeks ago not sure if that has dropped, Smyths would also have bundle offers on the XL so check them out too before comitting to Gamestops offer.

This. Symths almost always have higher trade in values/better bundles than Gamestop.

Mr E · 06-07-2012 12:31pm

Pretty harsh Digital Foundry review on Eurogamer.

Content transfer from 3DS to XL looks like a nightmare. Putting me off the upgrade, TBH.... I have a lot of downloaded games that all have save data, so the prospect of losing my save games isn't a chance I'm willing to take at the moment.

cloud493 · 06-07-2012 2:03pm

Gamestop's trade in values

06-07-2012 4:43pm

no store will let me do system tranfer so im not - im not losing my apps games video etc

Mr E · 06-07-2012 5:05pm

Gamestop let me do a transfer when I switched from DSi to 3DS.

GTR63 · 06-07-2012 7:07pm

Will the DS games still have that annoying border like they had on the original 3DS?

Kinski · 06-07-2012 8:25pm

They can still be displayed at their original resolution, or full screen. Full screen apparently looks better than it does on the current 3DS.

07-07-2012 5:23pm

Mr E wrote: »

Gamestop let me do a transfer when I switched from DSi to 3DS.

but to transfer from 3ds to 3ds you need the interent

R.F. · 07-07-2012 6:02pm

cloud493 wrote: »

Gamestop had some advertising stuff outside today, price seems set at 209.99.

I pre booked mine on Wednesday, but price was €220

cloud493 · 07-07-2012 10:17pm

Well if gamestop give 40 trade in a DS lite, and will sell the XL for 170 when you trade in a DS lite...

_Godot_ · 08-07-2012 8:19am

Quick question. You know how DSi specific games are region locked, are they still region locked on the 3DS? I know, dumn question, but I just got to wondering on it.

RobbingBandit · 08-07-2012 11:17am

Smyths price is €214.99 for the console.

cloud493 · 08-07-2012 11:42am

RobbingBandit wrote: »

Smyths price is €214.99 for the console.

And it's 105 trade in for the original?

Nollog · 08-07-2012 11:51pm

_Godot_ wrote: »

Quick question. You know how DSi specific games are region locked, are they still region locked on the 3DS? I know, dumn question, but I just got to wondering on it.

Yes they are.
Furthermore, all current 3DS games are region-locked too.

wampyrus77 · 09-07-2012 11:37am

SdoowSirhc wrote: »

Never even heard about NSMB 2 :eek:

New Super Mario Bros 2

they have talking about New Super Mario Bros 2 for past month in nintendo Official Magazine

09-07-2012 12:42pm

good news everyone just back from gamestop and did the deal 3ds xl for 99 euro no mention of traded in game its scraped

put down money on it 10 euro

theyll do transfer also tho i have let the 3ds xl with them for a day or two

RESULT

cloud493 · 09-07-2012 6:03pm

2 weeks on friday

DARK-KNIGHT · 09-07-2012 8:34pm

Can't afford this but I'll sell myself if I have to!!!!

I WANT ONE!!!!!!

wampyrus77 · 09-07-2012 9:11pm

Galloway81 wrote: »

Preordered a red/black 3DS XL from Zavvi which is currently £167.95. Looking foward to it now there's actually a couple of games for the system I will care about. Cannot get enough of Mario platformers.

I assume when everyone is saying you could use an adaptor from a DSi, DSi XL or 3DS, that means the adaptor I got with my old DS phat would be no good?

only charger thats is suitable for DS-Lite/DSI/DSI XL or 3DS are compatible for 3ds XL,

the generation one DS has different path connector port charger are different compare to DS-Lite/DSI/DSI XL or 3DS port,

Star Lord · 09-07-2012 10:26pm

wampyrus77 wrote: »

only charger thats is suitable for DS-Lite/DSI/DSI XL or 3DS are compatible for 3ds XL,

the generation one DS has different path connector port charger are different compare to DS-Lite/DSI/DSI XL or 3DS port,

The DS Lite charger is NOT suitable.

cloud493 · 09-07-2012 11:43pm

Indeedy. I'm sure you can get them round for like a fiver though.

wampyrus77 · 10-07-2012 12:38pm

cloud493 wrote: »

Indeedy. I'm sure you can get them round for like a fiver though.

almost i got my spare one for €6.99 from HMV

cloud493 · 10-07-2012 7:21pm

Like I said, its the principle of having no charger thats annoying. Its like how was it in the previous console gens, when you'd get a new console, bring it home, and find out you couldn't carry on your games cos you didn't think of buying a memory card :mad:

10-07-2012 7:25pm

IS GAMESTOP deal good trade in old 3ds for 3ds xl for 99 euro i think so anyone ?

DARK-KNIGHT · 10-07-2012 7:46pm

Deleted User wrote: »

IS GAMESTOP deal good trade in old 3ds for 3ds xl for 99 euro i think so anyone ?

And u have to trade a game they are looking for with that offer like mariokart7 or mario 3ds

cloud493 · 10-07-2012 11:04pm

I don't think its just mario and the what not. Think I saw cooking mama or something on that list.

DARK-KNIGHT · 10-07-2012 11:42pm

anyone know hmv deals or smyths or xtra vision deals?????

10-07-2012 11:55pm

DARK-KNIGHT wrote: »

And u have to trade a game they are looking for with that offer like mariokart7 or mario 3ds

i did the deal today for 99 euro and wasent asked or mention of a game

cloud493 · 11-07-2012 12:03am

That might not have been that specific deal. Someone mentioned to me the other day gamestop still do 20% extra on pre order when you trade in./

11-07-2012 1:29am

cloud493 wrote: »

That might not have been that specific deal. Someone mentioned to me the other day gamestop still do 20% extra on pre order when you trade in./

all i know is i went into the store mentioned the ad to thr manager trade in 3ds for 99 euro he said yes no mention or asked for a game put down 10 euro and left

wampyrus77 · 11-07-2012 2:03am

Yes gamestop still trade in dsi for €80 for 3ds xl, i ask them still accept dsi as trade in for 3ds XL and they said yes for about €80

Banjo · 11-07-2012 9:53am

How rigorously do they test the functionality of trade-ins?
Not that I'm planning anything...

cloud493 · 11-07-2012 11:29am

Banjo wrote: »

How rigorously do they test the functionality of trade-ins?
Not that I'm planning anything...

Not that vigorously, if memory serves.

How does it work exactly? I trade my 3DS in now, and they put 120 on a card or something?

DARK-KNIGHT · 11-07-2012 12:16pm

Ok just to put GameStop trade in confusion to bed

IF you trade a 3ds and a chosen game from a specific list the 3ds xl will cost you 99

IF you trade a 3 ds on its own without a game the console will cost you 129 euro confirmed this morning from GameStop Naas!!!

Your ten deposit only holds a console for you after that you decide on day which u want to go for deal wise

Kinski · 11-07-2012 12:58pm

Banjo wrote: »

How rigorously do they test the functionality of trade-ins?
Not that I'm planning anything...

Why, did you drop it in the toilet or something? Good plan, though.

3DS XL

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