Nintendo bet again on portable game consoles with the new Nintendo 2DSa reissue of the previous notebook which appeared in 2011 and which included, as its main feature, the possibility of enjoying a 3D visual experience without using any type of extra accessory, such as the glasses we use to watch 3D movies.
This direct stereoscopic effect was achieved by Nintendo by dividing the screen into two parts, one for the left eye and the other for the right so that, as we do naturally, when combining them we create the 3D effect that gives us a sense of depth.
Without a doubt, and even with people's previous skepticism, Nintendo succeeded. And with more or less visual results, depending on how the programmers will apply it in their games, an effect of depth or enhancement of the different components of the screen is achieved. Thanks to this feature, we also had various utilities in the console as the power take pictures with it and view them in 3D on your screen.
As a result, a very sweet candy for everything gamer or console lover laptops. Which also added the advantage of advertising with a pretty interesting title catalog.
Nintendo 3DS is a console that has sold well but perhaps has not reached the overwhelming success of its previous generations of laptops, probably due to the numerous delays of the titles announced in their launch and a 3D that, as happens in the cinema, more than something innovative ends up being a passing fad.
It is when the Japanese company decides to turn the tables and show the world something more than a review of the console, the new Nintendo 2DS.
On this occasion, he opts for a radical change in the aesthetics of the notebook. Bill overall console layout now you have wedge shape. They have removed hinges (very suffered from the youngest users) and they have repositioned controls bringing them closer to the upper screen to give more prominence to it.
Regarding the hardware, the main change is already given as a clue by the name of the device ...3D has been removed. Now the whole console is 2D. In fact, for save expenses, what in Nintendo 3DS were two screens (the upper one in 3D and the bottom 2D touch) now both screens are actually one (internally). What's more, it is a single touch screen; which has a protective plastic on the top to cancel physical interactivity.
Although it would be interesting to have two touch screens remember that it's a revision and therefore it depends on the same catalog of its twin in three dimensions.
Taking into account that the 3D effect does not stop being more than that, a visual extra, it is perfectly dispensable so that the games can be played perfectly in the same way being compatible with both 3DS and NDS catalog.
All these adjustments reduce its price, although it is true that its difference is not overwhelming compared to its older sister, if they make it more accessible. Its market price will be € 130.
With this model Nintendo returns to its origins betting on its younger audience. You no longer have the limitation of having to warn that the use of 3D is not recommended for children under six years of age (this is because their eyes are still developing and can cause damage in intensive use) or worry about the suffered from the hinges obtaining a very robust console (note always characteristic in the consoles of Nintendo).
The launch scheduled for October 12 this year and with the foreseeable aggressive campaign that will accompany it, it will undoubtedly become the perfect gift for christmas.
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