existential dread for my 3DS console

[Gorse]

One movie, Avatar does 3D, suddenly all of the industry says 3D is the future.

I never saw Avatar in 3D during its original theatrical run, but I had friends who did and they said it was life-changing experience. Back then, CGI theme park movies weren't commonplace like they are today, so being surrounded by an alien world in an IMAX theatre really must have seemed cool. The movie was the highest-grossing film of its time – it must have had some appeal! (It sure wasn't the friggin' story, that's for sure.)

Thanks for the explanation, it's much more complex than I thought.

NO PROBLEM!!!! I love this stuff. A few more points that I left out for space:

1. Another problem with applying the 3DS effect to current TVs would be conflicts with OLED technology. Modern OLED works by actually turning off pixels when black is displayed on-screen, which you'd have to sync up between both internal and external screens for if you wanted 3D. This would mean sound and picture lag, and there would probably be a ton of screen tearing. OLED screens, while possessing excellent picture quality, have a ton of setbacks that make them very difficult to work with for anything advanced.
2. The 3DS line of screens were just awful in general. On the original model, the external top screen was so soft that it got scratched up by the bottom screen's raised border, which I can personally vouch for being a massive issue. When this happened, the 3D effect was totally destroyed. The original 2DS model didn't even use two screens for the top and bottom halves of the console – it was one piece of glass separated by a bezel, and the border was defined by the software (also harming game performance in some cases). The New 2DS XL (released in 2017) has the "best" screen of the series, but by that point it was outrageously low-rez.
3. The 3DS's kind of glasses-free 3D has now been entirely phased out (aside from bargain-bin Chinese mobile phones, of course). From what I understand, modern 3D is all software-based, and they always expect you to have a piece of glass in front of your eyes for it to work right. I don't think we'll ever have glasses-free 3D again until our brains are wired into the Matrix.

I still remember that Sonic Generations had a 3D TV option (that got removed in the remaster).

At the time, there was a lot of buzz about how 3D would "solve" split-screen multiplayer issues by giving each player their own view of the game, even when they were looking at the same screen. Sony in particular was planning to make this the selling point of their Playstation-branded TV sets. (Remember those!?)

The technology never really panned out, though, because, while technically feasible through software, developers would have had to render two different versions of the game "alongside" each other, heavily taxing hardware and ballooning budgets. I think this was an OK idea, but these days it would probably be done through AR.

 

[kingofdragons]

I never saw Avatar in 3D during its original theatrical run, but I had friends who did and they said it was life-changing experience. Back then, CGI theme park movies weren't commonplace like they are today, so being surrounded by an alien world in an IMAX theatre really must have seemed cool. The movie was the highest-grossing film of its time – it must have had some appeal! (It sure wasn't the friggin' story, that's for sure.)

I saw Avatar in theaters, but I left after about half an hour because I felt sick and a my eyes got strained, after an hour I had a headache. Watched the regular version later on dvd, wasn't impressed at all, but I was a Scifi and Star Wars nerd, so Camerons attempt to become George Lucas wasn't something that peaked my interests. And like everyone said at the time, the story felt derivative, I loved Fern Gully and Avatar just felt like a boring imitation. But yes, many people loved it, and way too much, there were people literally killing themselves because they wanted to live on Pandora.

 

[ThirdEidolon]

i baby it. i never take it outside even when i really want to. i charge it only long enough to minimize the chances of freak electrical surges frying its insides. i gently pry open its lid like a brand new comic i plan to return in its plastic sleeve after reading.

because they're never going to make stereoscopic hardware ever again, and it's one of the coolest technological relics of our generation. and i only see prices going up on the aftermarket for anyone unlucky enough to have damage befall their precious console

time to pick up a 2DS as my everyday driver

the 2ds is a pretty good choice. I have one that lets me play US titles (as I had to import for games like Radiant Historia or SMT IV to not fuck me financially).

It's an underrated console and really sturdy. Dropped it too many times.

 

[kingofdragons]

the 2ds is a pretty good choice. I have one that lets me play US titles (as I had to import for games like Radiant Historia or SMT IV to not fuck me financially).

It's an underrated console and really sturdy. Dropped it too many times.

the original GBA was built like a toy, by which I mean kids could trash it and it still worked. I dropped that thing so many times and it never had hickups. Only downside it still had the same issues the gameboys had with the shit resolutions and brightness. But it served me well.

 

[retronerdgamer]

Unless you try to have every game you can imagine, you should be fine with a 64 if you have one on hand. That being said, 128 are generally about the same price online, and can't hurt. (If you are paying more than $8 USD, you are overpaying)

One tip for your modded system, when putting original DS and GBA games on there, use TWiLight Menu++ instead of something that creates individual icons. The 3DS only allows for so many icons, so reducing their number is recommended

Also, be sure to make use of Red Viper to play those Virtual Boy games in 3d.

And while I'm at it, I'll throw in a game no one knows about: Mighty Gunvolt Burst. It merges 9 characters from 3 different franchises into one megaman clone that plays in an incredibly unique manner, with each character having their own customizable playstyle. This is what everyone who was angry over Mighty Number 9 should play

Mighty Gunvolt Burst was fun but TBH Gunvolt series proper is also really good too!

 

[MistHunter]

I don't know how to keep going with super smash brothers (for) 3ds, I'm not used to the circle pad to play.
kid icarus: uprising, will have to wait. need some serious repairs with the triggers (again).
and yeah, making time for metroid prime: federation force.
must keep collecting everything with dragon quest monsters 1 & 2 remake.
the only thing to do meanwhile, is playing mario & luigi: superstar saga (just for bowser's minions).
re-playing some games "post-accidental-sd-formatting" and so on...

 

[Lee__Kanker]

i baby it. i never take it outside even when i really want to. i charge it only long enough to minimize the chances of freak electrical surges frying its insides. i gently pry open its lid like a brand new comic i plan to return in its plastic sleeve after reading.

because they're never going to make stereoscopic hardware ever again, and it's one of the coolest technological relics of our generation. and i only see prices going up on the aftermarket for anyone unlucky enough to have damage befall their precious console

time to pick up a 2DS as my everyday driver

I get that my friend, since they're never gonna make a ps2 again

Thankfully they made so many consoles you could fill a warehouse with it if you keep buying em and they'll hold up after the years as this is still tech that was made to last, thats why I have 5 ps2s!

A trick to save money, look for stuff thats sold as broken, it might be as simple as the battery died so they're perfectly functional still

 

[Ikagura]

must keep collecting everything with dragon quest monsters 1 & 2 remake.

I wasn't even aware these remakes existed.

 

[MistHunter]

I wasn't even aware these remakes existed.

Due to the appearance of gome, from dragon quest: fly's adventure / dai no daibouken, will be in
dragon quest monsters: joker 3 professional, I ended up playing both versions.
and well, why not the remakes?
after all, it was worth it. looking for copper, found gold.
if you want the (second) biggest challenge to date in collecting, dq: monsters 2 remake, offers 800+, to recruit.

 

[Noon]

i recently got some DS games and I’ve been wondering if I should get a DS or a 3DS, but from the sounds of it 3DS are getting expensive? I’ve never really used either much, can you replace the battery in a DS too?

 

[Zemus]

Not to make assumptions about your situation, but why not pick up another of the same model just in case? I did that when I noticed I felt the same about mine. I agree, the 2DS was a mistake and the 3D effect still impresses today!

 

[ThirdEidolon]

Not to make assumptions about your situation, but why not pick up another of the same model just in case? I did that when I noticed I felt the same about mine. I agree, the 2DS was a mistake and the 3D effect still impresses today!

2DS is the sturdiest version of the ds to date.

 

[Zemus]

2DS is the sturdiest version of the ds to date.

Bigger mistake yet to improve the build quality on the one that doesn't have 3D!

 

[Ikagura]

Bigger mistake yet to improve the build quality on the one that doesn't have 3D!

It's because of how the 3D works on the 3DS (it's mechanical).

 

[Zemus]

It's because of how the 3D works on the 3DS (it's mechanical).

Ah, yeah. Build quality is its own discussion, I suppose. I just like the 3D.

 

[ThirdEidolon]

Ah, yeah. Build quality is its own discussion, I suppose. I just like the 3D.

it's still just a good, solid console, and one of the ds's with the longest life atm

 

[Zemus]

it's still just a good, solid console, and one of the ds's with the longest life atm

If it's for DS games it's worth mentioning the bilinear stretch or whatever it's technically called. DS games generally look awful on the 3DS/2DS. Good to know, though, since we can put DS forwarders directly on the launch screen now.

 

[Mr. SyS]

i recently got some DS games and I’ve been wondering if I should get a DS or a 3DS, but from the sounds of it 3DS are getting expensive? I’ve never really used either much, can you replace the battery in a DS too?

3DS since it has backwards compatibility with the DS and yes, you can change the battery. You can still play gba games perfectly with hacks and agb.firm. The model you want is new 3ds if you want the 3d effect or new 2ds if you want something cheaper and don't care for 3d.

 

[Noon]

3DS since it has backwards compatibility with the DS and yes, you can change the battery. You can still play gba games perfectly with hacks and agb.firm. The model you want is new 3ds if you want the 3d effect or new 2ds if you want something cheaper and don't care for 3d.

Nice thanks! It was just a couple DS games I picked up, but I wouldn't mind getting some 3DS games too...

 

[Hikari.EXE]

I still have my New 3DS XL basically from launch and its a fucking trooper! Aside from the faulty camera hardware, it hasent let me down, especially after modding it.

 

[Husky]

I also treat my New 3DS very carefully. In fact, I baby most of my handhelds because I want them to last. But 3DS and PS Vita hardware prices have gone up.

Regarding the 3D, that was a wild fad, and I'm not really surprised Nintendo even hopped on that bandwagon since Sony went all-in for a while. Pretty cool that the 3DS didn't require glasses, and I still turn it on from time-to-time. The New 3DS face tracking made it so much more useful.