Hey guys!
Andru Edwards here, editor-in-chief of GearLive.com and your Amazon VJ.
And today, we're gonna be opening up the Nintendo 2DS.
You may be unfamiliar with the Nintendo 2DS but it's a handheld from Nintendo that'll
play pretty much all the Nintendo 3DS games, but in 2D.
We'll explain the philosophy behind that and more in this episode.
Stay tuned!
Now like I said, in this edition of Unboxing Live, we're opening up the Nintendo 2DS, handheld
portable game console.
Now, Nintendo 2DS brings the power of two systems together to a single affordable package,
it plays a ridiculous amount of games, pretty much almost every Nintendo DS game and every
Nintendo 3DS game works right here on the 2DS in 2D.
You can still connect with friends and other players, access wireless hotspots using the
wireless StreetPass and SpotPass communication modes, which allows you to unlock exclusive
content from different games.
So currently, it's the best 2D hand-held system that Nintendo offers.
Let's open it up and take a look inside the box to see what you get with the 2DS.
Now, what we got here is the Sea Green color, it also comes in Electric Blue, it comes in
Red, there's Pinkish version as well.
First of all, you've got the AR cards along with your instruction manual.
AR cards are cool because the console actually supports virtual reality, it uses the camera
system (stereoscopic cameras) to pick up what's in this cards and then pretty much projects
3D objects into your real world objects and allows you interact with them, it's actually
pretty cool.
It's the power right here, it keeps your juices flowing.
And then lastly, right here will be the Nintendo 2DS console, and there it is.
So now as you can see, plastic console, more loaded than the 3DS or 3DS XL these what I'm
feeling in my hands.
Now, that's the front there, and that's the back.
Now, we'll go ahead and give you a close look at the 2DS and we'll give you a tour on the
artwork.
Okay, so the first thing you'll probably notice if you're familiar with the 3DS is the 2DS
does not close shut, it's not clamshell design, you'll still get the 2 displays that you'll
find on the 3DS.
The displays are the same resolution as what you'd find on the 3DS however, the top display
rather than being the 3D display it's a 2D display.
Now, when you buy a 3DS, Nintendo does say you'd probably wanna turn off the 3D if you're
child is 6 years old or younger, but it really is just a slide toggle on the 3DS that any
child can flip the switch if they want to, could be hard to keep track on that, but with
the 2DS obviously, this solves the problem, and also again as you can see, it's thick,
I'd be less concern about my child dropping this device than a clamshell device,
but third, probably most importantly it's much more budget conscious.
Now, the Nintendo 3DS sells for about a $169, the new Nintendo 3DS XL sells for $199, the
Nintendo 2DS sells for $129.99 so you're saving yourself a nice chunk of money,
if you can get passed not playing games in 3D.
So you got you A, B, Y, X buttons, Start and Select there, power button here, along with
indicators of charging and power state.
You have the sleep switch there, home button to take you back to the main home area of
the console, headphone port, microphone port there and
your analog and digital thumbsticks.
On the back you've got your stereoscopic cameras that's how you're gonna activate those AR
cards I mentioned earlier, you got your stylus built-in the right hand side there you go,
left and right shoulder buttons on the top, your port for putting in your cartridge there,
and your AC adapter port on that side, you also have an SD card slot, which I believe,
yes 4GB built-in.
Now, on the left hand side you've got your volume slider as you can see.
Now, as I've mentioned the 2DS does sell for a $129.99, it's available right now, you can
pick it up on Amazon as well as many other retailers around the country or online.
Thanks for watching guys!
That was your look at the Nintendo 2DS handheld game console and again, fantastic option if
you have kids, especially if they're under 6 years old, if you're worried about them
looking at 3D, or if you just want a great handheld console, don't really care about
3D, and you wanna save yourself some cash $129.99.
I'm Andru Edwards.
Thanks for watching!
Stay tuned for more vicarious thrills through opening new gear.