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Nintendo 3DS Right Circle Pad Leaks Out Ahead of Announcement

Posted on Wednesday, September 7 @ 07:19:59 Eastern by
This thing sticks out like a sore thumb.



In what just might be the stupidest-looking handheld peripheral ever, Nintendo's right-circle pad attachment for the Nintendo 3DS has leaked out ahead of the press event scheduled for next week. It's what we had feared the most: A giant attachment that lends the 3DS a second circle pad (see: gimped analog stick), effectively splitting the 3DS user base into two groups.

Developers that tailor their games to utilize the second circle pad risk leaving any 3DS owners without the circle pad attachment with their thumbs up their ass twiddling their thumbs. It they don't use it, they're selling their games short of what the 3DS and circle pad attachment combined are capable of.

It's enormous, too. It looks ridiculous. It's like when a hot girl you know has the grossest zit you've ever seen. She's all like "is it bad"? And you're all like "you can barely notice it" when really you're wishing you wore a raincoat in case that thing happens to pop.

Which is why we wouldn't at all be surprised to see a completely redesigned 3DS announced at Nintendo's pre-Tokyo Game Show press event that features the right-circle pad built-in. By doing that, Nintendo will be giving a huge fuck you to all current 3DS owners.

Lowering your price by $80, that'll piss people off, but they'll get over it. Especially if you throw free games at them. Forcing them to use a giant, ugly attachment on their compact, sleek system, or redesigning the 3DS that dramatically so soon after its release? Nintendo better batten down the hatch and board up their windows, an angry mob is on their way.
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  • Sebastian_Moss
    Sebastian_Moss

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 8:01 am
    Ok... deep breaths... it's not too bad... it's not uglier than an Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion prom night. Oh god, I can't keep this up, I think I'm going to be sick.
  • Guernica
    Guernica

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 8:18 am
    Uhg... yeah I guess it's not too bad yet but it could end up a bad thing. Especially if they come out with a model with it built in.
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 9:09 am
    I read somewhere that the attachment is purely for the Monster Hunter game which is ported from the Wii MH game. Who knows?
  • Guernica
    Guernica

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 9:20 am
    That might be kinda cool assuming the game would then come with the attachment.
  • usaglory
    usaglory

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 9:21 am
    One stupid move after another. What the hell is wrong with Nintendo these days?
  • Bras
    Bras

    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 9:53 am
    I don't see why everyone is pissed, have you forgotten the Game Boy Camera ... or the Game Boy Sonar?

    I'm not even surprised.
  • visi0nize
    visi0nize

    Joined: Apr 2011
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 10:11 am
    And why couldn't they just have put a second stick on the system in the first place? Is it really that crazy a concept, nobody thought of this along the way? Or maybe they just wanted to make more money off this thing all along. Next time maybe they'll make a handheld with all buttons sold separately.
  • Bras
    Bras

    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 10:14 am
    The People Speak... And Envision The Future
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 1:16 pm
    Agreed, nice nomination.
  • Merlin
    Merlin

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 10:17 am
    that thing better also double as a battery pack extra play time might soften the blow a little as well for its size.
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 3:35 pm
    There's a thumbs-down nazi on the loose.
  • usaglory
    usaglory

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 3:43 pm
    Haha! Noticed that too. Care for a round of "Who's done it?"
  • danielrbischoff
    danielrbischoff

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 4:15 pm
    I'm looking at tiny... maybe we've pushed him too far.
  • Anthony_Severino
    Anthony_Severino

    Joined: Oct 2010
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 4:31 pm
    Who ever it is has a tiny penis.
  • Merlin
    Merlin

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
    Tiny mustard with the candle stick in the conservatory
  • De-Ting
    De-Ting

    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 6:09 pm
    Ballroom. Get it right. Tiny...Candlestick....Ballroom.
  • usaglory
    usaglory

    Joined: Mar 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
    Everyting points to tiny (see what I did there).
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 9:04 pm
    Wasn't me. I prove it by thumbs uping everybody’s post (even the bad ones).
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander

    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 3:41 pm
    Honestly, if you didn't see a redesign coming a mile away, you've clearly not been paying attention. Nintendo's habit of releasing a new hardware versions is almost as pad as Apple's.
  • Josh_Laddin
    Josh_Laddin

    Joined: Nov 2009
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 4:58 pm
    Don't know whether that pun was intentional or not, but either way, I salute you sir!
  • ibapreppie
    ibapreppie

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
    it looks like a game gear now, Nintendo FAIL
  • ibapreppie
    ibapreppie

    Joined: Nov 2005
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 5:00 pm
    is it me or does the right analog stick look smaller than the left analog stick?
  • tinymhg
    tinymhg

    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Sep 8th, 2011 at 2:48 am
    Yes. I think you're right the right analog stick does look smaller, but it is a picture of a magazine page, so that might effect the way it looks also.
  • wildmario
    wildmario

    Joined: Jan 2007
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 5:11 pm
    This is nothing new. Nintendo always makes a ton of revisions to their handhelds or makes add ons for them for a quick buck that they quickly abandon later.
  • Merlin
    Merlin

    Joined: Oct 2005
    Posted: Sep 7th, 2011 at 5:18 pm
    The DS Lite if i recall came out wellllll after the DS was first introduced. Well over a year maybe even two. That redesign along with the DSI and DSXL were not as big of a deal considering it was just smaller and had better screens or a camera or better net, the controls never changed.

    People can except that kind of redesign. But were talking about a key functional play tool here. As Danie said. Developers are going to be torn in which control method they design for now and its just going to piss everyone off in the end. This is just one huge mess on Nintendo's part.

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