From the gorgeous gloss end of the launch fashions to the sleek, curvy-edged casing of the XL follow-up and onward into the ‘New’ department and the 2DS variants, the 3DS household of portables is a sizeable one and over time we discovered ourselves falling for Nintendo’s intelligent ploys and fortunately upgrading from trusty system to a slightly-better trusty system. Before we knew it, we would grow to be intimately acquainted with a number of 3DS consoles. Yep, Nintendo noticed us coming a mile away.
Thinking again and relying on fingers, this author has owned a grand complete of… seven? Yes, technically, seven, though two of these got here in an eBay bundle with video games, certainly one of which was gifted to a colleague. My OG Aqua received traded in after I upgraded to an XL, and I finally gave that XL to a good friend after I jumped once more to a New 3DS with faceplates. Add in a New XL (the SNES one) and a ‘backup’ New XL I snapped up comparatively not too long ago, and we arrive at a very regular and rational seven 3DSes for me. What?
A fast survey of the NL crew reveals comparable multiple-system tales. Alana had “one 2DS, one normal 3DS, after which an XL,” whereas Jim had two requirements earlier than upgrading to a really tidy Poké Ball New 2DS XL. Across all the crew — together with each the smart individuals who solely owned one or two consoles and the extra, ahem, prolific amongst us– round three 3DSes appears to be the common quantity.
However, we do all work for a web site known as Nintendo Life; maybe it is to be anticipated that we have extra methods to our names than somebody who works for, say, Horse & Hound. We’ve received relations who’ve gone by a number of methods too, although, so ‘oh, I completely positively want one other one for work’ cannot be the one excuse folks use.
We’re curious to know what the common variety of 3DSes owned is amongst Nintendo Life readers, so be at liberty to tell us within the ballot under precisely what number of consoles within the 2DS and 3DS household of methods you’ve got owned since 2011, after which head to the feedback to present us extra particulars.
Do you continue to personal all of your previous 3DS consoles? Did you commerce in every earlier one to get the subsequent? If so, how did you go about transferring your video games? Is it the Special Editions that received you? Those beautiful 2DS variants with the moulded instances? How many 3DSes is simply too many 3DSes?!?!
(Seven, Gavin. Seven 3DSes is a tad extreme.)
