In the West, though, it looks like it’ll have a different name. A trademark filing from Nintendo in Japan has revealed that the peripheral’s name in places like the US and Europe will be likely be the “Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Pro”.
The Pro? What happened to the “Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Standard Edition”?
Nintendo 3DS Circle Pad Attachment Dubbed “Circle Pad Pro” For The West? [Siliconera]
TSH
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 5:28 PMso… 3DS product revision will be called “3DS Pro”?
Trjn
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 5:29 PMWhatever the name is, I shall simply refer to it as “that thing”. If I feel the need to refer to it at all.
Seems much simpler.
Corteks
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:11 PMYou could get real technical and be all “That extra thumb controller thingy” :P
jankin
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:56 PMThink I’ll call it “the monstrosity”.
PrettyTones
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 9:42 PM“Thing which must not be named”
Ben
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 9:11 AMI’ll call it the ‘Sony’. In honor of their mistake with the psp.
Lord Bob
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 5:37 PMStill hoping the extra circle pad will make the 3DS compatible as an extra Wii-U controller. Would make it much cheaper if you just bought a clip on attachment for something you already owned instead of shelling out hundreds for another nPad.
Matt
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 6:21 PMThe Circle Pad is just more evidence that the 3DS was rushed. I am wondering what happened to all that money they made on the Wii, the Wii Fit and the DS.
jellyarrow
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 6:37 PMCocaine.
Lord Bob
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 7:11 PMKaraoke and lolicon manga.
MrTaco
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 6:55 PMAwkward attempt to juxtapose it with the Classic Controller Pro?
Franz
Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 8:04 PMThis is a dead parrot.
AerintheADEQUATE
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 2:16 AMThe fact that this exists is disturbing. What evil now lurks in the halls of Nintendo?
Robert M
Thursday, October 27, 2011 at 6:21 AMWhat a waste
1. They should have had the second thumb pad day 1 for 3DS.
2. Ok there may have been nothing they could have done, but come on make it connect to the 3DS so it can supply it with power and have a pedometer for charging.