Manhandling The 3DS Add-on Slide Pad Doohickey

9 responses to “Manhandling The 3DS Add-on Slide Pad Doohickey”

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   dmag87

   December 13, 2011 at 9:04 am

   Man, that thing is uuuuuuuuugly

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      oggob

      December 13, 2011 at 9:39 am

      Agreed… It will probably be more comfortable in general, but it’s one ugly bastard!

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   pixxpixx

   December 13, 2011 at 10:52 am

   Everytime I see this thing It just screams “MASSIVE OVERSIGHT” to me.

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3. 

   Will

   December 13, 2011 at 11:41 am

   Pretty sure a new 3DS version will come out in the next 6 months with this build in. Right?

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4. 

   Ninjadead

   December 13, 2011 at 1:11 pm

   I doubt a revision will come out soon unless they can make it a lot smaller. Nintendo wants portability with their handhelds, meaning you should be able to fit it in your pocket.

   The add-on isn’t for every game, which means a revision with the add on isn’t a sure thing.

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      Sage

      December 13, 2011 at 9:55 pm

      Yeah true, and you’ve just reminded me of the rumble pack the DS Lite had.
      How is this any different from that?
      Both an addon which only a few games used, both hardware that could be added in a revision, but the rumble feature did not get added in the revised DS models.
      I really don’t think the slide pad adds much to the experience than using the touch screen, especially compared to the rumble pack the DS lite had. (I think it might of even been the original DS that had the rumble pack addon thing)

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   diminuendo

   December 13, 2011 at 1:25 pm

   does the circlepad connect wirelessly?

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      Ekbul

      December 13, 2011 at 1:41 pm

      Apparently it uses IR.

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6. 

   Sage

   December 13, 2011 at 9:50 pm

   misleading title, I thought this was going to be a hands-on review of the device.

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