NEW! Super 3DS Bros - New 3DS Model

[Vipershark]

I have to admit, I'm kind of mad about this because that means the current 3DS is obsolete.
I mean, I can see people arguing in favor of this because the GBC was basically just an upgraded GB but I think this is much worse.
It was one thing to go from the GB to the GBC which included brand new faster hardware and a new screen to allow for color, but it's another entirely to release a revision of your system with more buttons but what appears to be the same functionality in terms of power and such for games. Yes, I see that it has an improved CPU (like the GBC did) but rather than an entirely new set of features, this seems basically like "3DS+" which means that the customer base will be divided between people with regular 3DSes and people with ZL and ZR buttons (and a second stick, but the circle pad pro exists so I won't bring that up). Upgrades like this seem kind of irrelevant honestly and should be things that are reserved for the next generation of your console, not an update to what's currently out. The GBC was the next generation (with full BC) while this is the same generation but with features that the older systems won't have. It will be "backwards compatible" only in the sense that it's still just a regular 3DS with more buttons and will also be able to take full advantage of games that use it, while original 3DS owners won't be able to use them without buying addons.

I had similar issues with the DSi. It felt pretty pointless to me, like an early beta test of the original 3DS hardware.

...all that being said though, I guess I'll get one of these. The second stick looks pretty dumb in that implementation though.