3DS XL would be too big with second analog stick, Nintendo pres says - Sensationalist Headlines

yeah its not like a circle pad is a big bulking thing of thick mechanical parts or anything [IMG]http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/RRZgnVoDCrIujZKu.medium[/IMG]

[QUOTE=Zally13;36769346]Probably the same people who liked these: [img]http://barbarism.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/fatboy.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] Can't remember if I ever used one of those, but it really is the worst design I've ever seen. X360's controllers however really are nice.

[QUOTE=dass;36772626]Can't remember if I ever used one of those, but it really is the worst design I've ever seen. X360's controllers however really are nice.[/QUOTE] I assume you've never seen a N64 controller? [IMG]http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/What_bdc86d_392436.jpg[/IMG]

Make the battery smaller then, not like I'm gonna bring the thing outside.

[QUOTE=RichyZ;36743716]why don't they just make it bigger then? i mean, it can't fit in your pocket anyhow so you may as well make the thing tablet sized[/QUOTE] suddenly 2 pixels per inch

It's not the space on the outside that matters, it's the space on the inside. Just because there's a huge blank space on the front doesn't mean it isn't crammed on the inside.

They're right, there's really mechanically nowhere to put it in the 3DS unless they get rid of something or make it thicker. [img]http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/IkjXAUHUgmdZch6A.medium[/img] The battery sits in the open space there, and in the XL the battery will need to be huge, since those screens eat batteries like Kobayashi eats hotdogs.

[QUOTE=Zally13;36769346]Probably the same people who liked these: [img]http://barbarism.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/fatboy.jpg[/img][/QUOTE] I remember using these when I was young and had small hands. I conquered it.

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;36778225]I remember using these when I was young and had small hands. I conquered it.[/QUOTE] Looks like a fucking brick. I remember playing Halo and not being able to reach the shoulder pads.

[QUOTE=fenwick;36778165]They're right, there's really mechanically nowhere to put it in the 3DS unless they get rid of something or make it thicker. [img]http://guide-images.ifixit.net/igi/IkjXAUHUgmdZch6A.medium[/img] The battery sits in the open space there, and in the XL the battery will need to be huge, since those screens eat batteries like Kobayashi eats hotdogs.[/QUOTE] Problem is, as this thread has shown, people don't get that. They see an empty space on the front, and assume it's the same on the inside, if they even think about the inside.

[QUOTE=rinoaff33;36775339]I assume you've never seen a N64 controller? [IMG]http://static.fjcdn.com/pictures/What_bdc86d_392436.jpg[/IMG][/QUOTE] I find it better because it isn't bloated as hell.

Launching without two analogue pads was silly from a design perspective. They'd have to do a complete redesign of the component layout to make it work.

[QUOTE=Ninja Duck;36778225]I remember using these when I was young and had small hands. I conquered it.[/QUOTE] Same, but once we got the smaller ones everything got better.