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Yes, and DS's can't play 3DS games, which the 2DS can.

It's a cheaper version of the 3DS without the arguably useless 3D feature to bump up the price.

The design being for children is a bit of a stretch. It's design is not just useful for children, it's for everyone. pineapple the Nintendo DS/3DS and their shitty hinged top screen that breaks if you so much as fart near it.

It's a cheap alternative that fixes one of the biggest design flaws of the 3DS. yes, totally useless and without it's pros.
You didn't even mention any cons, just "I don't like the design, wah"

Again, that was sarcasm. A joke, it wasn't a serious statement.

I am definitely not an advocate for 3D features in entertainment media. I hate it in movies, and utilizing 3D effects in video games is a bit of a stretch, but useless? No. In many of the 3DS games I've picked up in the last year, the 3D effects make the cutscenes, the world, the animations absolutely beautiful. It's can be very cool. And I've seen some pretty unique uses of the 3D effect in games. Gimmicky? Absolutely. Useless? No. But I suppose that's up to personal opinion.

People must have some kind of super-strength that I am lacking, because I have never broken any kind of device I own that has hinges and/or folds. By removing the ability to fold the console, you're taking a portable console and making it significantly less portable. Take a look at your 3DS, unfold it, extend the height a little bit more and that's the size of a 2DS. That's absolutely obnoxious. Not to mention now one will have to worry about mucking up, scratching, or even breaking the screens twice as much now. How about the awkward design of positioning the buttons on the top screen, making the lower screen end up in an awkward position between your wrists, making you look down even more? Or how about confusing the hell out of the less-gaming-educated parents and grandparents when they shop for their kids/grandkids? They're going to want a bunch of 3DS games, but the handheld they want is the 2DS. I can already see the constant questioning at retail stores.

But these are just my gripes with it. Even Nintendo itself declared that it is to be marketed towards children of younger ages, and you know what? That's fine. This thing is absolutely going to sell like hotcakes during the holiday season, that's a fact. I just feel that it is a rather pointless and oddly designed device.

And for the record: the pro that I mentioned, about it being cheaper, it IS a huge pro. I like the fact that it's cheaper a lot, I mean a LOT. The 3DS has a fantastic library and I'm all for letting a wider audience who previously couldn't afford the handheld experience it, but at the same time, I also feel sorry as they have to experience it with a clunky monstrosity of a handheld "portable" device.