Jorge Vieira: "The Nintendo maintains its strong focus on 3D though ... - Digital Diary

Next Saturday will be released in our country’s new bet Nintendo, particularly Nintendo 2D, a new console with a streamlined design that will allow the use of all the titles for the Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo DS 2D.

Public Relations Nintendo Portugal, Jorge Vieira spoke with Digital Journal about the company’s new focus nipónica, a console that keeps the intuitive controls, the game options wireless networking, access to Nintendo eShop (the digital store the Nintendo), the possibility of multiplayer online games, and the use StreetPass and SpotPass. So basically we have a Nintendo 3D transform 2D, which will come with an SD card 4GB (gigabytes) to ensure greater data storage capacity.

Because the decision to launch a new console by Nintendo?
Nintendo 2DS is a new console that aims to open the doors of the portable gaming experience on Nintendo to a public larger, due to the more affordable price compared to Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL. Except for stereoscopic 3D, Nintendo 2DS retains virtually all hardware elements like the Nintendo 3DS game controls and compatibility with the vast catalog of games for Nintendo DS, as well as options that use wireless technology, for example, the Nintendo eShop digital store, online multiplayer matches and features StreetPass and SpotPass.

What are the main differences from the console?
The main differences lie in the absence of 3D functionality present in previous Nintendo 3DS consoles family (the Nintendo 2DS, games and images are reproduced only two dimensions) and the design change to a flat surface (not folding).

Because the decision not to introduce technology 3DS?
always seek to develop consoles that allow expanding the user base interested in enjoying portable gaming experience Nintendo. After evaluating the market, Nintendo found that there was an opportunity to offer consumers a new model handheld with the features and the price more suited to your expectations. In this sense, we think that the Nintendo 2DS perfectly complements the range of handheld Nintendo 3DS family.

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But the bet on the 3DS was fruitless?
Not at all! The Nintendo 3DS has gotten a huge market success: already sold over 32 million Nintendo 3DS and Nintendo 3DS XL worldwide and these consoles have led, over the past few months, the sales table for consoles different countries. In this sense, despite not include stereoscopic 3D functionality, Nintendo 2DS comes only further reinforce this trend and strong interest in the portable Nintendo consoles.

In renouncing the 3DS, this is a sign that the next releases will ignore this technology? Not
, Nintendo maintains its strong focus on 3D as a distinctive feature of their games and some of the upcoming releases promise to underline that. Consider, for example, the new game series The Legend of Zelda (A Link Between Worlds) that will come to Portugal in November next and uses the 3D effect in magnificent ways to immerse players even more in the course of events.

The console is a unique piece, unlike its previous. To what extent this new design affects the gameplay?
Except not reproduce images in 3D, the gameplay remains intact on the Nintendo 2DS, ie, the game controls, the use of touch screen or use the online features are absolutely identical whether you play on the Nintendo 2DS, Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 3DS XL.

In terms of size, the screens are equal to DS and 3DS?
Yes, the dimensions of the screens of the Nintendo 2DS are exactly the same as the Nintendo 3DS, ie the screen top has 3.53 inch screen and measures less than 3.02 inches.

In the future we will have a 2DS XL?
We have no indication to that effect, so the only model planned for commercialization is the Nintendo 2DS.

What is the price of the console in Portugal?
Nintendo just down the sales price to our customer, ie, the retailer, so the sales price to the final consumer set by retailers. As a reference, the console will be sold in the U.S. for $ 129, so the most suitable for those who wish to know the price in Portugal will visit your favorite store or their website and search around the price of the Nintendo 2DS.