3DS Turns 10 Years Old - Our Memories and Experiences
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- 8-year-olds from when 3DS launched are adults now. You are old.
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I wouldn't mind if this channel was all about 3DS nostalgia videos
*doshin the giant
3DS is really awesome so it deserves some videos of it.
yesshh pleaseeee
Same
@@pl3ysnontinde937 what?
You telling me that Jon is 26 years old? That's voice makes him sound more like 56.
Seriously - I’m 28 and thought he was older than me
Wait he's 26? That means he's been in the industry since he was 21?
I'm 33 and thought he was older...
He sounds like the guy from the beginning of blood sugar by Pendulum.
Looks like I’m the oldest one here...
I miss streetpass so much 😭 I used to have an annual pass at Disneyland when the price was actually affordable and I would streetpass people soooo often 🥺
Streetpass was my favorite thing about the 3ds! I still carry my 3ds whenever i go somewhere in hopes i tag with at least one other person 😭😭
Yes! Such a missed opportunity not to have the switch have a street pass of sorts
I think it was in 2014 when they made an update where you'll just have to visit a Nintendo zone which are basically just Starbucks, McDonald's, etc. And you'll automatically get 6 street pass visitors. That's what I used to do. Just enter McDonald's for 5 seconds then come out 😂😂
It's unfortunate that I have to miss out on a bunch of content because I only recently got my 3ds, already took it out multiple times but I didn't encounter anyone else carrying around one, despite my town being pretty big in terms of people. My mii is probably going to be in that cage forever lol
I had that every weekend in Habana back in Cuba, in an abandoned place calle Sport city where a lot of gamers and sellers reunite to play locally, sell, buy and exchange games and cards, repairing consoles, organizing Mario Kart 7 tournaments, going hunting in Monster Hunter 4U and many many more fun games!! 😭 that was in a long past back in 2015 more or less. Today comunism amd covid did what they now best, destroy everything!!
I wish all 3DS Ambassadors a lovely evening/day
Thank you
And a good day to you, fine sir.
Thank you
🙋🏻♂️🙌
Thank you 😁
Take a shot every time Alex mentions being at university or being broke due to university
😂
me irl lol
Does he mention having to eat Ramen?. People love mentioning that
@@kratos.8151 I worked regularly as a private tutor and played Halo to death with my housemates on our 360s. It doesn't come up because it's a Nintendo channel 😉
@@kratos.8151 Bro why must you make such rude assumptions
Please keep these discussions coming if possible, you all coming together to talk is awesome
Agreed, the chats with these three are always a pleasure to listen to.
I’ve been saying this for ages!
It took a minute for the chemistry to build, but the past few discussions I can feel it.
I’d like one on the Wii U.
100% agreed
I refuse to believe the 3DS is 10 years old. Soon the PS4 and Xbox One will be 10 years old too.
The Wii U will turn 10 next year.
Time is fast omg
Just wait til 2023
@@Fascistbeast not really! Time technically moves in the same way no matter what U think
Lots of interesting anniversaries coming up. PS3 and Wii turn 15 this year. GameCube and OG Xbox turning 20 this year. N64 turning 25 this year.
Wow, 10 years?! I just pulled my 3ds out last night for the first time in over a year. Such a good little system that still has a lot of great games to return to.
It's my lil' homebrew thing
@@internetguy7319 mine too. So many great games to play on that device. It’s amazing.
@@internetguy7319 Homebrewed it last week and now I have a whole spreadsheet of games to go through. The 3ds had a surprising amount of sleeper hits, with some really weird ones like a bunch of shin megami tensei games and whatnot. Strange but great library
@@internetguy7319 yup
Honestly it’s amazing, so much is contained in it in such a small device
The 3DS is one of the most important consoles in Nintendo’s history. It did have an abyssal start but with time, had an incredible library and features that we are yet to see come to the Switch. It’s was a special in a lot of ways and for a good few years, carried Nintendo and was the power horse of the company. Especially during the time when the WiiU was out and nose diving in sales.
Awesome video Gentlemen.
The 3DS family carried Nintendo through the Wii U dark ages and if we take DS and virtual console into account, it has the biggest and most diverse catalogue of games of any system made in the past decade, hell maybe even the biggest library of all time
@@sawkchalk6966 adding original DS/DSi backwards compatibility into the equation, the 3DS does indeed appear to have the largest library ever for a handheld system.
Exactly! Remember when the 3DS came out, those few games that it had was garbage, supermario 3D Land makes the switch successful and help lift up the Nintendo with it.
Agreed 3DS needs some attention.
The 3DS may still be my favorite Nintendo handheld of all time, it was the system that got me through a lot of car trips and it got me through middle school, so many amazing games and experiences!! I love that little handheld 💙
Same, I have so many memories of playing on my 3DS during many car trips and Streetpassing people on the way.
Yeah 3DS for the win and Wii U for the loose
Well I still play my 3DS for road trips
It's my favorite console period, Super Mario 3D land is very nostalgic lol
I can’t believe the owner of the NL youtube channel isn’t even 10 years old.
Yes, Riki is perhaps my favorite game character of all time. He is the bestest.
BS
@@bobbychen5642 YES!
One thing that makes me grateful to have a 3DS and a collection of games for it is that it's an extremely difficult system to properly emulate. Between the screen layout, the touch screen controls, and of course the 3D effect it's just impossible to get a true 3DS experience on a computer or emulator handheld.
There are people out there that are actually trying to get the switch to run 3ds games....
The best answer is buy a 3ds
It's not for the 3DS but I have an emulator for DS games (DraStic) on my old android phone. If you're going to emulate DS games I think playing on a device where you can use a touch screen improves the experience. But some DS games are too gimmicky to be played on an emulator, mostly games that force you to use the microphone or rely heavily on the touch screen ( I can think of Spectrobes, and LoZ: Phantom Hourglass, maybe Nintendogs?).
Not true though? Citra is a solid N3DS emulator that runs very well
@@CinnamonOwO Citra can emulate the games well enough I’m sure, but it can’t emulate the 3D effect or the general feel of playing a real 3DS, which is what the games were designed for in the first place. Don’t get me wrong, emulation is amazing, but games designed for specialized hardware are best played on that hardware.
F*cking THANK YOU! The 3DS is the one system I constantly advocate for playing on the original handheld because it’s impossible to emulate the 3D properly.
I have friends, who never got the 3DS, relieved it finally died to make room for the Switch. They always saw 3D to be just a gimmick, and that they could just emulate a game if they were interested. It makes me so sad because much of the fundamental enjoyment comes from the 3D, so I often leant my 3DS to them to give them the full experience.
A couple of them actually saved up and bought some used 3DS systems after that lol.
The 3DS came out when I was only 6. I can't believe it's already been a decade now.
Same here lmao
@@Technonova323 Lol, you were also 6 when the 3DS came out? That's crazy, lol.
Same here man. 10 years of joy ☺️
Yeah, I became it when I was seven, but I was 6 when it came out
@showbizonastick Lol, I was watching this instead of doing homework. Homework sucks and I hate it, can you blame me, lol?
I remember getting the OG model in November in 6th grade, then having to wait until Christmas to get any actual games! I played a lot of Face Raiders that month.
Had SO MANY great times with the 3DS and I'm STILL discovering 3DS games I missed back then.
Nintendo should bring back Street Pass for the Switch.
The 3Ds is the best console ever. I'll still play that thing for years to come.
Me too! STELLA GLOW, FANTASY LIFE, MARIO KART 7, MONSTER HUNTER 4: ULTIMATE, SUPER STREET FIGHTER IV 3D, and HYRULE WARRIORS: LEGEND.
Mhm
I still play mine nearly every day.
And there's still a lot of games I haven't got around to playing yet.
I got back to playing online just because Jon did a video about it
@@Schimnesthai are there still people that play online in the 3ds ? I only played mine for single player games but its nice to see that there are still people playing online on the system.
Yo bro this is 100% NOSTALGIA. The street pass, game time plays etc. damn. Missin the good old days when playing is enough and graphic is just below our taste buds.
I've recently picked my 3ds back up again and it's been making me so nostalgic! I was also fresh outta high school 10 years ago lol
I really wished the 3ds was still around today, but that’s me.
Hey least Mitopia (the best 3ds game) is coming to switch
I wish too...
@@Portersona69420 that’s really cool I’m gonna see if I will get it for switch.
@@Portersona69420 Still have my 3ds my favorite games on the system are oracina of time and 3d land haven’t played miitopia but if I do get it I will probably get the switch version
I wish too, at least for a year again or 2. Eh anyway Nintendo can do dumb stuff like this and we can't do nothing...
Fire Emblem Awakening is still one of my favorite games of all time. I cherish those memories
is there an easy or baby mode?
@@peterharz5938 Casual mode, just make sure Robin or Chrom don't die and you can still win, and not have to worry about losing anyone else.
It is by far the best modern FE, Fates and especially 3H are not on the same level quality wise.
"Sometimes I miss the days of us not really knowing what frames were" me too man me too
Ah I remember getting the 3ds for Christmas. I was 10 years old and it was 2011. I got Mario kart 7 with it and Mario 3d land. I loved that system so much.
Lol and I just got Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology the other day
Terrific game! Hope you enjoy it!
I just beat it a couple of months ago, and man you're in for a treat!
Good choice!
Look I still buy 3DS games today lol I have that Superstar Saga 3DS on Amazon to order
It's amazing
Get ready for a walk of text, because I’m explaining my experience with the 3DS here lol.
I’m really sad that I missed out on the 3DS. My family only really focused on the Wii, DS, and Wii U. I still only had my DS Lite, my older brother was the only one who had a 3DS, and we didn’t get much games for it.
From what I can remember, we had NSMB2, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Sonic Generations, Sonic Lost World, and Smash 4. We didn’t get much big games for the 3DS, (only Smash 4 really) since we got big games for the Wii and Wii U instead, and my older brother spent money on upgrading the 3DS to the XL and New XL.
Now that I’m older and understand what games the 3DS had, I definitely missed out. But I couldn’t exactly do anything about it. I was still a kid, didn’t have much money, and I wanted console games instead. Now, I’m a teenager, still don’t have much money, and still want console games instead lol.
For me, the 3DS was heavily overshadowed by the consoles, especially since I didn’t own one myself and the games my older brother got for it weren’t too appealing compared to the console games we got.
But I have to mention, I *REALLY* missed out on the Pokemon games. I’m only just getting into Pokemon, and the 3DS was literally the *best* system to get into the series. There’s Pokemon X and Y, Sun and Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, AND you could also play the DS Pokemon games! Which includes Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, their sequels, and Soul Silver and Heart Gold.
THAT MEANS you could play Gen 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 ALL on the 3DS. WHAT THE FUCK I MISSED OUT HARD.
Also gen 1 via Virtual Console
@@ale217 oh yea forgot. So the 3DS has Gen 1-7. Even better!
Experiencing some of the 3DS is better than not experiencing it all! You did have some of the big titles. Though yeah you did miss out on the swan song of Pokemon, cause the series started going downhill after the 3DS era in my opinion.
The Nintendo 3DS is my all-time favorites dedicated handheld system and one of my favorite video game systems (home console/handheld) ever!!!! I hope Nintendo is seriously considering a successor to the N3DS.
Nintendo considers the Switch to be the successor..
@@bconstantine1181 - Nintendo never made that claim.
@@NYCJoeBlack Perhaps not. But it's completely obvious.
Happy 10th Anniversary, Nintendo 3DS!
Really love this style of vid. Great having you all come together
I want Jon to talk me to sleep every night. So calming. Never used the 3D after the first week on my 3DS.
Man I still remember that gorgeous Blue launch 3DS and playing SF4 with the boys! It was SUCH a good game and a great demo for what the system could be. I was still playing Pokemon Black so I didn't need a "killer app" at launch. The Ambassador games were nice
I picked one up last year, a new 3ds. I just fell in love with the system, bought an animal crossing New 3ds XL and started collecting and playing the fantastic library of games this console have. My Switch have been picking up dust for a little while now...
I love these long-form videos like this! They're so cozy and great to have on as I'm working on something.
Great show - enjoyed listening to you guys chatting about the excellent 3DS. More of these please.
Please keep talking about this system. It has no reason to be forgotten with all the great experiences we had and are still having with it!
YASS!
You guys ever consider releasing these as an audio podcast?
Thanks for this great Video. My family and I play the 3DS daily along side the switch. The 3DS is here to stay for a very long time.
Enjoying these podcast-style discussions and it's great to see their personalities and passion for games coming through.
I love the long discussions between these three. Fun as hell
I randomly got my 3DS when I walked into Best Buy to buy a new handheld after losing my DSi XL despite never hearing about the 3DS at all. I saw it on store shelves, was skeptical, bought it, and had fun. I ended up buying another one at launch because I had no friends who had it and wanted to complete the StreetPass games, then the New 3DS came out so I bought that too.
Now I have four of them because a friend also gave me theirs as a gift.
Am loving these longer content, its like listening to a Nintendo Life podcast.
You three have the best chemistry and make every video awesome to watch.
I remember travelling around Japan in 2013 with my 3DS and passed a chap on the subway who was also playing that street pass game. He was so excited to match with someone from the UK that he jumped up in excitement, shuffled up to me, proceeded to stab away at my avatar on his 3DS and said "It's you!!". Very unusual but such a perfect example of the little things that made the 3DS great!
I need this man to call me and tell me I'm fabulous everyday. That voice makes me melt.
This brought back so many memories. I was a huge 3DS player, and in the end I had three XLs. Thanks for the fun video!
I love listening to your guys’ discussions.
Could have listened to you guys talk about the 3DS and it’s fantastic library of games for another 2 hours. Thank you for this!
The Nintendo 3DS is one of my favorite consoles of all time. It has so many incredible games that still make me feel happy to play today. Even today, I'm downloading and picking up games that I missed out on for the system, and they're creating new awesome memories for me. Just like the gamecube, it has one of the most impressive lineups of games on an often less-talked about system. Happy 10 Years to the Nintendo 3DS!
Man I love this type of Nostalgic discussions, it is just a great thing to listen. Any podcasts out there from Nintendo life
It's crazy to look back and see how we all had very similar experiences with the 3DS. I also got mine when I was going to College. I absolutely loved carrying it in my backpack and getting multiple Street Passes throughout the day. Back then my time was split between going to class and my part time job but then being able to get together with my friends at the end of the night to play MH3U was great! The 3DS will always be in my top favorite consoles of all time. Thank you for making this nostalgia filled video and for sharing your experiences. Keep up the great work!
The 3DS is my nostalgia console, and an amazing Pokemon machine from late teenhood to adulthood back when it was literally all I wanted to play. My top 10 most played games are dominated by 100+ hour games and 8 Pokemon games. My top 3 included Alpha Sapphire, Moon, and Ultra Moon in that order, all have 1000+ hours into them.
I'm actually playing my 3DS right now, currently alternating between Mario Golf: World Tour and Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary.
The console that rose from the dead only for people to want it to die.
It seems like people wanted the switch to get all of the developer attention possible after it launched
Yeah I don't like how everyone wanted it to die and now they're asking for 3DS games on Switch.
With how quickly the Switch was selling and the hype it got when it first launched, it was kinda inevitable. To most people, having 2 portable devices (yes I know the Switch is a hybrid) to develop for didn't make sense. People didn't want to deal with Nintendo potentially splitting resources. It's a bit of a shame, considering the immense backlash for the 3DS still being produced around the Switch's launch is what caused the system to die so quickly.
@@TZMHBT People didn't want to have to use the 3DS for games that came out after the Switch.
@@internetguy7319 I'm aware, and it's completely reasonable considering how the Switch was a successor to both the console and handheld line.
Loved this video, just you guys talking about games is fun to listen to
If you've ever got the time, I think a NintendoLife Podcast would be super awesome! Been really enjoying these discussion videos recently and they're very well suited to podcast potentially :) Of course the video format is also great, just throwing an idea out there!
10 years ago i was 8 years old, now i’m an adult😶, when i first picked up my 3ds in 2011, the game i got for it was ocarina of time 3d and i was j blown away, being able to play ocarina of time 3d on the go and the game looked great
This Nostalgic Console, Now I'm using Switch Everyday, Such a Memory!!! 😍😍😍
Really enjoyed this, I like the longer form nostalgia discussion
Loved the video! Also shoutout to Zion for saying what was on my mind for the 25 min leadup- freaking MII PLAZA was a BANGER when the 3DS was released!
I was at university, and just carrying my 3ds around to classes maxed out my visitors. I'm not afraid to admit I bought into some of the mini games, favs being the war one and gardening. Similarly, I will never forget just sitting at Gen Con and the flood of 3ds green/blue light pings of other nearby 3ds's. Good times
I was 5 when the 3DS came out and I always wanted one. I might get one at some point soon since there's so many games that I really want to play that aren't available on Switch, like A Link Between Worlds, Metroid Samus Returns, Ocarina of Time 3D and Mario 3D Land.
Shin Megami Tensei IV will always be my favorite 3DS game. Such a beautiful game with thought-provoking themes that still leaves a memorable impression on me to this day.
I just clicked this video not seeing how long it was. Thank you good people, it was a good listen.
It’s nice to watch a retrospective on this. I was always a huge Nintendo fan as a kid, but I was at college for the better part of the 3ds lifespan and totally was oblivious to it. I bought one of the 2ds bundles with ocarina of time a couple years ago and didn’t do much with it, but this year I’ve homebrewed it and started going back to all the stuff I missed out on. It was a great little handheld. It had a lot to compete with though being at the advent of mobile smart devices.
I was also 16 years old, there was no wi-fi in my house at the time lol. My God, how fast it went!
Literally playing my 3DS while listening to this video in the background. Trying to finish my Gen 1 Dex Before Pokemon Day.
23:00 Alex's kitty, a New 3DS XL, Animal Crossing memories.... literally everything that makes me happy in the world right there. This is my happy place.
I really enjoyed this video!!! The 3ds is one of my favorites. Backwards compatibility with ds games was amazing as that’s what I primarily used until it got more games.
I love the 3DS. It's 2021 and I just upgraded my old 3DS to a New 2DS XL and am enjoying it. Fire Emblem and Monster Hunter enough reasons alone for me to have the console but there are tons of other great games on it too like A Link Between Worlds, which is my favorite Zelda game.
I still use my 3ds to this day. I enjoy it more than my switch
agreed.
That’s good bro I hacked my 3ds and played many hours but I play my switch mostly I still play my 3ds but I play so many games that I need to finish
I’m split. Currently playing Mario 3D World on my Switch, and Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga on my 3DS.
@@meatmansteve382 🤣😂 same I’m playing 3D world and bowsers inside story + bowser junior
@@hugoman21 I’ve finished 3d world and boosters fury and loved it, I still prefer 3d land tho
I love these long form discussion videos. Super entertaining
i got a NEW 2DS XL for christmas and i’ve been playing 3DS games lately more than ever. i feel like now is the best time to take advantage of the 3DS while you can still play online & use the e-shop. i love my 2DS XL and i carry it around almost as much as my iphone
This hits very hard.
29:47 "its one of my smash holes." "... I BEG YOUR PARDON?"
U beat me to it xD
Love these podcast type videos.
Man I played this so much in Uni thinking I was too old for it. Good to hear others have awesome Uni memories from it as well!
Mario Kart 7 players rise up. 😭
Do you still use the online function for it?
I played as Miis of Waluigi and Diddy Kong online in that game.
*rises
I play 7 online all the time
Meee
The 3DS was/is amazing.
I got a 2ds back in 2019 and I love it, still playing some games from time to time
I had a friend who worked at nintendo when the 3DS dropped. As an employee he got his system early. My wife contacted em, and told him she was going to buy one for me. He gave her his early system before he opened it, and I got it like 2 weeks early. 3DS is a great system man.
I wish they'd bring Streetpass to the Switch!!!
Same!! I really miss getting streetpass tags whenever i go to malls or travel :')
The ambassador's program was my introduction to the Fire Emblem series. So I won in the end, I guess.
Guys I love this content. Keep it up!!
I just got mine today!! Very hyped
Get a 2ds and or 3ds. Mod it and enjoy the entire 3ds library.
Lmao I didn't know what slow down was back on the SNES.
When games chugged, I just thought "That must be slow motion, like in movies".
So many fond memories staring into these tiny screens. Majority of them being Monster Hunter (which populates the most of my Top 5 in Activity Log), but these experiences will always be held dear to me.
This was such a nostalgic video for me, what a wonderful discussion
picked up a New 2DS XL a year ago, still feels new to me dammit!
I was in 4th grade when it came out, now I'm in my 4th college semester...
Loved this video so much.
That was fun, thanks for the memories.
I can't express how much I love the 3DS cause I'm not good at writing, and certainly all these tears aren't helping either
"We cut the price in half because it felt like the right thing to do"
Damn, I wish that Nintendo was selling me a 10 year old wii game with spruced up visuals
I would love to talk about more of my experiences with the 3ds and my most played game, but my new 3dsXL died due to water damage about 2-3 years ago and I still haven't fully recovered. I felt like I lost a part of me, but that in and of itself should tell you how much my 3ds meant to me. It is my favorite console period and I am so happy that it existed.
I got a 3ds in June 2011 for my birthday and remember the ambassador program I was so hyped to get the games.
I was planning on getting one last year but I got a PS Vita instead, maybe I'll get one this year !
nice what games did you get for your vita
Got back to my 3ds to play the Dragon Quest remakes. Glad I did because they're really good
I bought a 3ds at launch, and recently found out one of my family members has my og 3ds, and im going to be getting it back in my hands again this year
Also Pilotwings was my launch game aside from the AR games, that game is relaxing and fun
I remember constantly checking TH-cam as a kid for news of the 3DS when it announced. It was the first console I was hyped for.
For sure my favorite handheld behind the DS Lite. I got mine a year after it released since my original Lite broke. For the first couple of months I was just hooked to stuff like AR Games and Face Raiders. Just playing around with the system was cool. Once I got actual 3DS games, it became my primary console until I got a gaming laptop in 2018. And even with that, I got way more hours once I got custom firmware. So many good memories.
this dosent feel like its 10 years old
So you guys just gonna ignore the huge bomb Pokémon dropped today lol
they’re obviously working on a 40 minute discussion coming later
give them time
HA I WAS RIGHT
AYYYY-
nah i’m jk i don’t care but i was right
I started playing my 3DS again lately and I'm having a blast! I drifted away from it after getting a Switch in 2019, but I decided to pick it up again to gain some more appreciation for both it and my Switch.
A few weeks ago I started playing every Zelda game back to back to kind of celebrate the 35th Anniversary AND i'm up to Majora's Mask which I'm playing on 3DS and next is the Oracle games and having picked up my New3DS after more than 2 years of it being in the drawer just made me so nostalgic for it, even though I first got one back in 2013. Great console, with an even greater library