The Nintendo 2DS - Info, Media, and More!

For those of us interested, here's a [i]Handy[/i] thread compiling images and FAQ about the new "2DS". Screens are all linked in the question post. [url=http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/new/]Official Nintendo 2DS Page[/url] [b]Release Date:[/b] October 12, 2013 NA/PAL [b]Retail:[/b] $129.99, £109.99 [b]Colors:[/b] [i]NA[/i] - Black/Red; Black/Blue. [i]UK[/i] - Black/Blue; White/Red [quote][b]MEDIA[/b][/quote] • [url=http://www.ign.com/videos/2013/08/30/nintendo-2ds-unboxing]IGN 2DS Unboxing[/url] • [url=http://www.polygon.com/2013/8/30/4676984/nintendo-2ds-hands-on-surprisingly-not-the-worst-thing-ever]Polygon hands-on[/url] [quote][b]Q&A[/b][/quote] [b]Q:[/b] What's the difference between a 2DS and a 3DS? [b]A:[/b] It plays all 3DS games and most DS games without the 3D feature. [url=http://abload.de/img/bildschirmfoto2013-08zcsjl.png]See Image for more.[/url] [b]Q:[/b] Who is it for? [b]A:[/b] Anyone looking for an affordable current gen Nintendo handheld. Attractive for younger children as well as adults not interested in 3D. [b]Q:[/b] Does it even fold? [b]A:[/b] Doesn't even fold, bro [quote][b]TRIVIA[/b][/quote] ­• "Curiously, the 2DS is even more of a tablet-style system than it appears at first glance, as it actually features a single large screen in its center, not two separate ones. As one of their cost-cutting design measures, Nintendo reduced the number of screens in the system from two to one, and the appearance of separate screens is merely simulated by the way the case masks out the extraneous portions. This means the entire screen is by necessity a touchscreen, with the upper screen protected by a layer of plastic that sits above it. While this makes no difference for the system's normal functions -- after all, neither the system's firmware or its software would recognize the hidden, inactive zones of the screen or the upper portion's touch capabilities, even if you exposed those portions -- I'm curious to see what hardware modders manage to do with the system." - Jeremy Parish