here's what i've been obsessing over for 2+ weeks now. K. kindly sold me their 2016 black friday "New" Nintendo 3DS (non-XL!) and i've been goin nuts updating its hax and curating a library (Nintendolife.com reviews are invaluable)

the state of 3DS custom firmware (CFW)? outstanding. obviously piracy is a huge selling point, but even if you abstain CFW has great benefits like running games at the New 3DS's 4x clockspeed, which took one game i'm playing from ~15fps to a solid 30. amazing. CFW is invaluable.

@gatewave aw neat, I've been meaning to get one, though I'm thinking about a 2DS XL for price reasons (and also because there's a cute Pikachu one)

@noiob @gatewave I'd go with the 3DS XL; the prize used for both consoles are almost the same.

@katnjia @gatewave I don't really care for the 3D function though

@noiob @gatewave

Nobody does ​ It's a neat gimmick, but uh, I turned it off after a few days.

But the screen itself, and the build quality is really good. Some version of the XL also has a IPS display, which is super friggin' sharp, so looking out for those alone makes it so much better to play on it.

@katnjia @gatewave you're not wrong

there's no 3DS that looks like this thouigh