The Final Years of the Nintendo 3DS | Boring Brandon

Brandon has an epiphany and realizes that the 3DS is dead! Taking a look back at the 3DS, its one of Nintendo’s more beloved consoles with a wide library of games, fun system features like StreetPass, and free eye-strain™. The 3DS’s final years is where it gets really interesting though, so Brandon takes a blast to the blinding past to see how the final 3 years of the Nintendo 3DS’s life played out. It should be fun, there’s no telling what games could pop up, like Wipeout based on ABC’s hit series…Wipeout.
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All Footage Used Belongs To Their Respective Owners:
• Nov 16, 2006: New Sony...
• PS2 Slim commercial
• Nintendo GameCube reve... Adam Doree
• Game Boy Advance Trailer lvl99ultrathug
• The Legend of Zelda: G...
• New Nintendo 3DS XL Sa... IGN
• Mario & Luigi: Superst... ねあと
Music Used:
Ernest Tomlinson: Domestic Fun (A)
Laurie Johnson: Happy Go Lively
3DS Internet Settings
3DS Photo Print Channel
3DS Activity Log
Legend of Zelda A Link To The Past: Safety in the Sanctuary
Nintendo Switch Sports Main Theme
Ever Blue 2: Espada
Pokemon ORAS: LilyCove City
Pokemon ORAS: Rustboro City
Mario Kart 7: N64 Koopa Troopa Beach
Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga: Title Theme
Mario Kart 8 Rainbow Road
New Super Mario Bros Wii Beach
Kirby Nightmare In Dreamland Rainbow Resort
Kirby Return to Dreamland Aqua Area
Kirby Planet Robobot: Lovely Yellow Va Va Vrooms
Trauma Center Under the Knife 2: Gentle Breeze
Ever Blue 2: Brisa Do Mar

[@BoringBrandon1]

Hey everyone! Thank you very much for watching! Also apologies for the audio issues! Twitter:twitter.com/boringbrandon_

[@sias.2569]

Warioware gold was a snack…? Man… I remember all the Nintendo KZbinrs at the time HATING on the 3ds because they didn’t get things like warioware, Samus returns, persona Q2, dragon quest 8 remaster, Luigi’s mansion port, etc. people were like, “why aren’t these games on my switch?!” all the time.

[@royalcass]

well yeah, i mean good games are good games but I really wish I could play Persona Q2 on a systems I use way more

[@Nianfur]

Not sure why Nintendo felt the need to end the eShop. In fact. Discontinuing a consoles support less than 2 years after discontinuing production, may be in some countries a breach of consumer law.

[@BlancBuggy]

That was bad because 3ds is still new enough

[@iBMcFly]

Who cares as long as the hshop is still a thing.

[@helloish12321]

The 3ds was the last console I was genuinely excited to get my hands on. Maybe it's just me getting older, but there was definitely some special potential that the 3ds had that we just don't see in the switch.

[@JustJulyo]

Watching your favorite grandparent announce he's moving but will still write back only to know he will never come back

[@UnlikeRelic]

Lost in blue released on DS so 3Ds can play it in fact making it a none flawed system Also the 3Ds has the best line up of games period there is quite literally something there for everyone. Jrpgs? SMT, pokemon Srpgs? Fire emblem Drpgs? Etrian odyssey. Platformer? Mario, sonic A(action)rgs? Monster hunter, fantasy explorers Rhythm? Miku, ff theatrum there is something for everyone

[@BoringBrandon1]

You know what? You got me there with that Lost in Blue point!

[@wubbers662]

3:07 still impressive how it lasted until 2007-2008, yet still sold 81 million units

[@ThomasMarioFan_11]

Great video dude! You're pretty funny, keep going and your channel will blossom in no time! The 3DS is one of the most underrated console ever imo, I love that little system

[@leeartlee915]

For what it’s worth, that leaving a party without telling someone was named after me. “The Lee Dip”. I’m known around NYC for that move.

[@hadesKIU]

The 3DS is what I call "Undead" right now: dead by Nintendo standards, but still alive in terms of relevance. 1. They're expensive meaning there's demand for them. Anecdotally I can safely say both me and my sibling play ours on a regular/semi-regular basis, so it's still at least personally and culturally relevant. 2. Games and even apps are still coming out in the form of homebrew. There's Five Nights at Freddy's, Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead, OneShot, Sonic Mania, and even ChatGPT, and they're still coming!

[@ianeons9278]

I think that if they had the ambassador program and dropped the price for the Wii U it would have done better. However it wouldn't have made sense to that on a home console and dropping the price likely would have resulted in the Wii U being sold in even more of a loss because of how expensive the GamePad and stuff was.

[@justinstein4712]

I miss the 3Ds

[@ianeons9278]

What's interesting is that the 2DS & 2DS XL are still on sales charts in Japan.

[@BoringBrandon1]

That’s right! It’s still just as popular in Japan !

[@chazington1073]

Taping my 3ds to my car tire to rack up more points in street pass

[@BoringBrandon1]

I used to do this for Pokémon Go

[@EpicPaul64]

Yet another stellar video! It was definitely worth the wait for you to make this as quality and hilarious as possible! Do you have an equivalent for the Wii U in the works? Also, I feel sorry for you to not knowing the amazingness of Fire Emblem...

[@BoringBrandon1]

Thank you very much! I do have something for the Wii U but it hasn’t been written out completely yet! Whoops! I’m not the biggest fan of tactical RPGs they make my brain hurt

[@ianeons9278]

@Boring Brandon In your Wii U video could you please mention how underrated the game library is as well as how cheap they are compared to the Switch versions. Also mention the cult following the Wii U has with stuff like modding and home-brew. As someone who's first Nintendo console was the Wii U that would be nice.

[@leeartlee915]

The thing that continues to baffle me is why Nintendo knew that a price cut worked for the 3DS…. but they refused to do it with the Wii U. I know they cut it by 50 bucks but that should have been the only model they released (that white version with 8 GB with no Nintendo Land was a bone head move). It’s almost like even Nintendo didn’t believe in the Wii U where as they had faith that the 3DS could work. Odd.

[@BoringBrandon1]

Great comment! I think they knew since the 3DS had no real competition and that it would be a sure fire success with a price cut

[@leeartlee915]

@@BoringBrandon1 Yeah, perhaps. I do know that Nintendo was taking a heavy loss with 3DS hardware sales when they dropped the price. The same would have been true with the Wii U. But, again, they limped on for 5 years without a true price cut? Remember the Gamecube? They reduced the price on that thing twice. First to 150 and eventually 99. They had even tougher competition during that time but they still tried to make the console work. Nintendo gonna Nintendo I suppose.

[@ianeons9278]

I honestly think the 3DS had a bad start because of the price, it was the same as the Vita I think and pushed the 3D gimmick the most. After that they mainly focused on things other than the 3D and dropped the price and the reason why it sold so incredibly well is because it was basically the only handheld people were really interested in. It did have a great launch in Japan however as it literally outsold the PS4 over there.

[@BlancBuggy]

I used to think a ds was a 3ds without the 3d lol I would be so disappointed

[@dylan.t180]

Great video, even with all the self-deprecating humour

[@BoringBrandon1]

Thank you !

[@manupm9161]

I just finished watching the video and I have to say: *Brandon, are you OK, do you need to talk?*

[@BoringBrandon1]

MAYBE!

[@yopierre498]

bro i love the jokes in this 😂great vid btw

[@BoringBrandon1]

Thank you very much!

[@unicorntomboy9736]

I hope Fire Emblem Awakening gets a Switch remaster at some point this year

[@BoringBrandon1]

That would be amazing!

[@therealjaystone2344]

The 3ds is an underrated handheld at that time

[@JustMonikaVT]

your scott the woz but gen z

[@BoringBrandon1]

Thank you!

[@agentomecha634]

The last couple of years for the 3DS had some of my favorite games release for it. Specifically Yo-Kai Watch Blasters, and Yo-Kai Watch 3. Too bad that because they released so late, they had a limited print run. At least I was able to get physical copies of those games before that happened.

[@TOPGWAFDude01]

I love all these new KZbin video's about Nintendo and Sega, somewhat old products. And it's history or it's past communities.

[@thrilite3981]

im gonna probably buy a 3ds again since my old one broke unfortunately 4 years ago, is it worth?

[@BoringBrandon1]

Definitely worth it! There’s Tons of games that may be stuck on the 3DS

[@thrilite3981]

@@BoringBrandon1 Alright! Do you happen know a list of good 3DS games to get? o:

[@thrilite3981]

@@BoringBrandon1 nevermind i found a pretty good list of all em

[@thrilite3981]

@@BoringBrandon1 thank you anyways for the video and the response

[@BoringBrandon1]

@Thrilite thank you very much for your responses! Do check out Mario & Luigi Bowser Inside Story & I think Kid Icarus Uprising and A Link Between Worlds are a must

[@aminXlocale]

9 seconds in and I HIT SUBSCRIBE. I laughed so freaking hard dude from the moment I heard the music 🎶 to "my self esteem is DEAD". OMG OMG 😱 please keep being you!

[@finalfroevo]

The editing and jokes were good

[@BoringBrandon1]

Thank you very much!

[@grinbrothers]

Your name is clipped off when seeing the video pop up, so it looks like at first glance you're calling the final years of the 3DS boring. Let's see if that is case after watching this video, which given your previous entertaining videos, certainly won't be boring to watch. 2:44 - The Wii U's end was pretty sudden though; a dual release of Breath of the Wild and then a complete drop of support from Nintendo. The 3DS got at least a transitional period as it were with games in 2017 and even 2018, which I suspect is due to both games already being in development and concerns about whether the Switch would take off (I think it's level and speed of success surprised even Nintendo). 4:03 - Gyro and it's streetpass functionalities had way more of an impact on the 3DS for me than the 3D effect did; though said 3D effect does look stunning in some games (DOA Dimensions comes to mind first). Nintendo really put the effort into revitalising the 3DS after a bumpy start unlike Sony with the Vita... or Nintendo with the Wii U. 8:32 - There were a fair few late 3DS games that really do feel like they should have been New 3DS exclusive. I recall my brother getting one for Ultra Sun/Moon and the game still struggled on the upgraded system so I can't imagine how rough the experience would be on a regular 3DS. 9:36 - No lie; I really enjoyed Federation Force. That said, I do feel it'd have been better suited releasing on the Wii U, perhaps even exclusively (it was planned to release on it at one point). It'd have allowed for decent looking full sized character models (though I like the chibi look, I understand it's clash with Metroid as a series) and I feel would be more comfortable to play for longer experiences. 13:50 - Delighted to see Dillon's Dead-Heat Breakers get a mention. It may have been one of last Nintendo published 3DS games but it easily ranks as one of my favourites on the system. I adore the series and continue hoping for it's continuation.

[@BoringBrandon1]

Another great comment with some great insight for me. I 100% agree with the federation force comment, I think if it were released on a console it would've faired way better

[@grinbrothers]

@@BoringBrandon1 Aww, thanks! Nice to hear someone agree with me on the Federation Force idea. It was apparently planned for both Wii U and 3DS but dropped for the former, probably due to the effort and funding required to make it for both systems and one of those not being a successful system. I suppose they banked of Federation Force being a rare 3DS FPS to sell it and it ultimately didn't.

[@Itsjayduhhhhh]

Playing the 3ds while watching this

[@BoringBrandon1]

That’s how you do it!

[@Goldfire345]

But the 3ds... Can play lost in blue... 3 of them joke kinda failed

[@shadiahthomas3779]

I still have my Nintendo 3DS

[@murkywaters5502]

I liked the video!

[@SERMareep2007]

Cant belive you didnt talk about yo kai watch smh

[@yo-kaiwatchdeluxe8718]

Don't avoid it

[@Flygonnerrs]

scott the woz clone but whatever i dont mind

[@chao3948]

why do all of your sentences end with a rising tone

[@velvetchord.]

I had one since 2013 but sold it a few years back... Big Mistake! The e-shop closing made me buy a New 3DS XL. I have a digital copy of Shin Megami Tensei: Strange Journey. A used physical copy goes for about $75.00! Plus I missed playing Pokémon Crystal. :)

[@NataliasClips]

first!! also 3ds woooooO!!!!!!!!!!!1

[@dopewizrd]

dam u rly gotta stop self deprecating it fr kills the vibe n not funny at all

[@KrGsMrNKusinagi0]

Nintendo blew it when they cut off their only handheld market.. Had the WII U and switch/lite/oled.. But they jaded me not having a dedicated handheld..

[@Demeech]

Do you have Discord?

[@BoringBrandon1]

Yes its boringbrandon#0910