Why the 3DS Was One of Nintendo’s Best Handhelds

[@mavmemes5341]

with this quality, I didn’t think this guy was just a relatively small channel 😭

[@morten8823]

Quality content doesn’t have to come from a big channel.

[@KiloCreates0_0]

He started making videos 2 months ago so it makes sense. He will grow eventually

[@StrawHatMidas]

Wow thanks! I appreciate the kind words :D

[@mavmemes5341]

@@StrawHatMidas Thank you for making this kind of content! Watching Nintendo-related or old console-related content really gets my nostalgia running, and considering I'm a highly sentimental guy, I always want to stick with the past. Just sucks that up until this day, I wasn't able to enjoy the early days of Pokemon on the original DS. By the time I grew old enough to enjoy the games, they were already no longer in production, so I just managed to get Black 1 and Black 2. But thanks again for the content!

[@BillE-ce6eo]

For six years, this was the only console i played and it will forever hold a place in my heart

[@StrawHatMidas]

It really is a special console

[@BevanBoychuk]

The WiiU/3DS era is probably my favourite of Nintendo honestly m. So under appreciated

[@Bryan_Jake]

Near the end of the Wii U's life, Nintendo was literally pumping shit. The 3ds had some misses but it was mostly Nintendo's saving grace in the 2010s.

[@3dsfan2002]

⁠@@Bryan_Jakelike what? And please don’t say it’s gen 7, hey pikman, Super star saga remake

[@Bryan_Jake]

@@3dsfan2002 Mario Party 10. Animal Crossing: Amiibo festival. Mario Tennis Ultra Smash. Super Mario Run. And that's all the ones I've played. There are more that people just can't stand. But I usually play Mario. You should watch "The Dark Age of Nintendo" by Scott the Woz. And I want the MLSS remake so bad

[@santabakure6264]

@@3dsfan2002 gen 7 was good Others? Not so much Also kirby epic yarn port is not really good

[@Israeli_Prince]

I still play the 3DS, I always play on my 3DS during my lunch break, and I mean every lunch break this past month, it's a great stress reliever.

[@StrawHatMidas]

It really is, I have been playing a couple games on it recently and people comment about it lol :D

[@Israeli_Prince]

@@StrawHatMidas yeah the original 3ds goes for $200 used at GameStop which is insane and tells you a lot about the value of Nintendo.

[@murderman8578]

What's there to even play in that amount of time

[@Israeli_Prince]

@@murderman8578 I mainly play Mario games at that time.

[@hovernyansquad3377]

This was such a good console. The fact it was backwards compatible with the DS a beloved and childhood relic makes the 3ds 1000000 times better

[@TheGuyWhoSpeedruns]

Oh man I love the 3DS, I have have mine still after nearly 8 years, words cannot describe the nostalgia that flowed through my heart when I searched up the 3DS ost yesterday, it sent right back to the good days...

[@onigiri_san6546]

Just had a legit street pass today ! took my 2ds out of my bag tonight, to be welcomed to that bright beautiful green led shining !!! Incredible !

[@StrawHatMidas]

That is literally the dream! :D

[@OniCr0w]

The 3D is underrated. If the new 3DS released to begin with, nobody would have had any problem with it.

[@StrawHatMidas]

The new model is great, i think the 3ds gets a lot of hate but it is really one of the best handhelds of all time.

[@3dsfan2002]

@@StrawHatMidasespecially half of its library like Mario, Pokémon titles and smash 4

[@gamestation2690]

I still play my on my 3DS all the time.

[@StrawHatMidas]

I am playing mine right now lol :D

[@YouTxbx]

just mod ur 3ds it’s so easy to do lol. u get basically any game u want including the ambassador thing

[@josephleiber9879]

I’ve really been enjoying content from this channel. Was surprised to see it just has 2k subscribers.

[@StrawHatMidas]

Maybe someday ill grow! I recently started and I just love making these videos so you never know whats possible :D

[@Smelliottye]

I use my Hbrewed N3dsXl almost every day still. So good

[@StrawHatMidas]

I have not modded myself but i have been tempted lol :D

[@AnishaMishra-uy7gm]

Luckily the 3ds still has a community keeping it alive

[@liquidhoneyjonny]

my most played game system ever had thousands of hours over so many years and memories

[@Henradley]

I was also one of 8 full price launch ambassador owners. Upgraded to the New 3DS years later and love switching out all my faceplates based on ny mood or the season.

[@StrawHatMidas]

We just need to find the other 6 now lol :D

[@joltx9909]

My first good 3DS game I owned was ghost recon shadow wars. such an underrated strategy game. best launce title easily

[@mitchellmdl7278]

Damn for such a small channel the content is excellent. Keep up the great work bro 🙏

[@StrawHatMidas]

Thank you so much :D

[@ChrisBaseball09]

I DEFINITELY recommend Fire Emblem Awakening. I put over 500 hours into over 6 playthroughs - its such a special game

[@StrawHatMidas]

Thats been in my back log for a while, i have it so ill give it a go! :D

[@rickyv8709]

The algorithm’s picking you up. Keep up the quality & post regularly…You honestly have a good chance at blowing up in the next year, go for it!

[@jwilskis4278]

My all time favorite nintendo 3ds game is definitely yokai watch. It’s monster collector type game that’s set in japan. The soundtrack is also really good.

[@StrawHatMidas]

Ill try and find it and give it a go! I love monster collectors so its up my alley! :D

[@Blazikentube]

7:18 is actually wrong. 3DS runs GBA games natively. There is no emulation layer. W.r.t turning off console features, that's just cuz the 3DS "becomes" a GBA. It's not worth trying to run 2 OSs(kinda) simultaneously. They just didn't bother releasing GBA games because they were too "new". Re-releasing GB and GBC games were more valuable cuz they could use that for more brownie points.

[@HollowRick]

That bugged me as well

[@Enan63.]

The 3DS was ambitious and a great sequel to the DS/GBA era!

[@Karlztarrence]

man i remember watching the new game ads on TV and waiting for them to come out and go to gamestop to buy them

[@skippy336]

Bought a 3ds and only played dsi games till the end of the era 😂

[@StrawHatMidas]

That is a classic struggle, i recently started playing more 3ds title and theyre way better than i thought :D

[@braindamagegd2254]

1:56 holy fuckign shit this jumpscared me so bad

[@jsar5409]

Remembering? It's still right next to me!

[@JayRayHizay]

Adventure Time: Hey ice King! Why’d you steal our garbage? Is an awesome Zelda II inspired game, and one of my favorite 3DS games. And Heroes of Ruin is another I always have to recommend. Diablo style ARPG. Solid fun, great multiplayer action.

[@yulurkinbrah]

genuinely fantastic editing dude, great job.

[@StrawHatMidas]

Thanks a lot! I worked hard on this video and i am glad you enjoy it :D

[@halcyonx1713]

The 3D feature was NEVER A GIMMICK that was the best part of it for me. I love that feature till this day, the New 3DS refined that feature further and boy that was awesome!!!

[@VinnyIurillo]

Let’s be honest, we both know you stole Scott ‘s joke. I don’t blame you. It’s a good one.

[@StrawHatMidas]

I’ll be honest idk what you mean but considering I used to watch his content religiously I wouldn’t be surprised if something carried over lol :)

[@ridensroom6957]

I brought my 3ds the day ocarina of time came out. It was annoying that they cut the price but the 20 free games like fire emblem sacred stones helped

[@murderman8578]

Man yall glaze this handheld to high heaven

[@ShadyRK9]

I STILL have my 2011 Sky Blue 3DS in the draw! (The charging port is broken though unfortunately!), and my first games on the 3DS was Mario Kart 7 and Mario 3D Land. And those 2 was shamefully the first 2 Mario games I had on my own... I'm still using my red 2DS and currently Shiny hunting on there with Heart Gold.

[@robertkenny1201]

I'd welcome HD ports of Kid Icarus Uprising and Metroid Samus Returns for the Switch with Fusion mode and all the other Amiibo blocked content unlockable without the need for Amiibos.

[@Ryke005]

Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga + Bowsers Minions, that game I would recommend

[@JYGamingGuys]

I recommend the River city games on 3ds they were quite a bit of them

[@eta9997]

Half the modded consoles wouldn’t be modded if the eshop/ online servers were still up. Great video btw

[@EvofusionXZ]

a friend modded my 3ds yesterday :)

[@StrawHatMidas]

Congrats im sure it will be loads of fun!

[@tonypizzaioli]

You didn’t mention the New 3DS consoles had face tracking so the 3D function worked no matter how far/what angle you were looking at the screen from. Big upgrade

[@ItsMeChair1]

0:35 damn I need to prepare.

[@StrawHatMidas]

I’m sorry in advance for what may happen but it will make you stronger in the end lol :)

[@evanrosman9226]

I like the 3DS.

[@StrawHatMidas]

The 3DS was so underrated :D

[@whispley9546]

I’m excited

[@flyingstonemon3564]

Sweetest handheld in the Nintendo family, last one with free online too! (Steamdeck aside I guess haha.)

[@theonlylegokid]

Bro how are u not famous

[@StrawHatMidas]

I might be someday! (I probably wont but ill slide you some money if i do lol)

[@collectingonthecheap56353]

Had to give a like for not being mean to the 2DS and 2DS XL. Most can't resist dumping on them, just because they are made for entry level prices.

[@StrawHatMidas]

I proudly own a 2DS and love it. I had it for years before I could afford a New 3DS

[@oscarcamey8]

Man I use my 3ds more than my switch, and I havent used it in months haha def need to mod my 2ds xl tho

[@StrawHatMidas]

It’s worth it, it’s a great console overall :D

[@chessoc7799]

I don't have any major desire to get a switch. Going back to 2d seems a step back so I will stick with my 3ds for the forseable future.

[@murderman8578]

But all the new first party games are on the switch and that's where the future is

[@spiderhater420]

3ds was the best handheld console ever

[@StrawHatMidas]

It was truly ahead of its time! :D

[@shadiahthomas3779]

I still have my Nintendo 3DS blue

[@ChickenMcKicken]

i still need to get to modding my 2ds xl lmao

[@Sandwich-5-sand]

I wanna buy a 3ds just to mod it and try the games. I especially wanna play monster hunter 4u

[@cxyyoutube5270]

3DS is the portable Wii and GCN graphicwise and I value the 3DS over the DS overall

[@sIosha]

Fun fact, the 3DS had full Game Boy Advance backward compatibility thanks to the hardware needed for DS backward compatibility. 'Twas not software emulation 😊

[@ultimat3lifeform]

Was?!? The servers are still up and plus the brought back miiverse(also discounted every game by 100%)

[@Kuttlefish]

PLEASE, try yo kai watch (specifically 2) it's my fav game of all time

[@StrawHatMidas]

I will absolutely give it a go :D

[@Kuttlefish]

@@StrawHatMidas omg yay

[@CarputingYT]

gamer time

[@StrawHatMidas]

It’s always gamer time :)

[@elemekkew]

my favorite 3ds game has been kid icarus uprising. Thus it is recommended to you. Do with that what you will.

[@StrawHatMidas]

I love that game so much! Such a great time :D

[@od3stroyer771]

7:18 Wrong. All 3DS and 2DS models are inheretly backwards compatible with the GBA, and play GBA games natively, as each system has GBA hardware built in.

[@StrawHatMidas]

True, but they can’t EMULATE it effectively, the virtual console is an emulator on the console and it doesn’t use the built in features. The reason GBA games didn’t release is because of the lack of system strength. :)

[@od3stroyer771]

​​@@StrawHatMidas But GBA VC is native

[@J4anthekidd]

I have a question I can’t see my old videos on my 3ds only pictures do u how why?

[@StrawHatMidas]

like the videos you recorded with the camera or the videos you made with something?

[@Wmx2011]

But what about the 2ds?

[@StrawHatMidas]

I actually really liked the 2ds and New 2ds XL

[@ultimate_pleb]

7:16 the 3ds didn't NEED to emulate GBA games they can run nativity pretty damm well

[@StrawHatMidas]

Correct, they just did not include a way to play them natively which was a shame. Same with the DSi which could have had the option but didn't :D

[@Ballman404]

Balls

[@StrawHatMidas]

Thank you for your service ball man :D

[@Mojaveknight17]

I've had 4

[@StrawHatMidas]

That is how it works lol, I have had 6 DS and I’m on my 3rd 3DS

[@Mojaveknight17]

@@StrawHatMidas I gift them away

[@mrefromninjago7665]

🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️🕯️

[@StrawHatMidas]

Pour one out for it

[@prodbykenshi304]

The 3ds actually plays gba games natively

[@fenixz4631]

In short it had lots of good games. Good stop point with Nintendo.

[@mispinchergamings3470]

I say rank ere of handeheld: 1. Gameboy 2. Ds 3. Switch 4. New 3ds 5. Old 3ds 6. All 2ds

[@tokomaminehira3999]

No

[@kobeeater3636]

If you dont have a 3ds in 2024 what are you doing?

[@3dsfan2002]

3ds> DS library

[@mispinchergamings3470]

I got it to do with new and new xl like with ds I. But my thoughts of 3ds not the best. But surely have some best in series like Wii U. Still funny they went to 3D again after the 2end worst Nintendo console. But hey it have brother too along with sister. Lot have 5 re model for some reason.