Video Games Interactive: Nintendo on 3DS Second Pad: Live th It!

Nintendo President Satoru Iwata has explained that the new 3DS XL is not big enough to hold a second analogue stick.

Reported by The Independent, he explains that a second stick was a possibility, but Nintendo decided to focus on what they felt were more important design choices.

"Attaching a second analog stick is possible, but it would have made the system even bigger, and, though it perhaps puts a burden on people that really want that second stick, it's a call we had to make and these people will have to live with it,"

It's worth noting that the comment of “live with it” could come as a bad Japanese to English translation, and presumably isn't meant as cold as it sounds.

"This isn't my main focus when I look at the 3DS XL, it's one point we had to cover, but for me personally I'm quite happy with the product we're able to offer."

As am I. The 3DS is 90% bigger than it's counterpart and offers a significantly longer battery life.

"When we looked at the design of the 3DS XL, we had to look at various factors. One was battery life. One was the overall size of the unit. And we had to make some trade-offs. The choice, if we were going to include the second analog stick, was to reduce the size of the batteries or make the unit much bigger.

"What we wanted to do was have a bigger screen in comparison with the overall size of the system, so we had various discussions and had to make trade-offs, and this is the outcome."

The 3DS XL launches July 28^th, for £179.99, with a presumable price-drop announcement due near Christmas.

Source

via The News from http://nintendo3dsfest.blogspot.com

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