If You Actually Want to Play Games, Get the New Nintendo 2. DS XLThe Nintendo Switch exists, and is a fantastic gaming system that you can, in a pinch, play in a bar, a car, or on the train. Phones exist too, and the games on them are better than ever. So why the hell should you own anything else Because games. The Switchs library is still small, and smartphones still lack those games you can get lost in for days. So if you want a mobile system that can go anywhere and play some of the best games ever designed, you need something from the Nintendo 3. DS family, which despite being seven years old, shows no signs of being at the end of its life any time soon. New Nintendo 2. DS XLWhat is it A souped up 2. DS that finally folds. Like. Its a perfect blend of price and games. No Like. The hinge feels a little cheap. Manhunt underway for armed bank robber in Tarrytown 20171114T131426Z 20171114T131425Z. Investigators say the brazen robbery happened around 545 p. The essential tech news of the moment. Technologys news site of record. Not for dummies. Google is celebrating its 19th birthday with a Surprise Spinner featuring games, like Snake and Cricket, and more. Check out all 19 surprises here. Tabtight professional, free when you need it, VPN service. Theres have been six 3. DS consoles over the last seven years, each with some flaw that kept it from being the perfect blend of tech and affordabilitybut the New Nintendo 2. DS XL changes that. As I write this review youll notice I capitalize New when talking about the New Nintendo 2. DS XL. That isnt an affectation on my part. Its part of Nintendos super confusing naming scheme. The New 2. DS, and the New 3. DS launched back in 2. DS system. Its not just a new chassisthese systems can play games the original 2. Attempt missed. Romain Saiss Wolverhampton Wanderers left footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Conor Coady. You have not yet voted on this site If you have already visited the site, please help us classify the good from the bad by voting on this site. Strength Of Materials By Sadhu Singh Pdf. Nokia Games Nature Park' title='Nokia Games Nature Park' />DS and 3. DS cannot, like Xenosaga Chronicles 3. D, or a wide range of SNES games including Donkey Kong Country, Street Fighter Alpha 2, and F Zero. There arent that many exclusive games, but there are enough good ones that if you already own an older 3. DS system youre probably wishing you had the new one. The New 2. DS, like the New 3. DS, also has a faster processor, a micro. SD slot for on console storage, NFC capabilities for all your Amiibos, two new buttons on the shoulders of the device, and a C Stick analog joystick. This is, in every way, an upgrade over any non New 2. DS, 3. DS or 3. DS XL you might own. The New Nintendo 2. DS XL isnt just an update to the ugly old 2. DS that looked more like a bargain bin knock off than a system from the company that created mobile gaming. With the new device, Nintendo ditches the 2. DSs ugly slab design to mimic the folding design of every other 3. DS. At 1. 50, its 7. DS and a full 6. New Nintendo 3. DS XL the 3. DS XL doesnt include a charger, so I added that price to the total. This is now the mid range mobile console, and unless you really, really like 3. D, it should be the one you buy. Besides being cheaper than the New 3. DS XL, its also much lighter. It weighs 9. 2 ouncesthe same as the original 2. DS. The 3. DS XL weights 1. You might not consider that a major difference, but I definitely notice it when I toss the 3. DS into my purse, and I often forget I have the 2. DS in there. Its also smaller, folded up, than both of the other consoles currently available in the 3. DS lineup. The slab like 2. DS is 5 inches by 5. The New 2. DS XL folds up to 3. Which is not just significantly more pocketable than its predecessors, its also slightly smaller than the 3. DS XL, which folds up to 3. Unlike the original 2. DS, this system isnt punishing people for hating 3. D or wanting to save money. Its the best 3. DS system available, only with a little size and one feature shaved off. It even improves on the New 3. DS XL That system has two big issues with it The game cartridge is always visible, and always ugly, and you need a screwdriver and a little patience in order to replace the micro. SD card. The New 2. DS XL solves both problems by hiding both slots behind a little door on the bottom of the device. But the 2. DS XL is not without a few minor problems. The speakers have been moved from the top half of the device to tiny slots on the bottom that your palms often cover. So when your palms cover the speakers the sound gets muffled, and when theyre uncovered the speakers sound far tinnier. The sliders and hinge feel cheaper too, with the hinge having a little give to it as illustrated to the left. The New 3. DS XL feels positively luxurious beside it. Its the Lexus to this guys really solid Toyota Camry. As someone who has frequently driven a Camry, I am totally okay with that The Nintendo 2. DS XL is more than enough machine for me. With the huge choice of fantastic DS, 3. DS, and New 3. DS games on the system, and a brand new Metroid game just a month away, I dont think this gadgets gonna be leaving my bag any time soon. If you already own a New 3. DS XL, but never use the 3. D than this might be worth a look, and if youre upgrading from the original 3. DS or just dipping your toes into legit mobile gaming, then this is the console to buy when it goes on sale July 2. READMEThe first 2. DS that doesnt force cheapskates and 3. D haters to compromise. It has a similar footprint to the 3. DS XL, but is much lighter. Feels a little more cheaply made than the 3. DS XL, but still feels very durable. Plays a lot of really good games. Rio Looks Apocalyptic a Year After the Olympics. The 2. 01. 6 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro were doomed from the start. Some daft optimists thought that maybe, just maybe, if we just believed in Brazil, the politicians would pull through on their promises that the games would lift the city up to a new level of prosperity. But a year later, the opposite is true. Reports from Rio are flowing in as we mark the one year anniversary of the Olympics, and boy are they bleak. A couple weeks ago, Brazils government deployed 8,5. Rodrigo Maja, speaker of Brazils equivalent of the House of Representatives, recently told the press, We have completely lost control of public security in Rio. This is exactly what wasnt supposed to happen. Leading up to the Olympics, security officials in Rio attempted a new policy called Pacification intended to de escalate tension between police and the gangs. It now looks like the strategy made things worse, as the number of deaths during police raids has doubled in the past four years. Local residents of the favelas say theyve heard shootouts every single day of 2. Thats only the beginning. Improvements made for the Olympics, including the construction of multiple world class athletic stadiums, were supposed to be converted into public facilities. That didnt happen. ESPN just published a lengthy feature on Brazils broken promises a year after the games, and the details are downright disturbing While 1. Games, others sit largely abandoned, their decay and disrepair a constant reminder of what was meant to be. Even the iconic soccer stadium, the Maracan, has been vandalized, and had its power shut off completely after amassing a 9. Heres an aerial view of the Olympic Park which does, indeed, look quite abandoned The situation gets worse, too Deodoro Olympic Park, long hailed by Brazilian politicians and Olympic proponents as a path to upgrade one of Rios poorer neighborhoods, is shuttered. The community pool that was supposed to come out of the canoe slalom course was closed in December and has yet to re open. Brazils Federal Court of Audit TCU reported last week that another abandoned pool, at the Deodoro Aquatics Center, is now covered in bugs, mud and rodent feces. A Deodoro elevator once used to lift fans over a busy road now leads to nowhere. Rios new mayor, Marcelo Crivella, has scrapped plans to turn the handball arena into four public schools. And the 3. 1 towers that made up the athletes village, which were set to be transformed into luxury condos, now sit largely vacant. While its hard to identify one specific reason for Rios failure to follow through on the commitments made leading up to the games, its easy to blame the politicians. At the exact same time the Olympics were unfolding, the largest government bribery scandal in Brazils history was unfolding behind the scenes. The aptly named Operation Car Wash investigation ultimately put over 2. Even the once beloved Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ended up being convicted and sentenced to nine and a half years in prison over 5 billion in bribes. Thats billion with a b. Thats just scratching the surface of Brazils post Olympic woes. That ESPN story goes into more detail about individual athletes in Brazil who were promised fame and fortune after winning medals in Rio last year. Now, some of them say theyre worse off than they were before the games, not only losing more competitions but also losing sponsors and income. We all saw this coming. Months before they even started, the Rio Olympics seemed doomed by corruption, scandals, poop, crime, and freaking Zika. And once they did start, everything seemed to go wrong, including the athletes village being deemed uninhabitable and the suspension of the diving competition due to the pool spontaneously turning into a green pit of sludge. After six months, the Olympic venues had already started to decay. Its simply tragic to know that things are worse than ever now. Its even more tragic to realize that things will probably get even worse.