I miss streetpass so much 😭 I used to have an annual pass at Disneyland when the price was actually affordable and I would streetpass people soooo often 🥺

I wouldn't mind if this channel was all about 3DS nostalgia videos

You telling me that Jon is 26 years old? That's voice makes him sound more like 56.

Wow, 10 years?! I just pulled my 3ds out last night for the first time in over a year. Such a good little system that still has a lot of great games to return to.

Take a shot every time Alex mentions being at university or being broke due to university

I wish all 3DS Ambassadors a lovely evening/day

Please keep these discussions coming if possible, you all coming together to talk is awesome

The 3DS is one of the most important consoles in Nintendo’s history. It did have an abyssal start but with time, had an incredible library and features that we are yet to see come to the Switch. It’s was a special in a lot of ways and for a good few years, carried Nintendo and was the power horse of the company. Especially during the time when the WiiU was out and nose diving in sales. Awesome video Gentlemen.

The 3DS may still be my favorite Nintendo handheld of all time, it was the system that got me through a lot of car trips and it got me through middle school, so many amazing games and experiences!! I love that little handheld 💙

I refuse to believe the 3DS is 10 years old. Soon the PS4 and Xbox One will be 10 years old too.

I remember getting the OG model in November in 6th grade, then having to wait until Christmas to get any actual games! I played a lot of Face Raiders that month.

One thing that makes me grateful to have a 3DS and a collection of games for it is that it's an extremely difficult system to properly emulate. Between the screen layout, the touch screen controls, and of course the 3D effect it's just impossible to get a true 3DS experience on a computer or emulator handheld.

Had SO MANY great times with the 3DS and I'm STILL discovering 3DS games I missed back then. Nintendo should bring back Street Pass for the Switch.

Yo bro this is 100% NOSTALGIA. The street pass, game time plays etc. damn. Missin the good old days when playing is enough and graphic is just below our taste buds.

The 3DS came out when I was only 6. I can't believe it's already been a decade now.

I can’t believe the owner of the NL youtube channel isn’t even 10 years old.

The 3Ds is the best console ever. I'll still play that thing for years to come.

I've recently picked my 3ds back up again and it's been making me so nostalgic! I was also fresh outta high school 10 years ago lol

Fire Emblem Awakening is still one of my favorite games of all time. I cherish those memories

"Sometimes I miss the days of us not really knowing what frames were" me too man me too

Lol and I just got Radiant Historia: Perfect Chronology the other day

Ah I remember getting the 3ds for Christmas. I was 10 years old and it was 2011. I got Mario kart 7 with it and Mario 3d land. I loved that system so much.

I really wished the 3ds was still around today, but that’s me.

Happy 10th Anniversary, Nintendo 3DS!

Get ready for a walk of text, because I’m explaining my experience with the 3DS here lol. I’m really sad that I missed out on the 3DS. My family only really focused on the Wii, DS, and Wii U. I still only had my DS Lite, my older brother was the only one who had a 3DS, and we didn’t get much games for it. From what I can remember, we had NSMB2, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Luigi’s Mansion: Dark Moon, Sonic Generations, Sonic Lost World, and Smash 4. We didn’t get much big games for the 3DS, (only Smash 4 really) since we got big games for the Wii and Wii U instead, and my older brother spent money on upgrading the 3DS to the XL and New XL. Now that I’m older and understand what games the 3DS had, I definitely missed out. But I couldn’t exactly do anything about it. I was still a kid, didn’t have much money, and I wanted console games instead. Now, I’m a teenager, still don’t have much money, and still want console games instead lol. For me, the 3DS was heavily overshadowed by the consoles, especially since I didn’t own one myself and the games my older brother got for it weren’t too appealing compared to the console games we got. But I have to mention, I *REALLY* missed out on the Pokemon games. I’m only just getting into Pokemon, and the 3DS was literally the *best* system to get into the series. There’s Pokemon X and Y, Sun and Moon, Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire, AND you could also play the DS Pokemon games! Which includes Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, White, their sequels, and Soul Silver and Heart Gold. THAT MEANS you could play Gen 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 ALL on the 3DS. WHAT THE FUCK I MISSED OUT HARD.

Man I still remember that gorgeous Blue launch 3DS and playing SF4 with the boys! It was SUCH a good game and a great demo for what the system could be. I was still playing Pokemon Black so I didn't need a "killer app" at launch. The Ambassador games were nice

The Nintendo 3DS is my all-time favorites dedicated handheld system and one of my favorite video game systems (home console/handheld) ever!!!! I hope Nintendo is seriously considering a successor to the N3DS.

I randomly got my 3DS when I walked into Best Buy to buy a new handheld after losing my DSi XL despite never hearing about the 3DS at all. I saw it on store shelves, was skeptical, bought it, and had fun. I ended up buying another one at launch because I had no friends who had it and wanted to complete the StreetPass games, then the New 3DS came out so I bought that too. Now I have four of them because a friend also gave me theirs as a gift.

I remember travelling around Japan in 2013 with my 3DS and passed a chap on the subway who was also playing that street pass game. He was so excited to match with someone from the UK that he jumped up in excitement, shuffled up to me, proceeded to stab away at my avatar on his 3DS and said "It's you!!". Very unusual but such a perfect example of the little things that made the 3DS great!

I want Jon to talk me to sleep every night. So calming. Never used the 3D after the first week on my 3DS.

Thanks for this great Video. My family and I play the 3DS daily along side the switch. The 3DS is here to stay for a very long time.

I picked one up last year, a new 3ds. I just fell in love with the system, bought an animal crossing New 3ds XL and started collecting and playing the fantastic library of games this console have. My Switch have been picking up dust for a little while now...

I need this man to call me and tell me I'm fabulous everyday. That voice makes me melt.

Please keep talking about this system. It has no reason to be forgotten with all the great experiences we had and are still having with it!

Great show - enjoyed listening to you guys chatting about the excellent 3DS. More of these please.

Really love this style of vid. Great having you all come together

You guys ever consider releasing these as an audio podcast?

10 years ago i was 8 years old, now i’m an adult😶, when i first picked up my 3ds in 2011, the game i got for it was ocarina of time 3d and i was j blown away, being able to play ocarina of time 3d on the go and the game looked great

I love these long-form videos like this! They're so cozy and great to have on as I'm working on something.

The 3DS is my nostalgia console, and an amazing Pokemon machine from late teenhood to adulthood back when it was literally all I wanted to play. My top 10 most played games are dominated by 100+ hour games and 8 Pokemon games. My top 3 included Alpha Sapphire, Moon, and Ultra Moon in that order, all have 1000+ hours into them. I'm actually playing my 3DS right now, currently alternating between Mario Golf: World Tour and Puyo Puyo 20th Anniversary.

This Nostalgic Console, Now I'm using Switch Everyday, Such a Memory!!! 😍😍😍

Could have listened to you guys talk about the 3DS and it’s fantastic library of games for another 2 hours. Thank you for this!

Loved this video, just you guys talking about games is fun to listen to

You three have the best chemistry and make every video awesome to watch.

I love the long discussions between these three. Fun as hell

The Nintendo 3DS is one of my favorite consoles of all time. It has so many incredible games that still make me feel happy to play today. Even today, I'm downloading and picking up games that I missed out on for the system, and they're creating new awesome memories for me. Just like the gamecube, it has one of the most impressive lineups of games on an often less-talked about system. Happy 10 Years to the Nintendo 3DS!

23:00 Alex's kitty, a New 3DS XL, Animal Crossing memories.... literally everything that makes me happy in the world right there. This is my happy place.

This brought back so many memories. I was a huge 3DS player, and in the end I had three XLs. Thanks for the fun video!

I was 5 when the 3DS came out and I always wanted one. I might get one at some point soon since there's so many games that I really want to play that aren't available on Switch, like A Link Between Worlds, Metroid Samus Returns, Ocarina of Time 3D and Mario 3D Land.

The console that rose from the dead only for people to want it to die.

Enjoying these podcast-style discussions and it's great to see their personalities and passion for games coming through.

I love listening to your guys’ discussions.

I was also 16 years old, there was no wi-fi in my house at the time lol. My God, how fast it went!

Literally playing my 3DS while listening to this video in the background. Trying to finish my Gen 1 Dex Before Pokemon Day.

i got a NEW 2DS XL for christmas and i’ve been playing 3DS games lately more than ever. i feel like now is the best time to take advantage of the 3DS while you can still play online & use the e-shop. i love my 2DS XL and i carry it around almost as much as my iphone

It's crazy to look back and see how we all had very similar experiences with the 3DS. I also got mine when I was going to College. I absolutely loved carrying it in my backpack and getting multiple Street Passes throughout the day. Back then my time was split between going to class and my part time job but then being able to get together with my friends at the end of the night to play MH3U was great! The 3DS will always be in my top favorite consoles of all time. Thank you for making this nostalgia filled video and for sharing your experiences. Keep up the great work!

Shin Megami Tensei IV will always be my favorite 3DS game. Such a beautiful game with thought-provoking themes that still leaves a memorable impression on me to this day.

I love the 3DS. It's 2021 and I just upgraded my old 3DS to a New 2DS XL and am enjoying it. Fire Emblem and Monster Hunter enough reasons alone for me to have the console but there are tons of other great games on it too like A Link Between Worlds, which is my favorite Zelda game.

I had a friend who worked at nintendo when the 3DS dropped. As an employee he got his system early. My wife contacted em, and told him she was going to buy one for me. He gave her his early system before he opened it, and I got it like 2 weeks early. 3DS is a great system man.

Am loving these longer content, its like listening to a Nintendo Life podcast.

29:47 "its one of my smash holes." "... I BEG YOUR PARDON?"

Get a 2ds and or 3ds. Mod it and enjoy the entire 3ds library.

I got a 3ds in June 2011 for my birthday and remember the ambassador program I was so hyped to get the games.

If you've ever got the time, I think a NintendoLife Podcast would be super awesome! Been really enjoying these discussion videos recently and they're very well suited to podcast potentially :) Of course the video format is also great, just throwing an idea out there!

Lmao I didn't know what slow down was back on the SNES. When games chugged, I just thought "That must be slow motion, like in movies".

I wish they'd bring Streetpass to the Switch!!!

Man I love this type of Nostalgic discussions, it is just a great thing to listen. Any podcasts out there from Nintendo life

I just clicked this video not seeing how long it was. Thank you good people, it was a good listen.

I still use my 3ds to this day. I enjoy it more than my switch

The 3DS was/is amazing.

Really enjoyed this, I like the longer form nostalgia discussion

Loved the video! Also shoutout to Zion for saying what was on my mind for the 25 min leadup- freaking MII PLAZA was a BANGER when the 3DS was released! I was at university, and just carrying my 3ds around to classes maxed out my visitors. I'm not afraid to admit I bought into some of the mini games, favs being the war one and gardening. Similarly, I will never forget just sitting at Gen Con and the flood of 3ds green/blue light pings of other nearby 3ds's. Good times

This hits very hard.

The ambassador's program was my introduction to the Fire Emblem series. So I won in the end, I guess.

I got a 2ds back in 2019 and I love it, still playing some games from time to time

So many fond memories staring into these tiny screens. Majority of them being Monster Hunter (which populates the most of my Top 5 in Activity Log), but these experiences will always be held dear to me.

picked up a New 2DS XL a year ago, still feels new to me dammit!

I was in 4th grade when it came out, now I'm in my 4th college semester...

Man I played this so much in Uni thinking I was too old for it. Good to hear others have awesome Uni memories from it as well!

It’s nice to watch a retrospective on this. I was always a huge Nintendo fan as a kid, but I was at college for the better part of the 3ds lifespan and totally was oblivious to it. I bought one of the 2ds bundles with ocarina of time a couple years ago and didn’t do much with it, but this year I’ve homebrewed it and started going back to all the stuff I missed out on. It was a great little handheld. It had a lot to compete with though being at the advent of mobile smart devices.

Mario Kart 7 players rise up. 😭

I can't express how much I love the 3DS cause I'm not good at writing, and certainly all these tears aren't helping either

I bought a 3ds at launch, and recently found out one of my family members has my og 3ds, and im going to be getting it back in my hands again this year

I really enjoyed this video!!! The 3ds is one of my favorites. Backwards compatibility with ds games was amazing as that’s what I primarily used until it got more games.

I was planning on getting one last year but I got a PS Vita instead, maybe I'll get one this year !

"We cut the price in half because it felt like the right thing to do" Damn, I wish that Nintendo was selling me a 10 year old wii game with spruced up visuals

Still play my 3DS sometimes. Currently going through DQ8. Was late to the 3DS party though. Got one when the "new" 3DS came out

I got the very first 3DS on launch day and have gotten every iteration since then. Today I still play tons of games on my New Nintendo 3DS XL with all the digital games and Ambassador Program gba games I’ve collected over the years!

Got back to my 3ds to play the Dragon Quest remakes. Glad I did because they're really good

this dosent feel like its 10 years old

I owned a 3DS ever since late 2011 (I was in 1st grade) I still have my original blue 3DS, I love that system to death and I am feeling old now that it’s been 10 years. The 3DS shaped my childhood and it’ll always be my favorite portable of all time.

I would love to talk about more of my experiences with the 3ds and my most played game, but my new 3dsXL died due to water damage about 2-3 years ago and I still haven't fully recovered. I felt like I lost a part of me, but that in and of itself should tell you how much my 3ds meant to me. It is my favorite console period and I am so happy that it existed.

So you guys just gonna ignore the huge bomb Pokémon dropped today lol

I really miss the simple graphics of the 3DS. Switch is amazing, but there's almost too much information density on the screen when you design games meant to be viewed at both small and large scale.

I buy games for my 3DS regularly, I’ve bought two games just today actually and I love expanding my collection of 3DS games, it’s really nice.

A few weeks ago I started playing every Zelda game back to back to kind of celebrate the 35th Anniversary AND i'm up to Majora's Mask which I'm playing on 3DS and next is the Oracle games and having picked up my New3DS after more than 2 years of it being in the drawer just made me so nostalgic for it, even though I first got one back in 2013. Great console, with an even greater library

the DS/3DS are still way better than the SHwITch and have better battery power

I love these long form discussion videos. Super entertaining

ya know i’m gonna put this on in the background and continue my 100% journey in dkc returns 3D it just feels right

I can’t even explain all the nostalgia I have for this system. I can’t believe it’s all going away just like that. I will say that I remember how I got my first one. I found a 3ds somewhere back in 2013, no one claimed it and I cleaned it up. Mario and Luigi Dream Team was my first game and Omega Ruby had the most nostalgia for me. Rest in Greatness 3ds.😔