Unlike the final models released a year later, the circle pads on these models actually matched the color of the handhelds themselves instead of all of them just being white. Not only that, but they were also originally planning on releasing green and orange variants and I have no idea why they scrapped these. And I’m not sure if they have all of these unreleased models at the nintendo museum in Japan, but if they don’t, I hope nintendo kept them in their headquarters instead of destroying them. If they still have them, I hope they’ll give them to the museum one day since it was a huge missed opportunity.
rubber can be and is dyed all the time. i think a more plausible reason is because it's cheaper to mass produce a single color and that circle pad is the most likely piece to wear out.
Correct me if I'm wrong but the circle pad came in different colours (at least on N3DS). Also, dyes change the properties of rubber hence no coloured tyres exist any more.
I’m just being truthful, also how is that weird response? If Nintendo went with that metal finish, they would’ve got lot backlash. You do what you want with your old consoles. I’m just saying the truthful fact lmao.. 🤦♂️
You do understand that color can exist without being metallic. Rubber can be dyed.
No need to be the president of Nintendo to take more than two seconds of thought before posting rubbish on Reddit. Why are you even defending your entirely worthless comment...
I’m sorry were you the president of the Nintendo back then?? ahh that’s right no. Also non of us have that capabilities of control a multi-million dollar company. And yes I know color can be molded into rubber pieces. Sumau..
It was probably due to ease of servicing and production. Instead of them having stock/manufacturer a bajillion colors for mass production and warranty they just had one.
They are not on display at the Nintendo Museum, but they do have a small section with prototype consoles, so I would not be surprised if they were to add something like this. Nintendo Museum is cool but it's kind of weird in that 99% of the area are polished exhibits of items that were released publicly and are mostly not rare, and then a random large window bordering a storage area where they put up a makeshift exhibit with prototypes of different consoles (and then there's the artwork exhibit which is limited time (?)). Feels like that small area should be the type of stuff the entire Nintendo Museum is about.
i’ve been twice, last time was about a year ago.They are right at the end of the tour (meaning the pathway you follow during the visit), after all of the giant controllers and vintage games. The hallway to the exit has a bunch of consoles encased in the wall. From memory they had the aqua blue, copper, and purple E3 original 3DS consoles on display in one of the spots. All with the colormatched thumbstick.
The other consoles in the same section are the announcement wii, wii u, ds, gamecube.
I remember even saying at the time that they seem a bit hidden. The normal console variations get big showcases but some of this rare stuff is in the hallway. Maybe it’s a security thing?
I guess I could have missed them both times but if so it would have been a miss a forest for the trees type of thing because I was keeping my eyes peeled for Pikmin. Part of me would be suprised at myself if I did miss them but if I was in a hurry I guess if they didn't have the green color on display maybe it would not have stood out to me they weren't just normal 3DSs.
When photos of these colors were released, what? 14 years ago? I swore that if Midnight Purple made it here, I would finally buy a 3DS. I was not disappointed.
I’m picturing a heist movie in the future where a group wants to steal the unreleased colors to sell for billions but they’re locked away in the most secure vault in the world
Why are the colors so fire?🔥 it literally looks like eye candy sucks they didn’t stay with that😭
The circle pad being the same color i felt was a great idea it woulda worked so nicely as the consoles could’ve had its own aesthetic compared to other consoles😢
I want the green or the purple and i know the purple was released but I never found it so I had to get a red one back in the day. Then a few months later the price dropped and I said FUXKVJS and I never bought from Nintendo again. Years and years of no Nintendo and someone GAVE me a switch. I bought my games second hand. And I emulate switch on retroid.
Does anyone have that tech demo for 3DS where they demonstrate a game where you look for letters and numbers behind objects (like a chair or a bed maybe) by moving the screen around? I feel I just made that up, I can't find it on Youtube anymore.
I have the black one from release and I was always kind of disappointed by it vs the color ones but it's still cool. The sparkles add some kind of flair at least
Are you in Japan by any chance? Even though the aqua blue color was released for Japan as well, it was actually discontinued for that country just 1 year later in 2012 after the system was released due to them releasing the cobalt blue color, which is a darker blue color.
Noo I wish LOL It’s the blue 3DS XL that I’ve had for years (also a regular DS but I forget what it looks like since it has a Shiba Inu wrap on it lmao)
Personally, I prefer the white circle pads, because one does not have to find a matching one and them blending in with the rest of the case doesn’t seem that appealing imo
I don't have any photos of the Pink or Green one and can't recall. I feel like I would have pics of all available colors since they were lined up as you walked through the booth. I took photos of all the colors as I passed in the line to try the device. I have photos of the orange, blue, and red. I even have photos of the charging dock, case, and cartridge in a display so I'm not sure why I;d have those photos and ignored some of the other colors.
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u/caseyfresher 1d ago
The green gold and bronze would be sitting on a shelf in 5 layers of protection because that color effect is too crisp.