Some 3DS accessory crap

[Dragon]

http://tinycartridge.com/post/9914987163/secret-scoop-the-extra-3ds-circle-pad

What the actual-

So basically Nintendo is making a cradle-thing that adds a joystick for lefties. Has anyone else seen this yet? While this would be useful for all twenty of the lefties that own a 3DS us lefties who want to play Kid Icarus without having to become ambidextrous, I.. don't really see this having much of a use except as a cash grab.

I'm kinda hoping this is a hoax, but if Nintendo is keeping the Wii U this is far less ridiculous and I guess it's a thing. Extra shoulder buttons might be useful, I dunno. Like some people said in the comments, it might just be for Monster Hunter Tri G, so..?

Thoughts? Opinions?

 

[Karkat Vantas]

To quote a wise man:

The reasoning is actually very simple: Monster Hunter.

The Monster Hunter team wanted a second analog, so they got one.

Having both Monster Hunter and Dragon Quest on your handheld basically means you win Japan- the largest handheld market.

It makes sense; it's just something that looks painful to use.

I personally think they should have tried to get the second analog stick underneath the B button. Oh well.

 

[Worst Username Ever]

Well, it doesn't look too nice. But we'll just have to wait and see if this will be useful.

 

[Erif]

I don't think they released the second analog stick just for lefties, nor do I think they made it just for Monster Hunter. More like trying too keep a hold on competition against Sony. :/

 

[fresh fruit for Adol]

of course they didn't do it just for lefties or monster hunter
and it's not really for keeping a hold on competition either

they just now realized they forgot something and they're half-assedly shoehorning it in there since, you know, for about three months we've more or less been beta-testing the system for them

 

[Erif]

This man speaks the truth. And ever-so conveniently did the price drop.