Nintendo has announced an add-on for the 3DS that will include a second circle pad and an R2 button. As seen on a leaked image from Famitsu magazine, the add-on fits onto the 3DS like a cradle.



Source: Kotaku.com, N-europe.com

I'm still not going to buy into this being real until someone can provide better scans.

If it's real,then it's not usefull IMO.

I see absolutely no point in that accessory...

Looks a little... uncomfortable...

I am not going to buy a 3DS in the first place to buy this one. Plus, I find it quite useless too.

I'm still trying to figure out if this was made by Capcom or Nintendo themselves. If Capcom, then it will probably just be a few time use add-on like the Guitar Hero strap for the DS games. If not, then I am a bit concerned where this is going. Will this be like the Wii Motion+ where other then a few select games it isn't really needed, or is this going to become something major? If that's the case, I can foresee a revision in the future. If it does become something necessary then those of you who purchased the original model are SOL because now you pretty much have to use this giant monstrosity (unless Nintendo does some trade-in program or something). Nintendo has stated before that there will be no "3DS Lite" since they took much of their design experience from the previous DS models into making this, but an entire control scheme is a big difference. Nintendo is holding a 3DS conference on Tuesday so we'll see what they say then.

This sure has been a wacky ride. Major price drop and a possible revision/major required accessory within a few months of launch? Nintendo really should have done their homework better before releasing this.

(Man am I glad I have patience when it comes to purchasing new systems)

Well, looks like it is real. Still, pretty odd for them already to be releasing something like this, and I guess that means the 3DS will have a funny looking circle pad off to the right side now.

This very much smells like a redesign to me. The price drop could have just been a way to liquidate production so they could work on a new system. The new one may easily be upwards of 200 dollars, or the older one may have its price slashed again. Oh well, I don't regret buying my system at that time due to Wal-Mart's early price drop.

Hmm. It looks odd and.. uncomfortable.
I really don't know what this could be used for.

Ehh. Not like I have a 3DS anyways.

I personally find the addon absolutely pointless. They might be trying to make it somewhat like console controllers, and it might work very well with first-person shooters, but it makes it too big, ugly, and it's nothing like console controllers. I also distinctly remember not many FPSes being on the DS

Okay, camera control. I can undertand that. But I still find it unnecessary for DS games, especially on the 3DS. There's the gyro, the touch screen, and the D-Pad (or the first circle pad if the game depends on the D-Pad more).

But there has to be something more than that for the Circle Pad. Nintendo wouldn't release an accesory to make better camera control for games after its release...or would they? I'm curious as to see what games utilize this new feature and how they do so.

I see a few connections with this and the Nunchuck, actually. So I think this might generally be used like it with a few differences in controls.

It seems like Nintendo wants their 3DS and WiiU controllers to look just about as similar as they can make them.

Like everyone else over here, I really don't understand the point behind this circle pad; it looks ugly and uncomfortable to me. I hope Nintendo doesn't make it something major, otherwise existing 3DS owners might become angry and things will not be so good after that.

What I meant by a redesign was that they'd release a redesigned 3DS soon with the second pad built in. This accessory is for those with the to-be-outdated system.