The Circle Pad Pro for Nintendo 3DS

I check out the Circle Pad Pro for the Nintendo 3DS, the history behind it and the games that supported the peripheral.

Main Channel: @ScottTheWoz

[taterman]

I love the “please shut up” accessories that Nintendo releases, like the ones where critics are asking for something so much that Nintendo gives in, just to still put some bs spin on it. I’ve been wanting to buy one of these for a while

[xSaintxSmithx]

I imagine Scott was lying on his stomach, kicking his feet up in the air while making this

[Kale]

The fact Scott got 23 minutes out of the circle pad pro is terrifying and impressive

[Logan_Irrelevant]

I just love how Scott manages to make an unscripted, 20 minute video, about a practically forgotten single accessory for the original model 3DS just astounds me.

[reddodeado]

The thing with Smash is that the game used up so much RAM, it would load a special version of the 3DS OS that was severely reduced in processing power. This is why some games like Smash and Monster Hunter "reboot" the base 3DS when you exit the game (doesn't happen on the New model because the extra power doesn't require the system to neuter it's OS for those games)

[Luke]

One of the reasons why a lot of developers didn't use the circle pad pro is because it used 5% of the CPU when implemented in games.

[TylerL]

I got the red 3DS in about 2012-2013, and the sparkly coating on that one impressed me as a kid. It had red sparkles as you'd expect, but it had subtle blue sparkles in there too. I took that as the Red/Blue glasses of old 3D, which I thought was a neat nod if on purpose.

[Yami-no-Raiden]

The Kid Icarus one is always so weird to me BECAUSE there are in game alternative control schemes, including one where you don't use the touch screen at all (It is a little funky, but it is functional...somehow), so it baffles me why the second circle pad couldn't be added on as yet another one of those alternative play methods.

[awakenedcrowl]

I was one of those few people who actually used the heck out of the Circle Pad Pro, for the game series it was initially released for - Monster Hunter. Yeah, I can put "500+ hours played with Circle Pad Pro" on my resume. My parents sure are proud of me :D

[maquiavelmg]

Fun fact, when MGS3 was released on the PS2, it did NOT have camera controls, it played like MGS1 and 2.
Only later Konami released the "subsistence" version, in which you could freely control the camera.
So yeah, there was this way to play MGS 3 with no camera control whatsoever

[AwesumIndustrys]

As a fan of the ThinkPad, the New 3DS C stick is really neat since it’s basically the same technology as the trackpoint nub on those laptops

[MrSquekersUPSB]

Unrelated, but I remember getting the 3DS almost a year after it came out. My mom and I were at Target, and she ended buying me one. My immediate reaction to the 3DS was that it was a little uncomfortable to hold, and literally the next day Nintendo announced the XL. Talk about suffering.

[yellowvoltage_]

I love that in Scott’s Stash, it feels like we are having a conversation but in Scott the Woz it feels like he’s just talking to us.

[andyn]

I was wondering when you’d cover this conjoined twin of an accessory. GameStop offered a preorder package with Resident Evil back in the day. It’s actually surprisingly comfortable to play with, helped that the game was awesome too

[grimslade]

As a side note, there was a tech demo of Metal Gear Solid 4 on the PS Vita. It was claimed to have used the same engine with lower fps. So technically it got pretty damn close to the PS3 (it did make it if simply running the same engine is the standard), which imo is very impressive for the time. As was the PSP pushing a PS2 like experience... I miss Sony releasing new handhelds.

[Absquatula]

I remember struggling back in the day with smash on the 3DS. I owned a copy of metal gear solid 3 for the 3DS and I was debating picking up the circle pad Pro, then I read an article saying how smash uses 95% of available memory and cannot afford the 5% needed for the circle pad Pro lol
That made it an easy skip for me

[TheGreatTomDix]

Mind blowing how the 3DS is now vintage to people!

[moongirl-dh]

This feels like a normal scott the woz episode minus the border, he's using his presenter voice, there's music, editing, video examples, but I doubt it's scripted. I think that's cool, I personally subbed to see Scott be a tad more chilled out with no to minimal jump cuts and to see the behind the scenes stuff, but I see why it's edited like this.

[ayoraster]

I think the main value of a c-stick for Smash Bros is that it allows you to do aerials easily. If playing without it, to do a backair while travelling the opposite direction, you'd need to quickly flick the stick back and press a, but with the c-stick you can just press the sticks in opposite directions.

[myriadmediamusings]

Glad we got a sneak peak of this one before the inevitable 3DS accessories vid.