Nintendo 3DS

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Yeah, 3DS pretty much covers the spread on control options, which is why it really doesn't need a second analog stick.

Also, with DS's line-up as strong as it is for Q1, I'm not terribly concerned with how 3DS's launch line-up pans out. I'm sure the likes of Super Street Fighter IV and a couple others would keep me happy enough. I'm still going to be dealing with the likes of Radiant Historia. Okamiden, Dragon Quest VI and Pokemon Black/White.

Plus you can't tell me Pokemon B/W's placement near 3DS launch in the US wasn't by design.

One thing I'm hoping they fix with 3DS that I hated about DSi is add some kind of manual network mode toggle from outside the main menu. I hate activating network mode each and every time I need to use it.

[Armando]

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It's got accelerometers? Goddamn.

[Kailea]

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oh yeah I know both are not going to be launch titles, but my DS collection along with the one or two launch titles will keep me going, I will be watching though, and might wait myself. I never could help myself with Nintendo though, I have bought every Nintendo system at launch since the SNES (ok well my Mother bought the SNES but still.... ;p)

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Don't think those two are making launch, but I'm certainly down for Zelda and Kid Icarus.

Not much of a Star Fox fan, though.

I don't see much they could add to the system aside from better battery life (that would take some time), more internal storage (not really necessary given the SD card slot) or bigger screens (could happen).

Everything else it needs it has.

Accelerometers and gyros
Cameras for 3D pictures
Touch Screen
Analog stick
Wi-Fi
Tag Mode
Movie and Music playback

And most of those can be retooled for various control schemes, some already employing the gyro and cameras

Only thing left is it to make it a phone, really.

[Kailea]

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the remakes of Zelda OfT and StarFox 64 alone make me want this thing at launch.

Also, I am not sure if Nintendo will change the way the 3DS looks outside new colors or a slightly bigger model, it's design already looks polished and fancy

I mean yeah the GameBoy had 3 versions, the GBA did as well, and so did the DS (4 if you count XL) so I am sure that the 3DS will follow suit...but at the same time, I am getting a different vibe from it.........

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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DLCs on the other hand... ROFL screw that, I much rather wait for the GOTY editions and get them all cheaper than the original game. Even if they are games as good as the original Mass Effect or Fallout 3.

Pretty much this. Except for a little extra sticking it to EA and Bethesda, I'll wait for the roll-up in the used bin. Hey, if they want to treat me like a crook for buying used in the first place, who am I to disappoint them?

I'll be amused to see if Bioware or Bethesda will pull this sort of shit on 3DS.

Bioware I knew has a game up their sleeves for the 3DS, a Dragon Age game that's basically been their worst-kept secret for the last year and a half. Bethesda feigns disinterest in the 3DS, though you know they'd re-release something like Morrowind on this in a heartbeat.

[Raydeus]

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Like I said oh so many years ago.

I paid *drum roll please* more than 800 bucks for the PS3 and it was worth every cent, as do most games I've bought. Unfortunately the console was both rushed and released almost at the same time as one of the worse economic fails ever, so it had pretty much everything against it.


DLCs on the other hand... ROFL screw that, I much rather wait for the GOTY editions and get them all cheaper than the original game. Even if they are games as good as the original Mass Effect or Fallout 3.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Gamestop's systems seem to suggest that starting prices for games are going to be $39.99 and $49.99.

Sounds about right for around launch time and likely to change as games start flowing more regularly. Unlike some companies these days, I don't think Nintendo's going to allow companies to go on such price points forever.

PSP games started at $39.99 and for many of the exclusives you still pay that premium, though for most third party titles $29.99 or $34.99 is often the average.

DS also started the same way, it was SE that held out to the bitter end on the $39.99 price point, it wasn't until their arrogance of charging the same for Chrono Trigger that they began to settle for $34.99 and $29.99.

It'll change with time, but I can't help but find it a bit hilarious that people that paid $599 for PS3 and $59.99 for the games PLUS DLC content fees are the ones crying about the initial game prices for 3DS.

At least I don't have to pay for the extra costumes in Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition. Seems Capcom realized some people just aren't going for that. Also encouraging is that there's been very little talk about DLC in general for 3DS outside of the Game Boy/DSi Ware stuff and those would just be full games.

[Malacite]

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Off topic but Amnesia is AWESOME. I can't play it...that shit scares the hell out of me!! I bought it and make my son play it and I watch. lol

Yeah I still don't know if I want to buy it or not >.>

I love survival horror but I hate it when there's no combat and your only recourse is to just run like hell or hide.

[Kailea]

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and Pokemans hacking.

this is the main reason I hate the R4.........

[Armando]

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Thank all the R4 using douchebags for that, then kick them in the nuts.

What does region locking have to do with the R4? I'm drawing a blank here.

All I'm seeing this will do is:
1) Piss off the entire importing population off as they can no longer play JP-only games.
2) Piss off that smaller subset of importers that can actually read Japanese and NEED to play the next hot game before its US release.
3) Stop R4 users from "stealing" a ROM twice (once for the JP version, once for the US.) But that's no loss to Nintendo because if they weren't gonna pay for the first copy, they weren't gonna pay for the second either.

Also the R4 is awesome if anything for its ability to let you extract save files out of cartridges (great for backups or running the game on an emulator for recording,) the sheer laziness it enables of not having to switch cartridges, and Pokemans hacking.

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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Iwata seems to suggest that software releases are going to be pretty steady for the 3DS, somewhat of a contrast from the DS and the Wii at present, which sort of fluctuate, while the PS3 and 360 are more consistent.

That's nice to hear, I'm just hoping it wasn't just lip service for the US and EU territories.

There certainly is enough interest behind this thing to have steady releases, though I do expect some Japanese localization to be a sluggish as ever.

Also, I managed to catch the absolutely, positively shameless Professor Layton rip-off Konami is crapping out. Its not even subtle. And they're launching it against Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle. You'd think Konami would have a bit more class than to do such a blatant ripoff, even the people making Monster Hunter clones are more subtle about it.

I doubt it cam overcome the power of Young Layton's afro, though

[Feba]

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But yeah, I can see how it would suck for you, because once out that thing's probably going to be all the rage in Japan.

It's not even that so much as the fact that DS is a great way to study, and 3DS would continue that. Also I'm definitely buying Love Plus 3D if I don't already have a girlfriend by then, so I'll need a Japanese one for that.

[TheGrandMom]

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Off topic but Amnesia is AWESOME. I can't play it...that shit scares the hell out of me!! I bought it and make my son play it and I watch. lol

[Omgwtfbbqkitten]

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See, I don't really have a problem when you go that way about it. Unfortunately, unlike MP3s where people sampled and then bought them, games are a bit more of a pricey venture for the consumer, some take up more storage and some people just let themselves go on piracy just so they can keep up with the Joneses.

Those are the people I have a distaste for. They're not here to support developers and help good games thrive, they're just around to leech and be a part of the discussion on games.

I mean, there was a recent story about how Amnesia: The Dark Descent's success with consumers saved the developer from closing their doors. But there are actually a few EU studios that have had to close because the games Sony contracted them to make for PSP were almost totally pirated. Over 75% playing something like Resistance PSP online were not even legit owners of the game.