Nintendo DS Thread

[dave is ok]

POKREMAUNS

[rama]

aww....shit.

[Rated E]

Nintendo 3DS is a disappointment. I hate 3D in movies and I doubt I'll be crazy about it in games.

Also, bravo on announcing this right before the DSi XL launch. I'm sure these machines are meant for different markets, but it's always fun seeing new hardware being announced before other new hardware has even hit the shelf yet

Perhaps we are witnessing the beginning of handhelds becoming just another constantly rehashed and replaceable product, like cameras and mp3 players.

[Joust Williams]

3D is cool, but not when it's tied to a 3 inch screen running N64 graphics. OK, it'll probably be better than that by then, but it's still going to suck.

Not that I think it's a negative in the typical "LOL NINTENDO is cheap" way...just, 3D is immersion. A tiny screen with old ass graphics is not immersion. That makes the 3D pointless.

[Low]

Some random news sources in Japan chiming in with info/rumors:

Nikkei

- control stick instead of dpad
- rumble
- improved wireless speed and battery life
- screen that is smaller than 4 inches
- timing on the announcement could be related to decreased software releases
- Nikkei expects release in second half of 2010

Yomiuri Shimbun

- "it is believed that the system will use a Sharp 3D LCD panel."
- this 3d tech is acheived by placing a small film on the screen, which is separated by a small space. The slight differences in the image creates the 3d effect

Mainichi Shimbun

- software developers have been briefed on the system
- third party software at launch

[Yoshi]

Other than looking kind of neat, what does a 3D screen bring to gaming? There had better be more than this behind the 3DS.

It's purely aesthetic, but it's a lot better than "kind of neat."

This will be very interesting indeed.

[Yoshi]

Not that I think it's a negative in the typical "LOL NINTENDO is cheap" way...just, 3D is immersion. A tiny screen with old ass graphics is not immersion. That makes the 3D pointless.

When you put it that way, it's hard to argue. Some of the most impressive things about 3D are also the most subtle. I still contend that Burnout Paradise is the most impressive so far, and a lot of what makes that great would be totally lost with a small screen.

edit: I also just read the "control stick," as in just one and no d-pad. So now 2D and 3D games will control like shit. If the games are $1-10, I'd give it a whirl for curiosity, but they won't be, so Nintendo can fuck off.

[kingoffighters]

I can't wait to play SRPGs with tilt control!!!

[Bacon McShig]

I thought Metal Gear Acid 2's 3D was pretty dang rad. Being able to achieve something like that with no need for janky peripherals or ridiculous glasses would be awesome.

[SamuraiMoogle]

Is it going to be a more powerful system or same old N64 shit? Would be cool if its Cube/Wii graphics. Would be even cooler if it played Cube games.