Nintendo DS Thread

[Space Pirate Roberts]

Hah, you're right! That'll teach me to skim over stuff. Anyway, a remake is probably good news, as long as they just focus on prettying it up and don't mess with the gameplay too much.

[Uriel]

It's all about Mario Kart, Ridge Racer, and Star Fox. Those will benefit from 3D and not be fucked by no dual analog.

The stylus is better for aiming than a second stick. It's not terribly easy to hold that way though.

[Cowdisease]

My roommate who works at Nintendo was disappointed that he couldn't get to try the 3DS (Nintendo employees have their own mini-E3 in their office) since pretty much ALL the dev units are at E3. He did try the new Zelda (and other games) and he said that the controls are actually accurate, unlike what we saw during Miyamoto's Steve Jobs moment.

[Kbu Chan]

It's also got a gyro, so it could be argued that it's got three analogs.

[Diff-chan]

You could argue that, but it's dumb.

[Joust Williams]

People are going apeshit over this lineup but I don't see it

Unless Crash-city GP is actually F-Zero

[Timber]

I'm a whore for Nintendo handhelds so as long as this doesn't break $200 I'll be picking it up day 1.

It's all about Mario Kart, Ridge Racer, and Star Fox. Those will benefit from 3D and not be fucked by no dual analog.

Yes. Hopefully Ridge Racer is a launch title, I've bought a Ridge Racer day 1 with the 360, PS3, & PSP. I'd like to add The 3DS to that list as well.

[rama]

hmmm. 3ds looks kinda thick.

[Low]

Virtual Console's reimagining on 3DS?

http://ds.ign.com/articles/109/1098405p1.html

There are many, many tech demos for the Nintendo 3DS at Nintendo's booth, both on the floor and off. One of the more surprising of the tech demos was something called "Classic Games." In this interactive but nonplayable demo, you could cycle through 18 different pixel-perfect NES and Super NES games and see them reprocessed in 3D.

Basically, all the sprites and backgrounds have been pulled forward or pushed backwards to provide the appropriate illusion of depth using the stereoscopic LCD of the system. It's obviously a proof of concept to show that you can bring back the classics in a whole new way: in 3D.

Like this. But, you know, with depth.
The list of games in this collection included Mario Bros., Tennis, Super Mario Bros. The Legend of Zelda, Metroid, Musasame, Punch-Out!!, Excitebike, NES Open Golf, Twin Bee, Super Mario World, Kirby's Adventure, Mega Man 2, Castlevania, Urban Champ, Kid Icarus, Yoshi's Island, and Smash Ping Pong.

To be honest, it was fun to see the added depth. Bald Bull's bulging bicep coming out of the rest of his body, or Tennis's classic perspective drifting off into the distance. It worked. And even if you just want to play standard flat 2D NES games, just slide the 3D effect off on the switch.

[Cowdisease]

Well, if it gets people to buy the old games again...