3DS Software Lineup Trailer Might Justify the Price Tag
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I agree. The inclusion of a second analog stick would be great, but maybe the 3Ds has a way to make Metal Gear's controls less cumbersome on a handheld system. Metal Gear and Resident Evil are only games that made me interested in the 3DS...AndreyC said:
PSP to PSPGo had absolutely nothing new about it. No new control schemes, no huge leap in graphics or mechanics. It just allowed you to download digitally.AzrealMaximillion said:
... a matter of a fact, it ONLY allowed you to download digitally. And mind you, not every PSP game is available for download on the go (correct me if Im wrong, but Birth By Sleep isnt available). Not to mention the lack of good titles, compared to the DS.
The 3DS is a huge leap in graphics, as well as glasses-less 3D, using a method thats proven to work unless your blind in one eye (in which case, you can shut the 3D feature off [or if science and those damn media bastards are lying to us]). The reason this technology isnt used in TVs or theaters is because the larger the screen, the more complicated and expensive it gets to do. For a handheld, its perfect. Small Screen, maximum efficiency). While the PSP to PSPGo didnt really do much in innovation, Nintendo is pretty much taking their handheld from the equivilant of the N64 to something on-par with the 360's accelerator.
Just looking at Nintendos DS back catalogue, it makes the 3DS worth it if you have the cash and want a new DS. Not to mention the remake of old favorites with a new layer of graphics, and even a PS2 game. Plus some new control (like the Analog Nub), plus a few new launch IP's. PLUS all those sexy games promised to us at E3. Meanwhile, the PSP has... Kingdom Hearts Birth By Sleep... Yeah...
Oh, and know that digital download thing the PSP has? Yeah, the 3DS gets that too, for its massive catalogue of GameBoy and GameBoy Advanced games.
People arent getting mad at the 3DS because the 3DS is doing something drastically different. The console is a vast upgrade over the DS and DSi models. Their launch may be a back-catalogue of remakes, but Im fine with that. Those games are classics that I didnt have the priveledge of owning back in the day; giving me all the more reason to shill out the money and feel like it was money well spent.
To be fair, there was nothing to the PSPgo other than its full digital media. It was still a PSP. The 3DS is entirely new hardware, not just a 3D-enabled DS.AzrealMaximillion said:
If Sony had released a beefier PSP2 at $250-300, people would probably be more inclined to accept it.
Edit: Beaten to it
Wait, what?Mornelithe said:Wow, attitude much? Considering you're merely speculating, why don't you get back to me when you have some hard facts, other than the announced price for Japan.John Funk said:No, they've announced the Japanese pricing of 25,000 yen.Mornelithe said:
Which, as I said in the original post was the launch price for the PSP and Wii, which were released here at $199 and $250, respectively.
To my knowledge there has been no official announcement of a European/US price. Everything else is speculation.
Please read more carefully next time
I made a remark on the US/Euro price for the 3DS. You told me "They already announced it, lol and there's even one on the Escapist," giving me lip like I was not aware that they had announced the (US/Euro) price, I corrected you that they'd only announced the Japanese pricing and that there was still plenty of room to speculate on how much it'd cost over here, and I'm the one giving attitude?
That is a very skewed view of the world, friend. The only one here who ever spoke in terms of "hard facts" is you. That is the difference between "It seems likely that..." and "They already announced it."
First off, remakes are shit. Nintendo or not. It just shows lack of innovation or creativity. I'm not against sequels if they make sense or build more onto a series and help it evolve into something good (so to speak). But remakes are just annoying.AceDiamond said:
And also, Star Fox Adventures and Assault were fine. So a new Star Fox game would be nice, especially to make up for the god awful StarFox Command the DS was so proud about upon release.
Wait you're accusing HIM of attitude when you're the one who mocked him for not being aware that they'd "announced the price," even though they hadn't announced the price he'd been talking about?Mornelithe said:Wow, attitude much? Considering you're merely speculating, why don't you get back to me when you have some hard facts, other than the announced price for Japan.John Funk said:No, they've announced the Japanese pricing of 25,000 yen.Mornelithe said:
Which, as I said in the original post was the launch price for the PSP and Wii, which were released here at $199 and $250, respectively.
To my knowledge there has been no official announcement of a European/US price. Everything else is speculation.
Please read more carefully next time
Who's the one who claimed to have "hard facts" again?
This is a kind of ego you don't see every day, folks.
I must say i've had alot of fun with fusion, when are they gonna continue from where that left off anyway?ZeroMachine said:... Yes?epsilon246 said:
I'm a fan of the older pre-Wii (... heh...) stuff Nintendo had. I'm more of an XBox guy now. Plus, Metroid Fusion introduced me to the Metroid series, which I absolutely love. I like only a very small amount of stuff on the DS, and even less on the Wii, so I figured my serious interest in Nintendo for excellent quality games had ended.
Plus, somewhat unrelated, but I just haven't changed my Avatar in probably almost a year. Haven't been coming on here much.
The price will phase down, slowly. Right now the DSi will be your go to "Cheap" hand held. When another, new version of the 3DS comes out in a year or two, the price on the original model will drop.
Once they make this thing into a phone, Apple will shit it's pants.
Once they make this thing into a phone, Apple will shit it's pants.
Every editor here buys their personal consoles with money out of their own pocket. There is no such thing as the "office DS." We can add them to our taxes as a write-off, but generally speaking, unless you're a freelancer, you don't accrue enough work-based expenses to really make that worthwhile.KEM10 said:
So, yes, John will be forking over his own cash for this. Me personally, I'm not convinced. Oh, the technology is marvelous, yes, but I'm just not sold on the idea that this is a gaming experience I need yet. Perhaps further down the line, when the 3D aspect is better married to actual gameplay, as opposed to just being a visual enhancement, I don't know. Or when developers begin taking advantage of the better specs in ways other than just 3d imagery. Let me actually play the games, and we'll see. But for now, I'm not sold on a launch 3DS. (This is just for me personally, mind.)
But if you've played Metal Gear Solid 3, you know how awesome it would be to play that on the bus or a plane... and in 3D. I'm excited for this...Atmos Duality said:
Don't get me wrong; the 3DS system hardware is among the best I've seen in my life for functionality; and considering that I've been gaming since the Atari, that's saying a lot.ProfessorLayton said:
I'm just curious if/when Nintendo is going to drop some other original titles for the 3DS, rather than reselling games that have already proven their worth elsewhere.
To be fair, I have never played through a MGS game. Why? Because I watched my friend play through MGS2, and I didn't really want to bother with the series after that.
Though my policy for new consoles, as always "4 Strong titles worth playing, preferably unique to the system". I just don't count remakes as those required titles.
So counting MGS3, I'm up to 1 of 4.
The thing is... there's so much potential here. Sure, right now there are remakes and additions to already existing series but that's just for right now. Once we get some more developers working on it we could have a handheld that's truly great and not just "great for a handheld."Atmos Duality said:
Maybe I'm just being an optimistic fanboy but the games announced look great and there could be even better games to be announced in the future. Plus I'm pretty sure it's backwards compatible so there's the whole extremely strong catalog of regular DS games.
The main problem I see with these games;
Most of them are worn out franchises.
Now, there's nothing wrong with that to an extent. But I'm failing to see the definitive 3DS game that will really show how powerful it is.
Then again, I am being incredibly biased since I'm extremely skeptical of the whole thing. I've said it before multiple times, but I've never really been a Nintendo gamer, or a handheld one for that matter. They've just never really done it for me, and as pretty looking as those are (Though PSP has had some pretty games for a while now) I doubt that I would ever play them for more than a week, then drop them for something more fulfilling.
I want to love Nintendo and the 3DS, I really do, but it's just...they're not for me, I guess.
Most of them are worn out franchises.
Now, there's nothing wrong with that to an extent. But I'm failing to see the definitive 3DS game that will really show how powerful it is.
Then again, I am being incredibly biased since I'm extremely skeptical of the whole thing. I've said it before multiple times, but I've never really been a Nintendo gamer, or a handheld one for that matter. They've just never really done it for me, and as pretty looking as those are (Though PSP has had some pretty games for a while now) I doubt that I would ever play them for more than a week, then drop them for something more fulfilling.
I want to love Nintendo and the 3DS, I really do, but it's just...they're not for me, I guess.
...Waiting for a release date on that Paper Mario title...then ordering it so fast my wallet won't know what happened.