Rumor: Leaked 3DS Hardware Specs Prove Its Power

[lacktheknack]

Wow, it's like an early century budget desktop.

Technically, it is early century and I still look forward to it.

I'll give you that.

I meant "2000-2003" time gap.

 

[gregitaly]

Sounds pretty cool, to bad they are wasting the tech on remaking crappy, overrated N64 games (Ocarina of time blows)

 

[Gigaguy64]

Im not tech wizard.
And a lot of that is still confusing to me.
But just comparing the 3DS's Specs to the Older DS's makes me a Excited boy.

Well from what I can gather, it looks like it'll be around the same power of a PSP/PS2, MAYBE close enough to Gamecube if they know how to work the hardware. All you really need to know if that it curb stomps the current DS so expect some pretty games on the go.

That's interesting, there were a lot of good looking games on the Ps2, and the PSP has some amazing looking games as well.
Really Graphics are great but for me i want it to have enough processing power to play faster and more complex games.
Iv got jump Ultimate Stars and even on my DSi there are still points when there is so many things happening on screen it starts to slow down.
So with this DS, Fast Paced Fighting games would be an excellent Idea.
Especially 2D Fighters, already the DS has some Beautiful Sprite based games.
And it even has some great 3d games like Kingdom Hearts 358/2 Days.
The Cutscenes look AMAZING and the normal Animation you see and Play looks really good too.
Im expecting some cool things from the 3DS.

The PSP is pretty kick ass when it comes to fighters dude, and they look oh so pretty. So if these specs are the real deal, I have no doubt you'll see some pretty looking fighting games. I'm sure Street Fighter will look excellent as it's art style is not too hard to emulate with lower end tech. With the processing power this thing has, don't except any real noticable slow down from 2D games. I played Guilty gear and Blazblue PSP all the time and those things run as well as their console borthers.

Yea, a buddy of mine has GG judgment on his PSP and its a lot of fun.


Man i need a better job....there is no way that ill be able to get this if it comes out this year...

 

[Gigaguy64]

Sounds pretty cool, to bad they are wasting the tech on remaking crappy, overrated N64 games (Ocarina of time blows)

Ocarina of Time blows

Spoiler: ...

Ummmm, ok.
What didn't you like about it?

And they arnt just remaking 64 Games.
Did you not see the Resident Evil vid?
Or that entire list of Games to expect?

 

[Worgen]

*sigh*

I'm still waiting for those battery specs.......

If those tech specs are real, I'm sure the battery life will not be all that much different from the current DS. May be a little less due to the dual processing, but it'll probably still pump out a reasonable amount of hours.

if nintendo's hand helds are known for anything its battery live, none of nintendo's competitors has been able to outlast any of the gameboys or ds's

 

[Worgen]

Not even going to pretend to know what all that means... I'll just have a cautious guess and say it's good for a portable...

3DS, CAN'T WAIT. Why wait for the new PSP? Excited for their fantastic line up of games? The PSP had possibly a grand total of 5 games worth playing. Not really worth buying but worth playing.

Guessing a Nintendo fanboy... Can we not pull one console down just to big up another.

yeah the psp had more like.... 7, 7 games worth playing, yeah thats about right

 

[Sovvolf]

Not even going to pretend to know what all that means... I'll just have a cautious guess and say it's good for a portable...

3DS, CAN'T WAIT. Why wait for the new PSP? Excited for their fantastic line up of games? The PSP had possibly a grand total of 5 games worth playing. Not really worth buying but worth playing.

Guessing a Nintendo fanboy... Can we not pull one console down just to big up another.

yeah the psp had more like.... 7, 7 games worth playing, yeah thats about right

Maybe, maybe not. I don't know... I didn't own a PSP long before it was broken and I haven't yet went and replaced it. So I don't know what games aren't and what games are good. However, as said before. Lets not pull one console down in order to big up the other. This often starts a console war (which no one wants).

 

[Worgen]

Not even going to pretend to know what all that means... I'll just have a cautious guess and say it's good for a portable...

3DS, CAN'T WAIT. Why wait for the new PSP? Excited for their fantastic line up of games? The PSP had possibly a grand total of 5 games worth playing. Not really worth buying but worth playing.

Guessing a Nintendo fanboy... Can we not pull one console down just to big up another.

yeah the psp had more like.... 7, 7 games worth playing, yeah thats about right

Maybe, maybe not. I don't know... I didn't own a PSP long before it was broken and I haven't yet went and replaced it. So I don't know what games aren't and what games are good. However, as said before. Lets not pull one console down in order to big up the other. This often starts a console war (which no one wants).

I do own one, Im glad mine hasnt busted since I doubt I would ever care enough to replace it, Id trade it in but there are a few games exclusive to it that I love, rtype command, prinny can I really be the hero, pursuit force, and dissidia

 

[Sovvolf]

Not even going to pretend to know what all that means... I'll just have a cautious guess and say it's good for a portable...

3DS, CAN'T WAIT. Why wait for the new PSP? Excited for their fantastic line up of games? The PSP had possibly a grand total of 5 games worth playing. Not really worth buying but worth playing.

Guessing a Nintendo fanboy... Can we not pull one console down just to big up another.

yeah the psp had more like.... 7, 7 games worth playing, yeah thats about right

Maybe, maybe not. I don't know... I didn't own a PSP long before it was broken and I haven't yet went and replaced it. So I don't know what games aren't and what games are good. However, as said before. Lets not pull one console down in order to big up the other. This often starts a console war (which no one wants).

I do own one, Im glad mine hasnt busted since I doubt I would ever care enough to replace it, Id trade it in but there are a few games exclusive to it that I love, rtype command, prinny can I really be the hero, pursuit force, and dissidia

When I had it... I just had Crisis Core and a really bad Scarface game so I can't really judge on what is or isn't good. Was going to replace the damned thing but I simply don't have the money at the moment and I don't often use portable consoles when I do have them.

 

[Mr. Omega]

I have NO idea what any of this means. I'm more of a "software-over-hardware" person anyway, so these specs could be awesome or crap. Judging on the games I've seen for it, I can't wait for the 3DS. (I still hate 3D, though...)

 

[CK76]

All the numbers are well and good, but history has taught me all what developers do with it. I remember being told the Atari Jaguar had 64 bits! Still didn't hold a candle to the 16 bit systems.

Kid Icarus looked good on this, and hoping still place for pretty 2D games (Castlevania please).

 

[shaboinkin]

This just popped in my mind: I would LOVE to see Portal on the 3DS.

 

[XT inc]

or maybe Ill wait till the 3ds lite or the 3ds micro or the 3ds XL or the 3dsi// would you please stop fucking one upping your own shit god damnit.

 

[Brotherofwill]

*sigh*

I'm still waiting for those battery specs.......

If those tech specs are real, I'm sure the battery life will not be all that much different from the current DS. May be a little less due to the dual processing, but it'll probably still pump out a reasonable amount of hours.

I don't know how specs translate to battery usage but I know one thing: Nintendo handhelds have always had great battery life. I doubt this will be much different.

If it sucks...adapters and rechargables are your friends.

 

[Atmos Duality]

The "conservative hardware" specs look pretty damn good for a handheld.
Keeping in mind that this is a device made specifically for portable gaming; it has to have minimal heat output and a decent battery life.

 

[-Seraph-]

*sigh*

I'm still waiting for those battery specs.......

If those tech specs are real, I'm sure the battery life will not be all that much different from the current DS. May be a little less due to the dual processing, but it'll probably still pump out a reasonable amount of hours.

I don't know how specs translate to battery usage but I know one thing: Nintendo handhelds have always had great battery life. I doubt this will be much different.

If it sucks...adapters and rechargables are your friends.

Normally it's the processor that can kill the battery. The more of it that's used or taxed, the more power it consumes. Although I am going to assume some games won't use full processor power all the time and be caped at an optimum limit.

Also how much you use the 3D of the device will determine how long the battery lasts on a single charge. If you always got the 3D going, it's goign to have less battery life than when it's off.

The thing has two processors so that is rather concerning when it comes to battery life. Both processors work together to render the image twice to produce that 3D effect. So I'm guessing witht he 3D on all the way for a full charge it'll probably cut the battery life by 1/3 or 1/4 or something.

Well that's my assumption on the matter.

 

[Brotherofwill]

Normally it's the processor that can kill the battery. The more of it that's used or taxed, the more power it consumes. Although I am going to assume some games won't use full processor power all the time and be caped at an optimum limit.

Also how much you use the 3D of the device will determine how long the battery lasts on a single charge. If you always got the 3D going, it's goign to have less battery life than when it's off.

The thing has two processors so that is rather concerning when it comes to battery life. Both processors work together to render the image twice to produce that 3D effect. So I'm guessing witht he 3D on all the way for a full charge it'll probably cut the battery life by 1/3 or 1/4 or something.

3D slider...how times have changed. I remember abusing the volume dial on the original grey block to save battery and struggling for hours with the gradually fading red light and silently praying everytime I saved while my power was low and the game asked me to not switch off the Gamebo...whoa ehrmmm....nostalgia flash.

Ok, I get what you mean, the 3D will be heavier on the batteries. Makes sense, altough I have no idea where you arrived at 1/3 or 1/4 (which would be pretty detrimetal). Fancy 3D visual come at a fancy battery price I guess. I'm sure Nintendo will figure something out.

 

[-Seraph-]

Ok, I get what you mean, the 3D will be heavier on the batteries. Makes sense, altough I have no idea where you arrived at 1/3 or 1/4 (which would be pretty detrimetal). Fancy 3D visual come at a fancy battery price I guess. I'm sure Nintendo will figure something out.

Oh the battery life being shortened by 1/4-1/3 was just my best guess considering the thing would be running TWO processors at the same time which is not that very energy efficient I'd assume. I'm sure it'll still have a decent battery life, but don't expect that fancy 3D to not have some short comings when it comes to the systems performance.

 

[Nostalgia]

As long as it has respectable battery life, can handle running games smoothly and has a library to back it up, I don't care. The DS games now look fine to me and the 3DS can only improve from it, so it can't look terrible.

It's a hand-held with a small screen where the level of detail seen from a PS3/PC/Xbox title frankly doesn't matter.

 

[Cadapalo]

Sounds pretty cool, to bad they are wasting the tech on remaking crappy, overrated N64 games (Ocarina of time blows)

It's dangerous to go alone! Take this! *hands flame shield*

OT: The fact the 3ds has weak specs compared to some of the devices now I see as a good thing because it'll bring the price down when it releases. In any case I'll be reserving this thing as soon as I am able to because chances are they will sell out very fast. It'll be the Wii fiasco all over again.