Official Nintendo 3DS Discussion Thread - Specs, Tech, Price? It's all here!

[Mirby]

Like you can on the DSi? Don't know why they'd REMOVE features...

[Sakura Leic]

Huh I guess I never really noticed because when I play games that I play constantly like Disgaea or Pokemon or on an overworld in an RPG I have it on silent especially in public in respect to the people next to me.  I honestly had no idea volume affected the battery that much.

My brother however apparently doesn't really do that, like when he was playing a Wii game and I was playing my DS at the same time he asked me why I don't play my games with the volume up and when I told him that it was okay around him.  Then just last week he was watching You Tube videos on my dad's laptop while I was watching TV without headphones...yeah that was so annoying since I could barely hear the TV and didn't want to wake up my dad.

And with the 3DS, highest 3D setting too.

That makes sense.

And Wi-fi unless you can't turn that off...

I definitly remember that with the few times I've used Wi-Fi.  Doesn't the 3DS download things even when it's off too?

[Solar]

Huh I guess I never really noticed because when I play games that I play constantly like Disgaea or Pokemon or on an overworld in an RPG I have it on silent especially in public in respect to the people next to me. 

That's why you get headphones my girl.

[Sakura Leic]

That's why you get headphones my girl.

I know but sometimes I just like to play the game in silence, plus my current headphones are a bit uncomfortable to wear for extended periods of time and I hate ear buds.

[Mirby]

Get new headphones?

[Sakura Leic]

Get new headphones?

I will once the sound starts to get bad so it may be in a month or too.  Plus as I said before if it's a game I've played before sometimes I prefer silence since I've heard most of the BGMs a lot.  Besides even if I did use headphones it's hard to do in my school since people talk so loud.

[Solar]

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention the launch line up.



Nintendogs + Cats (3 versions)
Winning Eleven 3DSoccer
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Sengoku Musou Chronicle
Tobidasu! Puzzle Bobble 3D
Ridge Racer 3D
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle


EDIT: Oh hey, a music event.

[Sakura Leic]

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention the launch line up.



Nintendogs + Cats (3 versions)
Winning Eleven 3DSoccer
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Sengoku Musou Chronicle
Tobidasu! Puzzle Bobble 3D
Ridge Racer 3D
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle

Huh I wish they had a bit more, I mean suck at fighting games and I didn't get the other 2 Layton games.  Then again I'll be busy with Pokemon White so I guess it should entertain me until they make more games.

[Solar]

Well, it's the 5th Layton so you'd need to catch up with more than the first 2 games Or just the 4th which hasn't been released yet here, you know, prequels and stuff.

[Sakura Leic]

Well, it's the 5th Layton so you'd need to catch up with more than the first 2 games Or just the 4th which hasn't been released yet here, you know, prequels and stuff.

Exactly.

[Solar]

DAMN this Mario music medley is so awesome.

[Mirby]

Ahem.

There's three Layton games in the first storyline.

You're making it sound like there's only 2.

Devil Flute is before Curious Village.

Diabolical Box and Unwound Future are after CV.

I take it MoM is between DF and CV?

[Solar]

Ok, when Zelda's Lullaby started playing on that medley I seriously got goosebumps.

Posted on: January 07, 2011, 09:56:29 PMFINALLY some actual 3DS gameplay. Kid Icarus to be more specific.

[Kieran]

Man, that launch lineup is terrible.  Looks like I need not stand in line on day one at least.

[xnamkcor]

The ones I think I'd want for sure are OoT and Dash, but it won't get me to buy it for 250 USD.
I'll wait until there is a Castlevania and Megaman(Not RnR or Dash) game.

[Align]

I'll wait until I have a job.

[Black Mage J]

Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition

That's all that interests me, really
Call me closed minded, but this is all I truly need for a year or so.

[Dexter Dexter]

3-5 hours of battery life? FORGET IT. I can wait.

[Police Girl]

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention the launch line up.



Nintendogs + Cats (3 versions)
Winning Eleven 3DSoccer
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition
Sengoku Musou Chronicle
Tobidasu! Puzzle Bobble 3D
Ridge Racer 3D
Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D
Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle


EDIT: Oh hey, a music event.

Ah, nothing tickles my fancy, Not even SF4 3D, I've not played any of the previous Layton games so thats out as well.

C'mon Nintendo, a chance to put something people expect from Nintendo launch titles out (A Mario game?) and all you give us is [tornado fang]ing Nintendogs (Ooh, its got cats now, big f'ing deal)? Way to show your love for those Casual gamers with dander allergies.

[Gaia]

Since Pokemon: B/W's gonna have more features unlocked on this system, and BB:CSII along with DASH3 on the way, I'll wait for them.

I don't quite frankly give a [parasitic bomb] about Nintendogs, I have my own. Layton I miiiight look into, since my brother has Unwound Future (quite frankly, I might get Curious Village so that way we have two Layton games and will help with Mask of Miracle's plot).

This doesn't suprise me that the current Mario drought is affecting the 3DS at the slightest.

[Solar]

C'mon Nintendo, a chance to put something people expect from Nintendo launch titles out (A Mario game?) and all you give us is [tornado fang]ing Nintendogs (Ooh, its got cats now, big f'ing deal)? Way to show your love for those Casual gamers with dander allergies.

Or they could be, you know, giving the 3rd parties time to enjoy some of that launch popularity so they won't complain and use "no fair we can't compete with Nintendo!" as an excuse when their titles do bad financially?

Zelda, Pilot Wings, and Steel Diver will be out not much longer after the release.  Besides, remember that that's the Japanese launch, things could change for ours.

[Phi]

actually shows a bit of KH3D and Mario Kart

[xnamkcor]

Things that looks interesting:
Monkey Ball
Combat of Giants
Paper Mario
Ocarina of Time
Tetris
Gundam the 3D Battle
Metal Gear Solid
Pilot Wings
Mario Kart

All in all, a good lineup.
It's missing a main Mario title and a original Zelda title, but Zelda will take some time, and they were probably busy with Skyward Sword.

[Hypershell]

It's sad to think that my main game of the 3DS launch may be a VC purchase, assuming Nintendo doesn't drag their feet getting that out.  SF4 looks interesting and all, but I'm really not that into core fighters.  And I can only get so excited about a new one when Trigger and Zero are calling to me from my Wii.

So, between Kid Icarus and two N64 ports, Nintendo couldn't get any of them ready for launch?  Shameful.  I hope the U.S. looks better.  I'm afraid that if I buy Nintendogs, my wife will be playing the 3DS more than me.

And with the 3DS, highest 3D setting too.

The "depth" of the 3D effect is merely changing angles, so I doubt that would affect battery (as opposed to light or volume which actually consume more power for a stronger effect).  Whether switching it off entirely would save battery life or not, I suppose that would depend on how the screen works.  I doubt the system would just switch off half its top-screen pixels, though; I'm guessing the parallax barrier just moves to its "off" position and either you're looking at an 800x240 2D screen, or one of the sets of 400 is blocked entirely.  Again, just guessing.

I definitly remember that with the few times I've used Wi-Fi.  Doesn't the 3DS download things even when it's off too?

Doesn't mean the option to switch off wireless communications (as the DSi does) won't be there, for people who want to opt-out of such features.  The Wii has that "always connected" thing going too, and you can shut it off in the menu.  You can even opt into the WiiConnect24 service while still leaving the "standby connection" (download stuff while system isn't running) off, if you want.

actually shows a bit of KH3D and Mario Kart

...did I see a sidescrolling Rabbid at 1:22?

Or they could be, you know, giving the 3rd parties time to enjoy some of that launch popularity so they won't complain and use "no fair we can't compete with Nintendo!" as an excuse when their titles do bad financially?

If that's true then I don't want to hear a damn word out of those people after this.

Sega, Capcom, Ubisoft, and the like need to have a word with these people.  Most of the devs who can't compete, suck at competing for a good reason.  Just because the Nintendo audience doesn't buy shovelware or gratuitous gore shouldn't mean that the devs have nothing else to sell.

It's an utter lie to say that 3rd parties can't succeed on Nintendo.  But they look at the hardware sales numbers, expect an easy-street gold rush, and [sonic slicer] when they find out they have to actually put some effort into it.

[STM]

Sega, Capcom and Ubisoft also have three things in common: character brands.

As much crap as the band gets, Sonic still is a top performer for Sega. Capcom has the Street Fighter folks and Mega Man, never mind Resident Evil, and Ubisoft has found nice niches with The Rabbids.

Not to bury each devs other titles, but brand recognition is a very powerful force. It's why people buy Coca-Cola more than Royal Crown.