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[miserable]

Wait, what?
So there will be two "classes" of 3DS users now?

yes, just like on GAF you have the regular users and then you have the GAFGold members

 

[Hinchy]

Wait, what?
So there will be two "classes" of 3DS users now?

it's the exact same shit they pulled with the DSi

 

[Liha]

Exclusive to the New 3DS only due to its increased CPU.

Is that confirmed now?

 

[Hasney]

While reading OP, was thinking of how annoyed I was that I may have to buy a new 3DS.

Then I saw the screens and laughed a bit to myself. I'll stick to playing it on Dolphin.

 

[Fantastapotamus]

I'm not gonna buy a new 3DS just for one game, fuck that. If there are more "new 3DS exclusive" games coming maybe but for one ugly ass Xenoblade port? Nope. As awesome as the game might be.
A bit bummed out about the whole "new 3DS" thing. It feels like a half step. Not really gonna profit from buying the new one but being punished for having bought the old one.

 

[c0de]

We will soon find "old" 3ds cheap on ebay...

 

[3bdelilah]

I'd much rather have a Wii U remaster/enhanced port. I don't like playing exceedingly big games on a handheld, never cared for MH3 for that very same reason.

 

[meppi]

Yeah, fuck you for releasing new games for new hardware!

I've been saying that ever since they put out the Game & Watch! Fuck you for making me buy things I want!!!

 

[Jb]

This is such a weird move. I'll buy it if there are enough exclusive games to this system, but man the number of different SKUs for the 3DS is getting out of hand.

 

[Relaxed Muscle]

Exclusive to the New 3DS only due to its increased CPU.

HAHAHHA


HAHAHAHAHHAHAHHAHA

HAHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

This is an easy title to show people how much more powerful the new hardware is. Nintendo's plan is to extend the 3DS generation for a few more years without a huge leap in hardware. So this is basically the first showcase title for 3DS 2.0.

AHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA


HAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHHAHAHA

 

[TheRealTalker]

I wonder if they'll make a bulky CPU expansion pack for the OG 3DS?

 

[truestatic]

I shouldn't have to buy a whole new 3ds to play a 3ds game.


New hardware? You mean a revision of old hardware? Oh boy I guess now I should just throw out my old 3ds xl because now it's worthless and the successor is here right?

Granted, it's hardly arriving with as much pomp and circumstance as a new platform reveal usually is... but it seems something akin to that. Maybe close to a mobile phone generational leap. This is the next generation of 3DS hardware. I can't think of another intragenerational console hardware update that was this drastic.

 

[ZeroX03]

Love Xenoblade. Day one for me.


This situation with the New 3DS is pretty much just a DSi/GBC, right? Most games will continue to support the old ones.

 

[Sami+]

Exclusive to the New 3DS only due to its increased CPU.

._.

Fuck off with this nonsense

 

[also]

Interesting that it's exclusive to the new machine. That'll force the hand of many enthusiasts.



Jesus. Bioshock iOS has been redeemed.

Yes, let's judge games based on low quality screenshots of a video stream of a game early in development.

 

[MoogleWizard]

I hope the New 3DS has a bigger screen. Xenoblade is not a game I would want to play on 3.5 inches, the characters would be like 3 pixels big in some areas.

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

Am I the only one that think that second analog stick looks terrible?

And is this just a new "model" or a brand new system?

 

[MBR]

I'm so fucking happy the Zelda 3DSXL I bought was damaged and I had to return it.

New 3DS XL is mine with this announcement.

 

[JoJoSono]

Thanks for splintering the audience Nintendo. This is why i hate buying Nintendo portables. Always going to be a new version until the system's life is over.

 

[SparkTR]

I wonder if they'll make a bulky CPU expansion pack for the OG 3DS?

I don't think CPU expansions are physically possible, they aren't like RAM chips.

 

[DrROBschiz]

I bought an OG 3ds for 70 bucks used a while back to enjoy Bravely Default


Mostly because I didnt want to drop lots of cash on crap hardware

This new one solves a majority of the issued I have had with the original!

Thanks Nintendo for finally meeting up halfway

 

[Rich!]

._.

Fuck off with this nonsense

.

 

[SuperSah]

Won't run on the original 3DS?

Stupid.

 

[BLACK AMERICAN PSYCHO]

This is some BS right here.

How? It's either be exclusive or don't exist at all. 3ds is trash when it comes to specs, basically a calculator with modern shaders.

 

[Pinko Marx]

Exclusive to the New 3DS only due to its increased CPU.

Nintendo you fiends.

 

[Kouriozan]

This is an easy title to show people how much more powerful the new hardware is. Nintendo's plan is to extend the 3DS generation for a few more years without a huge leap in hardware. So this is basically the first showcase title for 3DS 2.0.

It's what I think too, including all the new buttons and all.

 

[LowParry]

I'd much rather have a Wii U remaster/enhanced port. I don't like playing exceedingly big games on a handheld, never cared for MH3 for that very same reason.

That would of been pretty awesome. Ah well. Maybe we'll see reprints on the Wii.

 

[Shengar]

Why not a HD port to Wii U? Easy money for Nintendo then I guess.

 

[Tomat]

So it runs like dogshit on your increased CPU? Yeah, that'll convince me to run out and drop the cash on a new 3DS.

 

[duckroll]

I hope the New 3DS has a bigger screen. Xenoblade is not a game I would want to play on 3.5 inches, the characters would be like 3 pixels big in some areas.

The New 3DS screen is 1.2 times larger than the regular 3DS screen, the New 3DS LL screen is the same size as the regular 3DS LL screen.

 

[LeleSocho]

Game Boy->Game Boy Color all over again.

 

[Shiina]

What a joke lol
Not buying another one of these things

 

[BlackJace]

Thanks for splintering the audience Nintendo. This is why i hate buying Nintendo portables. Always going to be a new version until the system's life is over.

Welcome to every electronic device ever

 

[Taruranto]

it's the exact same shit they pulled with the DSi

Yeah, but DSi came out, no one cared about the DS anymore.

3DS still fresh for most people.

 

[DrROBschiz]

Won't run on the original 3DS?

Stupid.

Did you see the trailer?

It barely runs on the New one

 

[Dr. Buni]

How? It's either be exclusive or don't exist at all.

I would rather it not exist then.

 

[koutoru]

I'm guessing Xenoblade won't be the only Wii port that plays exclusively on the *new* 3DS.

Also, *new* 3DS XL and the current one look extremely similar , this might get confusing to the mass market.

 

[TheRealTalker]

I don't think CPU expansions are physically possible, they aren't like RAM chips.

bu but maybe some extra parts and and...

 

[Zhao_Yun]

I shouldn't have to buy a whole new 3ds to play a 3ds game.

This argument reminds me of the whole region-lock story as well and I fully agree with it.

 

[vinnygambini]

So hyped! Never played Xenoblade so that's my chance

 

[Aressa]

Exclusive to the New 3DS only due to its increased CPU.

Oh wow, this is ridiculous on so many levels.

 

[DeuceGamer]

Wonder if the new 3DS games will catch on or if it will be like the DSi with only a handful of games availabe exclusively for it.

I also wonder if this will start becoming more common with smaller upgrades available more frequently akin to cell phones....I'm sure we will still get a generational leap at some point but I wonde if we will see these types of upgrades in between.

 

[FlynnCL]

I would rather it not exist then.

Are you serious?

 

[Fantastapotamus]

Welcome to every electronic device ever

Weird, I don't remember having to buy a new DS for DS games. Or a new Wii for new Wii games. Or a new GameCube for new GameCube games. Or a new PS2 for new PS2 games. etc.

 

[Shengar]

This is an easy title to show people how much more powerful the new hardware is. Nintendo's plan is to extend the 3DS generation for a few more years without a huge leap in hardware. So this is basically the first showcase title for 3DS 2.0.

Wait, new 3DS? Do you mean a 3DS with second circle pad?!

 

[kulapik]

If the WiiU name wasn't confusing enough...

 

[truestatic]

Well original 3ds owners are getting screwed over big time.

I'm an original 3DS owner. I don't feel screwed. I can certainly understand that feeling if Nintendo stops developing for the thing three years into its life cycle, but I don't think they're there yet. They've announced one *New* exclusive game. If Xenoblade needed to be compromised as much as it appears to to be released on their *New* model, I shudder to think what it would look like on my old one. I highly doubt they're done making games that run on the older model, but this one, I think, was out of reach.

Wait, new 3DS? Do you mean a 3DS with second circle pad?!

Yup. And an adaptable 3D affect that tracks the viewers eyes to line up the image, even when not viewing the screen head on. Pretty neat stuff.

 

[Guymelef]

Xenoblade 10fps Remastered.

 

[Billy_Pilgrim]

I stuck about 15 hours into Xenoblade when it first came out, but it didn't grip me.Voice acting was awful and the story seemed a bit rubbish. However I'm very aware that everyone seems to think it's the second coming of RPGs.

Any advice for getting back into it? I've tried to pick it up again a few times but I can't remember what I was supposed to be doing, and just got annoyed with it. I believe I last left it at the beginning of the second town, or just before. In some mine or something.

In regards to the 3DS port- it doesn't look pretty. Surely they'd be better off dropping some new hardware that can run Wii games?

 

[Qurupeke]

Well, it's a good thing I guess that I want to buy a new 3DS... But it's ridiculous. Why the hell would they release exclusive games to it?