Regulus Tera
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EatChildren said:
This is a case where Amir0x is right though.
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Nintendo 3DS Japanese Launch Thread
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This is a case where Amir0x is right though.
I'm very interested in seeing how the sales go in the weeks to come.
Everything from the 3D screen, to the AR stuff, to StreetPass and the pedometer, it's basically designed as a viral handheld. To get it out there, impress people who don't have it, and interact with people who do.
It could get a lot of momentum behind it, and the more it sells the more those features come into play.
Everything from the 3D screen, to the AR stuff, to StreetPass and the pedometer, it's basically designed as a viral handheld. To get it out there, impress people who don't have it, and interact with people who do.
It could get a lot of momentum behind it, and the more it sells the more those features come into play.
GameKult's SSFIV video review (in French): http://www.gamekult.com/video/super-street-fighter-iv-3d-edition-test-en-video-10426009v.html
sasimirobot
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yup. if you read the "Iwata asks" threads seems like they put ALOT of thought into the 3ds. It wasn't yeah lets push out a shitty design so we can update it 3 weeks later kinda thing. Dudes talking shit on the hardware design are secret haters, or waiting for a new R4 so they can pirate and join the club 6 months later for free. Pirates kinda suck
EatChildren
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Regulus Tera said:
This is a case where Amir0x explains the drawbacks of 3D and again expresses his dislike for 3D. Amir0x was 'right' in that the drawbacks are 'right'. His opinion on the system's 3D and its uses are not 'right', just opinions.
Why would you do that?
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I don't think so, because as evident from Iwata Asks interviews, Nintendo likes to plan ahead, or at least start early. So it's very likely that Nintendo is currently planning/preparing the 3DS "Lite," and possibly even the next generation DS.DavidDayton said:
This means that whenever Nintendo feels the need to, they can and will release the 3ds "Lite." However, you can't ever guess when they'll do it.
The blue looks horrible. Like, 4 different plastics+shades of blue. It makes it feel like they tried but could not get the same color on all the different plastics/parts. Kinda, like you see when you try to paint plastic parts of a gadget silver to match with the aluminum parts of the gadget.
plagiarize said:
I think that's possibly just a consequence of what's expected and what's not. Losing focus when you look away would be a rather natural and unremarkable consequence...I mean, I think people expect to lose their focus on 3D when they look away. They don't when they're actually looking at the top screen - so when they do lose focus in that context (due to tilting and viewing angles or whatever) it is something to remark on. That may be why you see people talk about losing 3D in one context and not the other.
Plus Stephen Totilo did report this in this impressions of 3DS a while back, of incurring the 'work' of this context-switch when looking between the screens. And tbh, it only makes sense logically. The screens will offer different focal points. Now I can imagine depending on the content on the top screen the switch may require more or less work - in some cases it may be very subtle indeed, even - but it's not like there won't be a change of focus just because the light of one or other screen remains in your periphery.
JoshuaJSlone
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Right. Like setting the volume down doesn't make the sound less stereo.Boney said:
I don't have a 3DS, but as someone with a 3D monitor I don't have an issue going from, say, monitor to keyboard and back. It's no worse than looking back and forth from something that's supposed to be in the distance to a HUD element that's presented flat at standard screen depth.gofreak said:
Why would you do that?
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To be fair, I only think the top of the blue system is amazing looking. Inside the system and underneath it are too bright.Sealda said:
There aren't enough shots of the blue 3DS closed at a good angle... The top of it alone sells me on the blue 3DS over the black one.
Note that I am not an expert.Zzoram said:
If I'm correct, as far as polygons go, it's roughly:
PSP < Dreamcast < PS2 = 3DS < Gamecube
But because of the shaders and the screen resolution, it makes the graphics look a whole lot better, to almost Wii/360/PS3 levels.
AndyMoogle
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The only revision I expect is a 3DS XL. It's not like they can make the 3DS all that much smaller, and it already looks kind of like a DS Lite and not an abomination like the DS.
donkey show
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Smiles and Cries said:
Stuff I mentioned last night before I went to sleep.
donkey show said:
I currently have the brightness down to one with wifi off, so we'll see how it goes from there.
And here are the new PSP
go
DavidDayton said:
Why would they?
Truth is, there are a lot of things that they can improve on the second revision, and almost everyone who bought the current one will eventually double-dip. They would be crazy not to.
Even though there is the usual launch dry spell, I'm too excited about having a new handheld that I will be picking up the black 3DS as soon as I get the chance.. not pre-ordering though, I'll leave it to fate.
SSF4 will be mine, maybe Pilotwings and Steel Diver too...
AceBandage
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Codeblue said:
Get it to market before the PSP.
Spiritreaver
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This really needs to be answered.Zzoram said:
EatChildren
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Kuran said:
I generally consider the "waiting for a lite" crowd being those who were not really keen on the system to begin with, and dont buy the whole "I was going to buy on launch but now I'll wait for a revision". It will be at least a year and a half until the revision. If people want to wait until 2013, fine.
Smiles and Cries
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donkey show that sounds good to be able to get a full hour extra!
wow I did not expect the grave to be so detailed but you can hardly see the go lol
wow I did not expect the grave to be so detailed but you can hardly see the go lol
AceBandage
Banned
It's 60FPS.
Period.
Period.
Well obviously if you straight up look completely away from the system you'll need to reacquire the effect.gofreak said:
However, I think he was talking about glancing between the screens. The way the parallax barrier is set up, this should not (and does not, according to impressions) break the 3D effect or force you to refocus at all.
Joke's on them, the world ends in 2012.EatChildren said:
AndyMoogle said:
I would really dig a 3DS XL. I only have a DS Lite, but I thought the DSi XL was awesome. I just couldn't justify paying so much for a second DS when my Lite is still in great shape.
The two things I want most out of a 3DS revision are better battery life and XL size. I imagine in 2 years, the battery life will improve due to the current CPU/GPU being produced on a smaller fab process, and possibly combined into 1 chip. That, plus there might be a boost in screen quality like there was between DS->DS Lite since naked 3D screens are relatively new and there is likely much room for improvement.
I'm willing to wait because none of the launch window titles interest me, and I don't really have time for a bunch of new games right now anyways. Pokemon White + finishing Platinum Trophy on Demon's Souls + Starcraft II will easily keep me busy through the summer.
donkey show
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You can see the ever so slight hiccups here and there, but it's 60 fps in all modes. I just play the over-the-shoulder mode online. Good times and it works well.gkryhewy said:
DavidDayton said:
Nope, no idea. But considering the pedometer is active when its in standby when you're walking around, I wouldn't be able to really gauge at the moment.
sasimirobot
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Sealda said:
try again. read more. the hardware engineers did that on purpose. read "iwata asks" and get to back us. im not saying everyone will get it or like it, but its not a design mistake
neo2046
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Japanese Nintendo 3DS Launch (Nintendo of Europe's coverage)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSrEtj0fPZU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSrEtj0fPZU
Spiritreaver
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Great to hear.donkey show said:
This is definitely my most anticipated launch title. It's a shame more games couldn't have had online play.
This is only for DOA. However there were a lot of mixed bag reactions to the SSF4 frame rate for a while.Zzoram said:
AceBandage
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Zzoram said:
Only if developers let it.
You. Watch this:Sealda said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w18qZ1baBZI&hd=1&t=3m35s
This is only the case in ONE title that we know of, and that's Dead or Alive.Zzoram said:
God damnit Team Ninja, why do you make it hard for everyone else.
donkey show
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Zzoram said:
Boney said:
LOL! Was it because of the last pic on the face video?
EatChildren
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Zzoram said:
Its not universal. It depends entirely on how the game is programmed. DoA is the only game we've had direct confirmation of having framerate differences.
I think Nintendo said recently that when they launched the original DS, they already had full plans for the DSL brewing. As of this 3DS launch there are no plans for a redesign. So I figure there either won't be a design update, or if there is it'll take a bit longer than it did to go from DS to DSL.DavidDayton said:
What I do fully expect within a shorter timeframe, however, is new colors.
Dreamwriter
Member
That's exactly the reason Nintendo won't release a followup quickly - there are NOT a lot of things they could improve on. Battery life sure, though it would require the system be larger (or battery technology to suddenly get a LOT better). A larger screen would make it worse, not better, as parallax-barrier tech works best with smaller screens (which is why we don't have TV's using it). The 3DS's screen has the largest "sweet spot" of all Sharp's 3D displays so far, so they couldn't improve that. The system can't possibly get any smaller, the case is completely packed. They couldn't make the CPU/GPU any better without affecting games already being made and splitting their market.Kuran said:
Compare that to the original DS Phat, which was clearly rushed to meet the PSP launch (3DS wasn't rushed at all, it was the first announced, and they even delayed it a few months). The DS Phat was fairly ugly, and had all sorts of strange angles and open space that could easily be optimized away. Its LCD wasn't very good, and the screen could break easily. Thus the DS Lite, which came out a little over a year and a half after the original DS. If we get a followup to the 3DS, it's definitely going to be longer than that. I'd put it at 3-4 years.
donkey show
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I love you, too. :3Izayoi said:
I'm gonna take the 3DS when I go snowboarding tomorrow and rock it like an MP3 player. I better not crash and burn, heh.
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