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Nintendo 3DS Japanese Launch Thread
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twingloxx2
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richisawesome said:
Jeremy Parish to the rescue? From his twitter feed:
Just had a great, energetic interview with 3DS designer Hideki Konno (& I put a bug in his ear to get Wario Land VB on 3DS Virtual Console.)
Dreamwriter
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Wario Land VB wasn't the only great Virtual Boy game. Teleroboxer was an awesome Punch Out clone, with fists coming right at your face! And Jack Bros., while not really the best use of 3D, was a fun game with great music. Finally, Galactic Pinball was a pretty good video pinball game with decent 3D effects,
Marty Chinn
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Man, I'm not sure I liked Kid Icarus. The control scheme just feels uncomfortable. I can't tell if it was just the rig they were using to connect it to the table that prevented me from holding it differently, but man trying to move with the analog and aim with the stylus really started to cramp my left hand after a bit. None of the other games made me feel uncomfortable playing it.
Grampa Simpson
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I rather wish that Nintendo had done this, and since the battery would no longer have been in the way, given us a second analog slider.BooJoh said:
From The Dust
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Did you try your thumb?Marty Chinn said:
hi,
does anyone know how region locking works on a hand held from an australian point of view? is it going to be regional partitions like with dvds- with australia and nz being a neglected and overpriced backwater or is possible that australian machines might be compatible with greater asian or even european 3dseses
does anyone know how region locking works on a hand held from an australian point of view? is it going to be regional partitions like with dvds- with australia and nz being a neglected and overpriced backwater or is possible that australian machines might be compatible with greater asian or even european 3dseses
From The Dust
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It's a PAL device. All euro games will also worksaucyminx said:
Grampa Simpson
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Wait a month. VOOK will tell us.saucyminx said:
I forget which podcasrt it was (either Giant Bomb or Weekend Confirmed) but one of them was describing it and basically said it would unplayable for anyone who is left handed. After that any potential in me picking it up went down the drain. Sucks because I was so happy to see the game coming out so soon.Marty Chinn said:
Marty Chinn
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From The Dust said:
I didn't even think about that. They told me to play with the stylus. That might help a lot since there will be better support.
Dreamwriter
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It depends on skilled you are at accurately pointing at things with the stylus in your right hand, or using some other method (the old thumb-shoe Nintendo used to include in DS Phats would seem perfect)angelfly said:
From The Dust
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Also get your hands on a thumb strap for precisionMarty Chinn said:
Upcoming SFIV3D Update Tease
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/03/04/super_sfiv_spotpass_tease/
http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/03/04/super_sfiv_spotpass_tease/
Dreamwriter
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Here's hoping for animated backgrounds
Marty Chinn
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StickSoldier
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I really think that Nintendo needs to release a thumb strap thing again. That was amazing for a FPS/Mario 64. I know that I'll be getting that damned hand cramp from playin Kid Icarus so hopefully I can get my hands on a thumb strap or somethin before it comes out.
MidnightScott
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Kuran said:
There sure are a lot of gaming anniversaries lately lol. Hope it's something cool. Although we won't be getting this update for a month probably.
StickSoldier
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Yeah I lost my DS and my strap was on it so that was gone, but I still haven't been able to get another one 
Here's a video of a person playing with a thumb strap on Dementium and Metroid Prime.. Looks much easier than with playing with stylus and holding the ds up with your pinky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWkfrNycX4Y
Here's a video of a person playing with a thumb strap on Dementium and Metroid Prime.. Looks much easier than with playing with stylus and holding the ds up with your pinky.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWkfrNycX4Y
Stephen Colbert
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The thought of great 3D Virtua Boy games like Wario Land Virtua Boy makes me realize the Virtua Boy was way ahead of it's time.
We have a small preview of it with the 3DS.
But I think Nintendo's next home console will feature virtual reality. Now that they did 3D and they did motion, there is no where else for Nintendo to do for the next step to really make it immersive, other than virtual reality. That has been Iwata's dream since the Virtua Boy. And Nintendo works hard to make it's dreams come true. They've also been sinking billions of dollars into R & D each year, and I can think of nothing else that would command that kind of budget.
We have a small preview of it with the 3DS.
But I think Nintendo's next home console will feature virtual reality. Now that they did 3D and they did motion, there is no where else for Nintendo to do for the next step to really make it immersive, other than virtual reality. That has been Iwata's dream since the Virtua Boy. And Nintendo works hard to make it's dreams come true. They've also been sinking billions of dollars into R & D each year, and I can think of nothing else that would command that kind of budget.
Lupin the Third
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StickSoldier said:
Nintendo still sells the old "thumbstraps" in their online store ( http://store.nintendo.com ) as a "Wrist Strap" for 3.95 + shipping.
(Go to Parts & Accessories, Manuals > Nintendo DS > Original Style Nintendo DS > Parts & Accessories > Wrist Strap )
Now, if only they still had some stands for Virtual Boy. Sigh.
perfectchaos007
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Stephen Colbert said:
lol the entire VB library in America was 10 or 12 games. Nintendo would probably release 1 game every year on the VC if they ever did release VB games on the 3DS VC. You know how much they like to spread out releasing items on the VC
StickSoldier
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Lupin the Wolf said:
HOLY SHIT... Im ordering one. Thanks
Marty Chinn
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StickSoldier said:
At $4, you may as well order two just in case =)
Lupin the Third
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I'd like to see Space Invaders: Virtual Collection released in some form on 3DS (preferrably in color). Granted, it's just Space Invaders at an *angle*, but still.
Footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFkNMlCKcs
As for VB Wario Land, I played the crap out of that on my Virtual Boy. I think I 100%'d it, too. Quite a fun platformer. One of the better ones Nintendo has made (I could never get into other Wario platformers). I showed the game to my wife and she thought it was kinda neat, but we don't have a stand for my VB. So it just sat on her face for the few minutes she played. After that, I went to test my Virtual Boy and it got the notorious glitchy meltdown in one eye...and it wasn't in stereo anymore. Sigh.
Footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bFkNMlCKcs
As for VB Wario Land, I played the crap out of that on my Virtual Boy. I think I 100%'d it, too. Quite a fun platformer. One of the better ones Nintendo has made (I could never get into other Wario platformers). I showed the game to my wife and she thought it was kinda neat, but we don't have a stand for my VB. So it just sat on her face for the few minutes she played. After that, I went to test my Virtual Boy and it got the notorious glitchy meltdown in one eye...and it wasn't in stereo anymore. Sigh.
What are the screens like in comparison with the DS lite?
I ask because I found the DS lite screen to be just the little bit too small for me, it put me off DS playing sometimes.
Just a guess but the 3DS looks like the screen would be exactly the same size as the DS lite when it is in DS mode.
Maybe the brightness of the screen would make a difference.
I ask because I found the DS lite screen to be just the little bit too small for me, it put me off DS playing sometimes.
Just a guess but the 3DS looks like the screen would be exactly the same size as the DS lite when it is in DS mode.
Maybe the brightness of the screen would make a difference.
Lonely1 said:
At this point, STILL, the closest to any sort of real battery life test has been donkey of neoGAF - who got 5 hours and 15 minutes at low brightness, with 45 minutes wifi and "some 3D slider play."
Still waiting for some enterprising game website to do a real world test >:/
Izayoi said:
Well, a real world test just means you standardize the test perimeters and then repeat it with different games to see the average.
Those test perimeters would be something like 1 hour wifi play, 3D on for 50% of the time, etc. You'd probably run a concurrent test where you didn't use 3D at all and another where you didn't use wifi at all. I'm not setting the test but it would be some variable of that.
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