Mihael Mello Keehl
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Annnndd with that. You are dismissed. New game for new system. Buy it or forget it but dont cry.
Xenoblade announced for New 3DS
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Vermillion
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But Xenoblade can be played on the Wii U.
FTFY
I don't think it's too bad a situation and I am very excited to get the new 3DS. But it is easy to understand why it would piss off people.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
It's like PS3 and PS2? So this is Nintendo's successor to the 3DS, like going from DS to 3DS or Wii to Wii U?
Understandable, but Xenoblade has always been a game people called impossible on the 3DS, since the "old" versions quite simply are lacking hardware power where Xenoblade needs it. Xenoblade has a huge world, but rendering a lot of geometry has always been a huge problem for the 3DS hardware - that's why most good-looking games on the system are taking place in very limited areas.
This is pretty similar to a game that's exclusive to the GameBoy Color back in the day. However, due to the limited userbase I'm pretty sure that you won't see more than a handful of exclusive games for the system. That they've chosen Xenoblade is quite telling in two different ways:
1) It's a game people called impossible on the old hardware
2) It's just a port, so that there's not much resources needed to develop it
Uncle Rupee
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I'm guessing you didn't buy the Wii version either, so what good are you
SoraanTribal
Member
How quickly I went from excited to not in the matter of seconds. Xenoblade is my GOTG, but it requires the new 3DS? That's a shame...
Alcoholikaust
Member
LOOKS TERRIBLE
Y AWESOME
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
I WANT SCREENS!
AND THIS GAME IN 3D!!!
EDIT: YES!!!!
Except this is'nt a new system. It's a revision. One that sets a pretty shitty precedent.
bobbychalkers
Member
Honestly I'd prefer Nintendo not splitting 3DS base with no Xenoblade portable at the moment and saving it for the 3DS successor.
If it wasn't a 3DS, they wouldn't call it a 3DS.
This is not a brand new handheld, just a hardware update.
You're forgetting that Xenoblade Wii is one of the rarer Wii games around and it can also be quite expensive depending on where you go.
Not everyone is willing to go that far to find a rare game. GAF members or gamers might be but the general public that was confused about the 3DS vs DS or WiiU vs Wii might not be willing to or even know that Xenoblade Wii exists.
SoraanTribal
Member
This would be great, but not sure how likely it is.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
Great argument.
I love Xenoblade, it was my game of the year in 2012. This has nothing to do with Xenoblade, it has to do with Nintendo setting an ugly precedent.
Uncle Rupee
Banned
An HD remaster of Xenoblade seems way more likely than this version ever seeing the light of day outside of Japan, I can tell you that much. It's like Sakurai said about all the testing that goes into the new Smash, you think Nintendo will localize a game AGAIN, a game they barely bothered to release in North America to begin with?
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Deleted member 125677
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probably not, because no one is able to charge you a ridiculous monthly subscription fee in return for subsidizing it
That would be great honestly
boclfon479
Member
Ray Kurzweil wrote a book called the singularity is near, its a book about the technological singularity. while that doesnt have much to do with the topic, in the book he does talk about how, every "generation" of a technology, the format stays the same (release ->popularity -> replacement) but it goes faster and faster each generation. this could apply to the GB to GBC and 3DS to 3DSi, which is what i am guessing they will call it here
Freeman
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Sure. Good luck for all of you, I want nothing to do with Nintendo, I'm selling my 3DS and will never buy another Nintendo console and by consequence any of their games, they might as well not exist to me at this point.
I wouldn't take this shit from any other company and I won't take it from Nintendo.
Except my PS3 wasn't just the PS2 but a little more powerful. It wasn't a system that would still have it's exclusive games be FFX, MGS2, or other PS2 games. It wasn't a system still using the PS2 interface. It wasn't a PS2 using the same PS2 features. It was a whole new system.
The New 3ds is'nt that. It's still a 3ds.
That's what happened with GBA and Nintendo DS (though it didn't bar you from playing many games apart from few DSi titles) - It was a good choice not to buy the original 3DS when it came out. And should the new generation Nintendo handheld come out, I will give it a pass until later (more powerful?) models.
I think Xenoblade needs HD upgrade more than a portable version (though on Vita it would be divine), it was difficult to see all that detail on CRT and the game is unplayable for me on HD screens.
I think Xenoblade needs HD upgrade more than a portable version (though on Vita it would be divine), it was difficult to see all that detail on CRT and the game is unplayable for me on HD screens.
The_Darkest_Red
Member
So it's not comparable to smartphones at all, got it.probably not, because no one is able to charge you a ridiculous monthly subscription fee in return for subsidizing it
They called it a New 3DS.
Just like they called the more powerful DS revision the DSi. Also with games that could only be run on the DSi.
We're arguing semantics here. The truth is that the hardware has changed, processing power has increased and if they were to maximise that increase in processing power, it would be beyond the capabilities of the original hardware.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
Well you dont have to buy it, its not like you will miss anything its not like it can run on the old 3DS anyways so whats the point of whining? Xenoblade is exclusively on the "NEW" 3DS.. not 3DS, not 3DSXL.
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Deleted member 125677
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no, not when it comes to subsidizing.
everyday math
Banned
Holy crap ._.
You're aware that they've done this very same thing with every single handheld except the GBA? The GameBoy had the GameBoy Color, the DS had the DSi, the 3DS has the New 3DS. All of those revisions had updated hardware and exclusive games, despite not being a new system - you're kinda late with abandoning Nintendo for this reason...
Green Yoshi
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Exclusive to the new 3DS? I'm sorry but Nintendo can go to the...
The old 3DS has not enough power for this game.
Reminds me of the Gameboy Color. Some games ran on the Gameboy Pocket as well, others only ran on the Gameboy Color.
I applaud your exercising of your consumer choice. Not being sarcastic here.
I'm not going to buy the new hardware revision either or the new game because I've already got a nice XL and played Xenoblade on the Wii, but I'm not going to hate Nintendo because of it.
Uncle Rupee
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You realize that a lot of that extra processing power is being used to do real-time eye-tracking of the player to eliminate the ghosting effect, right? That shit doesn't just come for free. I'm guessing 99% of future titles will still be playable on a regular 3DS.
truestatic
Member
Look at how well it runs on the new hardware and then reconsider whether or not you really want to play a further hamstrung version on the old hardware. It's exclusive to the new hardware.
It's beyond the capabilities of the new hardware judging by the trailer.
Stupid argument is stupid.
And yes, I'm missing something, I'm missing playing Xenoblade on handheld.
thelatestmodel
Junior, please.
Jesus, this might just force me to get a 3DS.
Freeman
Banned
I only had a gameboy color and PSP and PSVita as portables before, I din't know Nintendo pulled this shit every generation, my fault I suppose for being fooled, won't happen again.
lol yeah, a New 3DS-U, so to speak.