Yeah word.

International digital high 5!

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Guys face is incredible. They've got some impressions of stuff shown too.

• Our first go at the system was nintendogs + cats, and we were quickly won over by the adorable beagle we adopted. The frisbee seems to pop just slightly off the screen when it's held up by this furry friend, and you can almost feel the dog's paws resting up against the screen.
• Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3D "The Naked Sample," meanwhile, was very impressive for a camera-control-only hands-on. A pitch-perfect replica of the first jungle level of Metal Gear Solid 3, the demo showed the handheld more than capable of PS2-quality graphics, with enough seamlessly integrated pop-out and depth effects (the foliage) to emulate a window into Snake's little world.
• Resident Evil Revelationshad some of the best graphics we've ever seen on a mobile device, though they were only for close-cropped cutscenes of characters -- we doubt they can keep up this sort of fidelity throughout, and the title wasn't playable. Still, a modicum of camera control let us know what we were viewing was live-rendered, and it was impressive indeed.
• Kid Icarus wasn't playable, sadly, and graphics were a little blocky, but a brief video didn't completely fail to impress. Of all the 3D environments we saw for Nintendo's new handheld, Pit's rail shooter segments dizzily dodging laser beams showed the most stereoscopic depth.
• Space shooter StarFox 3Dwas one editor's favorite, and not just because it was actually playable -- like Metal Gear Solid, the demo brought the original game's first level to life convincingly, but also showed off quite satisfactory physical controls. We flew under arches in StarFox and through hoops in PilotWings with deft little motions of the analog slider, which we found both less touchy and more grippy than Sony's PSP nub. And oh yes, double-taps of the 3DS shoulder buttons had us performing loads of barrel rolls.
• Augmented reality: We love augmented reality in theory, and the addition of 3D and a bit of Nintendo-style insanity serves it well. We played one game where we strafed around an item card on the table, which blossomed a 3D monster bent on our destruction. Unfortunately, our intuition to lean around the object kept on taking us out of the 3DS's 3D sweet spot. Another game was much more effective, scanning our face with the front camera, and then pasting that face on flying robotic enemies that we could pan the 3DS around to aim at and attack.
• Trailers for movies including Legend of the Guardians and Disney's Tangled showed we've come a long way since the days of sub-25fps MobiClip framerates -- both had plenty of stereoscopic effects and no visible artifacting, and were perfectly watchable in either 2D or 3D modes.
• Racing games are a shoe-in for 3D, and Ridge Racer was very comfortable to play, if not too particularly astonishing visually.
• Classics collection: Something we wouldn't expect, but a roundup of a few of Nintendo's classic titles (Super Mario Bros., Yoshi's Island were a couple we saw) is actually served pretty will by the 3DS, with those familiar pixelated backgrounds given just a bit of depth. It's unclear if, when or how this would hit market, but we sure hope it does.

OoT 3DS will have an easier water temple.

Probably the only thing that stops me from playing it to death on the older versions is that fucking temple.

Pussy. Water Temple was boss. I was the first guy in my high school to finish it. :D

I'm going to get one of these. I haven't owned a handheld system since the original GameBoy (I'm talking the big fat grey motherfucker), and GameGear.

For once, I am excited about something Nintendo is doing.

More impressions on what Nintendo are showing off:

Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle, originally announced this fall when there was no 3DS, was much better -- and much 3D-i-er -- than you'd expect from a Professor Layton game made for the 3DS. Even though the game still employs the familiar hand-drawn 2D character models, the town map on the bottom screen is now polygonal, and the magnifying glass cursor now zooms in areas of the top screen when you investigate them. It's a nice visual upgrade for the already-pretty Layton franchise. The one puzzle I played, and failed to complete, involved putting a robot together in four parts. The wrinkle was that to assemble it, I had to put the pieces in four boxes, and I had to figure out which box corresponds to which vertical position, and in which orientation. That puzzle wasn't so 3D.

Face Ace was a small demo that started with a photograph of my face (after lining up my eyes and mouth with onscreen lines). It turned that photo into a nightmarish 3D model, dead-eyed and cackling, clad in a weird space helmet. It was up to me to aim a reticle by tilting the DS, and tap to shoot at my own face over and over again.

DJ Hero 3D used the touch screen for the same functions as the DJ Hero controller -- tap to simulate hitting a button, swipe to scratch, and swipe sideways to crossfade. I put it in easy mode for the demo, and that meant that tapping anywhere on the screen activated any color, so it was ... easy. This game had the most noticeable 3D effect of anything on 3DS. The note highway (or whatever you call it) literally seemed to split into two as it hit the bottom of the screen (which means, in 3D terms, that it's flying out directly into your face).

I also played Xevious. It was the classic arcade game, with all the ships and projectiles displaying in 3D. Not really much more to say about that! It is rather interesting that Namco Bandai is experimenting with 3D display for retro games.

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For some reason, the thought of 2D retro games untouched except for being in 3D excites me. No idea why.

Because you're a NINTENDO FANBOY!!1!

I think I might be if this lives up to the hype :$ To do that in my eyes though, 3rd parties have to learn the lessons with the Wii and DS. Just because it has motion control and a touch screen doesn't mean they have to use them in every single game. There's a stick there and a d-pad for a reason (I'm looking at you, UbiSoft)

This will go against my Sega fanboy roots :'(

No reason for Nintendo to ever give up on consoles if every single home console had made them a profit since day 1 on each release. They basically use the handhelds to help fund the consoles and the consoles to help fund the handhelds.

But if Shenmue 3D were to happen...

Pretty big line:

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Wow, 3DS > PSP in terms of graphics.

On the 3DS, he can also come out and EAT YOUR SNAKE :$

That was terrible, I don't feel good about that at all.

Would it help if I ate your snake?

There, now we're in it together.

Star Fox 64 3D is one of the few playable titles out of the oodles of announced 3DS projects on display at Nintendo's E3 booth. It's a short demo of the classic N64 game's first level, fading out after a few seconds of the boss battle.

The 3DS version of Star Fox 64 is instantly familiar to players of the original. The demo opens as you cruise over a short stretch of ocean (a shortened version of the original level's intro), soaring through a ravine into "Corneria City." The place is an obstacle course, the vision of some insane architect, and I crashed and collided with the archways and tumbling towers my first time through, as my eyes drifted down to the touch screen, which displayed the control layout.
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The Arwing craft is controlled using the analog nub and additional maneuvers are mapped to the D-pad. Lasers, bombs, accelerate and brake are executed with the face buttons, and the bumpers, used to bank and barrel roll, round out the simple controls.

Returning to the top screen, I found that the 3D effect really complimented the "course" in the level, drawing out the tunnel-like pathways through Corneria. With the system held steady and my head locked in place (any shift in viewing angle distorts the 3D image), the graphics were incredibly crisp, even with the 3D slider pushed to full. The ever scrolling gameplay (except when in arena-shaped boss battle stages) lends itself well to the deepening effect of Nintendo's new tech. This is Star Fox 64 -- a lasting classic -- in legitimate 3D.

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That's it. I'm pre-ordering a 3DS from Japan because Europe will have a long wait like usual. This will be mine as soon as it possibly can be.

Mario Kart in 3D would be crazy.

While Nintendo hasn't uttered a word on the subject yet, Japanese financial paper Nikkei reports (via Andriasang) that the 3DS will allow you to install your software to the handheld's internal memory.

For those who aren't familiar with how this works, basically, you select your installed games from the main menu and can then play without needing the original cartridges. Now when I say "your installed games," I mean the 3DS games you purchased and didn't download from the Internet. Right.

We don't know how much internal memory the device will have, but this is still incredible news regardless.

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If that's true, that is brilliant for a handheld.

Have they done a Smash Bros. for a DS yet?
That would be wild in 3D.

All the classic nintendo titles would be, really. They're all very energetic, fun and vibrant. It's the type of material that lends itself to the gimmick, if done well, which it sounds like will be the case.

Nintendo is 3 years behind on mobile glassless 3d gaming

That's perception of depth, not the projected 3D illusion.

The DSi can do perception of depth.

But we all know that they're not the first anyway, they're licensing the tchnology from Sharp for a start.

I love how Droford is just desperate for any reason to hate it.

I will seriously have to fight the urge to make sweet love to mine when I get it.

I'm just concerned spunk stains might ruin the 3D effect :'(

Screen protector, dude :roll:

I'm not going through this whole thread to check, but can this play DS and Gameboy advance games?

Ds games but I don't think GBA games.

I'll take that, I guess. Can just emulate GBA games, I suppose. Never got a DS, but I'll probably pick this up, since it is BC.

I'm reckoning there will be a Virtual Console on this if there's enough storage to install 3DS games. If that happens, expect GBA games on that.

If there's a VC on this, then GBA games will be the least of my concerns.

I'm gonna pick up a DS Lite when this shit drops, because they will be dirt cheap and I can continue to enjoy my GBA titles on the move.

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I love Jim for being hilarious and Chad is like an adorable 10 year old.

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I am more excited for the 3DS than any other gaming console ever. Do you know how I know this? Because I care about what the god damn cartridge is going to look like. Really, why should I give two sh*ts? I shouldn't, but I do, and for some strange reason I think some other people do as well.

We already knew that the 3DS would be able to play the DS's games and thus use its cartridges so the differences couldn't be too major, but there are some. It has a tab on it for starters. What could that tab do? It's probably where they keep the secret 3D magic. If only we could harness the power of that tab we'd be in business, people! Sadly, the magic tab is a secret that Nintendo will keep to itself, I'm sure.

A not so noticeable change in the cartridge is the fact that the size has been bumped up to 2GB. That's going to allow for a lot prettier and bigger games, as I think we've already seen demonstrated. Then again, with all the talk on downloads and non-stop connectivity who knows if we're even going to be using cartridges? Oh, wait. They already tried that.

Interesting... I'm watching the Bonus Round on gametrailers and Pachter says he's talked to Reggie about the 3DS and he said it "costs a lot more than the DSi to produce" and "We're not intending to start losing money on the hardware".

Pachter's shit at predictions, but he's no liar. $250 handheld?

I did end up paying £300 for the DS... Damn imports.

300 pounds? God damn. Did you pay $16000 for a PS3 as well?

I got 2 paydays at the same time from an old job and a new job. It was in a shop 4 months before we got the console. Total impulse buy.

It probably does work out at $16000 CAD :shifty:

I was referring to those fucktards who bought PS3s off eBay at launch.

I bet it will be touch-screen too. iPhone style, not DS though.

PSP has a few quality gems. Other than that, it is a rather shit system.

I would like PSP 50% more if they just add a second analog nob. There is still some merit to playing console-like games on the go.

Source.

Lookin' good. Doesn't look too far off early 360 graphics, really.

So the 3DS does a lot of stuff. It looks like it could also do videochat...in 3D.

Source.

The 3DS can do a lot, it seems. 3D, backwards compatability, online, movies, touch screen, that gyro movement stuff and accelerometer. What else could it do?

Make you a sammich if you ask nicely.

Source.

So if a dev doesn't bother with 3D, we'll get a bigger and/or prettier game. Sounds like good trade off to me.

I bet Nintendo, at least for a while while the system is gaining ground, mandates 3D in it's games though.

Yeah I figured that was possible but it seemed to obvious to note, but you raise a good point; perhaps developers will make games with no 3D just to get more power and frame rate.

PSP's looking more and more like a piece of shit.

Give it a year and a half after launch. Non-3D titles from the bigger/well known developers will come out (basically after the 3D loses its newness) and people will rejoice.

I'm sure there will be a bunch of budget titles and stuff from lesser devs which won't bother with 3D from the outset, but will be largely ignored.

PSP is a piece of shit. The only thing I like about it is that there are 20 or so odd diamonds in an ocean of crap. Worth picking it (and the games obv) up on the cheap for that.

I think the opposite is going to occur since developers know they need to take advantage of the "3D" to out-produce a Nintendo-caliber game since everyone knows Nintendo will use the "3D" in their launch window games at least.

Traditionally Nintendo handhelds are more forgiving in sales to non-Nintendo games than Nintendo consoles so it won't take long to keep developers on the 3DS and not jump away like they did with the PSP.

Shall we break it to Nintendo that the DSi has been cracked?

The only reason the PS3 isn't cracked is due to a powerful hypervisor system. There is no way Nintendo has one on a handheld. They're pretty big and need a lot of power due to the CPU constantly having to tell the hypervisor that it's fine to run that chunk of code.

And thinking about it, the CPS2 Capcom arcade boards did have a suicide function of you tried fiddling with it, so it's not amazingly out there.

Bluray discs themselves play a huge part since its still expensive compared to CDs and DVDs to buy discs needed to burn the games.

I would assume the 3D tech might be the hardest part to "crack" on the 3DS while games that don't use it would be similar to a DS crack.

Source.

Well, we find out release dates and pricing for "major regions" on September 25th officially.

I love the pride here. Awesome.

I shall get one of these.....once its been hacked! DOWN WITH NINTENDO!

Your Buddy Kal's probably gonna be pissed.

Why does embedding any video that isn't YouTube never work?

How the 3DS actually does 3D.

Why? He supports piracy by playing his brothers pirated games anyways.

lolol

I embedded DailyMoton yesterday and it was smooth as runny shit.

thats pretty fuckin' smooth, Hasney.

When I embedded it, I got a tiny square with a dot in it and then it dissappeared. I tried to embed a Fable III video a few days ago from some site that was using another video player and that didn't work either. It was just a big white box with a faded out scrollbar down the side.

...that's different.

I expect you to have a new thread up with 8 paragraphs trying to justify this by tomorrow.

How many words? And how many of those words should be in italics or red?

Don't know if anyone saw it yet but the latest issue of Nintendo Power has a small preview with some minor details for some upcoming games for the system.

The developer of the original X-COM game says he's making a turn-based strategy game as a launch 3DS title :D

http://i.joystiq.com/2010/08/15/x-co...s-launch-game/

Maybe this should get it's own thread soon but check out these DOA screens for the 3DS.



Looking good for a 3D hand held fighter.

Is there a 360 version of that or what?

This is all pure win!

That DOA game is 3DS exclusive. For now.

We've seen DOA, now let's see Resident Evil:

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Looks to be at least Gamecube level power-wise, to me.

Damn.

Source.

I'm no tech-head so I'm not sure how impressive that is, tech-wise.

You're almost holding a Wii in your hand if I'm accurate.

too easy

November 11th in Japan, $300. Comes with a 2gb SD Card.

Mega Man Legend 3 and a new Kingdom Hearts just announced. Hasney contemplating day 1 import.

Oh, and virtual console featuring Game Boy, Game Boy Colour and Game Boy Advance games coming, as well as hosting "classics in 3D".

SOLD!

I was getting the 3DS anyway but, still, I've wanted MML3 for so long.

Liking the sound of the Gameboy VC and the classics in 3D.

I've read somewhere they may be remaking Yoshi's Island in 3D. I hope so because the final boss would be amazing in 3D.

I'm predicting the UK will get the 3DS in time for Christmas at a price between £190 - £250.

While I agree on the price, I'm betting about March for the EU/UK.

Erm, I mean Feb 26th or Jap launch date. They did say "March" for US/EU as well.

With Japan getting it in November in you MML3 post, I thought December seemed a decent guess.

If it's Match, great, a month after my birthday so I should be able to get it for sure.

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Can't embe it because I'm on my phone, but the 3DS lineup looks amazing in delicious trailer form.

I liked the 2DS trailer. MGS looks so good, graphically.

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Don't know how I am feeling about the price. I mean, I am guessing in the US it will be around 250-300. I guess the good news is that I have plenty of time to get saving.

Yeah, handhelds have come a long way and it's really a home console in your hands, so you can probably expect it to cost $200 - $250.

PSP was stupid expensive and you saw how that turned out (other factors, but you know wht I mean), so I doubt they're go that route.

Hasn't Nintendo been all about making it's hardware as affordable as possible these past few years? I don't think it'll cost too much.

I'd call $200 reasonable. I'm actually happy to drop $200 on this, but not on a Wii.

It won't match the $300 price Japan is getting for launch since Nintendo always puts the US price about $40-$60 less.

It shouldn't be no more than $200 to $250 with maybe $225 as the actual price based on a lot of predictions.

The Wii was $300 in Japan when it got released and then $50 cheaper in the US while the US got a game as well. The DS XL or DSi was about $40 less in the US.

3DS will have Miis and an auto-Mii feature. You take a photo of yourself and the 3DS makes a Mii based on it.

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I think his soul patch beard might have confused it. That would explain the mouth being so low. I'm wondering how long it'll be before someone with a darker skin tone tries it and the 3DS can't read the face and we get "3DS is racist" videos."

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Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright crossover

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Oh Jesus fucking Christ I need this now.

Holy shit. The theme of 2009 - 2011 is crossover.

MvC3
Tekken x Street Fighter
Street Fighter x Tekken
Tatsunoko vs Capcom

And now this... it gives me hope for a true Super Robot Wars release in North America. None of this Original Generation stuff. I want Gundams and Go Lion and shit.

The theme of Capcom is crossover. Makes me think they've got some Chinese sweatshop and they're just telling children to MAKE THIS AND THIS WITH THIS ENGINE NOW. Then the whips come.

Dammit Capcom, How could you :'(

I'm also imagining the PSP2 being more powerful and even if it had every single one of it's core franchise games, in my head it's still lost to this. I honestly don't remember seeing a launch window this packed with games that I personally want. I'd kill for this even without the 3D gimmick.