[radish]

Nintendo brushes off rumors of the redesign. Apparently they're also putting on a 3DS specific show right before TGS with a big announcement for a new title.

[Lick Meth]

[Takashi]

If I recall, the DS Lite and DSi also received the same dismissal of "rumor and speculation" just days before their announcement. But then again, the same reply was given to the widescreen DS and other crazy nonsense the gaming media comes up with.
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[radish]

It's really just a 'no comment' type of non-response. Kind of meaningless.
I'd still be surprised at that big of a redesign this early though.

[negativedge]

so what are the odds the new big title is something that will piss off the crazy nintendo fans? I'm betting on nintenanimals, which will probably really be called Nintendogs 3D: Nintendo Animals

or maybe another Animal Crossing that is in no way different from the original game, which is now like 8 or 9 years old or something.

[negativedge]

serious bet: a link to the past remake. get it it will be their link to the past FOR REAL

[Take It Sleazy]

somebody make a game like that where you switch between worlds and then you wizard of oz out into 3DLAND

[Bennett]

[negativedge]

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

there's something oddly depressing about that probability of a second analog stick/nub/slide pad/nipple for the redesign. I guess that's games now.

with their money, talent, licenses and connections, nintendo could make the 3DS the dominant handheld OR console gaming system (apart from mobile phones) through sheer show of force.
it's {untranslatable} to see them just shuffling along like this.

[guest253]

i keep seeing commercials for a non-glasses 3D screen laptop that uses it's built-in web-cam to track your eyes and adjust the viewing angle of the 3D effect, or whatever the words are.

i'm betting on that being the major improvement in the 3DS+.

[Moogs]

Like this?

[Takashi]

Position / Eye tracking positioning is actually a much better solution (not real 3D, but who wants that, really?) , but requires software to be build around it - parallax 3D is "mind" 3D, just rendering two different views and letting the brain figure out a shape. The tracking approach requires the software to give full control of the camera positioning, with the brain figuring depth from calculating temporal and positioning differences. Not compatible with previous 3DS software. Wouldn't be surprised if it shows up on Vita.

What happened to that faux-3D game for DSi ? The one that tracked your position so you could peek around places to find people or something.
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[evnvnv]

[skelethulu]

[SuperWes]

Gargoyle's Quest (which is amazing) is out now in the 3DS shop. Everyone must buy.

-Wes
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[Loki Laufeyson]

have they made it possible to download nightmare on elm street 6 and watch it in 3d on the 3ds yet?
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[remote]

why don't we please do it in the road.
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[Swimmy]

I just noticed in the estore that the DSIware Bomberman game has wi-fi multiplayer. Has anyone tried it? Would any SBros be up for bombing each other?
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[shnozlak]

[probably fine]

[SuperWes]

Apparently the NES ambassador games are live. Including Metroid and Zelda 2.

-Wes
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[skelethulu]

[evnvnv]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Crossposting from the news thread:



teeheeheeheehee

[spectralsound]

when i was like 7 or so my dad brought my brothers and i out to a town near the coast, to visit some friends of his and get us out of the city. this was where i had my only major injury (a sprained ankle from jumping out of a tree house), but more importantly it was where i saw a Sega Game Gear for the first time, courtesy of my dad's friend's son. i don't even remember what i played on it - some Sonic game - but it was the only time i ever held a Game Gear, and my recollection was that it wasn't that big, really, it was only a little bigger than a Game Boy. i never held another one again, and i never even saw one until i moved to the east coast - i was visiting a pawn shop i frequent, and they had one on display beneath the counter. i took one look at it and couldn't stop laughing - it was just so ridiculously huge, like they'd designed it for people the size of Shaq or something.

i take one look at that 3DS attachment and i get the exact same feeling.
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[Duckzero]

I just purchased a 3DS for 90 bucks. Which I feel is reasonable. I just need a game to purchase. Ideas?
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[Sniper Honeyviper]

Starfox 64?

Steel Diver? I haven't actually played it, though. It's definitely the most unique non-port on the system.

I heard from firenze that the Samurai Warriors game was unusually good.

If you don't already have the Gamecube version of Master Quest, Ocarina 3D is totally worth it. Combat is actually difficult, and dungeons are completely overhauled for the better.

[A New Duck]

I bought a 3DS used too, mainly to get the Four Swords, the Shantae, a bunch of other downloadable things, and eventually Kid Icarus. So I'm looking for other games worth getting, too.

I was gonna pass on Ocarina. But the MQ sounds good. Do you have to clear regularmode first? 'Cause that doesn't sound worth it.
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[Mr. Mechanical]

[Swimmy]

Ah, that's on gamecube. On the 3DS, you totally have to clear the regular game first, and it is way unfortunate.
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[Kinto]

Wonder if I could get it preowned with MQ and Mirror Mode unlocked so I can go in cold.
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[shnozlak]

Whoa yeah I was only interested in master quest that sucks.
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[Sniper Honeyviper]

Yeah, I should have mentioned that you have to unlock Master Quest. It really does feel like an entirely different game in the dungeons, though. Also, MQ and "mirror mode" are the same thing--you can't play MQ without the game being flipped like Twilight Princess Wii.

Something unique to the 3DS version is the ability to fight any boss you've seen from a menu, with time trial rankings.

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

Games like Solatorobo get the same performance boost from a 3DS that they do from a DSi, right?

[Mr. Mechanical]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

[Dark Age Iron Savior]

The Japanese version of Solatorobo, at least, supposedly made use of the faster CPU of the DSi to keep the frame rate stable in areas where it would normally dip (larger battles). But there don't seem to be any easily found tests of whether this was actually true, and trying to search about it just pulls up a billion rom listing sites...

[probably fine]

[Sniper Honeyviper]

Nah, Gamefaqs is a necessity for any sane person in some of the dungeons.