No it didn't. A handheld game that needs to be sold with a stand so you can play your game anchored to a surface due to its hand-cramping controls is indefensible. I'm only hanging on to my copy in hopes they will patch in support for this new 2nd stick.
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Software in development exclusively for New 3DS
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No it didn't. A handheld game that needs to be sold with a stand so you can play your game anchored to a surface due to its hand-cramping controls is indefensible. I'm only hanging on to my copy in hopes they will patch in support for this new 2nd stick.
marcincz
Member
I am totally confused. Few days ago I wanted to buy 2/3DS. Now I don't havy any idea what to do. New consoles, new gpu, second stick. What the hell is going on!?
If I buy 2/3DS now, probably I can't play in new games on...old 3DS. Maybe Xenoblade is only one exception, but I think in next years Nintendo will announce only games on N3DS. Completely strange and mess for me.
If I buy 2/3DS now, probably I can't play in new games on...old 3DS. Maybe Xenoblade is only one exception, but I think in next years Nintendo will announce only games on N3DS. Completely strange and mess for me.
They won't.
PumpkinSpice
Banned
You should probably just wait. I don't think this is as big a bump as some people, but wait-and-see is usually a good approach.
We also don't know if this is ever going to come to the west. I assume it will, but the market in Japan is pretty different and it's really weird of them to only announce for Japan today. If we get confirmation that this is never coming here, it'd be an all clear to buy the original XL.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
It's confirmed for NA/EU IN 2015.
The dsi also had improved specs same as the nu3ds yet it never got graphically intensive core games as exclusives. Nintendo is not going to abandon the millions of people who already bought a 3ds. At best get the nu3ds will receive ports and small eshop titles as exclusives.
The game is built around the way it controls, the only other input methods that would keep the gameplay intact would be a Wii remote, mouse or a fucking trackball. Having the gameplay degraded to the point where standard controls could've worked would have left the game significantly less appealing.
It would be like asking pro-Dota players to play with a PS1 controller. Or competitive Smash players to put up with a Wii remote + nunchuk. I picked it up in about 15 minutes and I'm hardly Jimmy off the Wizard. If you're not going to sell the game, I would consider putting in more effort to learn the controls.
I have a friend that doesn't have a 3ds yet that absolutely wants to play Smash 3ds in October. Honestly, this is kind of a shit situation for those that were going to jump in for Smash. I don't understand why Nintendo didn't plan this out so the NA release was during the Smash release.
I almost think he should just get a cheap 2ds, since there is no point getting a 3ds at this point (and 2ds is at least substantially cheaper, and you can get it for even lower with 2nd hand market).
Colonel Mustard
Banned
I actually hope they patch in DA controls for Kid Icarus. If only to prove how antiquated they feel compared to the scheme they have set up for it now.
Let online be the proving ground, where someone using DA controls won't be able to compete with stylus users. Just like in COD on Wii U.
Let online be the proving ground, where someone using DA controls won't be able to compete with stylus users. Just like in COD on Wii U.
Tathanen
Get Inside Her!
I played the hell out of the game without the stand, and had no problem. Controls took some time to adjust to, but I'm awesome at them now.
Sorry you're bad at it. :[
It's not a new system, it's a mid-cycle upgrade. It actually is what people thought 3DS was (or Wii U for that matter).
AlexMeloche
Member
Goddamnit, customers still don't understand that NDS/3DS are different things.
Also I bought a 3DS XL last Christmas, meeeeh.
I may have come off more annoyed than I actually am. The negative reaction to this mainly made me feel vaguely disappointed, but the announcement itself is rather exciting!
It just feels like an odd and somewhat petty thing to get upset about. So Nintendo should just not be allowed to do anything new with their handhelds until the end of their lives because it makes you feel insecure in your purchase? Just ignore it if so, the exclusive games wouldn't have existed anyway in your 1 version of hardware timeline.
Why doesn't Nintendo really talk to marketing people from the WEST before deciding to name their console?
"New 3DS" is supposed to tell people that it's a different product? How about "Super 3DS" or something. Then they can have "Super 2DS, Super 3DS XL, etc" for the same new product line.
The word "new" just tells people that it's a redesign of the same hardware.
"New 3DS" is supposed to tell people that it's a different product? How about "Super 3DS" or something. Then they can have "Super 2DS, Super 3DS XL, etc" for the same new product line.
The word "new" just tells people that it's a redesign of the same hardware.
AlexMeloche
Member
Well they could always name it something else over here. (Like 3DS LL vs 3DS XL)
Coffee Dog
Banned
My hands hurt playing guitar hero on hard or expert.
Does guitar hero have bad controls?
FleetingFlowAir
Member
If they port Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door to the New 3DS, I will buy it immediately. Xenoblade Chronicles already has me interested.
QuixoticNeutral
Member
Call me crazy, but as someone who skipped Pokémon X/Y with a mind toward eventually picking up Z, I get the sense that Z is a probable candidate for pushing the New 3DS. It might be too big a title to drop the existing 3DS install base, but as a third-entry upgrade in a Pokémon line already saturated on the old system, I wouldn't rule it out either, especially as one of the common complaints I heard about X/Y was its graphical performance (frame drops galore).
Pop-O-Matic
Banned
Yes
Giolon
Member
It didn't cramp my hands, and I didn't use the stand. *shrug*
poopninjamvc3mk
I sucked six dicks to get this tag.
GBA/SNES VC exclusive to NEW 3DS 
would make sense
would make sense
R10Neymarfan
Member
3D on in the overworld and Full 60fps battles would be a plus
eddfromtheriver
Banned
They sure are, i'd be royally pissed if i was a 3DS owner knowing that i'm going to miss out on some upcoming games due to the revision.
SMH at the people defending the controls in Kid Icarus. I had no problem holding the 3DS in my left and using my right hand to aim, but there is no way to defend the fact the game shipped with a stand because the devs realized that you might need to put it on a table in order to get better "traction". It has nothing to do with someone's ability or lack of one to hold a 3DS. Most ridiculous shit I've heard all day.
LOL This isn't anywhere even comparable. Shame on you for even trying to prop up that strawman.
LOL This isn't anywhere even comparable. Shame on you for even trying to prop up that strawman.
I wonder if they would be able to get Metroid Prime Trilogy running on this thing?
That's pretty much what it is.
I really don't get the new vs super argument lol.
I really doubt this will sell enough to justify Nintendo giving it anything that's both original and big exclusively.
That's pretty much what it is.
I really don't get the new vs super argument lol.
I really doubt this will sell enough to justify Nintendo giving it anything that's both original and big exclusively.
Yeah, right. You don't really think this?
Already happened with the GBC and the DSi and you didn't really lose out on many and/or important games.
Juke Joint Jezebel
Member
Doubt Majora's Mask would be a New 3DS exclusive. Grezzo did a great job with Ocarina of Time 3D with the old hardware, so just give them the port/upgrade job again and we should easily have a 3D Majora's Mask remake that'd be compatible across the board.
MiamiWesker
Member
GBC came out 8 years later, it was basically a brand new console. DSi is nothing like this, the "exclusives" it had could be largely ignored by the gaming public.
Xenoblade is already a bigger exclusive than anything dsi had. This is the equivalent of the 32x NOT a DSi.
This is spiltting the user base, which I guess to gaf is a no no to everyone but Nintendo. Maybe I am totally wrong and they just massively upgraded the specs to never make a good exclusive for the system, but sorry I am not that optimistic.
Astral Dog
Member
Im hoping its just ports, i love Xenoblade,nice that its portable now but i already played the Wii versión and i dont think the 3DS or new its going to be the best system for it, should have waited for the 3DS true successor imo.
It's a port of a four year old game, how is this any important or big? I mean it's not even really exclusive in the purest sense of the word.
And you would never be able to play it on your current 3DS anyway. Doesn't matter whether or not the New 3DS exists.
MiamiWesker
Member
You really think there would never be a new Mario, Zelda, Metroid, Kirby, DK, pikmin, Pokemon, etc gameade exclusively for the n3ds. You think they just upgraded the specs for no reason at all?
I remember the threads at the time. A lot of people thought it would supplant the original DS/DSXL like GBC did GB... nope.
History repeats itself.
Astral Dog
Member
I think its going to be kinda like the Dsi,just more realized,but not a true platform, just something in between the 3DS and their next handheld
Just be able to browse Miiverse/eShop/normal interface etc. much faster is a huge plus.
The DSi was also faster than the DS and there were games that only used some enhanced features but could still be played on all NDS handhelds. Nintendo will bring all the big guns to all 3DS, I am sure. It would be suicidal from them otherwise.
Let's wait and see what kind of games the New 3DS exlusives are going to be. I bet most of them are ports from GC or Wii or for other reasons rather unimportant.
While I fully agree that Xenoblade is bigger than any exclusive support that DSi got, it's still a port of a four-year-old game, one that's fairly niche relative to other Nintendo IPs. So no, I'm not convinced that this is a GBC situation.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Main series? Not out side of GC/Wii ports. I wouldn't be surprised to see some Mario and Pokemon spinoffs though.
rock band is loads better than guitar hero
maybe it's the interface, sound, rectangular bars idk it's so much better and feels alot smoother & easier (im pretty good but not like fire through the flames expert good)
Digital is not really that big in Japan.
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