DrROBschiz
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Yeah... Im gonna go ahead and disagree here
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Emily Rogers: Nintendo plans to support 3DS with software through 2018
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Yeah... Im gonna go ahead and disagree here
Hibiki Kurosawa
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I'm not really surprised. I see a similar situation to the GBA where the DS was being called a third pillar device and the GBA got some more decently significant games a couple years after DS's release.
Allan Holdsworth
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Well as mentioned GBA was only 3.5 years old when the DS released, so it made sense that it got support from Nintendo until 2005.
I can see 3DS getting some unlocalized games published by Nintendo throughout 2017, especially Level-5 stuff. Possibly a Pokemon spinoff (The Pokemon Company isn't quite as quick to change platforms), a Kirby spinoff and/or a port by a small external company (Mario Sunshine? F-Zero X?).
I can see 3DS getting some unlocalized games published by Nintendo throughout 2017, especially Level-5 stuff. Possibly a Pokemon spinoff (The Pokemon Company isn't quite as quick to change platforms), a Kirby spinoff and/or a port by a small external company (Mario Sunshine? F-Zero X?).
The12thGripper
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working on other projects for other companies /=/ never working again with Nintendo
I believe the EG rumor said no BC. I don't know if they only meant no Wii U BC, though.
James Scott
Banned
I'm guessing this has at least partially to do with NX getting a gamefreak Pokemon game early on.
There's no BC in any of the rumors so it wouldn't make sense to make one of their biggest franchise exclusive to something other than their latest system...but I imagine they don't want to give up the big installbase.
Maybe Pokemon Solar Eclipse and Pokemon Lunar Eclipse but one exclusive to 3DS and the other exclusive to NX.
It would be amazing if they went the extra mile like Dragon Quest XI and made two different games but that they could interact with each other. They can likely keep the Pokemon models as they look pretty good but I think it's time to revamp the overworld. Have it be more 3D with a fully controllable camera. It wouldn't look good on NX with the poor texture work they have. Maybe they can even use the battle character models for the trainers as the model the NX version uses in the overworld and for cutscenes
There's no BC in any of the rumors so it wouldn't make sense to make one of their biggest franchise exclusive to something other than their latest system...but I imagine they don't want to give up the big installbase.
Maybe Pokemon Solar Eclipse and Pokemon Lunar Eclipse but one exclusive to 3DS and the other exclusive to NX.
It would be amazing if they went the extra mile like Dragon Quest XI and made two different games but that they could interact with each other. They can likely keep the Pokemon models as they look pretty good but I think it's time to revamp the overworld. Have it be more 3D with a fully controllable camera. It wouldn't look good on NX with the poor texture work they have. Maybe they can even use the battle character models for the trainers as the model the NX version uses in the overworld and for cutscenes
3DS has had a pretty great year tbh. From Nintendo alone there's been BoxBoxBoy, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, Fire Emblem Fates, Hyrule Warriors Legends, Kirby Robobot, Mario & Luigi 5, Style Savvy 3, Pocket Card Jockey, Bravely Second and coming up there's still DQVII, DQVIII, Yokai Watch 2 and Pokemon SunMoon. And that's only the stuff I was interested in.
I mean it's going to vary by taste but objectively Nintendo's been putting out a ton of content on the system. 3DS is getting a heavier 1st party lineup this year than Wii U, PS4 or Xbox One are. If you want to see what a barely supported platform looks like from a 1st party perspective, take a look at the last several years for Vita.
BootlegSnackz
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my body is reggie for the Hotel Dusk sequels, bring em on.
Hmm, not a fan of the idea tbh. Nintendo should be focusing on making the NX the best it can be, so continuing to support the 3DS for another few years seems like a bad idea. Wasn't the entire point of the NX being a hybrid so that they could have both their handheld and console teams working on games for the same system?
It's also disappointing to think that this means we probably won't have a true NX Pokemon game until 2019. :/
It's also disappointing to think that this means we probably won't have a true NX Pokemon game until 2019. :/
stan423321
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Wait a moment, what the heck?!
I mean, okay, I get it. But... I don't understand. At all.
Linkstrikesback
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If true, sounds like hedging bets in case NX is an unmitigated disaster.
To be fair, Gen 5 never got a remake game. They may just do the sequel game & move on.
KirbYuuYuu
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I banked on this the moment Sun and Moon were announced considering B/W.
I'm not really sure what else Nintendo would release at this point considering DS was meandering on their part. Probably just some last minute localizations of things already done.
Colonel Mustard
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This is what I've got for 2016. I'm sure I'm still missing some stuff as this list is just copy/pasted from my "stuff I want/might buy" wish list.
Pretty fantastic lineup for a 'dead' console.
ElectricBlanketFire
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Makes sense to me. No reason for new portable-only hardware right now.
Maintenance
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That probably means Monster Hunter Stories will be fall 2017 or even 2018. Goddamnit.
LordOfChaos
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Yep. Didn't they use it for the DS before abandoning the prior hardware too?
Parting ways =/= never working again with Nintendo
Just that their long-lasting partnership is over for the foreseeable future.
So when you say 'it's going to vary by taste' what you mean is 'Do you like JRPGs? If so, it's good. If not... sorry.'
I don't like JRPGs and FE Fates was a huge disappointment.
Yep.
I pretty much called it, on the 18th.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showpost.php?p=214158378&postcount=49
Wait, this reads like a Vita post.
Maybe the 3DS really is dead?
It's not. This was a joke. Don't ban me please.
Sure, it's reasonable not to really go for what 3DS is offering. But it's sort of more of what it's always been offering (JRPGs, platformers, Monhan, etc) so I'd sort of question why you might have ever gone for 3DS in the first place?
Also, seems like it'd be you "way in the minority" on Fates.
themagicalkitsune
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Last year people here expected it to die through mid 2016 lol.
SatoAilDarko
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Probably Virtual Console, I'm not expecting anything big from Nintendo.
Let's look at the Nintendo franchise 3DS games released this year that weren't released last year elsewhere.
Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam, Kirby Planet Robobot and Mario Party Star Rush were all sequels to already released 3DS games.
Federation Force was both a third-party developer and Nintendo basically forgot about it.
Pokémon always takes a while to appear on the new console.
This was a year without a new console and that was their lineup.
Let's look at the Nintendo franchise 3DS games released this year that weren't released last year elsewhere.
Mario and Luigi: Paper Jam, Kirby Planet Robobot and Mario Party Star Rush were all sequels to already released 3DS games.
Federation Force was both a third-party developer and Nintendo basically forgot about it.
Pokémon always takes a while to appear on the new console.
This was a year without a new console and that was their lineup.
LifeBrandRobot
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It'll be supported by Japanese 3rd parties who always wait a few years before investing in new hardware. I mean the first Japanese publisher brave enough to release a PS4 only retail game was freakin Idea Factory. PS3 games are still being released to this day.
boclfon479
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I wonder what the possibility of a new meteos game would be for the 3ds or even NX.
I loved meteos back in the day
I loved meteos back in the day
Enter the Dragon Punch
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no. not even close
thisisvlad
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Honestly, we'll probably get a much greater sense of Nintendo's support of the handheld after tomorrow's Nintendo Direct. So too early to tell right now.
peanutbutterlatte
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Not if the last few years are anything to go by... though Pokemon was pretty rad.
Perhaps the plan is to keep 3DS going until NX can be shrunk down to a comparable handheld size? From what we're hearing the NX is more tablet scale right now.
Jubenhimer
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I can see Nintendo keeping around for a while as a sort of "iPod nano" style device for kids. Get them hooked on a mobile game, then they'll want a 3DS, then as they get older, they'll hopefully upgrade to NX. Seems like a decent strategy in theory.
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Echoing Neoxon, remember that Gen 5 didn't get a remake. To me, it seems more like they do one remake per engine (3, 4, 6). But you may be right.
Exactly. I'm nearly positive Nintendo has used this exact phrasing.
EDIT: Looking things up, it seems that Nintendo did not use that phrasing, but they did say it would not be replacing Wii U or 3DS, which many took to be an echo of the "third pillar" ideas.
James Scott
Banned
I wonder how cheap the 3DS can get and if they should make it as cheap as possible with NX coming out.
I think 2DS is like $80 so $50 by next year sounds pretty good for an entry level handled but it would make NX seem considerably more expensive
I think 2DS is like $80 so $50 by next year sounds pretty good for an entry level handled but it would make NX seem considerably more expensive
$79 for 2DS is a good price, that's already GBA territory. They need to drop the n3DS ($149) and XL ($199 still!) much more.
The12thGripper
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Actually, Game Freak does one remake per system. The DP remakes will be on NX, not on 3DS.
The point of remakes is to bring the games to systems where there's no way to play the originals. There was no way to play GBA on 3DS, so they did the remake. However there's still way to play DP on the 3DS.
VendettaRed07
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Well if NX is a hybrid I guess this is really only the second Pillar lol
But if true, then we should really hear about some bigger game announcements tomorrow. 3DS isn't going to make it through 2018 with spin off filler titles. We know virtually nothing of what is even coming out for it next year.
But if true, then we should really hear about some bigger game announcements tomorrow. 3DS isn't going to make it through 2018 with spin off filler titles. We know virtually nothing of what is even coming out for it next year.
I suppose that makes sense since NX isn't replacing 3DS and 3DS is till fairly popular.
I guess what we took as an implication of Pokemon moving to NX isn't true though.
Even the most obsessive of Nintendo followers should be able to see how absurd this comment is. 3DS this year has been pathetic compared to XB1, PS4 and PC.
I guess what we took as an implication of Pokemon moving to NX isn't true though.
Even the most obsessive of Nintendo followers should be able to see how absurd this comment is. 3DS this year has been pathetic compared to XB1, PS4 and PC.
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