Pancake Mix
Copied someone else's pancake recipe
Gonna call BS on "through 2018", that may be the plan right now, but I don't see Nintendo sticking to that final year. I hope they do, however.
-
Hey, guest user. Hope you're enjoying NeoGAF! Have you considered registering for an account? Come join us and add your take to the daily discourse.
Emily Rogers: Nintendo plans to support 3DS with software through 2018
- Thread starter Toadthemushroom
- Start date
D
Deleted member 465307
Unconfirmed Member
If they hadn't just announced that Galaxy 3DS at $200, I'd have said that this upcoming 3DS Direct would have been the perfect chance announce a $20 price cut (while adding a game bundle) to n3DS XL to echo the new n3DS bundle. I see n3DS eventually hitting $120 and n3DS XL going to $150. I could also see 2DS at $60, n3DS at $100, and n3DS XL at $130 (perhaps with no bundled game), but that would be the final, final price before the system is completely phased out.
I mostly agree with this and think it's good logic, but the Gen 1 remakes do go against your reasoning for why they exist. I wouldn't be surprised if the reasoning was still something like that, though, like perhaps having to do with Pokémon availability.
Agreed. 2017 is guaranteed right now, but if 3DS software sales tank and NX takes off, I see those 2018 3DS titles at least becoming cross-gen.
It's a subjective response, and one that the poster puts forth as a possible argument only.
What wasn't a subjective statement was the absurd post he was responding to. 3DS has had more 1st party releases so far in 2016 than PS4, Xbox One and Steam combined.
I doubt that. I would like it very much, but I doubt it.
MaximumSpider
Banned
We might see DP remakes on 3DS after all! Hopefully, it uses Platinum's content.
As stated earlier, the DS didn't see a Gen 3 remake during Gen 5. Also keep in mind that you can still play Gen 4 on your 3DS, so it doesn't really make much sense to do the remake on the 3DS.
If I had to guess, Game Freak may just do a sequel game for Sun/Moon in 2017 (which may or may not also see an NX release depending on how hard Nintendo pushes for it), then move on to Gen 8 on the NX exclusively & include the Gen 4 remakes with it.
You need to put up a new pillar before you knock down the old one yeah.
Well I guess if you can consider the crumbled stump of Wii U as a pillar.
BluePikmin11
Member
This gives me full relief, because it tells me that YW3 could be localized here.
Of course, this is just a rumor, but still.
Of course, this is just a rumor, but still.
Dark Cloud
Member
Retro was rumored to be working on two games. Maybe one game is for 3DS.
ArchedThunder
Banned
Maybe with localizations, but I don't see Nintendo putting man power on developing new games for the 3DS after NX hits.
Tavernacle12
Member
This makes me happy. I'm not thrilled with the lack of a clamshell on the NX as a 'portable' system after so many years of DS, and I'd miss potentially losing Streetpass.
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Punchout!! Wii on 3DS is my dream port. I love that game and it would look great in 3D.
Agreed. I think the price cut could still be coming in November, though, if the Trev leak was for a cut beyond what we got with the 3DL bundle. Maybe $175-80 XL, $130-50 regular.
I'd say there's hope for a fanslation.
Yeah 2017 pretty much will be the "Yokai Watch" year for 3DS in NA:
Yokai Watch 2 Third Version
Yokai Busters
Yokai Sangokushi
and Yokai Watch 3 for fall 2017.
Actually, It's gonna be the year of Level-5, with Layton 7 and Snack World are also on the way.
I'm with you my man. It will probably take a while to see Ace Attorney 7 on the NX anyways so surely Capcom could get Janet Hsu and co. to tackle Dai Gyakuten Saiban. Throw it on the eshop and we're good to go. I really hope someone is still pushing behind the scenes...
Maybe that's what they mean by supporting it through 2018. Localizing Dai Gyakuten Saiban takes 3 years.
Heck, I would take an Ace Attorney Investigations 2 localization a full 5 years after release, despite having already played the English fan patch!
Agent Unknown
Member
Good, I love the 3DS, it has an amazing library and deserves a longer life. Plus plenty of extra time for Streetpass to continue so I can collect and stockpile lots and lots of Traveller's Tablet dungeons in DQ VII.
Roto Prime
Banned
This is one bad ass name!! Pokemom Eclipse <3
Dark Cloud
Member
I don't see Gamefreak making a NX game and 3DS game. I think Sun/Moon is the last 3DS game from them. It's time for them to move on to NX and help sell that system.
That's not their motivation. Remember Pokemon Black 2/White 2 release on DS well after 3DS was available?
Fancyarcher
Member
Makes sense. I don't expect them to release many games though.
Dark Cloud
Member
Things are different now. Nintendo needs the NX to do well after the failure of the Wii U.
I wouldn't say it's been the best (you can't really argue with western multiplat stuff, both AAA and indies, for variety) but I wouldn't say it's been pathetic either, depends what you're into. MH Generations, FE Fates and Bravely Default 2 are all critically acclaimed games you can't really play anywhere else. One of the better years for 3DS games.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.
It gets discarded as 'JRPGs' but really it's multiple genres like SRPGs, JRPGs, hunting games, dungeon crawlers, in the same way that I have zero interest in western shooters, but claiming they are all the same thing would be ridiculous when really the genres are FPS, TPS, open world etc etc. Personally the former list appeals to me much more than the latter, but hey, to each their own.
Personally I've had little interest in any of the major games that came out on PS4 this year apart from a handful of multiplats, Deus Ex is the first one in 2016 to really make me think 'I'd like to play that'.
Astral Dog
Member
Those people that were angry and wanted the 3DS dead after the Direct announcement are going to get depressed.
SweetTeddie
Member
I'll be shocked if Nintendo makes more 3DS games themselves. They probably know JP third parties will continue to make 3DS games into 2017 and are calling that 'support'. Pokemon will likely be cross-gen and then Nintendo will move on to NX fully.
Game Freak cares more about a bigger existing install base than building up a new one. Judging by this report (assuming it's true), whatever 3rd game Gen 7 gets may end up being either 3DS-only or a cross-gen release (which may be likely considering the MCV report, which Emily Rogers vetted). Of course, this depends on what Nintendo defines as "supporting" the 3DS (it could be just late localizations, which made up most of the 3DS's US line-up this year). And even then, Nintendo would likely have to push Game Freak to support the NX early on.
D
Deleted member 465307
Unconfirmed Member
Following up on what you said, the crazy thing is that 3DS could easily have a solid 2017 and an okay 2018 in the US if Nintendo just localized games. There are a good number of significant titles that never left Japan. Assuming Yo-kai Watch 2 doesn't bomb (it might), I'm guessing YW3 is a lock for 2017 in the US while Level-5 works on YW4 for NX with a near simultaneous release in 2017/2018.
Opinionatedfish
Member
BEHOLD!
The New Nintendo 3DS X!
It's a PORTABLE VERSION of the Nintendo Wii U X!
IT'S ALSO FULL OF SPIDERS!
The New Nintendo 3DS X!
It's a PORTABLE VERSION of the Nintendo Wii U X!
IT'S ALSO FULL OF SPIDERS!
SuperBlank
Member
I don't doubt the 3DS will receive support through 2018 but I doubt it'll be very plentiful from here on out.
Roto Prime
Banned
Do you take cash!?
Duckhuntdog
Member
I think Emily has been wrong multiple times before and will be wrong multiple times again. We might few games here or there, but I don't think you are going to see much for 3DS in 2018.
Opinionatedfish
Member
YES. I DO!
SoulUnison
Banned
Because NX is "third pillar," like the DS was at first.
I bet they plan to support the 3DS for a while longer in case the NX crashes and burns, in which case it was a quirky experiment and "Oops! Well we still have our incredibly popular 3DS line!" But if it takes off then the DS series will just sort of quietly fade away like the Game Boy name did.
I bet they plan to support the 3DS for a while longer in case the NX crashes and burns, in which case it was a quirky experiment and "Oops! Well we still have our incredibly popular 3DS line!" But if it takes off then the DS series will just sort of quietly fade away like the Game Boy name did.
Toadthemushroom
Member
That's pretty much why I think she might be referring to Nintendo as a publisher outside of Japan. I'm sure NoA and NoE have plans to release stuff like Youkai Watch 3, Lady Layton and Monster Hunter Stories, and there's probably going to be a few cross-gen handheld type games.
In Japan, third party support is still going fine, with A-Train 3D NEO, Puyo Puyo Chronicle, Monster Hunter Chronicles, and now indies carrying the system forward. So I'm not really expecting any major new games from Nintendo's internal developers, or even their partners, in 2018. Ever Oasis is a thing next year, and we might see one or two more games for 2017.
Guess we'll see, hopefully the Direct will have some 2017 3DS stuff in it.
DerekOfTheDykes
Member
Nintendo will be supporting the 3DS through 2018 in much the same way that they supported the Wii U through 2016...
Which is to say, the 3DS will get some more virtual console and indie titles, and some pared down versions of simpler NX games, and maybe a couple more fairly low-effort exclusives.
But I basically guarantee you that Nintendo does not actually plan on 3DS hardware sales making up a huge chunk of their revenue. They're going to slow production, trickle out software to help sell through the last of their stock along with strategic price cuts, and give the 3DS a nice easy couple of twilight years before total retirement from a pretty fantastic run (as opposed to the Wii U never really hitting its stride before it got sent up north to the family farm).
Which is to say, the 3DS will get some more virtual console and indie titles, and some pared down versions of simpler NX games, and maybe a couple more fairly low-effort exclusives.
But I basically guarantee you that Nintendo does not actually plan on 3DS hardware sales making up a huge chunk of their revenue. They're going to slow production, trickle out software to help sell through the last of their stock along with strategic price cuts, and give the 3DS a nice easy couple of twilight years before total retirement from a pretty fantastic run (as opposed to the Wii U never really hitting its stride before it got sent up north to the family farm).
it'd be wise to devote some honest to god non-filler support to 3DS up til the end of the decade... for one it's insurance in case the NX flops, second it has a huge install base obviously
since it'll probably be the last stereoscopic 3D system i'd like to see more stuff before it goes. for example an original Star Fox would be great, Mario 3D Land deserves a sequel, ect
but realistically, yeah, i think this is pretty much it for the system
since it'll probably be the last stereoscopic 3D system i'd like to see more stuff before it goes. for example an original Star Fox would be great, Mario 3D Land deserves a sequel, ect
but realistically, yeah, i think this is pretty much it for the system
From today till 2018 many things could happen. Perhaps NX sells extremely well and many 3ds-planned games move there. Or the 3DS still sells well, the NX is fine but they rather continue supporting 3DS.
Whatever it is, she was warning us that Nintendo hasn't abandoned the handheld. This Direct showed that the 3DS has still a long life.
Whatever happens, don't be surprised if they announce the following ports:
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze 3D
Paper Mario Color Splash 3D
Starfox Zero 3D
Zelda Wind Waker 3D
Even Super Mario 3D World 3DS could happen
Whatever it is, she was warning us that Nintendo hasn't abandoned the handheld. This Direct showed that the 3DS has still a long life.
Whatever happens, don't be surprised if they announce the following ports:
Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze 3D
Paper Mario Color Splash 3D
Starfox Zero 3D
Zelda Wind Waker 3D
Even Super Mario 3D World 3DS could happen
Roto Prime
Banned
HOLY SHIT Wind Waker 3D!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Similar threads
- Poll