Iwata dishes on GameCube’s secret 3D abilities
February 5th, 2010 Posted in GameCube, News, Posted by ValayThe following information comes from the Q&A portion of Nintendo’s latest financial results…
“…In fact there have already been discussions for a possibility of a 3D video game for a long time. To tell you the truth, GameCube is secretly designed to load graphical circuits which display graphics for right and left eyes respectively, for a future possibility of realizing 3D gaming experience. So actually we have had interest on this technology, but I have some doubt about everyone needing glasses to play.”
This news makes you wonder if the Wii has the same functionality as the GameCube in terms of providing 3D experiences. However, as we know, Nintendo isn’t too big on 3D gaming at the moment.
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3 Responses to “Iwata dishes on GameCube’s secret 3D abilities”
By Legend of Zelda on Feb 5, 2010
I am honestly a bit confused on why nintendo is so turned off about 3d gaming when it seems to be where the future of gaming may be. They are normally right there on top of things like that
By Captain N on Feb 6, 2010
Wow they should have implemented that to help with sales when PS2 was outselling them, it deff would have helped and at least got them ahead of Xbox.
By cafevincent on Feb 6, 2010
There is already several prototypes of 3D televisions that need no glasses. I doubt that the ones that need glasses would ever reach mass market. The next Nintendo must have 3D (aka stereo picture) capability or it will be one step behind the technology trends again.