Even more 3DS details
Posted on 13 years ago by Brian(@NE_Brian) in 3DS, News | 0 comments
– Surprise game for launch unlikely
– Launch-day games will be comprised of some selection of games shown at the 3DS preview event in New York
– Launch games possibilities are around 15 titles
– Kid Icarus: Uprising is not a launch window game
– Power cord will be longer than what was shown in Japan
– Bill Trinen on region locking: “One of the primary driving factors for that has to do with parental controls. Different regions have different ratings systems. The region-locking allows us to provide the different parental controls to deal with the ratings in each territory.”
– Trinen providing a multi-tasking example: “Specifically for an example with Zelda, if you’re stuck in the water temple and you’re trying to figure out where the last of the switches are that you have to hit to draw the water level down and get all the way down to the boss, you can immediately hit the home button, bring up the browser, go to whatever tip site you want to go to, figure out where that is, then switch over to the game notes, draw a map on your screen to refer to or go right back into the game.”
– Use the play coins you earn by walking to unlock game content/features in pre-installed apps
– Trinen says “the goal is there will be some messaging functions”
– Register around 100 friends
Gundam The 3D Battle screenshots
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More details about the 3DS
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– Pause a game and visit the home menu at almost any time
– See apps running in the background at the top of the touch screen
– Applications: adjust brightness, display toggle for the bigger icons, Game Memos (notepad application), Friends List, Notifications List, and the web browser
– Smiley face icon is Friends List, not Pictochat
– Rep says he isn’t aware of Pictochat being built into the 3DS
– Notifications List collects SpotPass and StreetPass alerts
– Screen Brightness button: 5 settings
– Powersaving mode
– Up to 64 applications on the home menu
Off-screen Super Street Fighter IV 3D footage
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Super Street Fighter IV 3D details
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– Level up figurines that you have collected
– Figurines can unlock the ability to increase battle statistics and acquire advanced character figurines
– 500 figurines to collect
– Create “battle teams”
– “Standard” and “Light Mode” controls
– Standard: use one of four touch pads to map certain button combinations
– Light Mode: map entire specials or hyper combos to the screen
– Match-making option available to fight players using the same options as you
Off-screen Kid Icarus: Uprising footage
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Gundam The 3D Battle debut trailer
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Tenkuu no Kishi Rodea scans
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A few of these scans were posted on Tuesday night. All images are now in high-quality.
What’s the catch? A cautious look at the 3DS and its upcoming launch
Posted on 13 years ago by Austin(@NE_Austin) in 3DS, Features | 0 comments
I don’t know how long I’ve been a Nintendo fan– it’s been for as long as I can remember– but it’s days like these that make me prouder than ever to be part of a company that’s doing so many innovative and technically astounding things with the gaming industry. In 2006 they flipped over the idea of gaming as a niche hobby with the release of the Wii, and now, 5 years later, the 3DS is on its way out and it’s setting itself up to be yet another ingenious release from this veteran of the gaming industry.
On the surface, everything about the 3DS looks like it’s prepped for success: A great launch line-up, an awesome gimmick, tons of pre-loaded things to do, and a huge potential to grow. No matter how much I want to believe that this will be the system to end all systems, however, there’s that little voice in the back of my head that reminds me of past let-downs– sure, the Wii was awesome, but it didn’t deliver on all its promises– and so I go into this launch with a very excited, but very cautious hand.
What could go wrong, you ask? Well, I’ve been thinking it over, and a lot more could go awry than you might think. The following list is not just conjecture either; each item on it has it’s factual evidence to back it up, and as much as I hope that none of it’s true, I think there’s a pretty good chance that at least one or two of these will end up becoming a reality. If all of them somehow turn out to be true, then we could really have a perfect storm of bad events and the 3DS could suffer from an extreme case of Molyneux syndrome.
