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This information comes from Nintendo Power…

“Great, now my beside table is going to have an iPhone, an iPad, and a Nintendo 3DS. I think the question for how much attention the new Nintendo hotness will get is, like always, based on software, on games. Is somebody going to be able to make the darn thing sing? Or is it going to be a shovel-ware extravaganza (but now in glorious 3D!). Nintendo makes insanely good first-party stuff; we’ll see if the rest of us devs can follow suit.” – Ken Levine, President and creative director, Irrational Games

It’s interesting to hear how Mr. Levine feels about the 3DS, as he hasn’t been involved with Nintendo hardware at all. Perhaps one day he’ll consider making some software for Nintendo’s next handheld.

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One particular rumor about the 3DS has now been debunked. A few months ago, EA’s Ryan Stradling hinted that the portable would have an achievement system. However, Harald Ebert of Nintendo confirmed at GamesCom that the handheld probably not support such a feature. Instead, it sounds like it will be up to developers to include achievements in their games individually.

Ebert also stated that the design of the 3DS isn’t final. We’ve actually heard conflicting information about that a few times now. Hideki Konno previously indicated that the system will look the same at launch while Reggie Fils-Aime noted at E3 that the design had yet to be finallized. So I suppose the 3DS could change slightly, but don’t expect a drastic overhaul.

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Wii

1. The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword
2. Kirby’s Epic Yarn
3. Metroid: Other M
4. Donkey Kong Country Returns
5. Epic Mickey

DS

1. Pokemon White Version
2. Pokemon Black Version
3. Super Scribblenauts
4. Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem
5. Professor Layton and the Unwound Future

3DS

1. Paper Mario
2. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
3. Mario Kart
4. Kid Icarus: Uprising
5. Star Fox 64 3D

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Headstrong Games, a Nintendo supporter since 2005, has confirmed that they are working with the 3DS. According to Development Director Steve Pritchard, the company is hard at work on three titles for the system. Although nothing has been confirmed outright, it’s possible that one of the 3DS projects is being made for Nintendo based on the relationship the two companies maintain. Perhaps there’s a chance that they’re developing a Batallion Wars title for the handheld. In any case, expect a few 3DS announcements from Headstrong Games sometime in the future.

Thanks to Mario K for the tip and translation!

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Street Fighter producer Yoshinori Ono on Super Street Fighter IV 3D’s control options…

“We are currently working hard on researching the possibility of having two control options. One would be targeting people my age, entering 40, who played on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It will allow them to play it as they used to on the Super NES. We are going to support them by providing an interface on the touchpad so they can play not knowing how the game used to be played. By providing two different options we hope to reach a broader audience.”

Ono discussing the 3D effect in the game…

“When you put the 3D slider on max the game will be between looking into the (game world) and the characters jumping out at you, so you can distinguish the background and characters very clearly.”

Ono mentioning that the gameplay will be just like PS3/360 versions…

“The gameplay we can port perfectly from the PS3 and Xbox 360 version and we’re not going to subtract anything out of that. It is how we adjust the graphics that will help people remember what sort of game they used to play in the 90s.”

Ono on why Super Street Fighter IV is being brought to the 3DS…

“If you remember Street Fighter II back in the 90s, so many people used to play that game, it was a massive phenomenon. We tried to bring that back with Street Fighter IV, on the PS3 and Xbox 360, but that game couldn’t contain everyone who played Street Fighter II. Then we tried to extend our reach with the PC and the iPhone versions. While we were working on those Nintendo came to us with this confidential project about the 3DS and we felt this was a perfect opportunity for us to reach out to those we missed with the other iterations. Hopefully this will bring back the rest of those players.”

There is also one other interesting detail Ono revealed. His team is hoping to implement an idea that would make Super Street Fighter IV 3D look like a 2D game when the 3D effect is turned off via the depth slider.

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– EA wants to get the game out for the 3DS launch
– Different camera angles highlighted by 3D
– Face-mapping feature
– Possible to take a photo of yourself and place it on a Sim
– Nothing has been announced yet regarding online functionality

Thanks to Klemens S for the tip!

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This information comes from Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter…

“I expect the device to be available only on eBay for its first couple of months. I think that we Westerners won’t have an opportunity to buy before Christmas, so think that sales by Christmas will be limited to a few million in Japan… I see it having huge success as an upgrade device, with sales likely limited only by supply and price. My best guess is that they will price it around $250/£199/€250, so this may limit demand somewhat, and I doubt that Nintendo will manufacture more than 10 – 15 million the first full year… I think that the 3DS’s addressable market is really the current DS market and some overlap with the current PSP market. That’s still a huge market opportunity.”

For the holidays, it seems that Nintendo will only be launching Pokemon Ranger: Guardian Signs, Art Academy, and Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Miniland Mayhem for the DS. That sounds rather… Underwhelming. Releasing the 3DS in time for Christmas with the first round of software for the system could propel Nintendo to obtain some ridiculous sales. I just don’t know if they feel it’s necessary to ship the handheld in 2011 for North America/Europe.

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This information comes from Yoshinori Ono…

– New/easier touch control mode
– Traditional controls also available
– Same 35 characters
– Street Fighter IV 3D will be “exactly the same” as the HD version
– Ono said the 3D effect is similar to putting the characters in a box and feeling the depth
– Street Fighter Fit was presented to Capcom
– Was a Wii game
– Moved on to the 3DS when Ono found out about the system
– D-pad not final
– D-pad is “coming closer to what the SFIV team prefers”
– SSFIV 3D surprise: “can only be done on the 3DS”
– Will find out in a month and a half

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