Nintendo Voice Chat podcast summary

3DS

– New Nintendo handheld
– Will be shown at E3
– Craig believes 3DS will be the actual name
– DSi is the stop-gap
– Backward compatible with the DSi
– One of the screens will be stereoscopic 3D
– Peer thinks the top screen will be the 3D screen, bottom screen touch
– Craig thinks Nintendo bought the screens from a public company or have to reveal they sold a lot of screens to a certain company, Nintendo wanted to make an announcement themselves
– NCL only cares about themselves, not really NOA, Nintendo of Europe, etc.
– Coming out by the end of March
– Apple sneaking in on Nintendo, iPhone can’t do stereoscopic 3D
– Everyone’s 3D jazzed because of movies like Avatar
– Professor Layton, brain games, could be neat in 3D
– Multiple third-parties have apparently received confirmation from Nintendo that nVidia Tegra chip isn’t being used
– Craig doesn’t believe high-profile third-party devs don’t have the actual dev kits
– With the DS, devs were only able to work with one screen, devs had to constantly send the kits back and forth, get the new one with touch screen, etc.

Red Steel 2

– Red Steel 2 wasn’t playable at PAX
– Deathmatch probably wouldn’t work well in Red Steel 2
– Really easy to not die

– NBA Jam embargo ends midnight on Wednesday
– Nintendo had a minimal presence at PAX
– No Other M, Galaxy 2 at PAX

Reader questions

– Nintendo isn’t holding onto the black Wii for a potential next Wii, releases colors when the sales go down
– Wii isn’t capable of producing 3D graphics through an update, can do old-school 3D (red-blue) like Attack of the Movies game
– No news on Epic Mickey yet
– Sounds like Disney really gearing up for coverage of Epic Mickey
– Apparently retooled a bunch of Epic Mickey