Better late than never, right?!
Cave Story 3D
– Not playable in 3D yet
– Polygonal elements
– View is shifted a bit as you run
– Not confirming many m potential features
– Coming out this summer
– Pixel overseeing the project
– Very much the classic game, just redone in 2.5D
– Backgrounds move differently
– Used the d-pad
This information comes from Nintendo’s 3DS site…
“Prepaid Nintendo point cards cannot be used with the Nintendo 3DS. Prepaid point cards that can be used with the 3DS will go on sale at a later date.”
This is a shame, but at least there will be a better system in place in terms of purchasing content on the 3DS eShop. It is odd though that players will be forced to use cards on the DSi while DSiWare content on 3DS will take advantage of the new cash-based system.
Phantasy Star Portable 2 Infinity (PSP) – 10/9/9/9
Bulletstorm (PS3/360) – 9/8/9/8
Disgaea 4 (PS3) – 9/8/8/8
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 5 (PSP) – 9/8/8/8
Killzone 3 (PS3) – 8/8/8/9
SD Gundam G Generation World (Wii) – 9/8/8/7
SD Gundam G Generation World (PSP) – 8/8/8/8
Rune Factory: Oceans (Wii/PS3) – 8/8/8/7
The Idolm@ster 2 (360) – 7/8/8/8
Vitamin X to Z (PSP) – 8/7/6/6
Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! 4: Natsu no Koikatsu (360) – 6/7/7/6
Black Robinia (PSP) – 7/6/6/6
Muchi Muchi Pork! & Pink Sweets (360) – 6/6/6/6
Racquet Sports (PS3) – 6/6/6/6
1. Mario (Donkey Kong, Nintendo, 1981)
2. Link (The Legend of Zelda, Nintendo, 1986)
3. Master Chief (Halo: Combat Evolved, Microsoft, 2001)
4. Solid Snake (Metal Gear, Konami, 1987)
5. Cloud Strife (Final Fantasy VII, Square, 1997)
6. PAC-Man (PAC-Man, Namco, 1980)
7. Lara Croft (Tomb Raider, Eidos 1996)
8. Gordon Freeman (Half-Life, Valve, 1998)
9. Kratos (God of War, Sony, 2005)
10. Sonic (Sonic the Hedgehog, Sega, 1990)
11. Crash (Crash Bandicoot, Sony, 1996)
12. “Soap” MacTavish (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision, 2007)
13. Nico Bellic (Grand Theft Auto IV, Rockstar, 2008)
14. Samus Aran (Metroid, Nintendo 1986)
15. Ratchet (Ratchet & Clank, Sony, 2002)
16. Nathan Drake (Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Sony, 2007)
17. Captain Price (Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, Activision, 2007)
18. Kirby (Kirby’s Dream Land, Nintendo, 1992)
19. Marcus Fenix (Gears of War, Microsoft, 2006)
20. Pikachu (Pokemon Red/Green, Nintendo 1996)
01. / 00. [PSP] Tales of the World: Radiant Mythology 3 (Bandai Namco) {2011.02.10} – 222.068 / NEW
02. / 00. [PS3] Samurai Warriors 3 Z (Koei Tecmo) {2011.02.10} – 208.548 / NEW
03. / 06. [PSP] Monster Hunter Freedom 3 (Capcom) {2010.12.01} – 93.483 / 4.249.622 (+236%)
04. / 01. [NDS] Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth 2 (Capcom) {2011.02.03} – 30.910 / 163.176 (-77%)
05. / 00. [PS3] LittleBigPlanet 2 (SCE) {2011.02.10} – 24.648 / NEW
06. / 00. [WII] Samurai Warriors 3: Xtreme Legends (Koei Tecmo) {2011.02.10} – 22.598 / NEW
07. / 00. [PS3] Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take-Two Interactive) {2011.02.10} – 21.718 / NEW
08. / 09. [WII] Donkey Kong Country Returns (Nintendo) {2010.12.09} – 15.971 / 806.357 (-3%)
09. / 05. [PSP] Kenka Bancho 5: Laws of Manhood (Spike) {2011.01.27} – 14.372 / 101.350 (-49%)
10. / 03. [PSP] White Knight Chronicles Episode Portable: Dogma Wars (SCE) {2011.02.03} – 11.229 / 51.832 (-72%)
11. / 11. [NDS] Pokemon Black / White (Pokemon Co.) {2010.09.18} – 10.433 / 5.071.867 (-3%)
12. / 04. [NDS] Dragon Ball Kai: Ultimate Butouden (Bandai Namco) {2011.02.03} – 10.341 / 41.449 (-67%)
13. / 13. [WII] Wii Party (Nintendo) {2010.07.08} – 10.239 / 1.787.341 (+6%)
14. / 07. [WII] The Last Story (Nintendo) {2011.01.27} – 9.052 / 142.952 (-53%)
15. / 02. [PSP] Macross: Triangle Frontier (Bandai Namco) {2011.02.03} – 8.409 / 63.922 (-85%)
16. / 14. [PSP] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.11.18} – 7.575 / 170.477 (-19%)
17. / 08. [PSP] Valkyria Chronicles 3 (Sega) {2011.01.27} – 7.491 / 128.196 (-58%)
18. / 17. [PS3] World Soccer Winning Eleven 2011 (Konami) {2010.10.28} – 7.379 / 442.500 (-10%)
19. / 18. [NDS] Ni no Kuni: The Ebony Wizard (Level 5) {2010.12.09} – 7.267 / 474.828 (-4%)
20. / 00. [360] Red Dead Redemption: Undead Nightmare (Take-Two Interactive) {2011.02.10} – 7.180 / NEW
This information comes from the latest Iwata Asks with Tecmo Koei’s Hisashi Koinuma…
Iwata: Until now, it’s been common sense that handheld games that uses semiconductor memory (ROMs) as the game storage media don’t hold as much as games compared with home consoles.
Koinuma: But this time, Nintendo said we can use even a two-gigabyte ROM. They said that with so much memory capability we could make something comparable to a home console game, so we didn’t hold back!
Iwata: Did you use those two gigabytes to your heart’s content? (laughs)
Koinuma: Yeah. We might have gone overboard. (laughs)
Iwata: You could say that you were able to do as much as you did because you had such a large capacity like a two-gigabyte ROM.
Koinuma: That’s right.
Here’s a bit of surprising news. EA has cancelled Gardens, a 3DS game set to be released around the launch of the handheld. Development on the project seemed mostly complete – in fact, the title was rated by the ESRB back in December. EA did not provide a reason for Garden’s mysterious cancellation, though perhaps it’s related to some heavily negative previews the game received.
