Good news, DSi/DSi XL owners. Nintendo has released a PDF file about the 3DS, which confirms an extremely important feature: The ability to transfer DSiWare titles. Also noteworthy, consumers will be able to move 3DSWare downloads from one handheld to another. There is a restriction, however, as a limit is placed on the amount of times one can move titles between systems. Additionally, some downloads simply won’t be able to be moved. But hey, it sounds like Nintendo is starting to learn from some of their previous mistakes!
– Releasing this spring
– Line up three or more like-colored bubbles which will disappear
– “Gimmick Bubbles”: Use the 3D space, depth
– One stage will make characters who were in the bubbles that you popped fall to the planet below
At the moment, we only know that the game is developed by Genius Sonority, is a DS game, will be released next year, and that it will come with a wireless keyboard.
Well, that was no fun. The site decided to crap out on a massive scale just as the conference started. I am so, so sorry that it happened, but there was just no way to get it up any faster! In any case, as you can see, I’ve already started covering a number of news items, but here’s what we missed during the conference:
– Super Mario 25th anniversary DSi LL in Japan: 10/28 for 18000 yen
– “If you don’t have software that makes use of the 3D display, you cannot show the charms. If there is no expectation for hardware spread, people will not develop software.”
– Can save a picture of your Mii to an SD card
– Can convert Miis into QR Code to print/post on a website
– Tag Mode Mii Plaza: See all Mii characters obtained wirelessly
– Can merge two photos into one
– When you press the home button while playing the game, you can go to certain programs like Memory Notebook, check out your playtime, see how many steps you’ve taken
– Comes with a 2GB SD card
– AR Games will be bundled into the 3DS
– Game Boy, Game Boy Color, POSSIBLY Game Boy Advance
– When in sleep mode, the 3DS can automatically receive data such as rankings, ghost rankings, free software
– NTT to support the 3DS internet connection
– NTT BP’s Wifine area to support the 3DS next year
– Rankings and auto-download data can be used at DS Stations and Nintendo Zones
– Fuji TV to send out free 3D videos daily (experimental basis)
– Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black launch colors
– Overseas launch plans to be shared at a later date
– 3DS VC games include Link’s Awakening DX, Super Mario Land
– Tetsuya Nomura: “Starting with Kingdom Hearts, we’d like to release a number of titles on 3DS.”
– EYE is Camera Control
– A: action (roll, open door, later sheathe)
– Colored tabs say map (center tab), equip, and items
– Inventory interface just on the touch screen
– Link has a shoulder strap
– Thicker Deku shield, probably not a sprite anymore
Super Street Fighter IV 3D Editon
– “Figure Collection”: Tag Mode used so that your figure collection fights someone on the street automatically
– Get more figures if your figure set wins a battle
– “Arcade Machiuke”: Arcade wait mode, can be interrupted by other players when you’re in single-player
Mega Man Legends 3
– Started due to fan demand
– More details at Comic-Con
– “Free running RPG”
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
– “Mercenaries” mode from RE5 converted to 3DS
– MT Framework Mobile development tools
– Wi-Fi for co-op play
– “Survival Action”
Resident Evil Revelations
– Jill and Chris and the BSAA involved in the story
– MT Framework Mobile development tools
– “Survival Horror”
