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What's the 3DS without 3D?

While nothing is confirmed at this point, a rumor has been floating around on the sea known as the internet that the Nintendo 3DS is going to see a couple of major changes as we move into 2012.

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Kran5421d ago (Edited 5421d ago )

Uhh...

A DS?

Misterhbk5421d ago

Yep. It would me the only substantial feature that they updated was the graphics. All the other features are pretty small in scale to be completely honest. From the web browser to the eshop. They won't mean much if they're the only upgraded added. The 3D is by far the bugest selling point.

Nintendo should have gone back to a single screen and made a 3D Gameboy.

darthv725421d ago (Edited 5421d ago )

Seriously...nintendo wont drop 3d after they put so much into it. If anything it will shape the way 3d is accepted as a first step towards glasses free tv. We all know there are companies like Toshiba, Sharp, Panasonic and yes...even Sony that are working on glasses free 3dtv.

The only rumor I would love to see come true is sega coming back into the console market with their phoenix system. A fitting name considering the phoenix rises from the ashes.

digitaledge5421d ago

Don't forget that the 3DS also has motion control built in, which could be used as a selling point.

In all reality, though, I don't think that Nintendo will drop or scale back the 3D on the 3DS (besides, there is no need to scale it back because you have the slider).

If anything, they will probably scale back the focus on marketing the 3D aspect - put more focus on the games and other features, with just a mention about the 3D. 3D is in the name anyway, so is there really a need for them to focus on that in their marketing?

dark-hollow5421d ago

Surprise surprise!
More hatred and false rumors for nintendo.
Before the obvious crowds of 360 and ps3 fans slamming me, didn't people doubted the ps3 when it launched? Didn't had it own problems and it own share of hatred and doom articles??? Well, look at it now.
The lesson learned from this? You gotta give it sometime before you go all doom and shit!

Kran5421d ago

Hey. I never said I hated it.

If you werent refering to me, why reply to me? ;P

meganick5421d ago

No, the DS is a DS. The 3DS without 3D would essentially be a slightly better portable Gamecube.

Venoxn4g5421d ago (Edited 5421d ago )

Super DS ... it's still faster than PSP ... and we still didn't see what can it do in full power .. even Capcom said that they can achieve better graphics than RE:revelations ..I would still buy it even if it didn't have 3D, I bought it for games + DS Backwards compatibility

koehler835421d ago

Faster at what? Dropping its price?

smilydude135421d ago (Edited 5421d ago )

No. Horse power.

The system can output Gamecube level graphics and perhaps beyond. It's not underpowered hardware. It also has more RAM than the Wii.

Keep in mind that for the 3D effect to work they have to render the game twice. I'm sure we'll see some none-3D titles coming out as a tradeoff for more impressive 2D visuals. In fact many titles are doing something similar to that. Take DOA for example. You turn 3D off and you get 60FPS as opposed to 30. With OoT you get Anti-Aliasing.

meganick5421d ago

Your comment made me laugh. Well done.

koehler835421d ago (Edited 5421d ago )

@smilydude13

Please tell me you're not comparing 2004 hardware with 2010.

EDIT: Can't respond directly so I'll do so here:

He was comparing 3DS (2010) to PSP (2004) What the hell are you talking about GameCube and Wii for?

smilydude135421d ago (Edited 5421d ago )

I am. When it comes to portable hardware they're generally several times weaker than non-portable hardware.

Take the iPad 2 for instance. 2011 hardware and it's only half as powerful as the 360 which is 2005 hardware.

Also I'm just going to point out that the Gamecube came out in 2001. Perhaps you should do some fact checking.

Are you seriously trying to make an issue of portable hardware being weaker than non-portable?

Edit: I was talking about the Gamecube & Wii Because the 3DS is about as powerful as them. And the Gamecube & Wii are significantly more powerful than the PSP.

So yeah, the 3DS is significantly more powerful than the PSP. I'm stating that since your post may have been implying that it wasn't.

smilydude135421d ago

Oh, and I also went on that tirade about the Gamecube because my post was directly comparing the 3DS to the Gamecube, not the PSP.

So no, I wasn't comparing 2010 hardware to 2004 hardware. I was simply stating the obvious that the 3DS is significantly more powerful than the PSP.

jwk945421d ago

well no duh it's more powerful, the 3ds is a next-gen handheld, try to prove that it has better graphics than a vita game.

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MAJ0R5421d ago

I wouldn't buy it and instead wait for the many redesigns to come out

dark-hollow5421d ago

I don't why people disagree with you.
The 3rd is more powerful than a psp, but that's not a bif feat for an 2011gaming machine?

koehler835421d ago

Indeed. It's simple arithmetic.

Venoxn4g5421d ago

actually S is only a letter..

stragomccloud5421d ago

Actually... maybe it's some thing like... X=3DS-DS...
So...
(3DS-DS)/DS=X

-2DS=X/DS
DS=-2X/DS
DS^2=-2X
DS=√-2X
So DS is either an imaginary number with an x variable... or x is a negative number making things possible. Someone please correct my math! :P

I don't even remember if this is right. It's been a while... Regardless... this issue is perhaps far more complex than it seems.

Kamikaze1355420d ago

I'm so glad I don't have to take anymore math classes >_>

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U.S. patent examiner rejects Nintendo’s summoning characters patent as obvious: non-final ruling

The rejection is non-final (and even when such rejections are labeled as “final”, the process is far from over, given that there can be, at minimum, an appeal to the Federal Circuit).

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Relientk7789d ago (Edited 89d ago )

Good, as they should! A game mechanic like that shouldn't be locked behind a patent, and Nintendo didn't invent it either.

PRIMORDUS88d ago (Edited 88d ago )

Nintendo wants to keep wasting money on bullshit lawsuits, real smart in this economy. They should put that money aside for other game projects. On the other hand, I don't care if they waste it all either, and they are screwed in the future maybe that will teach them a lesson.

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Nintendo Completes Share Repurchase and Sets Price for Secondary Offering

Nintendo completed its share repurchase and set its secondary offering price at 8,347 yen ahead of March 16 delivery.

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Nintendo Suing U.S. Government Over Tariffs

Nintendo filed a lawsuit in the United States Court of International Trade.

Nintendo of America is suing the United States government over the sweeping tariffs President Donald Trump put in place last year, according to a complaint filed Friday in the U.S. Court of International Trade and obtained by Aftermath.

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Deathdeliverer114d ago

Well dayum lol. Old agent orange pissing off every industry and nation.

0hMyGandhi113d ago

The fact that you have ANY disagrees will forever baffle me. And to the (apparent) MAGA contingent that exists on this website, enjoy your 8-9 dollar gas.

AuraAbjure113d ago (Edited 113d ago )

Yes, they had better be pissed after Trump told them the way they rip off the USA is over.

EveryPlatformGamer114d ago

LOL I read this on gaff, will they refund the money back to the gamers? highly unlikely. Didn't they just raise prices and pass it onto the gamers? Only Nintendo would send out the Ninjas to the US government.

-Foxtrot114d ago

That’s what I was thinking, imagine them winning hypothetically, getting a s**t load of money back which they would have lost if they hadn’t raised their prices and it’s business as normal.

It would just mean people paid more for no reason since they got the money back anyway.

Outside_ofthe_Box113d ago (Edited 113d ago )

A lot of companies partially passed the cost to consumers instead of all of it. They would still have to at least pay that back to gamers, but we know that won't happen. What's also sad is that prices won't come back down after the initial hike caused by tariffs.

People didn't understand the full repercussions of tariffs. That alone should have cost him the presidency if people knew it was a permanent price hike for consumers

Inverno114d ago

The people should sue these companies for having to over pay cause of these tariffs.

Eonjay114d ago

Naw they should sue the government for forcing the tax to begin with. No one reasonably expects these companies to absorb the taxes. Many smaller companies tried and were shut down or faced to increase prices to try to maintain their business. The tariffs effect everyone.

Inverno112d ago

I meant it mostly as a joke cause we all know the costs of these tariffs were passed onto the consumer. But it's seems no matter how vocal we are here in the states our "representatives" don't seem to care enough to represent us. And things are about to get worse.

Killer2020UK112d ago

The companies were doing what the law required then to do, the tariffs however were illegally implemented. Usually it's criminals we punish, you seem to have different ideas 🤷‍♂️

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