I'm not buying this 3D thing

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Play4Fun said:

First off, for those of you who don't know me well, I am a massive Wii fan.  Unless you have been living under a rock, I am sure that you are aware that the Wii's sales have been dipping.  I will not buy a 3DS because I would start buying games for it instead of the Wii and this would take away from the Wii's software sales.  This might not sound like much but it is.  Look at my collection if you don't believe me.  I still need to add like 20 more games.

Both are Nintendo handhelds, Nintendo makes profit on software sales of both. What does you wanting more games have to do with the 3D feature anyways?

The 3DS is supposed to have awesome 3rd party support.  To hell with that.  If I were to support them I'd be selling out.  I like supporting systems with little to no 3rd party support.  That's why I am such am big Wii and N64 fan.  I'd rather buy five Nintendo games than support developers that didn't give a diddly squat about Nintendo until the 3DS.  Super Street Fighter IV would've been great for Nintendo fans a year ago, Capcom.

Selling out? Getting more games on one console is selling out? So if you don't want to support a game just because it's third party, then just don't buy it. Why does the system have to lack third party support? More third party games mean a larger library to choose from. Many people skip out Nintendo consoles just because it lacks support. A Nintendo console with great first and third party support is the ultimate console for many gamers.

Speaking of the N64, wasn't it supposed to have 3D graphics?  Well...  wasn't it?  If not, it looks like I was ripped off.  Let me guess, this is a better form of 3D and 15 years from now Nintendo will show off an even better form of 3D and act like this 3D didn't exist.  Fool me once, shame on you.  Fool me twice, shame on me.  I won't be fooled again.

So? Thanks to rapid improvements in technology, 3D is way better now than it ever was. Won't be long before it is near perfection. This isn't the 90s. And the N64 wasn't even marketed on 3D. Nintendo learnt from their Virtual Boy mistake. They are using 3D because it is the stage where it can be implemented well.

Also, I'm sick of getting the same crap.  I mean really... I already own the best game that will be released on the system or will there be a better game than Ocarina of Time on it?  I highly doubt it.  There's also Rayman 3D coming out for the system which is actually a 3D enhanced version of Rayman 2: The Great Escape that came out in 2000 for the Dreamcast and Splinter Cell 3D which is just a fancy name for Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory which came out in 2005.

It's just launch games. The system hasn't even reached a year in lifetime yet. You are acting like you know for a fact that all will be coming out are remakes and rehashes for all it's lifetime. Obviously we are going to get good game being released throught-out the coming years.

There also just isn't enough time in the day.  Between working, gaming on the Wii, and having sex I barely have enough time to eat, shower and sleep.  How in the world would I have time for the 3DS?  The answer is that I wouldn't.  You guys should follow suit.

This makes no sense, what does you not having enough time to play games on more than one console have to do with 3D not doing 'it' for you? And why should others follow suit?

Me buying this handheld would also be a betrayal to the magnificent 2D renaissance that is going on.  Awesome platformers like New Super Mario Bros. Wii, Donkey Kong Country Returns, Kirby's Epic Yarn, and Wario Land.

So because the system has a 3D feature, they can't make platformers on it? Of course they can, why would 3D deter from 2D games? It won't.

3D and several other lets make a barren game with bitchin' looking 3D environments games.

So if, hypothetically, SMG2 was 3D on Wii, the environments would be barren? Just because of 3D?

In conclusion, if I want to see a beautiful 3D environment, I'll step outside.  I play games to escape from reality and not to be like reality.  Am I the only one that feels this way?

3D doesn't make games realistic. Art direction and  the gameplay does, so I don't see how 3D would affect that.

And so...that is why I think your OP was full of bull. =)

I will respond to the underlined.

Both the Wii and the 3DS are Nintendo handhelds?  You learn something new every day.  Nevertheless Nintendo does make a profit on both and wanting more games has nothing to do with the 3D feature and I never claimed that it did.

Why would I want third party support like this handheld is getting?  Most of what I am seeing from 3rd parties are games that were released years ago, 2D fighters for a 3D system (this is being told that you can kiss your dream girl after your tongue is cut out), and games based off of a minigame from another game like Resident Evil: Mercenaries 3D.

The N64 was marketed as being 3D.  Trust me on this one.  Super Mario 64 was being  hailed the first truly 3D platforming experience.  3D tech is not close to perfect.  Step outside.  That's perfect.  God is better than any programmer.

Yeah.  Obviously we know that this system will get good 3rd party games.  Look at Nintendo's track record for that sort of thing.

Like I said, I don't have enough time.  I wanted to be an astronaut and a race car driver when I was young but didn't have the time so I settled on playing Wii games.  Follow suit so you don't waste your entire life playing video games.

The 3D feature either is going to ensure that the majority of the games released for the handheld are 3D.  Either that or your going to pay a lot of money for a feature that you're not going to use.  Either way, it stinks.

3D platformers are in nature more barren than 2D ones because they are 3D.  2D platformers are much more tricky due to numerous jumps and devious level design because running for half a minute in one would be boring. 

Art direction and gameplay make a game realistic?  Okay, that's fine.  I was just saying that I like my games to be less realistic.  If I want true realism, then I'll go outside.

That is why my OP is not full of bull  =)