Iwata: "could be a Nintendo 3DS software title which does not use the 3D feature"

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IamAwsome said:

BrokenBones646 said:

IamAwsome said:

BrokenBones646 said:
So this confirms by Nintendo what I already though, the 3D is a pointless feature.

Erm, no. It just means that 3D is optional, and they aren't forcing it on developers. It's the same way with the DS touchscreen.

"I think there could be a Nintendo 3DS software title which does not use the 3D feature at all, and I believe Nintendo will develop such software" Not forcing it on third parties is one thing, making a game yourself that doesn't use a display feature you put in the system yourself is another, the 3D obviously doesn't add anything to the game, this is just Nintendo sharing that view 

No. Just because they don't cram it into every 1st party 3DS game (like they did with motion and the Wii) doesn't make it pointless. Mario Kart DS didn't use the DS' touchscreen, and Super Smash Bros. Brawl would be better off without motion control. You could say a similar thing about Sony and Sixaxis control, or Microsoft and Kinect. Just because they don't try to force somthing on us, doesn't make the feature pointless. 

Okay first all of sixaxis didn't really go well and how is MS not forcing kinect on people? Secondly those are all control options, which effects gameplay, 3D is not a control option. Nintendo not putting 3D in a 3DS game is basically them saying this game would not benefit from 3D, and the fact that they even consider not putting it in means they already don't think it benefits games, or that people don't even want it. The best decisions Nintendo made when putting the 3D in is the off switch.