| zorg1000 said: I'm not sure if this has anything to do with what ur talking about, but I don't think their will be seperate versions of each game. More like both devices will use higher capacity 3DS carts. So if u have both devices, u can just swap the cart between the two. Also going off their statements about becoming account based rather than device based, I think they will incorporate a cross-buy feature for digital titles, if u buy a game digitally on one device then it is also available on the other. Another thing is I really believe they should allow online functionality between both. If I'm at home and playing Smash Bros on the console version, I should be able to battle against my friend on the train playing the handheld version. |
What? Lol, that's not gonna happen. Quite the opposite. I see the next handheld being completely digital, while the console being typical CD. Carts are pretty much obsolete now as is. There's no way Nintendo is going to go back to carts on the next console for very obvious reasons, and they simply can not have the kind of console-handheld relationship they've been talking about with two different physical formats.
While I don't think the versions will be separate per se, I do think that the same game will have exclusive content depending on what you play it on to further highlight the reasons to own both instead of just one. I think that Smash 3DS and Wii U are irrefutable proof that this will be their philosophy on this matter, but working backwards. With Smash Bros Wii U and 3DS, they used the exclusive content to get you to want to buy both games, but with the new systems, they'll use the single cross-buy game as a way to get you to purchase both systems.
Cross platform online play between systems will be pretty much a given, so I see no issue there.
