| spemanig said: Everyone had too much imagination. It'll be the N3DS, in HD. Maybe a second circle pad instead of a c-stick. That's it. No "free form" screen. No single screen. No "Vita TV" like console to connect to. No throwing away of BC for DS and 3DS after spending over a decade cultivating a playable library for them, much which has been made digital. Just a dual screen handheld, with an HD, still 3D capable, top screen, dual analog, bumpers and triggers, and significantly more power than the Vita, but a little weaker than the Wii U. It's selling point will not be a new hardware gimmick. It will be a firmware gimmick; the unified platform. Same library on two consoles. That's it. |
The console then basically is a "Vita TV" if it shares the same library (probably a very similar chipset too). Just basically how you define it I guess.
I think two screens is actually more expensive today than having one single touch panel too (even at a larger size) because those are more heavily mass produced.
I think they will re-release DS and 3DS games to support a single screen and will make a nice mint that way. Backwards compatibility doesn't really make Nintendo money, charging you again to play 5-10 year old games sure does though.
I think 3D will be out too. Too expensive, never really has caught on with the general public so much so that they released a 2DS in the West.
I think it basically will look like the Wii U tablet ... just not as bulky/clunky/fat with smaller analog nubs. Basically this, just without the 3D Mario:
