Prediction: Nintendo will move forward with a Switch family of consoles in the same way MS is claiming they will handle XBox...

[Shiken]

Shiken said:

Wyrdness said:

GBC had an entire library of games that could only run on it so he's right in that sense as the platform was significantly more capable than the normal GB more so than the N3DS to the normal 3DS.

Then I stand corrected on that front.  I thought that GBC games would work on a regular GB, just without the color.  I fact checked it and it is true that a regular GB cannot play GBC games, or at least most of them as there were a few that were designed to work on both.

On that note however, it does show that Nintendo has already done an upgrade similar to what I am predicting...or one cycle anyway.  Kind of makes me feel even stronger about my prediction.

Though this was a long time ago and their actions then cannot for sure translate to how they would handle things now, so at this point only time will tell.

HoangNhatAnh said:

RolStoppable said:

I certainly don't count third party games that were part of the SNES Virtual Console on the New 3DS.

But sure, there's Minecraft which is only on the New 3DS. However, that doesn't help Shiken's side of the argument either.

This is what i mean: https://www.neogaf.com/threads/games-that-are-exclusive-enhanced-on-the-new-3ds.1177455/

Shiken said:

Those are also not at all the same.  It ran games exactly the same but was either smaller form factor or added color.

The NEW 3DS has games that cannot be run on the 3DS like Xenoblade 3D and all SNES classics.  It also boosts the performance a good bit for more demanding games.  Hyrule Warriors for example ran at a solid 30 fps on the NEW 3DS while the base 3DS XL chugged at around 20 fps.  A far cry from what any of those you mentioned were.

A new SKU =/= an entirely new device with different specs and performance.  There is a lot more that goes into it than that.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Game_Boy_Color-only_games

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Nintendo_DSi_games / https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:DSiWare_gamesu

You are welcome again

You are late.  I already admitted to being mis informed about all games working on the base model, and pointed out how that actually helps support my prediction in the end.

Good on you for the links though!  Always happy to see hard evidence in these debates.  🙂