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fwap on 06 January 2011
Volume 1 : And That’s How the Nintendo 3DS Was Made

  • Shigesato Itoi Tries Out the Nintendo 3DS
  • Shigeru Miyamoto Talks About Virtual Boy
  • Satoru Iwata Talks About Past Projects
  • Hiroshi Yamauchi Says, “Can You Make It Jump Out?”

    • http://iwataasks.nintendo.com/interview.html#/how-nintendo-3ds-made/0/0



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    fwap on 06 January 2011

    TWO THREADS TO HELP SIMULATE 3D EFFECT



    fwap on 06 January 2011

    It must be satisfying that all these attempts at creating a 3D experience have come together in a very highly-anticipated device.



    SaviorX on 06 January 2011

    Definitely makes me hopeful for Luigi's Mansion 3DS



    Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. "  thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."

    Christian973 on 06 January 2011

    So the 3DS is the Virtual Boy plus Gamecube Revenge?



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    SaviorX on 06 January 2011
    Christian973 said:

    So the 3DS is the Virtual Boy plus Gamecube Revenge?


    No. Commercially, those two systems did not succeed.

    The 3DS won't sacrifice the values Ninty successfully used this gen to create historic sales.



    Leatherhat on July 6th, 2012 3pm. Vita sales:"3 mil for COD 2 mil for AC. Maybe more. "  thehusbo on July 6th, 2012 5pm. Vita sales:"5 mil for COD 2.2 mil for AC."

    Roma on 06 January 2011

     

    Nice and fun to read this.

    Lol even the GBA had a 3D LCD without glasses

    So Pikmin 3 might actually come to the 3DS instead of the Wii then… hmm interesting how they talked about how it felt to actually look down on them.

    still want it for the Wii though as you can have more pikmin on the screen at the same time but at the same time on 3DS it will look really cool. just bring me a Pikmin 3 no matter where it ends up



        R.I.P Mr Iwata :'(

    Ninten78 on 06 January 2011

    He mentions Pikmin,I hope it on Wii but Pikmin 4 could be on 3DS or maybe it was just a demo he was showing



    Khuutra on 06 January 2011
    RolStoppable said:
    SaviorX said:

    No. Commercially, those two systems did not succeed.

    The 3DS won't sacrifice the values Ninty successfully used this gen to create historic sales.

    But the 3DS seems to be all about the visuals as opposed to the feel.

    This is a disengenuous contrast; it implies that visuals and feel are diametrically opposed, when they are nothing of the sort.



    Khuutra on 06 January 2011
    RolStoppable said:
    Khuutra said:
    RolStoppable said:

    But the 3DS seems to be all about the visuals as opposed to the feel.

    This is a disengenuous contrast; it implies that visuals and feel are diametrically opposed, when they are nothing of the sort.

    Alright, you are trying to scare me by throwing out some big words.

    The DS and Wii changed how games were played, how we interacted with them. The 3DS looks like it's primarily going to show what already existed with a different visual output. Admittedly, the 3D graphics open up new gameplay opportunities for some genres, but it's not going to be as big of a deal as the DS and Wii were.

    You are obfuscating the real point of the change in how games are played: to be fun. That is exactly the same reason for this 3D: because it is fun, in and of itself. Both have to be supported by excellent software to be viable in any meaningful way, but 3D visuals are no less valid a push forward than touch screens, dual screens, or motion controls (you will note that the DS's biggest game doesn't use the touch screen for anything in particular, for instance).

    The 3DS, if Nintendo is smart is going to be all about the games, not the visuals. The visuals will be there to enhance fun, nothing more.