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New Nintendo 3DS Hardware Info (Conference At 10 PST/1 EST Today)
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EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Even though it's probably just speculation the date and price sound pretty solid to me. I'll be shocked if it doesn't make the end of the year in Japan, and early 2011 sounds plausible for the European market.
200 Euros also seems on the money, even if its 50 Euros more than the DSlite/DSi launch prices.
200 Euros also seems on the money, even if its 50 Euros more than the DSlite/DSi launch prices.
Yes, 256MB should be cheap by now, but is it Nintendo cheap, if you know what I mean?!?joshwaan said:Specs sound ok nothing fantastic or anything.
I was expecting at least 256MB Ram since it's cheap and 5GB flash and dual 450MHZ ARM CPU.
But this is a rumor we will know for sure 2 days can't wait
I'm not confusing anything. Your post was worth less because it was flawed and its flaw has been discussed many times over. After a while, people get tired of going through the same (flawed) argument over and over again. I also said it's not your fault and it's hard to blame someone for not reading through such a long thread, but I guess you didn't notice or else we wouldn't be having this discussion (or at least I hope so).Socreges said:
What's speculative when the media we have proves "what he meant to say"? You're right when you say Kid Icarus looked like shit, but you're intentionally ignoring other screenshots and videos that do not, and that run on the same hardware.Socreges said:
So, questioning the machine's capabilities because of Kid Icarus being silly can be said without resorting to any speculation.
MisterHero
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Am I crazy if I like how Kid Icarus looks and and animates?
Portugeezer
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I don't think so. I think they are comparing between full 3D and full 2D.abstract alien said:
However I don't see why motion blur wouldn't work, I can imagine why the current system they use wouldn't, but I am sure other developers who will try to push the 3DS will find a way of using motion blur in 3D.
Portugeezer
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It's not just about the specs for me, it's what I have seen that has been impressive, and now if these specs are true it looks like the 3DS will be very affordable.Vic said:
I admit a bit of me would like to see higher specs, so we shall see, but when seeing what was accomplished last gen with worse/similar specs there is nothing to worry about (3DS's resolution in total displays even less pixels. 800x240 = 190 000+ pixels, GCN was 640x480 = 300 000+ pixels).
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
MisterHero said:Am I crazy if I like how Kid Icarus looks and and animates?
Not at all. The animations look pretty wonderful and the draw distance is massive. Kid Icarus is being very, very specifically designed for 3D display. Soaring over landscapes with a true sense of depth and scale is going to be mind blowing. That scene with the screen being bathed in tons of red lasers fired from distant cannons? Yeah. That is going to rock.
But I do think the character art is pretty ugly
.Out of curiosity, where are you pulling these figures out of?joshwaan said:Specs sound ok nothing fantastic or anything.
I was expecting at least 256MB Ram since it's cheap and 5GB flash and dual 450MHZ ARM CPU.
But this is a rumor we will know for sure 2 days can't wait
Comparisons with iPhone and iPod Touch specs?
You forgot the lower screen. It's 268 800 total pixels. Still less than the GCN's 307 200 though.EuropeOG said:
UncleSporky
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Resident Evil looks really awesome partly because its screens and trailers have 2xAA, which Capcom has said is disabled in 3D mode due to the extra strain on the processor.
Kid Icarus doesn't have any AA because Nintendo is being honest about how it will look in 3D.
Kid Icarus doesn't have any AA because Nintendo is being honest about how it will look in 3D.
Portugeezer
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I am focussing on which will be displaying the full graphics.Jocchan said:
Lower screen will probably be used very little for graphics, maybe some menu, items, inventory, etc. Not really taking power away from the top screen.
Portugeezer
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Oh right, I'm don't know much about these things, just the basics (I don't even know what you mean by frame buffer...)Luigiv said:
I am pretty sure it was on Capcom's site where they explained the effects such as HDR, motion blur, bump mapping, etc. 3D didn't have 2xAA on Capcom's MT Framework engine.Vic said:
I'd say Mario Kart is a good call for a launch title, it should be made by EAD group 1 who haven't released a game since MKWii back in early 2008, giving them ample time to make it and Nintendogs and Cats, and given the size of the franchise these days it'd be the perfect way to generate excitement around the launch with a popular title, and great portable game, that the entire demographic aimed at by the system can enjoy.
UncleSporky
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Vic said:
It was in the pile of info when they talked about their MT framework.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-resi-3ds-tech-blog-entry
Even RAM consumes power. Less RAM means lower power consumption. It's also worth noting that you need less memory if you have faster mass storage, and Nintendo uses a very memory efficient GPU (procedural textures, polygon subdivision). And we don't even know what kind of RAM the 3DS uses - if it isn't standard LPDDR, it's not necessarily cheap. Gamecube and Wii both use custom built, rather expensive PSRAM for example.joshwaan said:Specs sound ok nothing fantastic or anything.
I was expecting at least 256MB Ram since it's cheap and 5GB flash and dual 450MHZ ARM CPU.
But this is a rumor we will know for sure 2 days can't wait
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
Empty said:
Out of everything announced from Nintendo so far Nintendogs + Cats and Mario Kart 3DS are easily the best choices for launch, if just for how much money they will pull.
Portugeezer
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They had a few in 480p too, which looked great. Games like Metroid Prime, Starfox, etc.szaromir said:
Going by this list anyway, a pretty good amount.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_GameCube_games_with_480p_and_16:9_support
GasProblem
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Will we see portable games with graphic options? That you can choose between playing in 3D with some effects turned off, or not in 3D but with some effects like motion blur turned on?
EatChildren
Currently polling second in Australia's federal election (first in the Gold Coast), this feral may one day be your Bogan King.
GasProblem said:
Capcom seem to think so, but the 3D is controlled by the slider not by any options menu.
VOOK said:
Where di you hear this? As in, EU media were told to come, or just told about the event?
frankie_baby
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Ooh so perhaps Japan and eu this year thenVOOK said:
frankie_baby
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I've been thinking this for ages, especially seeing how saturated with dss The uk is and the piracy/sales drop off thingcw_sasuke said:
I find it hard to believe both Nintendogs and Mario Kart will be launch titles. Both of those games are some of DS's best ever selling games on the handheld, it would be strange to launch 2 of the best selling franchises at launch, it would be a better idea to save one of the games for a sales boost for another time of the 3DS's life.
KAL2006 said:
I dont know if this is really needed with those kind of games - if they are ready nintendo will ship them, since the games will keep on selling for the next 5 years. You also have to remeber that tha last versions of those games cam out 4-5 years ago on the DS. If those 3DS games can use the new networkfeatures like Tag mode, Nintendo will put out those heavy hitters as fast as possible to make sure that users know about those functions and use them.
MK 3DS, AC 3DS and Nintendogs will probably out in the first couple months. 3DS should sell out regardless.
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