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[BurntPork]

Miyamoto didn't want it because he figured touch screen/accelerometers would do the job. Or something like that.

Yeah.

This. Besides, the way I see it, it just means more shooters.

 

[Emitan]

Haven't noticed the trend huh?

...no?

This. Besides, the way I see it, it just means more shooters.

That's it. I'm being mass trolled. Bye, guys.

 

[solarus]

Did Nintendo ever explained as to why the 3DS didn't get a 2nd analog stick?

I think i remember it being a limitation of space to fit it in.

 

[AceBandage]

Haven't noticed the trend huh?

The trend of making phones that suck for most games?

 

[L00P]

The right analog thing is just plain dumb. They should have just included it in the first place. Nintendo basically admitted that the 3DS is gimped. I seriously hope this report is not true

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Then again, this is a world where Nintendo released the Wii Motion+ and got away with it. This would take it to the next level.

 

[hardcastlemccormick]

This is a silly rumor and a silly thread that will probably get sillier.

I've got my popcorn ready.

 

[Codeblue]

http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=27775&view=findpost&p=1672309

Here you go.



Use the tactic I've always been taught to use. Ditch anyone that aren't growing well no matter how much you love them. Use your characters efficiently and not some bias over how much you love their character.

Thanks dude. Doesn't seem very credible.

I'd rather they go to a new universe, or at least stay away from Blazing Sword's world. That was my least favorite of the English releases aside from the Shadow Dragon remake. I probably would buy two versions of it if that meant different maps or being able to play as the opposite team on a given map.

Edit: I only use characters I like, hardest mode, no deaths. By the end I'm always destroying the maps if I've raised my units right.

 

[onipex]

ok, like 99% of this thread already stated, this is BS. There is no way Nintendo is pouring more R&D into the 3DS ATM unless it's for a standard revision. there is no way a second slider makes an appearance without scrubbing the 3DS completely.

I agree that it is BS but Nintendo is always working on hardware. This rumor likely came from that. They likely have or are working on a backup incase the 3DS fails. This is nothing new as it is where the super gameboy rumors came from when the DS launched.

 

[PowderedToast]

Did Nintendo ever explained as to why the 3DS didn't get a 2nd analog stick?

as i mentioned earlier, i read that it had something to do with confusing and overwhelming consumers. a lot of the 'casual' market can struggle with the concept of dual analogue so they dropped it. no source, though. (so i may be pulling this from my arse)

 

[flyinpiranha]

This thread is more exciting than any games on my 3DS.

 

[neptunes]

A second one should have been in there in the first place

 

[jamesinclair]

Sounds like a rumor sony released to try and kill holiday sales.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Then again, this is a world where Nintendo released the Wii Motion+ and got away with it. This would take it to the next level.

Eh MotionPlus came out almost three years after the Wii did, and after several other peripherals like the Balance Board too. I don't think the situations are comparable.

 

[Gospel]

To be fair, the psp revisions were pretty minor in comparison to the ones nintendo has done. I own a psp 2000 and have no desire to go from there, where as each nintendo upgrade aside from the dsi was pretty significant.

2000 got double the ram. 3000 got a microphone. Go had the UMD drive taken away and the new Europe-only version has no Wi-fi and monaural sound output.

As I recall some newer games don't perform optimally on the 1000 model either.

Comparing those to a change in aesthetics, screen brightness and battery life, they seem fairly significant.

 

[JimboJones]

 

[jman2050]

Then again, this is a world where Nintendo released the Wii Motion+ and got away with it. This would take it to the next level.

You mean the world where Nintendo released a peripheral for a device that was specifically designed and engineered to use peripherals to augment itself, right?

 

[Boney]

http://serenesforest.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=27775&view=findpost&p=1672309

Here you go.



Use the tactic I've always been taught to use. Ditch anyone that aren't growing well no matter how much you love them. Use your characters efficiently and not some bias over how much you love their character.

It's still a pain in the ass. Like, I'm gonna want to use a swordmaster, and if the first one isn't growing well, I'll ditch it in case of the second one. Which will be way underleveled when he joins the party and I'm gonna have to babysit him to make him hog the exp, and then having the possibility (especially if it has worse growth) of turning crap. Again!

Admittedly, I'm not a connoisseur like yourself. But I enjoy AW much more because I don't have to deal with this bullshit.

 

[RurouniZel]

Shot themselves in the foot, etc. Actually I think if they did this investors would be furious over the long term ramifications. Yes, it's not without precedent (Virtual Boy), but I'm pretty sure the Virtual Boy never had as many systems sold as the 3DS already has and most definitely will have after this holiday.

I just can't see Nintendo jumping ship this quickly; they'd lose far more in reputation and trust among both gamers and developers.

Granted, Nintendo isn't necessarily above stupid, but you get what I mean.

 

[LuchaShaq]

Don't think I could be happier about not buying a 3ds and selling my wii a few holiday's ago when it was still having "shortages".

3d needs to continue dying.

 

[Sennorin]

Has to be bullshit. If it turns out to be true, 3DS will be dead to me and I´ll buy new Nintendo systems only after a 3 years-wait. I can live with a price cut, that´s simply what you have to expect as an early adopter. But changing the fucking core of the system? Yeah, no.

 

[Freezie KO]

I like FE's leveling system. Shit like the tower in FE8 breaks the game. Regular RPGs can stick to having easy cheat-to-win gameplay. SRPGs should rely on strategy.

 

[Emitan]

Admittedly, I'm not a connoisseur like yourself. But I enjoy AW much more because I don't have to deal with this bullshit.

If they combined AW and FE I would be in love. AW style units with your characters being hero units/COs.

 

[Hobbestetrician]

I just...I don't even...No way...I can't...This isn't true.


Right?

 

[Cow Mengde]

Thanks dude. Doesn't seem very credible.

Of course not. They're just poking fun at the rumor there.

It's still a pain in the ass. Like, I'm gonna want to use a swordmaster, and if the first one isn't growing well, I'll ditch it in case of the second one. Which will be way underleveled when he joins the party and I'm gonna have to babysit him to make him hog the exp, and then having the possibility (especially if it has worse growth) of turning crap. Again!

Admittedly, I'm not a connoisseur like yourself. But I enjoy AW much more because I don't have to deal with this bullshit.

The guy who helps me with my Fire Emblem stuff can plow through the game on hard mode twice in 2 days within a few hours time. I know since he gave me his save files so I can grab footage to use. I ask earlier in the day, he comes back later in the afternoon with everything for one play through, and again the next day.

 

[PowderedToast]

Shot themselves in the foot, etc. Actually I think if they did this investors would be furious over the long term ramifications. Yes, it's not without precedent (Virtual Boy), but I'm pretty sure the Virtual Boy never had as many systems sold as the 3DS already has and most definitely will have after this holiday.

I just can't see Nintendo jumping ship this quickly; they'd lose far more in reputation and trust among both gamers and developers.

Granted, Nintendo isn't necessarily above stupid, but you get what I mean.

yeah, i don't think virtual boy reached a million.

 

[Ryu bogard]

Yeah if true no more day1 nintendo hardware for me and they should give the second stick away with every game that supported it.

 

[Gospel]

Don't think I could be happier about not buying a 3ds and selling my wii a few holiday's ago when it was still having "shortages".

3d needs to continue dying.

"i don't like it so it should die"

 

[Para bailar La Bomba]

If true, post price cut adopters will also feel betrayed. I wonder what title Nintendo will give them.

StuBurns' dick, apparently.

 

[Mikey Jr.]

No fucking way.

But then again...wii motion plus.......N64 Expansion pak.......

So who knows?

 

[jman2050]

Is this a stealth factioning topic?

 

[watershed]

Has to be bullshit. If it turns out to be true, 3DS will be dead to me and I´ll buy new Nintendo systems only after a 3 years-wait. I can live with a price cut, that´s simply what you have to expect as an early adopter. But changing the fucking core of the system? Yeah, no.

What if Nintendo has some kind of trade in offer where you get the new, doesn't exist, handheld that has ps3 type graphics for under $100 bucks? Dual analogs, dual shoulders/triggers, DD for all retail games, and region free, would you bite then?!!!

 

[Cosmonaut X]

I'd give this rumour a few days - if there's any truth to it, you'll get non-denial-denials from Nintendo, or silence. If it's false (or the info the source has provided has been completely garbled) it will be stomped on hard, as a rumour like this coming on the heels of a major pricecut, shitty press and with the holiday season looming is potentially hugely damaging.

 

[twinturbo2]

3DS just needs a port of Angry Birds, that'll be a killer app.

 

[Ratrat]

StuBurns' dick, apparently.

that ain't gonna cut it.

 

[watershed]

I'd give this rumour a few days - if there's any truth to it, you'll get non-denial-denials from Nintendo, or silence. If it's false (or the info the source has provided has been completely garbled) it will be stomped on hard, as a rumour like this coming on the heels of a major pricecut, shitty press and with the holiday season looming is potentially hugely damaging.

But wait you still haven't seen the next 4 parts of this story!

 

[Barack Lesnar]

If they were right twice, they're right forever!

So they're just going to make up a bunch of shit? They got the exact Vita specs before anybody and also Wii U. It sounds like people are in denial here. They didn't just get a couple minor things right, they got two significant reveals.

 

[spons]

3DS just needs a port of Angry Birds, that'll be a killer app.

I'm sure it'll sell well at 40 bucks.

 

[TheNatural]

But wait you still haven't seen the next 4 parts of this story!

So is this a weeklong thing with 'inside' info about Nintendo? They're usually a reliable source, right?

 

[Lance Bone Path]

Has to be bullshit. If it turns out to be true, 3DS will be dead to me and I´ll buy new Nintendo systems only after a 3 years-wait. I can live with a price cut, that´s simply what you have to expect as an early adopter. But changing the fucking core of the system? Yeah, no.

If the rumors are true, you just buy a $10 peripheral and move on. I'm not seeing the big deal.

 

[NomarTyme]

Nintendo already fucked the early adopters, it would be a shocker if they do it again.

 

[PKrockin]

99.95% chance of being BS.

"i don't like it so it should die"

Seems to sum up everyone I've met who doesn't like 3D in general, too.

 

[Sennorin]

What if Nintendo has some kind of trade in offer where you get the new, doesn't exist, handheld that has ps3 type graphics for under $100 bucks? Dual analogs, dual shoulders/triggers, DD for all retail games, and region free, would you bite then?!!!

No, because I´d have to live in fear of a newer model coming out that has 3 analog sticks. :/

 

[Cosmonaut X]

But wait you still haven't seen the next 4 parts of this story!

Heh. I imagine the next four parts will be just as riveting...

 

[.la1n]

Personally I am nowhere near as excited for the 3DS as I was for the DS, and more so the DSlite when it launched. Part of that has to do with a lot of the unique third party games that were available by the time the lite came around. I do not see that on the 3DS nor do I see anything hinting towards such in the near future.

Bottom line? Nintendo first party is amazing but they cannot continue to float on it alone, if the rumors of third party issues do turn out to be true then a relaunch / redesign may not be as crazy as it sounds. Gaming has become so financially viable since it's introduction that to not offer easy third party support in this day and age is absolutely insane.

edit: for the record I do love Nintendo's first party lineup for the 3DS

 

[AceBandage]

So they're just going to make up a bunch of shit? They got the exact Vita specs before anybody and also Wii U. It sounds like people are in denial here. They didn't just get a couple minor things right, they got two significant reveals.

They probably aren't making shit up, but it also doesn't mean it's true.
Logistically, there's just no way that an attachment could work on the 3DS.

 

[SeanR1221]

3DS just needs a port of Angry Birds, that'll be a killer app.

People didn't buy iPhones/iPods/iPads for Angry Birds. They bought Angry Birds because they have iPhones/iPods/iPads.

 

[Gospel]

No fucking way.

But then again...wii motion plus.......N64 Expansion pak.......

So who knows?

Both of those platforms were made with peripheral expansions in mind. Not saying the 3DS wasn't but what evidence is there that proves the contrary?

 

[Para bailar La Bomba]

:lol, come on GAF.

If that's not Sanwa Denshi, I'm not interested.

 

[twinturbo2]

I'm sure it'll sell well at 40 bucks.

I was thinking eShop download...