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Nuclear Muffin said:
I'm sure there are unknown ports headed to this thing. I expect a Nov launch in NA with Madden, DOA, Nintendogs, Ghost Recon and a couple of other titles as well as some VC stuff.
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3DS release date set at Nov 20th in Japan?
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I'm sure there are unknown ports headed to this thing. I expect a Nov launch in NA with Madden, DOA, Nintendogs, Ghost Recon and a couple of other titles as well as some VC stuff.
Grampa Simpson
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Whichever way the release date falls, this thread is going to be rife with great bits of crow bait.Nuclear Muffin said:
For the 3DS, I imagine Nintendo could get Nintedogs + Cats and maybe one other title out for launch. A combination of OOT, Kid Icarus, and +Cats would probably keep the thing perpetually sold out for the first three months alone. Hell, that's probably true even without +Cats. They can save Mario Kart for later.
Hot Coldman
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I can't see Mario Kart 3DS being anything other than a Holiday 2011 release. If they released it alongside MGS3D and Resi they'd have the holiday NPDs sewn up.
overthehill99
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You're not going to be the happiest man alive come launch day.Suzzopher said:
Kenka said:
GC was Luigi's Mansion and Wave Race
DS was SM64 DS and Ridge Racer DS (and Metroid Prime Hunters: First Hunt, but that was a demo)
Wii was TP, Excite Truck, and Wii Sports
The GC had some third party support in the form of Super Monkey Ball, THPS3, and Rogue Squadron II on launch day, and Pikmin and SSBM were released a couple weeks later. The DS's next Nintendo game was Wario Ware Touched, I think, three months later. The Wii had at least one Nintendo game every month until sometime in 2008, I think.
The DS was extremely rushed to the market.
redbarchetta
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Suzzopher said:
Yes, and he said as much.
It could be good, but do you remember Ubi´s DS launch line-up? It was horrible. Rayman 2 was mediocre, same goes for Asphalt Urban GT and Sprung... urggh.Boney said:
At this point, Ubisoft will try to launch more titles but I'm not convinced yet.
- Hollywood 61 (codename) = puzzle/mystery game
- Battle of Giants: Dinosaur Strike = Dinosaur fighting game roar
- Driver Renegade = No idea how Ubi will handle the Driver license
- Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory = Remember the horrible DS game?
- Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon = looks like a Advance Wars kind of game, could be good.
There aren't a limited number of allowable slots. And even if there were, then it'd be preferable to have one taken up by OoT with some extra work put into the new and awesome game to make it awesomer, right? I feel the same as you about OoT by the way. I just know that launch titles tend to rush development a bit, and if a game really is new and awesome, I want them to do it right. Either way, I don't think it would come out instead of something else. There have been larger launch lineups than this is likely to have.Vinci said:
Sega said:
I wouldn't be shocked if Nintendo had a certain number of its own titles that it wants at launch. Maybe two or three. If OOT were chosen, I'd honestly be a little annoyed. I get what you're saying, but remakes are not an adequate launch substitute for something that is tailor-made for the platform.
overthehill99
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I'm surprised that Nintendo isn't making some sort of '3DS Sports' to pack in, or sell as a launch game. If they did something like that, it could be the only launch game.
The more and more I think about it, OoT seems like it would make sense as a launch game. I mean, how hard could it be to remake that?
The more and more I think about it, OoT seems like it would make sense as a launch game. I mean, how hard could it be to remake that?
Dreamwriter
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Because it's a remake, not a port. Miyamoto said that he does not want old Nintendo games to be pure ports, he wants there to be gameplay reasons to play the games again. And he said they were still trying to figure out what kind of stuff they could add to Zelda. Starfox, on the other hand, they were working on from the moment Miyamoto found out about the 3D display.Vinci said:
Note, Reggie *did* say the system was going to have the strongest third-party launch lineup in Nintendo history, so they may be fine with only one or two first party titles at launch.
I think a good one to pack in is that 3D pong game where it breaks away the wall to show a 3D view of whatever the camera sees. I don't think that one would bring in a lot of money, but would be a great way to show off a couple of aspects about the hardware.Blu_LED said:
I think Nintendo had to include a pack-in (in most territories) with the Wii because they had to convince non-gamers and gamers alike that taking a big step back in graphics was worth it for the then-unproven motion controls (which still may be unproven, but that's another conversation entirely). The 3DS doesn't have to convince most people, and has everything going for it. Even if it were in 2D, losing unquestionably THE biggest selling point of the system by a mile, everything else it offers is enough to bring it major success and to be understood.
brain_stew
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Boney said:
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This is being developed by the creator of the Xcom games actually, its definitely not shovelware and potentially one of the sleeper hits of the launch lineup. I wouldn't write it off, and nor would I scoff at a decent port of Chaos Theory which should also make it in time for launch.
N-Space said:
It sure is!
Can't believe we had so many doubters, I felt like I was the only one that grasped what a capable little machine this was going to be at times during the reveal and we've still got people that doubt its capabilities. Nintendo could have got away with much weaker hardware but its clear that they want to increase their appeal to western developers as well as PSP/PS3/360 gamers. I fully expect the Wii's successor to do the same.brain_stew
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Vinci said:
Well it isn't 100% confirmed but we know he's working on a turn based strategy game for the 3DS, we know, we know he's currently working for Ubisoft and we know this is the only announced Ubisoft game that remotely fits, you connect the dots.
Sure it doesn't look graphically stunning or anything but that doesn't mean it isn't potentially going to be awesome and crucially it'll likely be one of the few 3DS launch titles with some serious depth and longevity.
Sadist said:
Well we already know the 3DS can handle Xbox ports just fine without skipping on any of the cool technology that is so crucial to the Splinter Cell games. A 3D Splinter Cell was never going to work on the NDS, even the PS2 and GCN couldn't do that series justice, so I wouldn't write it off based on that.
brain_stew
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FoneBone said:
That's the impression I get, yeah. On the bright side that means that the gameplay will likely be more fleshed out than a lot of other earlier titles and for a turn based strategy game, that's more important than flashy graphics (no matter how much I love them!) imo.
brain_stew
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Spiegel said:
Yep, that's the difference. The NDS title was always going to be compromised but Ubisoft really won't have to ditch anything bringing this over to the 3DS and its even possible that they could improve it in some areas. That's assuming they're smart enough to base it off the Xbox version of course.
brain_stew
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Furret said:
It's Ubisoft's Ghost Recon game announced at E3, so like 95% certain that this is Julian Gollop's title, yes. Unless Ubisoft have several turn based strategy games lined up for the 3DS launch, although I somehow doubt that.