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[FirmBizBws]

I stumbled upon a listing while I was on Amazon and it said that the game wasn't compatible with the "old 3ds". Now this isn't a problem for me because both 4es systems I have are "new 3ds" systems, but what's really going on here?

What's the justification? Has this happened to games in the past or is this the first 3ds game to do this? Is the new 3ds system really that much more powerful than the old one that certain games just won't work anymore?

I mean I understand that it's more powerful, because some games have faster load times, but an entire game being incompatible?

Have they discontinued the "old" 3DS?

 

[Already Torn]

Xenoblade Chronicles 3D

Probably because it would be unplayable otherwise

 

[DecoReturns]

Hyrule Warriors ran terribly in old 3DS

 

[random25]

Hyrule Warriors ran poorly on the OG 3DS. That's probably why they skipped it in Fire Emblem Warriors.

 

[evanmisha]

Hyrule Warriors played like shit on the OG. I don't get why they're bothering with a 3DS port at all, to be honest, but whatever

 

[ThatsMytrunks]

Seems strange considering they didn't mention that in the presentation. I think Amazon's made a mistake in their listing.

 

[NinjaCoachZ]

Hyrule Warriors Legends barely ran on the old 3DS so they decided why bother. Especially since it's a cross-gen release anyway.

Seems strange considering they didn't mention that in the presentation. I think Amazon's made a mistake in their listing.

Distinctly remember the Direct citing FE Warriors as New 3DS/Switch exclusive.

 

[Chindogg]

Hyrule Warriors was barely playable on N3DS and to get the best framerate you had to completely kill 3D.

No way Fire Emblem Warriors would be ok on old 3DS.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Xenoblade 3D is whole game thats incompatible as well. You never knew they planned on making games only for New 3Ds?

Seems strange considering they didn't mention that in the presentation. I think Amazon's made a mistake in their listing.

They did mention it. You guys might have selective listening

 

[DragonGirl]

As noted, it's not the first exclusive and yes, the New 3DS is effectively a generational leap over the old one, though most of the extra power is for the super stable 3D and Fire Emblem Warriors was stated to only be on the New 3DS at its reveal.

 

[astrogamer]

See Hyrule Warriors Legends. Game runs pretty terribly on the old model. Fire Emblem is probably running on the same engine.

 

[random25]

Seems strange considering they didn't mention that in the presentation. I think Amazon's made a mistake in their listing.

It was mentioned in the presentation.

 

[Gaogaogao]

cpu is faster
hyrule warriors was worse on og 3ds afaik

 

[bigkrev]

Seems strange considering they didn't mention that in the presentation. I think Amazon's made a mistake in their listing.

They distinctly said "Coming to NEW 3DS and NEW 3DS XL".
And yeah, Hyrule Warriors should have been a N3DS exclusive as well

 

[FearMyWrench]

Here's why

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2J98CvVau4

I think it's a good choice to skip the OG 3DS based on this. Even just from the perspective that really Nintendo shouldn't be selling a game to their customers that runs so poorly.

 

[Madao]

difference between Old 3DS and New 3DS is probably bigger than the difference between GC and Wii.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

They distinctly said "Coming to NEW 3DS and NEW 3DS XL".
And yeah, Hyrule Warriors should have been a N3DS exclusive as well

Yeah, it was pretty explicitly mentioned

 

[ArtHands]

Seems strange considering they didn't mention that in the presentation. I think Amazon's made a mistake in their listing.

They did mention it.

 

[ArtHands]

I stumbled upon a listing while I was on Amazon and it said that the game wasn't compatible with the "old 3ds". Now this isn't a problem for me because both 4es systems I have are "new 3ds" systems, but what's really going on here?

What's the justification? Has this happened to games in the past or is this the first 3ds game to do this? Is the new 3ds system really that much more powerful than the old one that certain games just won't work anymore?

I mean I understand that it's more powerful, because some games have faster load times, but an entire game being incompatible?

Have they discontinued the "old" 3DS?

Umm, there are already more than 10 titles exclusive to the new 3DS. go take a look at Hyrule Warriors 3DS and you will understand.

 

[SinCityAssassin]

The justification is that it'll run like shit just like Hyrule Warriors on an older 3DS, so they decided to skip it entirely to concentrate optimizing for the newer model.

 

[Rodney McKay]

Hyrule Warriors was barely playable on N3DS and to get the best framerate you had to completely kill 3D.

No way Fire Emblem Warriors would be ok on old 3DS.

It honestly didn't have the best 3D effect IMO, and I'm a fan of having 3D on most of the time.

With it off I think it plays totally competently on the New 3DS.

 

[GenG3000]

Hyrule Warriors was barely playable on N3DS and to get the best framerate you had to completely kill 3D.

No way Fire Emblem Warriors would be ok on old 3DS.

Barely? HW runs at locked 30fps in N3DS with no 3D. The Wii U version does much worse.