I don't know first hand, but I can't imagine that Xeno 3DS sold incredibly well. It's a niche game for a niche audience, and while the game technically functions, it's far from the ideal way to play.
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Hyrule Warriors is lookin' pretty rough on the original 3DS hardware. (Video Inside)
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I don't know first hand, but I can't imagine that Xeno 3DS sold incredibly well. It's a niche game for a niche audience, and while the game technically functions, it's far from the ideal way to play.
Broken Hope
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Some Nintendo fans act like they have never seen decent graphics before so everything looks "great"
Crap like this or the new Star Fox..
smashballTaz
Member
So I'll be able to play as Linkle with her sweet twin crossbows in the Wii U version? Ace!
I could see that happening, as the New 3DS hardware itself solid okay when it came out in all regions, so not many people can get Xenoblade 3D. The issue is that the game was meant to be the 'push' (alongside Monster Hunter having a 'High' Running mode with 60FPS and C-Stick support and MM3D having the C-Stick features) for people to get a New 3DS and it wasn't enough.
So considering this game is having the Zelda name (a huge name), they wanted the most sales. Ironically, this could of been the game that pushed more people into getting a New 3DS as Zelda is huge name and having a Zelda exclusive on New 3DS (port or not) could be enough for people to upgrade.
PancakeAlmighty
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Honestly Im impressed the new 3ds handles it as well as it does, I was expecting the new 3ds version to run about as well as the old 3ds does. Its a shame this has to be a cross gen(? is that what Id call it) 3ds game, it falls into that problem where placing it only on new 3ds would probably mean low sales, but the reason for that is that there is only one N3ds exclusive, so placing games like that on 3DS means possibly more sales, but I guess this is gonna be how it is.
Still on the fence about if I want to double dip on Hyrule Warriors, I didn't like it as a massive warriors fan and I felt it was one of the weakest warriors mechanics and content wise (with tons of forgettable shit content and a lackluster story mode all the more disappointing after the incredible wealth and depth of Samurai Warriors 4) and Dragon Quest Heroes absolutely shit all over it, but sadly that sold less.
Still on the fence about if I want to double dip on Hyrule Warriors, I didn't like it as a massive warriors fan and I felt it was one of the weakest warriors mechanics and content wise (with tons of forgettable shit content and a lackluster story mode all the more disappointing after the incredible wealth and depth of Samurai Warriors 4) and Dragon Quest Heroes absolutely shit all over it, but sadly that sold less.
Garrett Hawke
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Is the CPU the only thing that changed between models?
AcademicSaucer
Member
Im sure its going to look just fine on the actual New 3ds hardware, cant wait for it, this games are long, perfect for a handheld.
Bjoern the Smexy
Member
They're not 2D though, they just have choppy animation. The character models are updated only every 10 frames or so. It looks super stupid and it really makes me ask myself why I should buy this version when the Wii U version is a thousand times superior to this one.
Colonel Mustard
Banned
It's at nearly ~200K (not including digital) in the US, which is decent enough for a handheld game, not even considering it's a straight port from a relatively small team.
Its definately the big one. Going from 2 cores at 268mhz to 4 at 804 mhz is nice:
Old3DS: ARM11 2x MPCore & 2x VFPv2 Co-Processor 268MHz(~268123480 Hz).
New3DS: 4x MPCore, 4x VFPv2, able to run up to 804MHz (see below). It also has an optional 2MB L2 cache.
NOLA_Gaffer
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Well, the big reason is if you want to play it while you're away from your Wii U.
There's the CPU (now 4-core, ~800mhz) and more RAM. I think it's 256MB of main RAM (up from 128MB) and 10MB of video RAM (up from 6MB). The extra video RAM is part of the reason why MH4 and others have better textures, if I remember right.
Not all of the extra RAM is usable, I think more of it gets reserved for the OS.
SoldnerKei
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seems like I'll be watching Linkle's story on youtube or something, this looks bad, I wanted the weapons and the characters asap, but I'll cross my fingers hoping that at least those will be available as dlc for the Wii U version someday, if not, GG Linkle.
MatrixMan.EXE
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Looks ass on both to me. Yikes.
DocEmmettBrown
Neo Member
Maaaan, I was really hoping this would look better than it does.
thechristoph
Sir!
People understand the limitations of the hardware and come into it with reasonable expectations.
Spukc
always chasing the next thrill
Looks ass on N3DS too
SmokedMeat
Gamer™
I'm not seeing the difference. Not saying there isn't one, but I'm not seeing it. Game looks blah on both.
I'm salty the balance changes and new adventure maps are apparently not coming to the Wii U even with the transfer.
Emulated 3DS version would still look like dogshit. Just wait for Wii U emulation. :^)
Emulated 3DS version would still look like dogshit. Just wait for Wii U emulation. :^)
DeuceGamer
Member
Unfortunately, not too surprised. I thought it looked rough from the beginning. I also would have preferred they just ported it to the NX in the launch window.
freeofgreed
Member
What an odd sentence OP...
Anyways thankfully I have a N3ds but I still don't know if I want to pull the trigger on it.
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Should I have worded it differently?
Movalpolos
Banned
Looks horrible on both. N3DS only maintains a slightly higher framerate. Garbage.
Kresnik258
Member
Omega Force musou games have never been particularly good on handhelds. I think Samurai Warriors 4 Vita has probably been their best effort.
The N3DS version looks decent enough. That OG video is legitimately awful though.
The N3DS version looks decent enough. That OG video is legitimately awful though.
X3D did fine (WWLTD should be around 300k), better than one could have expected for a side-port.
When I saw GamExplain cover the 3DS JP Demo....I got that impression right away. This clearly was a New 3DS title (like Xenoblade 3D) but Nintendo decided they wanted more sales due to the Zelda name.....thus, the game got a 'High' and 'Low' running mode that activates depending on the platform.
Check again who made this game.
freeofgreed
Member
Lol naw, it's just the "Nintendo-focused Youtube channel "TiLMENDOMiNATiON"" Seems wierdly...formal? idk.
lwilliams3
Member
Additional RAM aside, the N3DS CPU has 2x the physical cores and 3x the clockspeed. For a game like this, it would make a world of a difference.
HeavyMetalLover91
Member
Yikes. Could deal with the New 3DS but I'm not buying a whole system just for that. Hopefully all the stuff on this version will make it's way to the Wii U one. Not holding my breath though. Has there been any word on that?
NOLA_Gaffer
Banned
Ah. I know the guy that runs the channel used to be a member here but was banned, so maybe I was a bit nervous about posting the video because I thought there may have been some kind of backlash. So I just kept things upfront.
Nocturnowl
Member
I figured this would end up being the case, I always thought it looked to be doing more than I would've expected from the 3DS.
Hopefully one of my New 3DS owning chums will buy it and let me nab the characters for Wii U or whatever the deal is.
Hopefully one of my New 3DS owning chums will buy it and let me nab the characters for Wii U or whatever the deal is.
sensui-tomo
Member
On a different save file since cross-save is not a feature.(unless that changed.)
freeofgreed
Member
Ah ok, didn't know he used to member (I'm subscribed as well). Why was he banned?
Jawmuncher
Member
I would pay another 20 to get the exclusive stuff here on the WiiU as DLC. This port just doesn't seem worth the performance.
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