No. Because when you have a hotspot, the phones wifi will be activated, thus draining it's battery faster.Actually this is a feature 3DS has over the WiFi Vita.
It will drain its own battery as fast as the phone drains his while providing the 3G feed, so both devices will die roughly together.
On Vita on the other hand, you'll end up with an empty phone and Vita barely scratching its own battery.
(I may exaggerate a bit - but I've seen this in person today, and iPhone drained its battery several times faster then Vita while doing this).
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Ridge Racer Vita is "next gen"
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Lord Error
Insane For Sony
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So you're saying that if they don't bring that over to US, I better be importing a JP Vita?
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Kilo-bauds will be downloaded!
I bought RR1 and RR type 4 from the PSN store yesterday, ready for my vita. I really wanted RR2 but its not up on EU/US stores, only Japan.
Nah, just set up a JPN PSN account, download it, then reset your Vita and switch to your normal account again. app will still work. Interesting that it is possible for an app to mark itself as region free, as almost everything is locked if you use a different account - even some demos.
Mihael Mello Keehl
Banned
hell yea its fucking 2012!!!! but anyways what they did to the game content wise..is pretty fucking bogus to be honest.
Yup it did. I enjoyed challenging other players ghost data and uploading mine.
As already pointed out, this isn't anything new or brilliant. Other handheld racers have achieved the same thing.
Any criticism leveled at RR Vita will be from the development attitude from Namco. If a mere ghost data and a sense of community has pleased you then great. Let us hope that same sense of worth is retained within 2-4 years time.
Any criticism leveled at RR Vita will be from the development attitude from Namco. If a mere ghost data and a sense of community has pleased you then great. Let us hope that same sense of worth is retained within 2-4 years time.
its odd though - there is criticism for Namco releasing a 'bare bones' game, but some people have previously been suggesting thats exactly what they wanted to see - basic game and then DLC to build it up depending on your level of interest in the game.
Seems you're damned whatever you try?
Phonomezer
Banned
Is this thread from 2002?
DangerousDave
Member
Then, they should make the game really cheap, even free, in DD.
3 tracks 5 cars, but free. Then cars-tracks DLC in single units (2$ each car and 4$ each track) and bundles (10$ for 3 extra cars and 2 extra tracks). If you want to make a physical version, make it with more content, with some DLC bundles, making the game 30$, but with 14 cars and 9 tracks.
sixteen-bit
Member
No. They already had a 60 fps Ridge at PS2 launch in 2000.
Haunted
Member
NEXT GEN
Criminal Upper
Banned
This thread is really weird. It's like saying the 3DS Ocarina remake is next-gen.
B_Rik_Schitthaus
Banned
Snake on Nokia's is next gen.
It gives you points for completing tasks such as eating pellets!
It gives you points for completing tasks such as eating pellets!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Next gen defined by barebones content and having to buy the rest? Perfect definition.
The Technomancer
card-carrying scientician
I feel I should point out that Mario Kart 7 has almost the exact same system with Wi-Fi. I'm getting ghost data almost every time I connect.
EDIT: Beaten like a carpet
EDIT: Beaten like a carpet
Hey, you might be taking the piss, but it had high score uploads and downloadable maps..
I'm really x'ing my fingers that the US release have more content than the DLC shit they're planning of doing or just play my PSP version.
djSyndrome
Member
Will buy when Orbital Rock shows up.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Maybe the US launch will be better too for this one. 2 more tracks and 3 more skins! In it's current state, I would pay no more than 20 out of desperation for a good launch racer. The one everyone should be getting is Wipeout anyways. It's a shame that my inner RR love still has me looking forward to it more than Wipeout even though Wipeout thrashes it.
plagiarize
Banned
yeah. i'm glad Sony are implementing similar features. it really makes me want to carry my 3DS around. that lovely surprise of seeing it's been up to stuff while bouncing about in my pocket keeps it in my pocket, which has ensured that the 3DS is the first portable i've really used as a portable.
when it's in my pocket, the thought of pulling it out and having a quick go on the next pushmo is never too far away from my mind.
PepsimanVsJoe
Member
I'll stick with the last-gen releases then thanks.
Following up RR6/RR7/RRs2 with RRVita is a slap in the face.
Following up RR6/RR7/RRs2 with RRVita is a slap in the face.
yurinka
Member
Same here. Love Wipeout, love Ridge Racer.
I'll get Wipeout day one.
If they don't add more content for the EU launch, I won't pay more than 20 bucks for this RR.
But well, until they reduce its price, at least in Vita we can play:
-Ridge Racer (PS1)
-Ridge Racer Revolution (PS1)
-Rage Racer (PS1)
-Ridge Racer Type 4 (PS1)
-Ridge Racers (PSP)
-Ridge Racers 2 (PSP)
-WipEout (PS1)
-Wipeout 2097 / Wipeout XL (PS1)
-Wip3out (PS1)
-Wipeout Pure (PSP)
-Wipeout Pulse (PSP)
-Wipeout 2048 (Vita)
Sony isn't implementing similar 3DS features.
In PSP there were games where you shared content though wifi with other users even without asking them. Some even generated 'gifts' from wifi devices (even if they weren't PSP), and others even if you were player SP but had the wifi turned on if someone with the game was near was able to join your match without lobby or even asking you for confirmation (just like in the old arcades).
BTW, this 'free gift' idea comes from social games, as a retention and virality feature. A user gifts game content to another, who might forgot the game. Seeing that game notification outside the game might encourage him to go back to the game. Depending on the game design (how important are these gifts in the game), the player would want more gifts, so will ask new players to join the game.
DevelopmentArrested
Banned
This is some serious astro-turfing. The game is "next-gen" because it shares ghost times over 3G? Really?
You mean laziest next gen pieces of shit you've ever seen.
Well this is how things progressively deteriorate. We either accept the half framerate, barebones experience or we don't. It's up to gamers.
Done.
In America we get raped on 3G contracts. Mine has a 100MB cap...
GrandHarrier
Member
Ah, gotcha. Yeah, I agree with you about the controls, that's what makes the spotty framerate so annoying. There's a good amount of content, nice controls and the 3D effect is genuinely cool but that framerate ruins it all for me
I really want that dubstep visualiser thing that was shown off on Vita.
Where? What content? 5 cars. 3 maps. That sounds like what you'd get from a demo of a racing game.
Air Zombie Meat
Member
He was talking about Ridge Racer 3ds.
Black_Stride
do not tempt fate do not contrain Wonder Woman's thighs do not do not
Is this a joke or very bad PR.
This thread is not selling the game at all.....ive been playing forza so ghost sharing isnt something that screams next gen to me.
I guess its cool cuz it happens over the 3G network or whatever.
Synless
Member
This is the first RR I am not buying due to how shitty and lazy it is. I was already burned by the 3DS one, this one can rot. No online play, shit for tracks and features. I don't say this often, but sometimes the iOS structure is much better than other companies. I got Real Racing 2 for $8.99 at launch with a ton of cars, tracks, and online racing over 3G. My friend got it for $.99 this last sale. This game is a joke compared to that for over double the price (at full price).
Chittagong
Gold Member
Nuclear Muffin
Banned
Mario Kart Super Circuit had downloadable ghosts (in Japan only) and tradeable ghosts in 2001...
Nobody here is criticising how this game plays.
They are criticising the amount of content and features that have been stated by the developers.
You don't need to have played a game to do the latter.
For the WiiU port the chances are high.
No chance of that, I'm afraid, but I would hope the US version includes more content out of the box.