Nintendo 3DS
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Griffith
With the streak of a tear, Like morning dew
I'm probably holding off until my birthday, or at least giving it a couple months to see how things play out; if it lives up to expectations, someone's eyeballs explode, or what other issues arise (like if importing the European model is the savvy move). Oh, and so Ocarina of Time can come out of course. 
Aphasia
ALL MYSTERIES MUST BE SOLVED
So I've canceled my pre-order, mainly because a number of articles showcasing how ugly DS games look on the system. The 3DS plays the games perfectly fine, but there's an obvious blurring/desaturation of the color that goes on. I'm really picky about this kind of stuff, especially since I wasn't planning on buying any 3DS games for a while.
So I went ahead and got a black DSI off ebay. I'm still planning on upgrading at some point, likely after a revision and some better titles come out.
So I went ahead and got a black DSI off ebay. I'm still planning on upgrading at some point, likely after a revision and some better titles come out.
Aphasia said:
Would you mind posting your sources? Because I've heard the desaturation was rather subtle and not a bother at all. As for the "blurring", it's a result of the upscaling, which is advantageous when playing polygon-based games (smoothes out the edges and makes them look better), but inevitably renders sprites slightly less crisply than the original NDS. So it's not actually a lose-lose situation but varies depending on the game played. And it's worth mentioning that you can rescale the games to their original resolution by pressing buttons during start up if you want to, which would fix any issues you might have with this.
Aphasia
ALL MYSTERIES MUST BE SOLVED
True, you have the option to re-scale, which is supposed to help the blurriness. But you're also loosing quite a bit of screen real estate. The size discrepancy is documented in the article below. Some people testify that they don't notice it, while others are sincerely bothered by the effect. It probably just comes down to personal preference.Aazealh said:
http://www.destructoid.com/upgrading-to-3ds-don-t-get-rid-of-your-ds-just-yet--196897.phtml
This is the article that influenced my decision to wait. It gives a pretty good impression of the differences.
Aphasia said:
It does away with it altogether as far as I know, since it simply displays the original resolution.
Aphasia said:
Ok, thanks. This saturation matter will likely not affect me as I still use a first generation DS and these models don't display colors as vividly as the later revisions. It's all going according to plan!
NightCrawler
Aeons gone, vast, mad and deathless
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/videos/view/zero-punctuation/3112-Nintendo-3DS
Scorpio
Courtesy of Grail's doodling.
Walter said:
Yeah, those aren't really a big deal.
I've gotten this a few times though...
This has happened to me three times now, and is especially prevalent near the end of long-winded shadow wars missions when I haven't saved. In the big scheme of things I guess the rate of occurrence is pretty tiny, but man, when it happens it's just beyond frustrating. At least it doesn't brick the system.
NightCrawler
Aeons gone, vast, mad and deathless
Walter said:
I don't keep up with this sort of stuff. Nevertheless i consider him to be a trustworthy reviewer. Even if done for laughs.
NightCrawler
Aeons gone, vast, mad and deathless
Aazealh said:
But that's his thing. It's easy to get past that and focus on his opinion. And for the most part i agree with the arguments he makes in his reviews.
It doesn't hurt that he shares my love for Silent Hill 2 too.
Gobolatula
praise be to grail!
Cave Story 3D is seriously making me want to get the 3DS.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_6Iu2xfIw
The graphics are a bit of a shock to me, probably because I'm so used to the pixel art. Quote looks a little silly, but it's something I can get used to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkqRR2wEwRY
Here's an interview I found.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-_6Iu2xfIw
The graphics are a bit of a shock to me, probably because I'm so used to the pixel art. Quote looks a little silly, but it's something I can get used to.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkqRR2wEwRY
Here's an interview I found.
Aphasia
ALL MYSTERIES MUST BE SOLVED
I'm a little sad that I'm not as hyped about Cave Story as I initially was. It looks okay, I'd still like to play it one day. I still have a ton of DS games to go through before I care about getting a 3DS.
There's a game coming out called Labyrinth, don't know if it will make it stateside. I hope so, because whatever it is, it's damn pretty.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428715
There's a game coming out called Labyrinth, don't know if it will make it stateside. I hope so, because whatever it is, it's damn pretty.
http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=428715
Griffith said:
Aww, that's mean. Although I wish we'd hear less about remakes and more about the guy's new projects (assuming he has any)...
Aphasia said:
There are enough NDS games out there to keep you busy until Nintendo's next handheld comes out.
Aphasia said:
Looks pretty neat.
Truder said:
You're a real comedian I see.
EDIT: Updated my 3DS. Excitebike 3D is alright but it's mostly just like the original. The 3D in it feels very discreet to me (although I haven't tried the max settings yet). Still, can't complain if it's free, right? The eShop feels well designed, it's easy to navigate through. Configuring one's account (linking it to the system) takes but a second.
Price drop!
Good news for us as consumers, but I can't help but feel that they're panicking over nothing, or else had really unrealistic sales expectations given that the console was released without any serious titles.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/28/nintendo-3ds-price-drops-from-249-to-169-august-12th-current/ said:
Good news for us as consumers, but I can't help but feel that they're panicking over nothing, or else had really unrealistic sales expectations given that the console was released without any serious titles.
