NOOOOOOOOOO! Nintendo Have Totally Lost It

I mean, look at the 3DS: it is the complete antithesis of everything a Nintendo handheld is supposed to be. Just let's think about it. Nintendo handhelds are supposed to be economically priced, low powered, get unique games tailor made for pick up and play handheld sessions, and finally, they are supposed to have great battery lives.

Now let's look at the 3DS...

We have a handheld that is priced higher than Nintendo's home console (and don't give me that 'only in Japan excuse... even if we consider ONLY Japan, in Japan, the 3DS IS pricier than the Wii)

A handheld that is quite high on power under the hood

A handheld that is getting loads of console ports

And now, finally, a handheld that has been confirmed to not have the battery life of the DS.

I mean, WTF? People used to rag on the PSP... and now the 3DS is making the exact same mistakes, down to the low battery life, the console ports and the single analog input?

Now, I love the 3DS, and I'm looking forward to it. But I can't help but feel that, this time, Nintendo have truly lost their way.

Im sure if the 3D is turned off the battery lasts a good while.

Edit: OH SNAP! 6000 posts!

Didnt celebrate the 5000.

We'll just have to see how this launch plays out, now won't we? :twisted:

It's always the same, people doubt Nintendo, until, of curse, the hardware releases and becomes a total success, when everybody denies ever having doubted Nintendo in the first place.charizard1605

Nintendo Hardware isn't exactly batting 1.000 you know. They've had major disappointments both in the console and portable arenas before.

Just sayin'... Let's not pretend Nintendo is immune from flopping.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]It's always the same, people doubt Nintendo, until, of curse, the hardware releases and becomes a total success, when everybody denies ever having doubted Nintendo in the first place.santoron

Nintendo Hardware isn't exactly batting 1.000 you know. They've had major disappointments both in the console and portable arenas before.

Just sayin'... Let's not pretend Nintendo is immune from flopping.

but which nintendo handheld has EVER been disappointing?charizard1605

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]but which nintendo handheld has EVER been disappointing?OreoMilkshake

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]but which nintendo handheld has EVER been disappointing?OreoMilkshake

[QUOTE="santoron"]

Nintendo Hardware isn't exactly batting 1.000 you know. They've had major disappointments both in the console and portable arenas before.

Just sayin'... Let's not pretend Nintendo is immune from flopping.

charizard1605

I think he means the Virtual Boy.

dont overreact dude....

i mean the 3ds IS a heandheld that has unbelievable wifi and CONTROLLABLE 3d to 2d with the 2 cameras that take 3d photos i mean its not fair for u to say that it should have a very long battery life... it is a handheld afterall

the price is unknown so ull just have to w8 and watever price it gets is probably gnna equal the value of the 3ds's enjoyment

[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"][QUOTE="charizard1605"]but which nintendo handheld has EVER been disappointing?SapSacPrime

ummmm when did you notice this,was the nintendo wii not your first clue?

ummmm when did you notice this,was the nintendo wii not your first clue?

uLOokFunNY2mE

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ummmm when did you notice this,was the nintendo wii not your first clue?

ithilgore2006

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[QUOTE="ithilgore2006"][QUOTE="uLOokFunNY2mE"]

ummmm when did you notice this,was the nintendo wii not your first clue?

uLOokFunNY2mE

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[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"][QUOTE="charizard1605"]but which nintendo handheld has EVER been disappointing?charizard1605

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"]The Micro is pretty disappointing.Arach666

[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="charizard1605"]That's actually a matter of (a minority's) opinion, and it's only a revision to an existing handheld to boot. My point still stands, can anyone here name a single nintendo portable that has actually been disappointing? destroyerHHH

It was intended to be portable with the release of a head strap, but it was never released because the VB bombed so badly.

[QUOTE="Arach666"][QUOTE="charizard1605"] That's actually a matter of (a minority's) opinion, and it's only a revision to an existing handheld to boot. My point still stands, can anyone here name a single nintendo portable that has actually been disappointing? destroyerHHH

It was intended to be an handheld(portable),have you seen the comercials back in the day? Because I did.

Don´t make assumptions like that ,I´m not a kid that started playing this gen.

Whoa, whoa, my friend... calm down, and chill... Look, you, like everyone else, are overreacting. - The 3DS's price STILL ISN'T KNOWN. For all you know, it's priced $199 in the States, so stop panicking and speculating, won't you? - It's a powerful handheld relative to its predecessors, but it's still quite weak, made only with off the shelf technology that is in fact quite old. In other words, it is like every Nintendo handheld before it. - It's getting tons of console ports, and yet, at the same time, it's getting loads of handheld games as well, including stuff like Animal Crossing, Nintendogs, Mario Kart and Professor Layton. Again, stop with the panic. -Hello, the battery life has been confirmed to not be as good as the DS... which DS? The DS Lite, which had a batery life touching 0 hours, or the DSi, which had 11 hours? Even if we take the worst case scenario, is ten hours of battery life on a single charge really that bad? Really, guys should just stop freaking out. It's always the same, people doubt Nintendo, until, of curse, the hardware releases and becomes a total success, when everybody denies ever having doubted Nintendo in the first place.charizard1605

-If the battery life was really only a single hour less than the DSi, I sincerely doubt Iwata would have even mentioned it. As they said, '"This is why we are going to include the cradle, which is a dedicated battery charger. Perhaps we may need to dispatch to our consumers a message, something like, 'Please place your Nintendo 3DS on the cradle as soon as you return home with it'."'

I don't think Nintendo would be going on about it to their investors, much less bundling a cradle with the system, if it wasn't a really noticeable decrease...

PSP2 will steal the hype from the 3DS, at least in America. Mark my words.

Im sure if the 3D is turned off the battery lasts a good while.

Edit: OH SNAP! 6000 posts!

Didnt celebrate the 5000.

Shirokishi_

Wait till 10k, then have a party at OT, we'll be waiting. :P

If later models have better batteries I'll just trade the old one in.

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ummmm when did you notice this,was the nintendo wii not your first clue?

uLOokFunNY2mE

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[QUOTE="OreoMilkshake"][QUOTE="charizard1605"]but which nintendo handheld has EVER been disappointing?SapSacPrime

That hasn't stopped almost every Nintendo fanboy from bashing the PSPGo.

Stop panicing, So what if the battery life is an hour or two shorter, not to mention, what Iwata probably meant was "please charge your 3DS at the end of the day if you have been playing it all day (who even plays their current DS all day?) and if your 3DS is in stand by mode (which is when it will be looking for Wifi hot spots with out asking you) all day long. Nintendo is expecting that we will be usingthe 3DSmore than we have ever used any handheld before. But of course that is for Japan (people really close to each other). While here in America, we will have our 3DS on while we are playing it (duh, for 30 mins to a few hours) then we close it with stand by mode on (tagmode, w/e you like to call it) and we go to Mcdonals or the mall or a spot to hang with friends for a few hours. Then we go home and check to see if the 3DS had picked up any new data, we spend about 10 minutes (if nothing really interesting happened) to 20 minutes. Then we close the 3DS and put it on to its cradle and go play console games and other stuff not related to gaming. You see therefor it doesnt matter that it's battery life is a bit shorter. Its not like we turn it on, play a game and 3 hours into the game the 3DS all of a sudden turns off on us and OHNO we forgot to save. Relax, really.

Also, I see the cradle as a good thing, with the current DS's we play it fora bit for 1-3 days before we notice that red lite, so you go to charge it. Okay so what? What happens inbetween the playing time? Hasnt anyone lost their DS system (misplaced it) before? With the cradle, you will know where the 3DS is every day you wake up.

the 3DS is not very powerfull at all, yeah it has a weee bit better grapihcs than the PSP but then again it should have better graphics than the PSP considering the fact that the PSP is using tech from 03-04. The 3DS is not that bigg of a jump from the PSP, yeah its impresive that it can do (very limited) 3D without glasses, but take out the 3D and what do we have? (just 2 DS duck taped together)

I mean, look at the 3DS: it is the complete antithesis of everything a Nintendo handheld is supposed to be. Just let's think about it. Nintendo handhelds are supposed to be economically priced, low powered, get unique games tailor made for pick up and play handheld sessions, and finally, they are supposed to have great battery lives.

Now let's look at the 3DS...

We have a handheld that is priced higher than Nintendo's home console (and don't give me that 'only in Japan excuse... even if we consider ONLY Japan, in Japan, the 3DS IS pricier than the Wii)

A handheld that is quite high on power under the hood

A handheld that is getting loads of console ports

And now, finally, a handheld that has been confirmed to not have the battery life of the DS.

I mean, WTF? People used to rag on the PSP... and now the 3DS is making the exact same mistakes, down to the low battery life, the console ports and the single analog input?

Now, I love the 3DS, and I'm looking forward to it. But I can't help but feel that, this time, Nintendo have truly lost their way.

crippled_ram

thats quite a deep gaming opinion for such a pretty girl... oh wait, thats not you in that picture?

The PSP proved that people want console ports on a handheld. Nintendo is just responding in kind.

The 3D feature on this handheld will be a fail. People will turn it off after the novelty runs out.

if the 3ds does console port like the psp did, then i might change my mind and actually buy one

It's called great tech quality, something us Sony people are used to. You'll get used to it to Nintendo people, just get into the water slowly. LOL

uh, Nintendo is putting their foot down.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"]It's always the same, people doubt Nintendo, until, of curse, the hardware releases and becomes a total success, when everybody denies ever having doubted Nintendo in the first place.santoron

Nintendo Hardware isn't exactly batting 1.000 you know. They've had major disappointments both in the console and portable arenas before.

Just sayin'... Let's not pretend Nintendo is immune from flopping.

I think what he means is that they want people to have their 3DS on sleep mode all day so they can use StreetPass...I don't know thats just my theory.