Someone told me the 3DS has huge third party support...

I'm sorry if i sound really ignorant, but what does that mean?

It means that a lot of developers other than ones owned by Nintendo (1st and 2nd party developers) are making games for the 3DS

I'm sorry if i sound really ignorant, but what does that mean?

hydralisk86

It means that a lot of developers other than ones owned by Nintendo (1st and 2nd party developers) are making games for the 3DS

knightseason

I see. And is it true that many other developers are making games for the 3DS?

[QUOTE="knightseason"]

It means that a lot of developers other than ones owned by Nintendo (1st and 2nd party developers) are making games for the 3DS

hydralisk86

I see. And is it true that many other developers are making games for the 3DS?

Yes and as stated above it also means they will spend time and invest in each prodject and not just rush out half arsed games

[QUOTE="knightseason"]

It means that a lot of developers other than ones owned by Nintendo (1st and 2nd party developers) are making games for the 3DS

hydralisk86

I see. And is it true that many other developers are making games for the 3DS?

You question was answered but to clarify

1st party = games developed by nintendo

2nd party = games developed by a developer that nintendo owns or has contracted

3rd party = games completly out of nintendo's scope aka most games which is why having large 3rd party support is important.

To answer your question yes there are many developers making games for the 3DS and its basically guaranteed due to the success of the original DS.

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[QUOTE="knightseason"]

It means that a lot of developers other than ones owned by Nintendo (1st and 2nd party developers) are making games for the 3DS

Gen007

I see. And is it true that many other developers are making games for the 3DS?

You question was answered but to clarify

1st party = games developed by nintendo

2nd party = games developed by a developer that nintendo owns or has contracted

3rd party = games completly out of nintendo's scope aka most games which is why having large 3rd party support is important.

To answer your question yes there are many developers making games for the 3DS and its basically guaranteed due to the success of the original DS.

Could you provide me with sources thatsay that the 3DS has many developers making games for it? Sorry, i just want to be sure so that i can decide if i want to buy the 3DS.

Back when the 3DS was announced, like last year or whenever, the president of Nintendo Iwata (or else Reggie, I forget which), named a bunch of companies as ones that would come forward to support the 3DS and were starting to work on games for it.

They did name quite a few companies, of course I can't remember all of them. Since, new games by even more companies have been announced.

Details are sketchy for now, but it sounds like by the end of the year the 3DS will have a pretty decent-sized library.

If you want to see this for yourself, I would try searching for videos of the Nintendo speech event where they officially announced the 3DS.

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[QUOTE="hydralisk86"]

I see. And is it true that many other developers are making games for the 3DS?

hydralisk86

You question was answered but to clarify

1st party = games developed by nintendo

2nd party = games developed by a developer that nintendo owns or has contracted

3rd party = games completly out of nintendo's scope aka most games which is why having large 3rd party support is important.

To answer your question yes there are many developers making games for the 3DS and its basically guaranteed due to the success of the original DS.

Could you provide me with sources thatsay that the 3DS has many developers making games for it? Sorry, i just want to be sure so that i can decide if i want to buy the 3DS.

here is one for you

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[QUOTE="Gen007"]

You question was answered but to clarify

1st party = games developed by nintendo

2nd party = games developed by a developer that nintendo owns or has contracted

3rd party = games completly out of nintendo's scope aka most games which is why having large 3rd party support is important.

To answer your question yes there are many developers making games for the 3DS and its basically guaranteed due to the success of the original DS.

knightseason

Could you provide me with sources thatsay that the 3DS has many developers making games for it? Sorry, i just want to be sure so that i can decide if i want to buy the 3DS.

here is one for you

OK, thanks, I read it, and there like 19 publishers. Does this surely guarantee lots and lots of good games? Is this more publishers than the original DS?

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[QUOTE="hydralisk86"]

I see. And is it true that many other developers are making games for the 3DS?

You question was answered but to clarify

1st party = games developed by nintendo

2nd party = games developed by a developer that nintendo owns or has contracted

3rd party = games completly out of nintendo's scope aka most games which is why having large 3rd party support is important.

To answer your question yes there are many developers making games for the 3DS and its basically guaranteed due to the success of the original DS.

Could you provide me with sources thatsay that the 3DS has many developers making games for it? Sorry, i just want to be sure so that i can decide if i want to buy the 3DS.

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"]

[QUOTE="Gen007"]

You question was answered but to clarify

1st party = games developed by nintendo

2nd party = games developed by a developer that nintendo owns or has contracted

3rd party = games completly out of nintendo's scope aka most games which is why having large 3rd party support is important.

To answer your question yes there are many developers making games for the 3DS and its basically guaranteed due to the success of the original DS.

Rod90

Could you provide me with sources thatsay that the 3DS has many developers making games for it? Sorry, i just want to be sure so that i can decide if i want to buy the 3DS.

Just watch E3 2010 and you'll know.

OK, thanks, I read it, and there like 19 publishers. Does this surely guarantee lots and lots of good games? Is this more publishers than the original DS?

hydralisk86

You can never guarantee that any game will be "good" or "bad" as that is down to personal opinion, and that was only the publishers that were annouced at E3 there are probably more now and as time goes on maybe even more depending on how well the 3DS sells. Just look at this list as to the games that have been announced for it and maybe it will help you decide to get one or not.

Yes and as stated above it also means they will spend time and invest in each prodject and not just rush out half arsed games

knightseason

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"]

OK, thanks, I read it, and there like 19 publishers. Does this surely guarantee lots and lots of good games? Is this more publishers than the original DS?

knightseason

You can never guarantee that any game will be "good" or "bad" as that is down to personal opinion, and that was only the publishers that were annouced at E3 there are probably more now and as time goes on maybe even more depending on how well the 3DS sells. Just look at this list as to the games that have been announced for it and maybe it will help you decide to get one or not.

I think Metroid was announced at E3 2010, but it wasn't listed. Will it be included? I think there might have been other games announced too, but not listed on the site you gave me.

[QUOTE="knightseason"]

Yes and as stated above it also means they will spend time and invest in each prodject and not just rush out half arsed games

LordAndrew

Well most big companies do spend time and invest in each game to make them as good as possible or people will stop buying games made by then, but this doesn't mean they will be good or for some it doesn't mean they wont fell rushed.

What is the point in backing a console is your only going to do it half arsed?

[QUOTE="knightseason"]

[QUOTE="hydralisk86"]

OK, thanks, I read it, and there like 19 publishers. Does this surely guarantee lots and lots of good games? Is this more publishers than the original DS?

hydralisk86

You can never guarantee that any game will be "good" or "bad" as that is down to personal opinion, and that was only the publishers that were annouced at E3 there are probably more now and as time goes on maybe even more depending on how well the 3DS sells. Just look at this list as to the games that have been announced for it and maybe it will help you decide to get one or not.

I think Metroid was announced at E3 2010, but it wasn't listed. Will it be included? I think there might have been other games announced too, but not listed on the site you gave me.

Well I can't remember if Metroid was annouced at E3 or not, I also cannot see into the future, but seeing as Metriod is a popular series and has been on all Nintendo systems (but the N64) then you can almost guarantee it will be on the 3DS.

Well most big companies do spend time and invest in each game to make them as good as possible or people will stop buying games made by then, but this doesn't mean they will be good or for some it doesn't mean they wont fell rushed.

What is the point in backing a console is your only going to do it half arsed?

knightseason

[QUOTE="knightseason"]

Well most big companies do spend time and invest in each game to make them as good as possible or people will stop buying games made by then, but this doesn't mean they will be good or for some it doesn't mean they wont fell rushed.

What is the point in backing a console is your only going to do it half arsed?

LordAndrew

But if you look at the type of games they have made in the past you will are targeting, not just on Nintendo machines but all across the bored. Just for you here is a list of there games.

Looking at that list there you can tell that there targets are mostly children and every console has games like these on them, they can't all be great :P

and I wouldnt call them a "big" developer either :P

Big companies, maybe. But you didn't say that originally, and there's still no guarantee that they'll put that much effort into it. Even the 3DS launch lineup contains games that the developers clearly didn't put lot of effort put into. LordAndrew

I mentioned them when you fist asked me a question :)

And how many launch lineups are that good anyway :lol:

And the big developers do put effort into the games they make or (as I stated earlyer) people will stop buying games from them, and seeing as how much money goes into the development of games these days they dont want that to happen.

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[QUOTE="hydralisk86"]

I see. And is it true that many other developers are making games for the 3DS?

hydralisk86

You question was answered but to clarify

1st party = games developed by nintendo

2nd party = games developed by a developer that nintendo owns or has contracted

3rd party = games completly out of nintendo's scope aka most games which is why having large 3rd party support is important.

To answer your question yes there are many developers making games for the 3DS and its basically guaranteed due to the success of the original DS.

Could you provide me with sources thatsay that the 3DS has many developers making games for it? Sorry, i just want to be sure so that i can decide if i want to buy the 3DS.

Its not tha hard, Capcom, Konami, Hudson, and EA are all giving it good support near launch

are you serious theres already 150 games on this database so ya its getting decent support most of the big hitters will be from nintendo though aside from the good developers ,

with that said ya 3ds has huge support alot more then ngp does -ngp only has 18 games in this database compared to 3dses 150 plus games in this database