Nintendo 3D-S to be much more powerful then wii and closer to xbox360 and ps3

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#1 OwnallConsoles
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If that above statement is true this maybe a quatum leap in handheld gaming. Look at the iphone and technology behind that so I could say with more space you could make something to that effect. Rumor or BS?

http://ds.ign.com/articles/109/1094930p1.html

This statement is interesting

How powerful is the 3DS?
Nintendo has not revealed any specs for the 3DS system, but expect it to well surpass the Nintendo DS in visual and processor capabilities. To provide stereoscopic 3D effects the system must have the ability to render each game field twice, one for each of the player's eyes, a technique that will require significant horsepower to produce.

Several developers that have experienced 3DS in its current form have reported, off the record, that it has processing capabilities that far exceed the Nintendo Wii and bring the device with abilities that are close to HD consoles such as PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

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#2 LegatoSkyheart
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Holy Crap if that's true......

:shock:

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#3 AmayaPapaya
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yea I just read it. It said something like, it is much more powerful than the Wii and closer to the PS3 and 360 in terms of processing power to handle the 3D.

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#4 CDUB316
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i honestly think 3DS is gonna steal the show

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#5 WllDan7
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It is no way nintendo is going to make a handheld that powerful. But if they do I want in badly. E3 needs to get here now.

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#6 LegatoSkyheart
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I think this is where Nintendo's Profits went into. We may see a freakin' Handheld Juggernaut.

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#7 Fuhgeddabouditt
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Hey, just continue the great handheld games and im good.
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#8 deactivated-635601fd996cc
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I don't think so, this is hype is so like the PS3 pre-release statements it's not funny.
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#9 CDUB316
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It is no way nintendo is going to make a handheld that powerful. But if they do I want in badly. E3 needs to get here now.

WllDan7

they have made a TON of profits....so i dont' see why not, they can easily afford it

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#10 OwnallConsoles
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It is no way nintendo is going to make a handheld that powerful. But if they do I want in badly. E3 needs to get here now.

WllDan7
I agree but if it is true I must have this handheld.
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#11 Fuhgeddabouditt
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I don't think so, this is hype is so like the PS3 pre-release statements it's not funny.ocstew
I have faith in Nintendo, they arent like SONY. But then again, I have learned to not fall for the hype.

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#12 DaViD_99
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My ass. Many people are going to be disappointed by these rumours, I promise you that.
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#13 Brownesque
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Please, gentlemen. Calm down. Pull back the reins on your delusions. What you just read is PR propaganda and undoubtedly nonsense. The iPad, a tablet computer, has a single core 1 Ghz processor.....only slightly faster than the Wii and not even remotely in the ballpark of the three 3.2 Ghz cores of the Xbox 360's CPU or the average 2.4 Ghz Core 2 Duo desktop CPU. It is vastly unlikely that their new handheld will feature a CPU comparable to a high-clocked single Pentium 4 CPU of last generation.
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[QUOTE="ocstew"]I don't think so, this is hype is so like the PS3 pre-release statements it's not funny.Fuhgeddabouditt
I have faith in Nintendo, they arent like SONY.

Yeah Nintendo is always the saint.
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Lol, I'd love it...but not a chance.

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#16 WllDan7
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[QUOTE="WllDan7"]

It is no way nintendo is going to make a handheld that powerful. But if they do I want in badly. E3 needs to get here now.

CDUB316

they have made a TON of profits....so i dont' see why not, they can easily afford it

Because they normally make handhelds in steps. They are skipping the gen the handheld is supposed to be in and bringing it two gens higher. This is still a rumor for now. Ign also said a month or two ago they got reports that it was as strong as gamecube. So them getting news from who knows means it is true? No. Or maybe yes. We will see at E3 though how powerful this 3ds is.
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The term I am thinking now is the expulsions of a male bovine.

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#18 Shirokishi_
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I know Nintendo is breathing money but I highly doubt that the Wiis profits went into making a handheld superior to it.

It would be a show stealer for sure if true though.

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#19 fastr
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Fake, bs, rumor, whatever. WHY would nintendo do this? it would cost them too much to make to sell it at a low price, which is what is making them so popular, and ya know.. rich? Whats changed that they would have to do this.
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#20 felipebo
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Somehow, I doubt that...

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#21 Chemical_Viking
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I remember people saying much the same about the wii on the specs front. I doubt the 3DS will be particularly powerful. The cost would be prohibitive for the consumer.

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#22 DarkerKamikaze
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If they can pull this off count me in :P.

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#23 ChubbyGuy40
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I need to see my OBJECTIONS pop out at me in amazing 3D quality. GIEF NOW.

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#24 deactivated-635601fd996cc
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Well actually, 360 or PS3 quality graphics at a really low handheld resolution could be possible. I guess.
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#25 Rahnyc4
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i honestly think 3DS is gonna steal the show

CDUB316
honestly? it stole the internet the day it was announced on the web.
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#26 willx10121013
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i wouldn't be all that surprized if this were actually possible, but the price for just one unit would likely be in the $1000's, and Nintendo would loose alot of money on the product...actually, i bet they'd bankrupt if they actually did produce something like this

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#27 deactivated-5e0e425ee91d8
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I think this is where Nintendo's Profits went into. We may see a freakin' Handheld Juggernaut.

LegatoSkyheart
Iphone what? Seriously though, even if this is as powerful, and devs can even focus the horsepower back into 2D for extra juice, the games are going to be limited by the system itself. GBA was twice as powerful as the SNES, but did we see much better games that coulden't have happened back than?
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#28 Cherokee_Jack
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[QUOTE="WllDan7"]

It is no way nintendo is going to make a handheld that powerful. But if they do I want in badly. E3 needs to get here now.

CDUB316

they have made a TON of profits....so i dont' see why not, they can easily afford it

Yeah, I bet they're just itching to lose a bunch of money making a handheld that's several timesmore powerful than it needs to be.

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#29 Rahnyc4
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I know Nintendo is breathing money but I highly doubt that the Wiis profits went into making a handheld superior to it.

It would be a show stealer for sure if true though.

Shirokishi_
the wii's money? you forget that the ds makes its own lump of money..lol
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#30 kansasdude2009
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well, seeing as how it needs the power to produce the 3D effect, i'm still hyping for gamecube quality visuals.

We'll see....

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#31 Loco_Live
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Sounds like a crock of lies to me. And even if it were true, since when did the DS use its capabilities to its fullest? The thing could do N64 graphics and the best graphics on it are from it's launching game, SM64.

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#32 fastr
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[QUOTE="CDUB316"]

[QUOTE="WllDan7"]

It is no way nintendo is going to make a handheld that powerful. But if they do I want in badly. E3 needs to get here now.

Cherokee_Jack

they have made a TON of profits....so i dont' see why not, they can easily afford it

Yeah, I bet they're just itching to lose a bunch of money making a handheld that's several timesmore powerful than it needs to be.

lol exactly. They made a lot of money... sooo now they want to throw it away? Does that actually make sense to you?
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#33 SuperNecro
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All I'm reading is low battery life and this thing will possibly run hot in your hands.
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#34 topgunmv
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I care more about comfort in my hands, battery life, and games. If this thing ends up not having a ton of turn based strategy and 2d games (which the ds does), then I probably won't pick it up.

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#35 topgunmv
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Sounds like a crock of lies to me. And even if it were true, since when did the DS use its capabilities to its fullest? The thing could do N64 graphics and the best graphics on it are from it's launching game, SM64.

Loco_Live

Just because a game is 3d doesn't mean it has better graphics. There are a ton of 2d games that look awesome on the ds.

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#36 wolverine4262
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well, the original tegra board is supposedly quite a bit more powerful than the iphone and original Xbox. So, the tegra 2 thats probably going to be in the 3ds will (probably) be more powerful still. HOWEVER, what people are forgetting is battery life. Something comparable to a 360/ps3 would work for 2-3 hours at the most and that is with a sizable battery (im talking laptop size). What we will probably get is something comparable to the Wii in power, but also more efficient than previous tegra products (better battery life). NOW, when you lower the res to that of a handheld device, THEN you can get some spectacular looking games. They could potentially look better than last gen games as the device will not have to render anything at a high res.
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#37 Crystal-Rush
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My bet is still on Gamecube quality graphics.
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#38 Cherokee_Jack
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well, the original tegra board is supposedly quite a bit more powerful than the iphone and original Xbox. So, the tegra 2 thats probably going to be in the 3ds will (probably) be more powerful still. wolverine4262
Actually the supposed developers supposedly said the Tegra wasn't going to be used.
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#39 wolverine4262
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[QUOTE="wolverine4262"]well, the original tegra board is supposedly quite a bit more powerful than the iphone and original Xbox. So, the tegra 2 thats probably going to be in the 3ds will (probably) be more powerful still. Cherokee_Jack
Actually the supposed developers supposedly said the Tegra wasn't going to be used.

oh really?! hmm, well much of my argument still stands.
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#40 LP4EVA2005
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My ass. Many people are going to be disappointed by these rumours, I promise you that. DaViD_99
this. that is BS
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#41 dercoo
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Nintendo has never really pushed gaming power in a long time.

So I will believe it when I see it.

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#42 gamer0100
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Thats just to hard to belive. Nobody is actually gonna be disappointed if it turns out to be anything close to gamecube. BUT.....if this happens.......Nintendo will change everything as we know it........ again

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#43 GunSmith1_basic
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Thats just to hard to belive. Nobody is actually gonna be disappointed if it turns out to be anything close to gamecube. BUT.....if this happens.......Nintendo will change everything as we know it........ again

gamer0100
the processing power is going towards the 3D effect. So if the processing power is closer to that of 360 or ps3 then the game would probably look like a GC game. Imo that sounds reasonable since I doubt we'll put up a handheld with the exact same graphics as before only in 3D
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#44 Ibacai
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My ass. Many people are going to be disappointed by these rumours, I promise you that. DaViD_99
I'll go with this.
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#45 VendettaRed07
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I dont think too good to be true has applied to anything else better than this

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#46 HarlockJC
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Nintendo has never really pushed gaming power in a long time.

So I will believe it when I see it.

dercoo
The GC was more powerful than the PS2 or the Dreamcast. I agree with the statement I don't think the system is going to be anywhere near the level IGN states.
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#47 OreoMilkshake
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It won't be true.
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#48 monson21502
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[QUOTE="LegatoSkyheart"]

Holy Crap if that's true......

:shock:

yeah. nintendo power is back!!! but ill still wait for 3d-s sp or 3d-s lite or 3d-si or maybe even 3d-si XL
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#49 HarlockJC
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Was it IGN that had the rumor which said the Wii was going to be more powerful than the 360?
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#50 dercoo
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[QUOTE="dercoo"]

Nintendo has never really pushed gaming power in a long time.

So I will believe it when I see it.

HarlockJC

The GC was more powerful than the PS2 or the Dreamcast. I agree with the statement I don't think the system is going to be anywhere near the level IGN states.

But was less powerful than the Xbox. I can't remember the last time they where the most powerful. Maybe SNES, but I don't know.