Nintendo 3DS - Date, Price

[DEATHMASTER]

I never even played the NES Icarus, and I still want the new one.

 

[Nabobalis]

I never even played the NES Icarus, and I still want the new one.

Same. I know nothing of Icarus :hmph:

 

[Gargantou]

^Same, I've heard a lot about it etc but it's just another of those NES games I'm not really interested in.

Most of my old-gaming these days is Amiga and DOS anyway.

 

[Fishlore]

Saw that Pilotwings is a launch title. So much for holding off until a price drop. StarFox unfortunately isn't a launch title, but those two titles together makes this a must buy for me.

I played a lot of Kid Icarus back in the day on the NES. It was a good game but I found it intensely difficult. Looks like a whole new game in every possible way, judging by the trailers I've seen.

 

[Gargantou]

^Did you go

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DLIU5tC3LAs#t=0m42s

Note: Skip to 0:42 in the vid for the laugh.

 

[VirusType2]

Same. I know nothing of Icarus :hmph:

^Same, I've heard a lot about it etc but it's just another of those NES games I'm not really interested in.

Most of my old-gaming these days is Amiga and DOS anyway.

Back when there were literally like 800 games for the NES and the majority of them were total shit money stealers, Icarus was a great game. A friend and I played it so much we were both able to complete it in a weekend, despite it being fairly challenging.

A perfect rental game. Hopefully the new one is more involved and just as good.

 

[VirusType2]

The electric reaction to the Nintendo 3DS at this year's E3 is one of the reasons Nintendo opted for a 25,000 yen ($300) price point, president Satoru Iwata has told analysts.

... the Nintendo CEO explained during an analysts meeting yesterday that the excited reaction at E3 was one of "a number of factors" it considered when setting the higher than expected price.

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=267501

[Michael Pachter] predicts that the 25,000 yen ($299) price point for the Japanese launch of the handheld will depreciate somewhat as it travels to Western markets, arriving in the U.S. for $250, Europe for €250 and the U.K. for £200. And although Nintendo of America CEO Reggie Fils-Aime stated the 3DS would "launch in all of our major markets by March 31, 2011," Pachter foresees an even later arrival in the West.

http://www.joystiq.com/2010/09/30/pachter-3ds-will-cost-250-in-the-u-s-likely-wont-come-state/

All that could change: Remember that most people thought Wii would be $200. But $300 carries a of a heavy psychological burden. Add in Nintendo’s history of lowering prices for the U.S. and $250 is more likely a ceiling than a floor.

http://www.wired.com/gamelife/2010/09/nintendo-3ds-price/

 

[VictimOfScience]

Yeah, I too think it will be $250 realistically. I would love to see $200 and it would sell like MAD, but oh well. Stupid ****ing gaming press has to jizz all over it and drive the price up. :-P

 

[Gargantou]

I'll probably still get it, I don't own a DS so, in essence I'm getting both a DS and a 3DS since it's fully backwards compatible, no?

 

[VirusType2]

That's a good point, Gargantou. Wiki says yes.

In addition to its own software, the Nintendo 3DS will be backward compatible with Nintendo DS software, including DSi software.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Apparently there's some limit on either which DSi games will be compatible, or how many you can transfer across. The place I read it wasn't very clear on that point...

 

[BabyHeadCrab]

^Did you go

Note: Skip to 0:42 in the vid for the laugh.

Huge fan of this episode, I miss TNG dearly.

 

[Gargantou]

And Data was such an awesome character!

 

[Bad^Hat]

Man, some of these games look super laggy.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/nc-10-nintendo-3ds/705394

 

[VirusType2]

I wish I had a kid so I'd have an excuse to get one for 'em so I can play it.

 

[Vegeta897]

Man, some of these games look super laggy.

http://www.gametrailers.com/video/nc-10-nintendo-3ds/705394

Every game in that video looked perfectly smooth to me.