The 3DS!

[DragonmasterDan]

I totally agree with ParanoiaDragon.  I know that the big bucks are in casual games these days but saying that Android & iOS titles are competing with Sony & Nintendo titles is kinda like saying that big budget FPSes and WRPGs on the PC are competing with crapy online flash games.  On some level they are, but I don't believe their audiences overlap very much.

Yep, games that are downloadable on WiiWare or the DSIstore compete with games on IOS or Android. Retail released 3DS and Vita games are created on an entirely different scale right now, than downloadable games for smart phones.

Are they competition, sure. But it's not exactly the same target audience for their core business. It's like asking if smart phones compete with PCs, in theory they do. They can offer many of the some functions as a PC. But two different core markets and different design goals.

[TheClash603]

Since PSP can already output to a TV, I would be shocked if Vita couldn't do the same.

Sony has already confirmed that the launch unit won't have video out, but they haven't ruled it out on later revisions.

WEAK!!!  They are probably afraid no one will need the PS3 if the Vita can output to a TV.

The 3DS is available at Walmart for $169.99 now, and you are still an ambassador if you get it before the 12th.  Awesome deal if you ask me, especially with the Christmas season coming up.

I am honestly thinking of getting a blue one now too...

[Windy]

I have been so frustrated so far with the 3DS line-up. even up until now its pathetic. Just a bunch re-hashed crap and re-release has been's. I do like the zelda 3ds  however its my 3rd time going through it now. Nintendo has lost their ever lovin minds. with this current way they are runnin things over there they should be finished sometime soon. People will start to say "hey Ive played this 10 or 20 years ago" Most have already started to notice

[DragonmasterDan]

I have been so frustrated so far with the 3DS line-up. even up until now its pathetic. Just a bunch re-hashed crap and re-release has been's. I do like the zelda 3ds  however its my 3rd time going through it now. Nintendo has lost their ever lovin minds. with this current way they are runnin things over there they should be finished sometime soon. People will start to say "hey Ive played this 10 or 20 years ago" Most have already started to notice

It's early on, the original DS had a terrible launch lineup. The 3DS hasn't even gone through it's first holiday season yet. Give it some time and the lineup will fill out.

[Arkhan]

Thats retarded

Remember when Nintendo launched with power house, ball busting games?

I mean, Super Mario World SNES? Srsly.

this is bullshit.

[Windy]

It's early on, the original DS had a terrible launch lineup. The 3DS hasn't even gone through it's first holiday season yet. Give it some time and the lineup will fill out.

I hope your right Dan

[DragonmasterDan]

Thats retarded

Remember when Nintendo launched with power house, ball busting games?

I mean, Super Mario World SNES? Srsly.

this is bullshit.

When did any of their handhelds?

 Super Mario Land came out when the original Game Boy did, not a bad game, but no Killer App. Yes, the Game Boy came with Tetris but Tetris had been out on PCs and NES by that point. Not new either. But by no means a powerhouse. The Game Boy Color had practically little to offer at launch but colorized versions of GB games. The GBA didn't have much but remakes at its start (Super Mario Advance aka Mario 2 USA for example). And the original DS's brightest early window game was a remake of Mario 64. Don't even get me started on the Virtual Boy.

Nintendo has never launched handhelds with brand new killer apps.

[nectarsis]

I'll leave this here   :-"

http://www.siliconera.com/2010/06/15/nintendo-3ds-to-feature-biggest-launch-ever-from-third-parties/

[guyjin]

Nintendo has never launched handhelds with brand new killer apps.

umm, you ever heard of a little thing called Tetris?

[DragonmasterDan]

umm, you ever heard of a little thing called Tetris?

I mentioned Tetris in the previous post. "Yes, the Game Boy came with Tetris but Tetris had been out on PCs and NES by that point."

It wasn't a new game by any stretch of the imagination.

[Gao]

umm, you ever heard of a little thing called Tetris?

I mentioned Tetris in the previous post. "Yes, the Game Boy came with Tetris but Tetris had been out on PCs and NES by that point."

It wasn't a new game by any stretch of the imagination.

I don't think a game necessarily has to be completely new to be a killer ap.  Tetris lent itself extremely well to a portable system, and the fact that you could go head to head, unlike the standard NES version, made it a social thing where kids would be able to play against each other at recess or whatever.

[DragonmasterDan]

I don't think a game necessarily has to be completely new to be a killer ap.  Tetris lent itself extremely well to a portable system, and the fact that you could go head to head, unlike the standard NES version, made it a social thing where kids would be able to play against each other at recess or whatever.

I'm not arguing. But it wasn't like Nintendo was publishing triple A titles exclusively for handhelds at their launch. That was more my observation.

[nectarsis]

Yet another blow to the already beleaguered lineup:

http://www.egmnow.com/articles/news/kid-icarus-uprising-delayed-until-2012/

[Necromancer]

How kludgey can you get?  It's better than nothing for those that want a second analog stick, but elegant it ain't.

[ParanoiaDragon]

For when/if I get a 3DS, I'll wait till it is the full model with dual analog sticks, etc.