Nintendo 3DS

[Grapple Convoy]

More info

http://www.joystiq.com/2011/01/12/uk-retailers-list-3ds-for-march-18-249/

Havin a laugh?

?249? Nintendo are pulling a PlayStation 3 (i.e. following up a very successful console with an expensive gadget-based system, complacently pricing out vast swathes of potential customers who happily bought the previous hardware). Epic facepalm! The 3DS is not going to do amazing well unless Nintendo pull a Nintendo 64 and drop the RRP sharply and suddenly.

[Brad]

The 3DS is hardly cutting edge technology,

Yeah, my house is just full of devices with 3D screens that need no glasses! Lol.

BTW, I do get your point but seriously, 3D without glasses certainly = cutting edge to most people.

[JSR]

I think Nintendo can easily sell everything they intend to ship (4 million units in the first batch) at 249. Probably even at 299. I will buy one no matter the cost, and so will many others too. And seeing it in store will probably only make one more desirable. Not too mention kids with wealthy parents. The marketing for this thing will no doubt be huge. And unlike the PS3, Nintendo can easily drop the price whenever they feel the need (probably wont see a price drop before 2012, and even then it will be a drop of 50£ at most), and still make tons of money of the console itself.

I think those of you who doubt the success of this if launched >249 might have forgotten Kinect. Most of the vocal people in here thought it would fail above 99£. It launched at 130 and sold 8 million in under two months. People today have more money than they did 5 years ago when the DS launched. And people are more accustomed to buying new portable technology. The smartphone trend is an example of that. I have no doubt that this will sell for at least 249, and be a smashing success at the same time.

[Neon Ignition]

The thing is as well, whatever it launches at people might as well make their decision there and then as Nintendo are well into the habit now of not doing price drops. Some people might luck out if a supermarket does a short offer or they find a decent value bundle but the Wii has officially held solid at ?180 all this time and the DS has technically risen in price as its gotten older, Nintendo relying on hardware revisions/colours to drive sales rather than price haggling. Both must be epically profitable per unit for Nintendo by now.

[eastyy]

i have a feeling with the 3ds while the launch lineup is not that great when i actually see it running with my own eyes i will have to get one

[CrispyXUK]

For some reason im just not that interested in the 3DS. It seems slightly underpowered and not as powerful as the Gamecube but thats just my impressions and if anyone knows better or has the technical specs then il retract my statement.

It's probably more powerful than the Wii.

[InvisibleKid]

I have to say though, the talk flying around that the 3DS will use Friend Codes has sullied my overall optimism for this. :-/

What games are people looking forward to? (Let's have a 3DS love-in!)

I'm looking forward to:
Super Street Fighter IV
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Paper Mario
Starfox 64

I'm hoping some kind of meaty RPG turns up for it soon though..

[Neon Ignition]

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=283347

March Japanese release schedule

17 March
Super Monkey Ball 3D (Sega)
Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell 3D (Ubisoft)

24 March
Dead or Alive Dimensions (Tecmo Koei)
Gundam The 3D Battle (Namco Bandai)
Rabbids Time Travel (Ubisoft)
BlazBlue Continuum Shift II (Arc System Works)
Pro Baseball Famisuta 2011 (Namco Bandai)

TBC March
Asphalt 3D Nitro Racing (Konami)
Pro Baseball Spirits 2011 (Konami)
The Sims 3 (Electronic Arts)
Tsukurou Ponta no Gardens 3D (Electronic Arts)
Shanghai 3D Cube (Sunsoft)
Naruto Shippuuden (Takara Tomy)
Will Shooter XX (Dorasu)
Steel Diver (Nintendo)
Nikoli Puzzle (Hmaster)

Still nothing I'd buy but at least there's a steady stream of releases

[Daragon]

So, let me see if I have this right. The only first party title out around launch is going to be Muf..I mean Steel Diver?

How interesting

[gizmo1990]

I have to say though, the talk flying around that the 3DS will use Friend Codes has sullied my overall optimism for this. :-/

What games are people looking forward to? (Let's have a 3DS love-in!)

I'm looking forward to:
Super Street Fighter IV
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Paper Mario
Starfox 64

I'm hoping some kind of meaty RPG turns up for it soon though..

Ohh a positive post!! Huzzah, I'm in!

SF4
Resi
Pilotwings
Starfox
Paper Mario
OOT
Metal Gear
Steel Diver
Layton

[Guts]

So, let me see if I have this right. The only first party title out around launch is going to be Muf..I mean Steel Diver?

How interesting

There's Nintendogs + Cats.

[Wil]

Ninty admitting that there needs to be more of a consistent release schedule really just comes down to spreading stuff out thinner, over a longer period of time and is probably the reason why a lot of their own 3DS titles are ports (for want of a better term) of old games.

So, one a month, I guess.

Mind, at £35+ a game that's probably a good thing.

[fuse]

I keep changing my mind between US and JPN - from the list so far it'd probably only be ports of the fighters I'd grab (SSFIV / BBCS2) from the JPN list until more of the first party stuff hits, which is not really what I was hoping for. Damn my inability to understand Layton in Japanese!

[Tig]

So, let me see if I have this right. The only first party title out around launch is going to be Muf..I mean Steel Diver?

How interesting

isn't it true that Steel Diver has been in development for six years?


with that much time, I hope it actually turns out to be good.

[Grapple Convoy]

It's probably more powerful than the Wii.

Possibly, or not, but then the Wii didn't have to drive three displays.