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@PlywoodStick They wouldn't run properly anyway.

@Yorumi That's part of the reason. But when people hacked and built N64 emulators for the Wii, many games not available in the official store chugged in performance. Much of the library also performs poorly on computers due to the complex hardware of the N64.

Seems like people still don't get that the PSP can't emulate PS1. At all. It just runs the games the same way the DS ran GBA games. Software built specifically for the New 3DS rather than ported would surely improve FFIX's performance.

N64 emulation is very unlikely beyond SM64 w/ frame drops, especially considering my 2011 laptop barely runs half the library at a satisfactory level. There's a reason the Wii VC didn't have the full N64 library.

They're just putting this out now?

Just saw Star Wars today. Loved it!

@Caryslan get a New 3DS.

"New 3DS has a higher framerate, but no 3D"
Translation: We're too lazy to separate the graphics layers to create a 3D effect on hardware that can handle it.

@Moon Yep, that's the bind Nintendo puts their users in. Don't buy the New 3DS and developers will have to gimp their games to get it on the old model. Buy the New 3DS and old 3DS users are screwed, plus the fragmented revenue for devs.

@mookysam Looks more like the devs. There are much better looking games on 3DS.

NX is a home console: confirmed.

Reads title
"NX Set for 2016 Release With Nintendo Targeting 20 Million Shipped Units"
Re-reads title
"Rumour"

These again

Wii U: Tri-core PowerPC @1.24GHz

New 3DS: 4x ARM11 @ 804MHz

PS Vita: 4x ARM cortex A9 @ 444MHz

Putting aside the fact that all 3 consoles should realistically have zero problem running a flash game as BoI. It should also be noted that the homebrew SNES emulator on Vita actually runs worse than on New 3DS, much less Wii U.

This is a clear example of modern developers wimping out on the age old practice of optimization.

"it's certainly an exciting time to be a Legend of Zelda fan. Then again, when is it not?!"
When Zelda Wii U gets moved to NX.

@wazlon You think that 333MHz Vita processor is going to do this game anymore justice than the 3DS?

Might keep an eye on this, but will stick with the New 3DS for emulation. The PS1 emulator is looking promising and N64 is right around the corner.

But can I change the size of their booty?...

Twilight Princess HD Wiimake?

@MikeW wasn't for the better.

@Vineleaf The enemy amounts look similar. It's looking pretty impressive how close they are considering the gap between the old 3DS and the Wii U.

@Vineleaf The enemy amounts look similar. It's looking pretty impressive how close they are considering the gap between the old 3DS and the Wii U.

They are the ones that still have their Wii lying around and haven't sold it yet.

@ikki5 Atleast it wasn't metal. 😵

Think I saw this on Vsauce mind blow a year ago.

Are those guns in the pic a new peripheral for an upcoming game?
clicks on article
Oh. The description wasn't kiddin' this time...

@Gridatttack Agreed. It was good when it came out, but later games like Spyro the dragon, Banjo kazooie, Rachet & clank and Jak & daxter as well as later 3D mario games refined the genre.

@DarthNocturnal Excuse me? Galaxy was not inspired?

@skywake Forgot increased single threading speeds among other things, but yeah, pretty much.
@troj27 Games like Ironfall, Hyrule warriors and MonHun X already pushed it to it's limits. They're decent, but don't expect any better unless its a new 3DS exclusive.

@AVahne Even though the total pixels on screen are 800 across, In 2D mode, the effective resolution is 400x240 because the image displayed is stretched over the sub-pixels 1:2. However in 3D mode, that same image is reconfigured by one each of two framebuffers to only display on every other 400 sub-pixels 1:1, leaving the other 400 pixels to the 2nd framebuffer which displays a different image of the same scene at a different angle. Because of this, the effective resolution in 3D mode is 800x240.

This is because each image has its own detail/information that the other image does not display in its 400 pixels. For the 3D effect to work, one image is displayed to its respective eye, the parallax barrier blocks the other eye from seeing the image displayed to the opposite eye. Each eye gets shown the same scene at slightly different angles showing different detail. It doesn't matter how different one image is from the other, as long as the image displays aspects of the scene not shown in the other image, more detail is perceived when the brain merges these two images together to get the 3D effect. This is why objects/environments seem "rounded" while each individual image is just a flat, 2D, 400x240 shot. You're seeing both sides of an object at the same time. Your brain perceives both images at the same time and merges both aspects of the images into one 3D scene, displaying what both images have to offer, 800x240 resolution worth of detail. 2D mode is just an automated version of simply closing one eye with the 3D effect on, you only see one of two images when closing an eye.

@AVahne The 3DS's effective resolution in 3D mode is way higher than the PSP.

@man0 thats what I was thinking.

@Fee Just like the Peoples Republic of the continent of China, right?

The continent is called North America. The only America is the country.

Happy Canada day to all!

Translation: We only have 5 guys on our development team.

@rushiosan The original has a better screen.

@andreoni79 I take you didn't catch the "editorial" part. I came into this article shaking my head in disappointment.

@JaxonH You might wanna try that nub again when playing shooters. Or wear a glove or some kind of traction. The c-stick is pretty great for these kinds of games.

Drink back your childhood...
Drink away your adulthood...

@rjejr How's it compare to the New 3DS?

@Soundtoxin Not a New 3DS owner, huh?

sigh
Wish NoC would bring the standard new 3DS over or do something that would let us know they aren't dead and rotting.

@A01 Ironfall was an excellent demonstration of the hardware capabilities. For a port, this is surprisingly slick and looks very similar to the console version. Especially compared to the lazy port that was DQ8. A PS2 game! This is an early build so we might see improvements from now.

@A01 Kid Icarus and Ironfall had hundreds of characters on screen. I don't see why this wouldn't.

Excuse me, but what is the issue people have with the visuals?
It looks amazing for 3DS. Bright, vibrant, open spaced, and is almost reminiscent of the Vita clones.
Just the resolution is iffy but the 3D effect and non-youtube compression should fix that.

@rbmoura85 This I'd really like.

@rjejr The Wii has been confirmed to be 11/2 GC's taped together. Those games you mentioned pale in comparison to Ironfall, E.X troopers, the new MonHun, RE:R, etc. Find me better examples please.

@IceClimbers New 3DS is above the Wii.

@rjejr The old 3DS is most comparable to the GCN powerwise. The new 3DS is comparablebto the Wii.

Also, you're comparing a home console stronger than a PS3 to a handheld around the Wii, naturally it wouldn't look as nice.

@rjejr Nah, id prefer it on 3DS. The 3D will enhance the resolution.

@Peach64 But actually entertaining.

@AVahne Yeah, it's Capcom. Them along with Vd-dev, RK and Shin'en are the only devs who know how to pull every last ounce out of the 3DS. This games looks like a GC/Wii/OG xbox game.

Hmm, april fools is back already?

NoA is probably going to bring this over instead of the standard N3DS in a pitiful attempt to appeased people who wanted the smaller model. Sometimes I feel can just predict their snakeish moves.

Girls Mode 3

The 3DS's new killer app.