It's interesting watching Yoda play Crysis. It's also interesting to see how much better his version looks than my PS3 version.

Foolz said:

What are you talking about? And look at how much trouble he has aiming without dual analogue control as well.

The stream looks much better now Yoda. Big difference.

Yoda should play this game with a 360 pad.

robio said:

The 2DS will be great for kids. That's the right price point and there's no worry about 3-D screen affecting their eyes. Plus that always open structure will make it easier to design padding for it.

I like it. Smart move, nice price.  I'll probably get one just to haev another thing that plays my beloved DS carts.

I'm tempted by the 2DS.  If the European price is right, I might end up owning one.  Although I'll be wanting to go hands on with the thing first though.  Like I've stated before: I haven't been into handheld gaming for at least 5 years.  Spending abour €200 on a handheld I might not end up using a lot is just too much for me.

One niggle though: the distance between the 2 screens is different from that in previous 3DS models.  I know that on the DS, the 2 screens would sometimes be used as 1 vertical one.  With the smaller gap between screens, it'd be as if everything that travels from one screen to the other would suffer a delay.  Not sure if 3DS games still do this, but it's a dumb move on Nintendo's behalf to change the distance between the 2 screens.

Dvader said:

Those systems sales charts, that ps2!

my ranking from best to worst: PS2 (greatest console if all time), PS1, PS3, 360, DS, N64, GC, Wii, DC, Xbox

I would not know where to start.

I guess by library is the way to go.

PS3/360/Wii  Tied for first (maybe)?

PS2/ N64/ DC Tied for second
GC, XB Tied for third.

Wow.  That is the shittiest list ever assembled.  Right there.  I'll probably end up on Reddit for that.

travo said:

Ravenprose said:

So the Wii U will be $50 less on September 20th. Who the fuck announces a price drop three weeks in advance? Nintendo apparently. Stupidest thing I'd read today, and that's saying a lot!

Exactly!  Wtf is Nintendo thinking?

It's so people have 3 weeks to examine their finances and start looking at the lineup.

Dvader said:

So the 2DS has touch screen on the top as well, but it will never be used. huh.

Personally I wish the 3DS just had one big, 3D touchscreen and lost DS backwards compat. Also a higher 3D megapixel camera, I seriously would use the thing as a 3D camera and they could have sold it as one too. The pics you take look like ASS. But if you download some HQ 3D photos from the internet and view them on 3DS you can see the screen quality is actually very high and makes you wish the cameras were better.

aspro said:

I like it. Smart move, nice price.  I'll probably get one just to haev another thing that plays my beloved DS carts.

There's a resolution mismatch playing DS games on 3DS, games look a bit blurrier. I would just get a new DS Lite.

aspro said:

Ocarina 3DS question:

Does it have save anywhere feature?  I am thnking of finally beating Ocarina, and a save states mode for portable would be very useful.

also

Xbox One passed FCC certification "earlier this summer before PS4", Microsoft's Larry Hryb has revealed

Holy shit.  Has it come to this?

You can save anywhere but it doesn't create a save state in the way you're thinking. Say you are in the middle of a dungeon and you save, it saves all your items, all the rooms you've unlocked, your map progress, keys etc, but the next time you start will be at the start of the dungeon and you just have to walk back through already beaten rooms to get to the point where you were - like every other Zelda game. I always say that you should do a Zelda dungeon in one sitting or you'll forget what you've done and lose your bearings - so make sure you have a couple of hours before entering. For any other part of the non-dungeon world saving anywhere is fine.

It's a pretty great version, graphically improved it looks like a Dreamcast game in some ways in 3D and the touch screen and gyro use is actually very, very useful with your items and might make you appreciate Wii U more.

Reggie says PS4, Xbox One launch lineups are ''Meh'', feels good about the lineup

"It's all about the games. The competitive systems have announced their launch lineups. I'm allowed to say 'Meh.' I look at our lineup of titles and I feel good about our lineup. We've got Zelda. We've got Mario. We've got Donkey Kong. In addition to great titles like Pikmin 3 and Wonderful 101, I feel very good about our lineup, and I feel very good about the value proposition we're putting out there for the consumer."

"We've got cloud technology that we're delivering with Wii U. Nintendo TV is all cloud-based technology. But the difference is, we don't talk about the tech. We talk about the experience. We make sure that the consumer has fun with the game experiences that we provide. And so I think as you compare and contrast Nintendo with other players in the space, for us it's about games, about the fun, about the entertainment value, and not about the tech."

Screw Wind Waker Nintendo will also release a limited edition LEGO City Undercover Premium Pack on October 18th.

gamingeek said:

You can save anywhere but it doesn't create a save state in the way you're thinking. Say you are in the middle of a dungeon and you save, it saves all your items, all the rooms you've unlocked, your map progress, keys etc, but the next time you start will be at the start of the dungeon and you just have to walk back through already beaten rooms to get to the point where you were - like every other Zelda game. I always say that you should do a Zelda dungeon in one sitting or you'll forget what you've done and lose your bearings - so make sure you have a couple of hours before entering. For any other part of the non-dungeon world saving anywhere is fine.

It's a pretty great version, graphically improved it looks like a Dreamcast game in some ways in 3D and the touch screen and gyro use is actually very, very useful with your items and might make you appreciate Wii U more.

Hmm.  Will have to think about it then +1 GG.

I wonder if the 2DS has the same chipset as the 3DS.  If so, it's a huge waste of potential, as it only ever has to render +/-60% of the pixels the 3DS has to be able to cope with.

Yeah, I'm thinking it'll be exactly the same chip.  Still, it's kind of a shame to not be able to utilize that extra power, at all.