Hardware The Switch will kill the 3DS.

[Deleted User]

No such rumors.
You are just making it up.

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/05/24/nintendo-developing-a-new-handheld-codenamed-mh-say-reports

 

[osirisjem]

http://ca.ign.com/articles/2016/05/24/nintendo-developing-a-new-handheld-codenamed-mh-say-reports

From May 2016.
And it's wrong.

 

[Iamapirate]

There's no reason for a handheld when the Switch is a hybrid.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

There's no reason for a handheld when the Switch is a hybrid.

Tell me, how do you plan to play 3ds games without a 3ds (aside from an emulator)? Not with the Switch, that's for sure.

 

[anhminh]

Depend on what game will we have.

If it have gen VIII pokemon then sure but if it doesn't then you know the gist.
Plus so far I hadn't seen any TBS or RPG game showed yet, which is a crucial part of being a handheld. Without any of them then it not anywhere near replace 3DS.

 

[Iamapirate]

Uh, on my 3DS?

Why the fuck does everything need to be backwards compatible anyway?

 

[FrozenDragon150]

Uh, on my 3DS?

Why the fuck does everything need to be backwards compatible anyway?

This, lmao.

The GCN didn't have N64 BC, what a piece of trash.

The Switch doesn't need BC other than Virtual Console, it's in fact better that it doesn't. If people want to play their 3DS and Wii U games, do it on their respective consoles.

 

[Logan Pockrus]

Uh, on my 3DS?

Why the fuck does everything need to be backwards compatible anyway?

Okay, there's been a misunderstanding on my end. I thought you were referencing the 3ds in your post.

 

[Iamapirate]

Ah. I meant a *new* handheld. Switch has made handheld consoles obsolete, imo.

I'd like U games on Virtual Console, but I don't NEED U games on the Switch at all. Everyone has been spoiled by Nintendo and their backwards compatibility, and now they're bitching that it's gone. Quite sad.

 

[Monado_III]

Seeing as they've already said it's the Wii U successor and there's no way in hell they're making a new portable system seeing as the switch is already fully portable, the Wii U and 3ds are most likely being replaced by the switch

 

[Iamapirate]

They can focus their resources on one system rather than two, and the 3DS will soon be EOL so hax. Win-win.

 

[gnmmarechal]

Depend on what game will we have.

If it have gen VIII pokemon then sure but if it doesn't then you know the gist.
Plus so far I hadn't seen any TBS or RPG game showed yet, which is a crucial part of being a handheld. Without any of them then it not anywhere near replace 3DS.

Skyrim.

Sent from my cave of despair where I collect souls

 

[dimmidice]

Skyrim.

Sent from my cave of despair where I collect souls

Skyrim isn't even officially confirmed yet. http://www.idigitaltimes.com/ninten...te-bethesda-hasnt-confirmed-skyrim-yet-564236

 

[Iamapirate]

Skyrim will definitely come to Switch. Neither Bethesda nor Nintendo would be such a tease.

 

[anhminh]

Skyrim.

Sent from my cave of despair where I collect souls

My bad, I forgot the "J" before RPG.

 

[KingVamp]

Skyrim will definitely come to Switch. Neither Bethesda nor Nintendo would be such a tease.

Yeah, I trust them both on this one and that might not be the only Bethesda game at launch.
Everyone (Nintendo and devs) seems to be still working on the console. I'm glad they aren't rushing it.

 

[the_randomizer]

The 3DS has had a good run though, no?

 

[KingVamp]

As soon as you see a main Pokemon title, even as port, on the Switch, you can safely assume Switch is a replacement.

 

[osirisjem]

As soon as you see a main Pokemon title, even as port, on the Switch, you can safely assume Switch is a replacement.

Good point.

A new Pokemon with no 3DS version would be the clincher.

 

[BORTZ]

Yeah I think the 3DS is going to do fine in the NSwitch's wake.