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In an interview with TIME, Reggie Fils-Aime of NoA implied that the 3DS will continue alongside the Switch as a product marketed at younger consumers that want their own personal console. While the 3DS has always been seen as something geared toward a younger audience what with its plethora of family friendly games, this may imply that future games may or may not have the older consumer in mind.

The Nintendo Switch, being a system that’s been in the marketplace now only seven months, certainly that’s a system that our teams will continue to develop for and bring fantastic new experiences. We have to do that to keep driving that platform forward. We view the 3DS as a very important part of our lineup, but really targeted against a different consumer. That product is really focused against new consumers in the Nintendo family, [such as] five, six, seven or 10-year olds [who want] their own dedicated system. And a system [on which] they can play all of these great games. So it’s going to have a different focus: entry consumers and consumers looking for a little bit more value.

So that’s how they’re differentiated. There will be new games for the 3DS line, so we’re not in any way stopping our activity for that platform. But it’s just focused on a different type of consumer.

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[Joom]

Nope, they said they were developing a mainline Pokemon game for it.
Although I wouldn't mind a sequel to Colosseum/XD. I had a lot of fun with them, especially XD, they were a nice chance of pace.

I enjoyed them for what they were (what made them really cool was using an AR to catch trainer Pokémon in order to get rare mons in gen 3), but all of us that were wanting an original, traditional Pokémon on the living room screen were sorely disappointed with the general mechanic of the games as well as the horribly linear worlds. They seriously felt like "you are 'here', so go 'here' while not doing what you expect from Pokémon".

 

[Xzi]

This is horrible news I wish that they realized that older people like myself like the Nintendo 3DS

There are already plenty of good games for older audiences on 3DS. It's not stuff like DOOM4, but you don't have to be (overly) violent or sexual to appeal to adults. A lot of 3DS' RPGs would be completely lost on children.

 

[cracker]

This reminds me of that whole "three pillars" talk back when only a few more GBA titles were yet to be released. Hopefully that won't be the case here.

 

[Hanafuda]

They're not gonna tease a replacement, if there is one, until at least mid-2018. And I really do hope there is one. The Switch is great, but it's not that portable.

 

[DarthDub]

There's games still being developed for the Wii. I wouldn't worry about the 3DS software line dying for a while.

 

[codezer0]

Anyone hear that phone ringing?

Better pick it up, because I called it!

 

[Deleted User]

This is horrible news I wish that they realized that older people like myself like the Nintendo 3DS

It's just marketing. Lots of older people like the 3DS, and Nintendo seemed to realize that, so they're trying to draw in the older crowd with the Switch. When you frame it like that, the shift in marketing seems like a subtle push for the hip young people to move to the Switch, as opposed to the aging 3DS. They did something similar with the Wii Mini; it was geared towards younger audiences, perhaps a bit too much so.

2018 is probably going to mirror 2013 for the DS. That was a year after Black/White 2.
A smattering of so so titles then gradually fade to nothing by 2014 (2019 in the 3ds's case).

This reminds me of that whole "three pillars" talk back when only a few more GBA titles were yet to be released. Hopefully that won't be the case here.

Given how Nintendo seems to be emphasizing its continued support, it may take just a little longer for the 3DS to die out. That being said, the 3DS will probably be dead by at least 2020. Don't quote me, though.

Anyone hear that phone ringing?

Better pick it up, because I called it!

calm down my brotha

 

[Xzi]

There's games still being developed for the Wii. I wouldn't worry about the 3DS software line dying for a while.

Damn, really? But anything good doe?

 

[Beerus]

yess all hail 3ds master race

 

[Joom]

Damn, really? But anything good doe?

Nope, but it's not the only console either. Even the Dreamcast and PSP have had titles released for them relatively recently.

 

[DarthDub]

Damn, really? But anything good doe?

Just Dance.

 

[Xzi]

Just Dance.

I liked this because I know you're being sarcastic, just wanted to be clear about that.

 

[DarthDub]

I liked this because I know you're being sarcastic, just wanted to be clear about that.

I'm not. The latest Just Dance is on Wii, Wii U, and Switch.

 

[Deleted User]

I'm not. The latest Just Dance is on Wii, Wii U, and Switch.

Which makes sense imo. I had a "friend" that used her Wii mainly as a Just Dance machine, and I'm sure there's still tons of people still doing that, otherwise they wouldn't still be developing Just Dance games for Wii.

 

[Joom]

her

Yep.

 

[Xzi]

I'm not. The latest Just Dance is on Wii, Wii U, and Switch.

My bad. Had to revoke the like, pls understand.

Not my type of thing but I'm sure it has its niche. That coming from a guy who still occasionally plays DDR (Stepmania) on PC with a dance pad.

 

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In an interview with TIME, Reggie Fils-Aime of NoA implied that the 3DS will continue alongside the Switch as a product marketed at younger consumers that want their own personal console. While the 3DS has always been seen as something geared toward a younger audience what with its plethora of family friendly games, this may imply that future games may or may not have the older consumer in mind.



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This reads a bit like fake "news". If there is money to be made,they will release games for adults.Most of the good games on the 3ds are for kids first adults second anyways.

Honestly most say that PC is master race because you can get all the single player games for free. I can't say I disagree with PC being an amazing option,only problem is you miss out on exclusives.

 

[Joom]

This reads a bit like fake "news". If there is money to be made,they will release games for adults.Most of the good games on the 3ds are for kids first adults second anyways.

Honestly most say that PC is master race because you can get all the single player games for free. I can't say I disagree with PC being an amazing option,only problem is you miss out on exclusives.

You don't quite get it, do you? First off, stop hopping on the "fake news" train. You sound like a geriatric waving their fist at CNN. Secondly, what's "good" on the 3DS is entirely subjective. I'd say it's a grab bag that caters to all demographics. The N64 remakes as well as the RPGs are obviously meant for older demographics, where games like Animal Crossing titilate all ages. Thirdly, people prefer PC gaming to console gaming because of how modular it is. PC games are easily moddable and scalable. Console games don't offer the option to use third party shaders, mods, anti-aliasing, post processing, or anything else that make PC games truly beautiful. It has nothing to do with "lol piracy", but rather the true experience of playing the game. Also, you can pirate multiplayer PC games. Custom Blizzard and Source Engine servers have existed for over a decade just to name a couple.

 

[Xzi]

This reads a bit like fake "news". If there is money to be made,they will release games for adults.Most of the good games on the 3ds are for kids first adults second anyways.

Honestly most say that PC is master race because you can get all the single player games for free. I can't say I disagree with PC being an amazing option,only problem is you miss out on exclusives.

Really so few exclusives these days though, at least on XB1 and PS4. Nioh: Complete is coming soon to PC, ticks one off the few games I might've bought a PS4 for. There's nothing I'd need an XB1 for, especially since Killer Instinct came to PC.

Read the news more this way and it makes sense: discontinued support after 2018, will be mostly third parties releasing kid stuff. On the bright side, that also means Switch will be getting a burst of new support at that time.

 

[VitaType]

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