3DS loads DS games much slower than DS itself

[phoenixclaws]

Anyone who started gaming on home computers in the pre-NES days will know that an extra 5 seconds is nothing to get upset about. I remember my Sinclair Spectrum taking 5+ minutes to load some games, off tape cassettes, and then sometimes it would crash immediately and you would have to start over! I bet half the members here don't even know what a tape cassette is.

Considering I was loading Romancing the 3 Kingdoms off of tape onto some esoteric Japanese NEC hardware I feel your pain. Though I don't think it really got much better in the Tandy/Vic20/Com64 days with floppies.

Least you weren't loading 25 floppies to install Crusader:No Remorse only to have disc 23 crap out on the zip extraction.

Fun times!

I was glad to have the CDs for Crusader No Remorse and then the follow up Crusader No Regret. Those were some great games. I so miss Origins.

 

[KingVamp]

Detailed specs:
What's in the box:

* Plays Nintendo 3DS games and most DS and DSi games

Most..MOst..MOSt..MOST DS games?! Game stop are not the only ones I seen this written. Walmart, Target and best buy have this label in fine print. I wonder what DS games won't run and why they won't?

Nintendo ds browser and all guitar hero on tour games

Could infra red be use in a way, to have them (guitar attachments) to be made just for the 3DS?

 

[Guild McCommunist]

Detailed specs:
What's in the box:

* Plays Nintendo 3DS games and most DS and DSi games

Most..MOst..MOSt..MOST DS games?! Game stop are not the only ones I seen this written. Walmart, Target and best buy have this label in fine print. I wonder what DS games won't run and why they won't?

Nintendo ds browser and all guitar hero on tour games

Could infra red be use in a way, to have them (guitar attachments) to be made just for the 3DS?

I still don't think they'd bother making new guitar attachments for a game that's a couple years old. And if they do make a new Guitar Hero game (however unlikely that is), I don't think they'll bother with this dumb attachments. Probably go the route of Rock Band Unplugged/Lego Rock Band DS/Rock Band 3 DS and make it rhythm game.

If the 3DS has a multitouch screen (IDK if it does or not) they can probably do something with that.

As for the topic, as long as load times aren't atrocious I don't really care. I can wait a couple of seconds to load. When you had a R4 back before Wood game out you were stuck for weeks waiting for a fix. I didn't play Bowser's Inside Story for what felt like a good 3 weeks to a month after its US release.

 

[Rydian]

3DS isn't multitouch.

 

[DiscostewSM]

Back on-topic.

Considering 2GB+ cards the 3DS uses, I would guess that Nintendo went with a somewhat different card port to allow more data to be transferred (4MB RAM vs 64+MB RAM). The focus on 3DS functionality most likely reduced compatibility with DS games, so the hardware tries to mimic DS port protocols, and the numerous checking of correct data is probably where the slowdown is coming from.

 

[Omninox]

load times comparison chart^

i never realised the games took that long to load o.O
if i didn't notice the load time for the ds, im quite sure it'll be the same fore the 3DS... just a few more seconds.