Iwata admits 3D excitement is Fading

[DSGamer64]

Not like it matters to me, I don't really like the 3D and just want to play the games. Nintendo can continue to put out quality titles for the 3DS and I will still play it. Right now it's collecting dust because I have completed all my games and traded them in.

 

[ProtoKun7]

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I think of it like the 3DS is the 3rd in the line of Nintendo DSes, instead of a 3D S.
To me, it's the hardware upgrade that appealed to me, with the 3D as a bonus feature.

Yeah i think thats how i feel too. Thanks for pointing that out. I like the option of being able to turn on 3D if i want to.

Except it isn't... It is a new handheld, it isn't in the ds line.

That's how Nintendo is trying to market it. However way I see it, it still retains the same control mechanisms as the original DS did(save the analog and accelerometer), but with a faster processor and a 3D screen. There aren't enough "differences" for me to see it as a new line.

The Game Boy and Game Boy Color had the same control schemes; the Game Boy Advance introduced shoulder buttons (and was still more advanced), while still being in the Game Boy line. The Nintendo DS line is the successor to the Game Boy line, and the 3DS is part of it, but it is not a DS, the same as how a Game Boy Advance is not the same as a Game Boy.

 

[Just Another Gamer]

Well its not like I even use the 3D when I use my 3DS in the first place and not many 3DS I know even brag about how "awesome" the 3D on the 3DS is anyway. The content of the game is much more important than the whole 3D gimmick anyway.

 

[chris888222]

The way I'm seeing now is Nintendo will follow the steps of the DSi. The 3DS XL was bound to come - Nintendo themselves have already hinted it a couple of times.

Personally I believe a bigger screen will still uphold that "excitement" more. 3.5" isn't enough Iwata.

 

[ShadowSoldier]

I actually still use the 3D in everything. I can't wait to experience on the XL.

 

[Hop2089]

I only use 3D for Senran Kagura, seriously 3D is only good for games with some decent fanservice like DOA and Senran Kagura and i'm glad Burst will have everything in 3D.

 

[DiscostewSM]

I only use 3D for Senran Kagura, seriously 3D is only good for games with some decent fanservice like DOA and Senran Kagura and i'm glad Burst will have everything in 3D.

Glad you don't speak for the rest of us that find 3D useful in other ways, like for actual gameplay.

 

[chavosaur]

Not gonna lie ive bashed 3ds 3d alot. However i dont think thats quite fair of me. I think in all honesty, the 3D depends on the game. After scrolling through art on colors 3D, and playing a 2d platformer with the 3D effect, i can honestly say its really come to impress me. Therefore, id like to keep 3D games. I think if more and more effort is focused on the 3D, itll continue to become way more than a gimmick.

Figured I'd quote myself from a previous topic, since I changed my opinion of 3D a lot.