Nintendo announce 3DS launch details!

[player1244]

I will probably buy this if there are flashcarts that could play DSi and 3DS games and if the price is dropped.

 

[thebigboss14]

It's confirmed that the 3DS will include GB & GBC but the option for GBA it's not so what this really means.

Ed. Note: We originally reported Game Boy Advance games would be available for download. The English translation of the presentation says Game Boy and Game Boy Color games only. The story has been corrected.

Read more: IGN

 

[taktularCBo]

Nintendo must be high. They've put it in the same price range as notebooks, which can do a hell of a lot more.

>$200
>same price range as notebooks

Now, dear sir, please show me an example of a notebook with decent specs at that price.

It really doesn't cost much if you think of its capabilities, and if you compare it to PSP's 'n shit.

It isn't going to be $200 at launch... It'll be >$320CAD. In less then half a minute I found this (Canadian too).

Go to the UK, where it will cost less than £200.

Yeah but nobody cares about Europe and it would still cost more unless you were a stowaway on a boat

what are you talking about?
this is bullshit, you should get banned to know so much less about europe and the world(for example check wikipedia where their are more sold consoles..usa or europe, or who has a stronger industry etc.), I suppose you're from Texas?

Stay cool Cowboy

 

[Hop2089]

3DS flashcarts that play 3DS games won't happen until the end of it's lifecycle, those things will be extremely difficult to make and if they actually make one expect it to cost 2x as much as the system. You're better off just buying your games.

 

[miigo]

200 pounds is cheap for first 3d console.

 

[BlueStar]

So Nintendo doesn't want people to pirate their games, comes out with a new handheld to also help combat this, and wants to charge a premium for the system? Real smooth.

begin rant -
I will be the only person on the AC transit in Oakland with a Nintendo 3DS! You know that things have gotten out of hand when your handheld costs as much as a car payment! NINTENDO IS OUT OF CONTROL WITH THEIR NEW OVERPRICED GAMING SYSTEM! Time for Sega or Microsoft to step up to the plate. You know that you've been ripped off if you pay for the latest handheld gaming system and there's a little gold sticker on the bottom that says on it "Made in Taiwan, ROC"
- end rant

You're living in a fantasy land if you think this thing isn't going to fly off the shelves at launch. I predict there'll be shortages both at release and, after a minor price drop, in Christmas 2011.

 

[Ikki]

Tales of the Abyss, man TALES OF THE ABYSS.

Wait, what ? Where ?

Not in the video lineout, it has been announced to be on 3DS

 

[KingVamp]

3DS flashcarts that play 3DS games won't happen until the end of it's lifecycle, those things will be extremely difficult to make and if they actually make one expect it to cost 2x as much as the system. You're better off just buying your games.

I be happy if my ds games work on this from the flash carts,surely buying the games, once every full moon

jk

 

[Hop2089]

You think Pokemon Black and White prints money, the 3DS will create banks.

 

[nando]

the more i look at the uglier it looks. the design just doesn make sense. why does it look like the bottom shell has an extra shell around it? the bevel details are so 70s.

i'm sure it's this ugly on purpose just so they can sell a bunch more when they redesign it. i wouldn't be surprised if they started out with a better design and then uglyfied it for it's first release.

 

[steveo581]

way too expensive. that's the price of a console. outrageous, i don't care if it's "3d"

 

[playallday]

.

 

[BlueStar]

The only difference the price will make to me is how alert I am when playing it on public transport just after release

 

[Ziggy Zigzagoon]

The bad things:

The price
The release date
The virtual handheld (I already got flashcards for the GBA which I also use for GB and GBC...)


...of course, those are the ONLY bad things. I just wanted to note these.

 

[Rydian]

The bad things:

The virtual handheld (I already got flashcards for the GBA which I also use for GB and GBC...)

... how does that count as bad?

 

[TM2-Megatron]

Where are people getting $320-25 CDN as a launch price? It'll probably launch at $250 in the US, perhaps $270 CDN ($10 more than it should be, but I can stomach that much, I guess). Athough if they were smart they'd go with $260 CDN ($250 USD = about $258 CDN at the moment) so as to leave the final retail price under $300 after tax... making people break that $300 ceiling is a bad idea, psychologically.

Of course it will be overpriced in Europe and Australia. Videogame stuff always is.

 

[Mesiskope]

what are you talking about?
this is bullshit, you should get banned to know so much less about europe and the world(for example check wikipedia where their are more sold consoles..usa or europe, or who has a stronger industry etc.), I suppose you're from Texas?

Stay cool Cowboy

I prefer space cowboy, Wikipedia also says we saved your asses in world war I and II. (I'm also not from Texas.)

 

[Ziggy Zigzagoon]

The bad things:

The virtual handheld (I already got flashcards for the GBA which I also use for GB and GBC...)

... how does that count as bad?

The Virtual Handheld makes me feel silly about buying a flashcard when I could have just waited for a Virtual Handheld.
This is just my opinion, though; others may say as they like.

 

[TM2-Megatron]

The Virtual Handheld makes me feel silly about buying a flashcard when I could have just waited for a Virtual Handheld.
This is just my opinion, though; others may say as they like.

Yeah, well.... Nintendo didn't exactly tell you (or even endorse) buying a flashcart.

You still got to play old games on your flashcart with the DS/DSL for years before the 3DS came out, though. I really don't see how the relatively small invesment in the price of a flashcart could be considered a waste, when seperated from this VC by years.

 

[sendyo]

this is looking like it won't be hacked! it looks really good and seems like a lot of time went into developing it.

i can't believe the power of it. i think ill wait on one until i get to see it up close and personal.

i would like to see what the game cartridges look like. you can barely see the slot in the videos. it looks like the shape of a CF card. They should have put it on microSD. that would be awesome.

Putting DS games on a Micro SD wouldn't truly be awesome. Imagine losing one of your expensive DS games on that tiny, tiny chip.

Any way, how would they be able to fit the sticker art on a micro SD.