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  • edited June 2011
    So apparantly there will be another free app besides excitebike.
    Pokedex 3d.
    Its a 3d pokedex with the 150 pokemon from Black and White.
    But you only get 16 and the rest you get through trades and QR codes.
    That is a fail since QR codes can be found on the internet, and streetpass would have been better.
    But it is free I guess.
  • edited June 2011
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    So apparantly there will be another free app besides excitebike.
    Pokedex 3d.
    Its a 3d pokedex with the 150 pokemon from Black and White.
    But you only get 16 and the rest you get through trades and QR codes.
    That is a fail since QR codes can be found on the internet, and streetpass would have been better.
    But it is free I guess.

    Wow awesome.
    Maybe this could be a taste of the 3DS Pokemon games. Crossing my fingers for AR support.
    Do you have a source for this, btw?
    Never mind, here is one, complete with screenshots: http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/26460
    And apparently it does support Augmented Reality <3
  • edited June 2011
    I heard the 3DS browser doesn't support flash or HTML 5.
    Its to be expected but come on! Why are these companies being so stupid about it all.
    Everyone uses flash, just bite the damn bullet and move on.
    I never used my Wii browser due to the lack of support, so I'm porbably not going to use this one either...

    But I do look forward to excite bike though.
    (I hope I can get some stuff for my 3DS when its out. Final Fantasy Legends (game boy Sa-Ga games) would be a nice RPG, but knowing Nintendo we are likely to get a lackluster launch of virtual console stuff...)
  • edited June 2011
    I heard the 3DS browser doesn't support flash or HTML 5.
    Its to be expected but come on! Why are these companies being so stupid about it all.
    Everyone uses flash, just bite the damn bullet and move on.
    I never used my Wii browser due to the lack of support, so I'm porbably not going to use this one either...

    But I do look forward to excite bike though.
    (I hope I can get some stuff for my 3DS when its out. Final Fantasy Legends (game boy Sa-Ga games) would be a nice RPG, but knowing Nintendo we are likely to get a lackluster launch of virtual console stuff...)

    The Wii browser did support flash, although an old version that could only run YouTube videos and other simple stuff.
  • edited June 2011
    Guinea wrote: »
    The Wii browser did support flash, although an old version that could only run YouTube videos and other simple stuff.

    Which is exactly the point!
    Old flash might as well not be flash at all.
    When I surf the net I watch a lot of stuff on youtube and flash sites.
    I remember the Wii being so darn slow with everything.
    Had to keep clearing out the tiny cache to do even basic stuff on it.

    Do Nintendo ever learn at all?
  • edited June 2011
    Worst part is even the PSP had SOME form of flash =/
  • edited June 2011
    Nintendo is going to get bashed for this like there's no tomorrow. No doubt in my mind they'll eventually update it.
  • edited June 2011
    Shame with the youtube:(
    Also looks like I was wrong with how the pokedex 3d works.
    You get 3 random pokemon a day via spotpass,
    you CAN get them through streetpass.
    Qr codes as well.
    I will avoid them, unless a pokemon I really want is on a QR code.
  • edited June 2011
    I just hope that the browser will somehow support YouTube, especially with all the 3D stuff on it!
  • edited June 2011
    I want a 3ds. But I wish it was at most the same price as the DSI xl or at least 50 bucks cheaper! That money could be put towards a game. Why must the 3ds be so expensive! They make a ton of money as it is! Nintendo is like a billionare company, can't they make the cost of 1 thing they make cheap? If it were another company it would probably be 180- 200 dollars total!
  • edited June 2011
    VeryTori wrote: »
    I want a 3ds. But I wish it was at most the same price as the DSI xl or at least 50 bucks cheaper! That money could be put towards a game. Why must the 3ds be so expensive! They make a ton of money as it is! Nintendo is like a billionare company, can't they make the cost of 1 thing they make cheap? If it were another company it would probably be 180- 200 dollars total!

    3d technology aint cheap.
    If it were Sony it would be more expensive.
  • edited June 2011
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    3d technology aint cheap.
    If it were Sony it would be more expensive.
    The base cost of producing each unit is $101, a $15 markup from the DSi. Obviously there are R&D costs, but the actual "3D tech" in the unit can conceivably only account for a portion of the $15 increase.
  • edited June 2011
    I would like a 3ds. I use to have a ds lite, but it broke. (I had it for a couple or a few years.)
  • edited June 2011
    The base cost of producing each unit is $101, a $15 markup from the DSi. Obviously there are R&D costs, but the actual "3D tech" in the unit can conceivably only account for a portion of the $15 increase.

    You know in some countrys. $15 is a lot.
    Therefor it still aint cheap:D
  • edited June 2011
    Netflix is coming soon, in addition to a "short-form" video app. So, maybe YouTube?
    The base cost of producing each unit is $101, a $15 markup from the DSi. Obviously there are R&D costs, but the actual "3D tech" in the unit can conceivably only account for a portion of the $15 increase.

    But then you get the built in games and apps beside the actual system. Don't get me wrong, you're definitely right that $149 over the production price is expensive, but it's not a completely bare-bones system.
  • edited June 2011
    But then you get the built in games and apps beside the actual system. Don't get me wrong, you're definitely right that $149 over the production price is expensive, but it's not a completely bare-bones system.
    That actually isn't my point at all. A lot goes into that $149(Research and Development and marketing, mainly, but other costs also certainly apply). They aren't taking $149 profit on each unit and to say they are would be silly.

    But there is a $80 price difference between the launch DSi and the launch 3DS, and the idea that it's because "3D tech isn't cheap" doesn't really cut it, because apparently the units themselves only cost $15 more to make parts-wise. And dropping all of that cost rise on the "3D tech" is silly without seeing a full breakdown of parts and prices. Granted, the 3D cost could be HUGE and they could have cut costs in other areas to compensate down to only a $15 price difference, but whatever the case it's not the hardware ITSELF that accounts for the price. Once you take out the hardware cost difference, you still have $65 that you have to account for. All indications are that R&D costs for the 3DS were fairly large though, so the price difference between launch DSi and launch 3DS may mainly be due to that, and we could see the price drop to DSi levels when those costs are paid off.
  • edited June 2011
    Even though new Shinobi and Contra games make me happy, I'm still waiting for a 3DS XL.
  • edited June 2011
    SunnyGuy wrote: »
    One tip for getting streetpasses that has worked for me. ALWAYS take your 3DS to the movie theater, specially to the big blockbuster summer movies.

    It's worked 2 out of 2 times for me =D

    I took it to thor and got nothing. :(
  • edited June 2011
    To add something new to show.
    I created a Mii of Gman(not me) from Half Life 2 with the camera feature.
    This is what I got.
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  • edited June 2011
    eShop tomorrow. Free Excitebike, free Pokedex 3D, and Super Mario Land for $4.

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  • edited June 2011
    Gman5852 wrote: »
    To add something new to show.
    I created a Mii of Gman(not me) from Half Life 2 with the camera feature.
    This is what I got.

    Looks more like Cave Johnson to me.
  • edited June 2011
    eShop tomorrow. Free Excitebike, free Pokedex 3D, and Super Mario Land for $4.

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    I thought that was tuesday...
  • edited June 2011
    Gotta have me some excitebike! :D

    I hope there are a few other nice things to get to help me buff out my collection since I still only have 3 3DS games, two of which are fighting games!

    But at least I got Zelda to look forward to. :D
    Hurry up Nintendo and release Star Fox 64 3D already. I want to shoot stuff!
  • edited June 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    I thought that was tuesday...

    "Monday evening", Pacific Standard Time.
  • edited June 2011
    figmentPez wrote: »
    Looks more like Cave Johnson to me.

    Hey the 3ds did the work, I just used a picture of gman.
    Actually the mii it made was a lot worse, mainly because he was smiling and had wide eyes.
  • edited June 2011
    Hey guys, the update is live now. Go get your free Excitebike, Pokedex, and web browser!
  • edited June 2011
    Well, that update was dissapointing. There's nothing in the VC I want (and if I did, it's very overpriced. £3.80 for a black and white game I already own? No thanks. I'll just go play a brand new fully coloured game on my ipod for 59p. The browser is a tad slow, and doesn't support flash, which really, really sucks. And excitebike isn't exciting. :(
  • edited June 2011
    Link's Awakening (presumably the Deluxe version) is out on the eShop now. $5.99 kind of breaks the pricing scheme that I was hoping for, but I suppose that it is worth more than most NES games... if it had been $4.99 it would have been an instant buy, now it's probably going to be a "think about it for a few hours and then buy." I could see the price turning off a few of the people-who-haven't-played-it people they should be targeting, though.

    Edit: oh hey, 3DS trailers from E3 are on there. Neat
  • edited June 2011
    LuigiHann wrote: »
    Link's Awakening (presumably the Deluxe version) is out on the eShop now. $5.99 kind of breaks the pricing scheme that I was hoping for, but I suppose that it is worth more than most NES games... if it had been $4.99 it would have been an instant buy, now it's probably going to be a "think about it for a few hours and then buy." I could see the price turning off a few of the people-who-haven't-played-it people they should be targeting, though.

    Edit: oh hey, 3DS trailers from E3 are on there. Neat

    It's not on the UK store yet. :(
    Also, I've heard you can only top up with a minimum of £10, which sucks. As it stands I shall be waiting until there is something Else I want too. But £6 is alot of money to pay just for the privellage of being able to play it with headphones (I have the original, but I don't play it, as I hate forcing others listening to me playing games on my GBA SP.)

    Also, the 3D trailers aren't up here either. There's an OoT 3D one, but it's very compressed.
  • edited June 2011
    Friar wrote: »
    Also, the 3D trailers aren't up here either. There's an OoT 3D one, but it's very compressed.

    There are a few trailers now.
    I just saw Luigis Mansion trailer, and am downloading Paper Mario trailer now.
  • edited June 2011
    The Luigi's Mansion 2 trailer is beautiful in 3D.
  • edited June 2011
    Waiting anxiously for Links Awakening. I am going to play the shit out of that game!
  • edited June 2011
    To be honest, I'm not really sure. I have been a big Nintendo fan since childhood, but thier charisma and popularity has been lagging a little due to less hardcore games. But since I've heard that Orcarina of Time was gonna be on the 3DS, I'm dying to get my hands on it; I bet anyone thinks the same way. I would like to have it for my birthday, but I also want an iPad 2 and a new XBOX360(my old one just broke down:() I hope I make a good decision, and fast.
  • edited June 2011
    vyperspit wrote: »
    To be honest, I'm not really sure. I have been a big Nintendo fan since childhood, but thier charisma and popularity has been lagging a little due to less hardcore games. But since I've heard that Orcarina of Time was gonna be on the 3DS, I'm dying to get my hands on it; I bet anyone thinks the same way. I would like to have it for my birthday, but I also want an iPad 2 and a new XBOX360(my old one just broke down:() I hope I make a good decision, and fast.

    Then theres the Playstation Vita and the WiiU on the way.
    Have fun with that.
  • edited June 2011
    I took some 3D-screenshots from some Telltale games (mainly The Devil's Playhouse, spoiler alert!) to be watched on the 3DS. You can download the pack HERE. Just put the files into the \DCIM\xxxNIN03\ folder of your SD card, whereas the xxx stands for a three-digit increment number starting at 100... 101, 102, etc. (you would want to make a new folder so that your already taken photos won't be overwritten).

    I guess the 3DS would lend itself perfectly to the look of Telltale's games... don't know if it's powerful enough though.
  • edited June 2011
    Wow. That is all.

    The Credits probably are the best, but just... Wow.
  • edited June 2011
    I took some 3D-screenshots from some Telltale games (mainly The Devil's Playhouse, spoiler alert!) to be watched on the 3DS.

    The 3DS's browser can view MPO pictures integrated in websites directly in 3D afaik. Would be nice if you could upload them on a nice HTML site so we can browse that site. That'd make it more accessible and it'd be a nice test of the browser's capabilities.
  • edited June 2011
    Guinea wrote: »
    The 3DS's browser can view MPO pictures integrated in websites directly in 3D afaik. Would be nice if you could upload them on a nice HTML site so we can browse that site. That'd make it more accessible and it'd be a nice test of the browser's capabilities.

    Great idea, and it does work indeed:

    http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/3D/

    Although it's not a nice HTML-page, but the fastest one I managed to whip up ;)
  • edited June 2011
    Great idea, and it does work indeed:

    http://soundtracks.mixnmojo.com/3D/

    Although it's not a nice HTML-page, but the fastest one I managed to whip up ;)

    Awesome :D
    You should try if it still works if you use <img> tags, then you could have an image gallery for easier browsing. I really hope people start taking advantage of this feature sooner or later.
  • edited June 2011
    That would also require me to make JPEG-thumbnails first, so, maybe some other time.

    Edit: I've added a bunch of shots from the first episode of BTTF.
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