Nintendo 3DS Released! (Also, Friend Codes here)

[Dracarys]

There was that game where you see ghost in the real world using the camera somehow, was it meant to be a Project Zero/Fatal Frame game?

[Beanovsky Durst]

There was that game where you see ghost in the real world using the camera somehow, was it meant to be a Project Zero/Fatal Frame game?

Spirit Camera? Yup, it's already out.

[Dracarys]

^^ Not here.

[Beanovsky Durst]

^^ Not here.

Oh, that sucks... I thought it was already out worldwide, it's been a while since american release.

[Pikminister]

Spirit Camera? Yup, it's already out.

Yeah it's already out in the American market. But unfortunately, it's not a traditional Fatal Frame game. So I get now why Nintendo avoided calling it by that name.

Basically, to play it you either have to stand or sit on a swivel chair. Because it plays like "Face Raiders". Where you have to react to stuff that happens all around you. So you cannot sit back and enjoy the game like most 3DS games. You really have to get into it. It's something to play at home or somewhere that has a bit of space.

[Wrathborne]

bah, shame.

[Gradon]

Spirit Camera was originally going to be a Project Zero 1 port to 3DS, but Iwata rejected that idea. And Spirit Camera is coming out in Europe on June 29th, same day as Project Zero 2: Wii Edition.

[Pikminister]

It started as a rumor but now it is confirmed that a Castlevania game is coming to the 3DS.

The latest issue of NP lists the game as:

• Having deep combat mechanics
• It features Trevor Belmont
• Fighting with Trevor’s version of the Combat Cross
• Light and shadow magic returns
• Earn experience points to unlock new combos
• These include launching foes into the air, smashing enemies down to the ground and more
• Includes skeletons, axe-wielding undead and more


If you cannot see this image, you're using IE and you should stop that shit at once. It's either Firefox or Chrome.

[Zombie_X]

Trevor Belmont... HOLY SHIT! Castlevania 3's hero returns! My body is ready for this!

It started as a rumor but now it is confirmed that a Castlevania game is coming to the 3DS.

The latest issue of NP lists the game as:

• Having deep combat mechanics
• It features Trevor Belmont
• Fighting with Trevor’s version of the Combat Cross
• Light and shadow magic returns
• Earn experience points to unlock new combos
• These include launching foes into the air, smashing enemies down to the ground and more
• Includes skeletons, axe-wielding undead and more


If you cannot see this image, you're using IE and you should stop that shit at once. It's either Firefox or Chrome.

[Pikminister]

Trevor Belmont... HOLY SHIT! Castlevania 3's hero returns! My body is ready for this!

I got some more info on that....

“The gameplay in Mirror of Fate stretches across time, and players will eventually be able to control Trevor’s descendent, Simon Belmont. Two other unnamed characters are in the game as well.”

I hope this one plays like the original Castlevania games. Not a big fan of the Metroidvania games. I still enjoy them but the original and III were superb.

[Zombie_X]

Shit just got real. I like the Metroidvania formula a lot, but the retro linear type that CV1-3 is still awesome.

[Pikminister]

Shit just got real. I like the Metroidvania formula a lot, but the retro linear type that CV1-3 is still awesome.

I just found out more about the game. It will be a Metroidvania type game. It will play a lot like the DS games but the perspective will be 2D and 2.5D most of the time but sometimes in full 3D.

New screens (they were scanned, thus the low quality):

[Zombie_X]

Oh man oh man!! Looks good, almost to good to be true!!

[GuardhouseMusic]

Speaking of shit getting real and being too good to be true: Shin Megami Tensei IV announced.

My soul is ready!

[Pikminister]

Speaking of shit getting real and being too good to be true: Shin Megami Tensei IV announced.

My soul is ready!

Yep. And like PS3's The Last of Us, it's going to have a post-apocalyptic setting.



On another topic, Kotaku published an article about a 3DS re-design being unveiled at E3. It's only a rumor, but I honestly doubt that it will happen. Since they will probably focus the majority of the show on the Wii U. A new 3DS would be a distraction that could potentially steal the Wii U's thunder.

Maybe next year.

[Beanovsky Durst]

Anything can happen with Nintendo. They are the Apple of videogames.

I'm still waiting for the 3DS lite, 3DSi, and 3DSi XL.

[Pikminister]

Anything can happen with Nintendo. They are the Apple of videogames.

I'm still waiting for the 3DS lite, 3DSi, and 3DSi XL.

Anything can happen, but I really doubt they will show a new 3DS at E3. They screwed up the Wii U's presenration last year (most thought it was merely a tablet, not a console) and they have to get it right this time around. They need to focus on the Wii U alone. The 3DS just needs more games. Especially on the American market.

[Dracarys]

They releasing a 2D Mario, I expect Nintendo will convince themselves this will be enough to keep people happy until late 2013.

[Pikminister]

More rumors about a 3DS revision are coming in. It seems the revision is of a 3DS XL version (a bigger handheld):

The big Nintendo 3DS gossip going around is that there’s a big Nintendo 3DS due to be announced tomorrow.

On the eve of Nintendo’s E3 press conference, Japanese newspaper Nikkei — which is usually spot-on with its rumors about Nintendo consoles — says the company will announce a 3DS system with a 4.3-inch screen tomorrow.

That’s 1.5 times bigger than the current 3DS’s screen, and also .1-inch larger than the DSi XL’s display. I wouldn’t be surprised if Nintendo took advantage of the extra space to add an extra Circle Pad and a bigger battery, too.

Nikkei reports that the new 3DS model will release across all major territories as soon as this summer.

SOURCE: http://www.slashgear.com/nintendo-3ds-xl-with-4-3-inch-3d-tipped-for-e3-reveal-04231813/

[Dracarys]

Nintendo 3DS need be hacked to shit now if that is true. I'm not gonna support it if they pull that crap.