Oh hey, club nintendo service coming to NA. I thought it sounded pretty cool, any input from those who've had the service? (EU has it, right?) It would be nice if some of that stuff applied retroactively, as I've already registered a ton of games with Nintendo.
This little conference is officially better than all of the E3 conferences combined. It's like they just collected all of the complaints people were sending in, and just sat on them forever. Until one day, BAM, stop your bitching.
Okay, too much stuff going on, but apparently Wii remakes of GC games? Pikmin and DK: Jungle Beat and according to the poster above me, MP1 and 2. Any others?
Okay, too much stuff going on, but apparently Wii remakes of GC games? Pikmin and DK: Jungle Beat and according to the poster above me, MP1 and 2. Any others?
List from Famitsu:
Chibi Robo
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
Pikmin
Pikmin 2
Mario Tennis GC
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes
Are the Metroid games just rereleases as like "Wii Classics" games, or are they remade with Wii controls? I'll totally buy them if they have Wii controls.
Hey, do we have any idea what the DSi has under the hood? When the GBC came out, it had a color screen, sure, but also, the CPU in it was twice as fast. Is the DSi still running with the same ARM9@67Mhz/ARM7@33MHz combo, or will it get a (backwards-compatable) bump?
turtleantGunpla Dadis the best.Registered Userregular
edited October 2008
So does this Wii version of Metroid Prime 1 and 2 mean i get Metroid Prime 3 controls on those two games.
Because if so, I'm gonna have to find a nintendo representative.
And hug them.
So does this Wii version of Metroid Prime 1 and 2 mean i get Metroid Prime 3 controls on those two games.
Because if so, I'm gonna have to find a nintendo representative.
And hug them.
So does this Wii version of Metroid Prime 1 and 2 mean i get Metroid Prime 3 controls on those two games.
Because if so, I'm gonna have to find a nintendo representative.
And hug them.
Not sure if I'm happy or desapointed with the DSi.
- Camera? Gimmik I don't need.
- Plays music? Who doesn't have an ipod like mp3 player?
- No GBA slot? So no backward compatibility (without paying more for games you already own) and a kick in the nuts of Guitar Hero players.
- Shorter battery life.
Actually, this might be a good news. I believe my current DS lite is supperior on more ways than this thing they call a DSi. So I won't need to upgrade.
What about the larger screens and the DS "virtual console"?
Personally I probably won't upgrade because I only expect to use an NDS to play NDS games.
Larger screen remains to be seen. Will it be larger and offer a bigger resolution or will it just "strech" the games on screen ?
As for the DS Virtual Console. This is just another way Nintendo found to try to sell you your kids's nostalgia at Today's market prices. They remove the GBA slots, just wait to see them starting to "re-sale" those GBA games on their Virtual Console again at you even though you already own them.
Unless Nintendo comes up with a way to transfer your current GBA games and saved from the GBA cart to the new SD cards with the saved games then this is a no Go for me.
The DSi is just a revision of the nintendo DS. Not a "new handheld" for a new generation of portables.
The announcement mentioned DSi-exclusive software, so I'm seeing something extremely similar to the GB->GBC thing going on here.
Whoa whoa whoa, where?
Edit: Excluding downloadable titles, of course.
Compatible software
DSi: DS software, DSi software
DS Lite: Game Boy Advance software, DS software
DSi software meaning downloadable titles.
No where in NoJ or NoA's conferences that I saw did they mention actual DS titles on store shelves being separate for the two systems.
Don't assume that for one second. Are you sure they're not going to release any games that take unique advantage of the cameras? In such a way that it's required? What about games without internal storage so they can be cheaper, taking advantage of the onboard storage as a memory card?
Increased screen size, built-in browser, online store = yay
Battery life reduction is annoying.
AAC format is really irritating.
No EBA2 = booooooo
Delaying the launch just so they can sell more of the old system = booooooooooooo
You'd think if they replaced the GBA slot with an SD slot they could have made it a bit smaller. Is the camera to blame here?
Also does anyone know if you can copy full DS games on your SD card to play whenever?
RandomEngy on
Profile -> Signature Settings -> Hide signatures always. Then you don't have to read this worthless text anymore.
Camera on the hinge facing the player, 640x480 resolution. Camera on the outside of the system, 3 megapixels.
Presumably the hinge inside camera is so that there can be DSi software that allows the player to view and operate screens while taking images of themselves, or maybe sending photos of themselves or some shit. Kind of like a webcam.
I keep expecting Nintendo to announce that the DSi has full 3G functionality.
The DSi is just a revision of the nintendo DS. Not a "new handheld" for a new generation of portables.
The announcement mentioned DSi-exclusive software, so I'm seeing something extremely similar to the GB->GBC thing going on here.
Whoa whoa whoa, where?
Edit: Excluding downloadable titles, of course.
Compatible software
DSi: DS software, DSi software
DS Lite: Game Boy Advance software, DS software
DSi software meaning downloadable titles.
No where in NoJ or NoA's conferences that I saw did they mention actual DS titles on store shelves being separate for the two systems.
Don't assume that for one second. Are you sure they're not going to release any games that take unique advantage of the cameras? In such a way that it's required? What about games without internal storage so they can be cheaper, taking advantage of the onboard storage as a memory card?
I can't really think of any of the new features facilitating a big enough difference in hardware for Nintendo to make an entirely separate line of DSi software. There's no second touch screen, for example, and that was the only thing in my mind that would drive there to be different games for each system.
Nintendo would be stupid, primarily, to make a game that only a fraction of DS owners could buy anyway.
Camera on the hinge facing the player, 640x480 resolution. Camera on the outside of the system, 3 megapixels.
Presumably the hinge inside camera is so that there can be DSi software that allows the player to view and operate screens while taking images of themselves, or maybe sending photos of themselves or some shit. Kind of like a webcam.
I keep expecting Nintendo to announce that the DSi has full 3G functionality.
The DSi is just a revision of the nintendo DS. Not a "new handheld" for a new generation of portables.
The announcement mentioned DSi-exclusive software, so I'm seeing something extremely similar to the GB->GBC thing going on here.
Whoa whoa whoa, where?
Edit: Excluding downloadable titles, of course.
Compatible software
DSi: DS software, DSi software
DS Lite: Game Boy Advance software, DS software
DSi software, to me, simply implies software that uses the camera. It doesn't mean that the rest of the DS unit will be significantly upgraded. Nor does it mean, to me, that non-camera using software will be anything more than just regular DS software.
Which is to say that I see the camera as more of a built-on peripheral than anything else. Some software will use it, but most actual games will not. The ones that do not will simply be regular NDS games.
I fully expect Nintendo to make one or two token camera-enabled games (sort of a portable EyeToy thing), third parties to make a flood of suck-ass camera-enabled games, and for a lot of upcoming first-party games to have optional camera minigames/options. Like taking a picture of your face/cock and using that as your avatar in the I'm-still-hoping DS Smash Bros.
Also, put your DSi on top of your TV, get a compatible Wii game, and what happens?
The DSi is just a revision of the nintendo DS. Not a "new handheld" for a new generation of portables.
The announcement mentioned DSi-exclusive software, so I'm seeing something extremely similar to the GB->GBC thing going on here.
Whoa whoa whoa, where?
Edit: Excluding downloadable titles, of course.
Compatible software
DSi: DS software, DSi software
DS Lite: Game Boy Advance software, DS software
DSi software meaning downloadable titles.
No where in NoJ or NoA's conferences that I saw did they mention actual DS titles on store shelves being separate for the two systems.
Don't assume that for one second. Are you sure they're not going to release any games that take unique advantage of the cameras? In such a way that it's required? What about games without internal storage so they can be cheaper, taking advantage of the onboard storage as a memory card?
I can't really think of any of the new features facilitating a big enough difference in hardware for Nintendo to make an entirely separate line of DSi software. There's no second touch screen, for example, and that was the only thing in my mind that would drive there to be different games for each system.
Nintendo would be stupid, primarily, to make a game that only a fraction of DS owners could buy anyway.
They wouldn't be stupid, they'd be doing it the way things are done in the industry. People make games for systems that other people don't have sometimes. It's how it works. Sometimes the next iteration of a system (or whatever you want to call it, no semantics) can play games the old one can't.
I'll say it again, you can't do this on the original DS, and I'd love to see this on the DSi:
You said DSi software = the downloadable stuff, and I disagree, there's totally room for retail games that are made just for the DSi. Maybe not a huge lineup, but it's going to happen, and there will be stickers in the corner to help the dumb parents.
I fully expect Nintendo to make one or two token camera-enabled games (sort of a portable EyeToy thing), third parties to make a flood of suck-ass camera-enabled games, and for a lot of upcoming first-party games to have optional camera minigames/options. Like taking a picture of your face/cock and using that as your avatar in the I'm-still-hoping DS Smash Bros.
Exactly. It's going to be one more gimmick on the checklist for the new Legend of Zelda: Peanut Butter Monkey - and if you don't have it, you might not be able to get the special Peanut-Almond Brittle unlockable item.
PeregrineFalcon on
Looking for a DX:HR OnLive code for my kid brother.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
I just don't see why people are taking the inclusion of a camera, which is essentially adding on a peripheral, as implying that this is going to be a new, more powerful system, the next in the generational cycle of handheld consoles.
"DSi Software" simply means software that uses the Camera, or the save function for files using the microphone.
So does this Wii version of Metroid Prime 1 and 2 mean i get Metroid Prime 3 controls on those two games.
Because if so, I'm gonna have to find a nintendo representative.
And hug them.
No confirmation one way or the other as of yet.
Then I shall continue to cross my fingers.
I don't see why they'd make Wii versions of the games and not add Wii controls to them.
Otherwise they'd call it something like the "Gamecube Legacy Collection" and just rerelease the GC discs on the cheap.
Also, it can't be a coincidence that most of the games mentioned would most likely benefit greatly from added Wii functionality, specifically the pointer, which would probably not be extremely hard to integrate.
Of course I'm just talking out of my ass, but I would lean more towards the "Wii enhanced port" than rereleases of GC games on Wii discs for no apparent reason.
Really, I think the DSi will have the same horsepower as the DS, but it's starting to sound like the game download service will be DSi only.
Found this on Wired's blog of the event:
9:24: Cammie Dunaway takes the stage. "If I've learned anything in the past 11 months, it's that pleasing you guys takes showing you great games," she says while looking directly at me and Matt Cassamassina.
Posts
This little conference is officially better than all of the E3 conferences combined. It's like they just collected all of the complaints people were sending in, and just sat on them forever. Until one day, BAM, stop your bitching.
Team Fortress 2 Backpack: Someone you love
List from Famitsu:
Chibi Robo
Donkey Kong: Jungle Beat
Pikmin
Pikmin 2
Mario Tennis GC
Metroid Prime
Metroid Prime 2: Dark Echoes
Dammit. I'm betting it'll just be a re-release of sorts without any real Wii motion capabilities.
They really need to do a Wii Sports tennis-like Mario Tennis game. Sega Superstars was not sufficient.
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
PUNCH-OUT!!?
GLASS JOE EXPLODING INTO CROISSANTS AS HE GETS KNOCKED OUT?!
yesssssssssssss
http://www.audioentropy.com/
I'm holding off to see how much they cost, but yeah.
Also, I hope you can use the pointer in Pikmin to control the cursor independently of Olimar.
http://www.audioentropy.com/
If that happens. I've seen the DK screenshot, but I'm still not convinced that these are anything more than re-releases....
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
Because if so, I'm gonna have to find a nintendo representative.
And hug them.
No confirmation one way or the other as of yet.
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
The announcement mentioned DSi-exclusive software, so I'm seeing something extremely similar to the GB->GBC thing going on here.
Whoa whoa whoa, where?
Edit: Excluding downloadable titles, of course.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
Check out the videos here:
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/n10/conference2008fall/presen/09.html
(for DKJB and Pikmin, at least)
Then I shall continue to cross my fingers.
DSi software meaning downloadable titles.
No where in NoJ or NoA's conferences that I saw did they mention actual DS titles on store shelves being separate for the two systems.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
Larger screen remains to be seen. Will it be larger and offer a bigger resolution or will it just "strech" the games on screen ?
As for the DS Virtual Console. This is just another way Nintendo found to try to sell you your kids's nostalgia at Today's market prices. They remove the GBA slots, just wait to see them starting to "re-sale" those GBA games on their Virtual Console again at you even though you already own them.
Unless Nintendo comes up with a way to transfer your current GBA games and saved from the GBA cart to the new SD cards with the saved games then this is a no Go for me.
PSN: Guibs25 | XboxLive: Guibs | Steam: Guibsx | Twitch: Guibsx
Don't assume that for one second. Are you sure they're not going to release any games that take unique advantage of the cameras? In such a way that it's required? What about games without internal storage so they can be cheaper, taking advantage of the onboard storage as a memory card?
Battery life reduction is annoying.
AAC format is really irritating.
No EBA2 = booooooo
Delaying the launch just so they can sell more of the old system = booooooooooooo
You'd think if they replaced the GBA slot with an SD slot they could have made it a bit smaller. Is the camera to blame here?
Also does anyone know if you can copy full DS games on your SD card to play whenever?
A Cave Story remake for Wiiware announced.
...aahsahdbsHOLYCRAP.
I keep expecting Nintendo to announce that the DSi has full 3G functionality.
I can't really think of any of the new features facilitating a big enough difference in hardware for Nintendo to make an entirely separate line of DSi software. There's no second touch screen, for example, and that was the only thing in my mind that would drive there to be different games for each system.
Nintendo would be stupid, primarily, to make a game that only a fraction of DS owners could buy anyway.
Switch: 6200-8149-0919 / Wii U: maximumzero / 3DS: 0860-3352-3335 / eBay Shop
I maintain that it is still the best $12 I have ever spent on a video game, and it is literally made for the Wii.
I'll reiterate my request from page one:
Though it seems they took "fuck MP3s" literally as they expect us to use AAC. Yeah, let me just reencode my entire collection.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
DSi software, to me, simply implies software that uses the camera. It doesn't mean that the rest of the DS unit will be significantly upgraded. Nor does it mean, to me, that non-camera using software will be anything more than just regular DS software.
Which is to say that I see the camera as more of a built-on peripheral than anything else. Some software will use it, but most actual games will not. The ones that do not will simply be regular NDS games.
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
Also, put your DSi on top of your TV, get a compatible Wii game, and what happens?
WHAT.
You give me a link this instant or you're a goddamned liar and you're going to hell
Wii: 5024 6786 2934 2806 | Steam/XBL: Arcibi | FFXI: Arcibi / Bahamut
http://gonintendo.com/?p=58030#more-58030
3DS FC: 0817-3759-2788
They wouldn't be stupid, they'd be doing it the way things are done in the industry. People make games for systems that other people don't have sometimes. It's how it works. Sometimes the next iteration of a system (or whatever you want to call it, no semantics) can play games the old one can't.
I'll say it again, you can't do this on the original DS, and I'd love to see this on the DSi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfp8id6bpDU
You said DSi software = the downloadable stuff, and I disagree, there's totally room for retail games that are made just for the DSi. Maybe not a huge lineup, but it's going to happen, and there will be stickers in the corner to help the dumb parents.
Exactly. It's going to be one more gimmick on the checklist for the new Legend of Zelda: Peanut Butter Monkey - and if you don't have it, you might not be able to get the special Peanut-Almond Brittle unlockable item.
Can trade TF2 items or whatever else you're interested in. PM me.
"DSi Software" simply means software that uses the Camera, or the save function for files using the microphone.
Steam ID: slashx000______Twitter: @bill_at_zeboyd______ Facebook: Zeboyd Games
I don't see why they'd make Wii versions of the games and not add Wii controls to them.
Otherwise they'd call it something like the "Gamecube Legacy Collection" and just rerelease the GC discs on the cheap.
Also, it can't be a coincidence that most of the games mentioned would most likely benefit greatly from added Wii functionality, specifically the pointer, which would probably not be extremely hard to integrate.
Of course I'm just talking out of my ass, but I would lean more towards the "Wii enhanced port" than rereleases of GC games on Wii discs for no apparent reason.
Really, I think the DSi will have the same horsepower as the DS, but it's starting to sound like the game download service will be DSi only.
Found this on Wired's blog of the event:
Heh.