The Nintendo 3DS will be released in Japan on Feb 26, 2011 for 25000 Yen.
Anybody planning to import?
I'll preorder mine as soon as preorders are up at Yamada Denki.
I was thinking about importing one, but I heard somewhere that they're going to have region-lockout. If that's true, it's an incredibly stupid move by Nintendo, because there's absolutely no reason for it. Need an example? Every other portable Nintendo system. :P
I agree that it would suck big time if it was region locked.
I'm not gonna import one, but I'll probably end up pre-ordering one from Amazon once they start taking US pre-orders.
Quote from: nintendodork on September 29, 2010, 04:59:30 am
I was thinking about importing one, but I heard somewhere that they're going to have region-lockout.
Are the carts region-locked, or is it just the DSiWare stuff like the DSi?
My guess is that only the downloads would be locked to one region.
It would be nice if you could have several accounts like the PSN, where I have a Japanese, a German and a USA account.
On top of what I said earlier, if the 3DS sells in North America for what it does in Japan, that's about $300. That's $100 for every dimension!
Annnddd, it's more than the Wii was at launch. :( Don't think I'll be importing it, sadly.
They haven't listed a US price yet.
Released in 2001?
Anyway, I won't be importing, and I'll probably just wait until a friend has it so I can see if the gimmick is worth the price tag.
Quote from: UglyJoe on September 29, 2010, 04:11:11 pm
They haven't listed a US price yet.
Oh, I suppose I should've worded my post better. Fixed. But if this follows the same price trends as the DSi, then I guess it'll still be around $250. Which is still quite a lot.
Quote from: MS-DOS4 on September 29, 2010, 04:12:57 pm
Released in 2001?
Anyway, I won't be importing, and I'll probably just wait until a friend has it so I can see if the gimmick is worth the price tag.
DAMN! I'm too slow...
2011! Damn typos...
I think there's no way it'll be more than 249$ in the US.
It's released for the same price as Wii, so will the games. If you do a straight converion it ends up more dollars (but not £s) - but Nintendo have not announced their US or EU pricing yet.
I would strongly recommened AGAINST importing. Wait the extra month and don't suffer from region lock-out of 3DS games, DSi (specific) games, DSi Ware, 3DS Ware and more.
Yes it is worth the price tag. The connectivity will change the way you play games away from home. I'll have one soon as well.
Incase some of you gentlemen missed this video:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=GRSdUvbLhSo
By the looks of it, you can now finally loose at Street Fighter without even having to play it, thus saving you tons of time. Also, I'll be looking forward to checking my stocks right before bedtime.
Streetfighter characters stand on blue cakes and ram into each other... Without you even seeing! :D
What was the deal with that question block card at 1:53? It looks pretty cool, but it doesn't seem to serve a purpose.
Those cards are used for augmented reality games.
what's the conversion for yen to useless american dollars?
I wouldn't know that one, never heard of useless American currency.
According to Google, currently 1 Yen = 0.0121 of 1 Dollar
Quote from: jackhandy566 on October 08, 2010, 01:12:00 am
what's the conversion for yen to useless american dollars?
www.xe.com
or Google.
Looks like very roughly, 100 yen equals a dollar.
Don't rely on currency converters for the retail price though. Just wait for the official announcement. Expect same pricing as the Wii when it launched. That means $60 games potentially :(
I imagine Yamada Denki doesn't offer as much points as GEO for buying a 3DS. I'll be getting mine at either GEO or Seagull.
I'll be getting mine before launch! Woohoo! OK I'm done bragging now, but I played on one the other week and it was even better than I had hoped. Can't wait.
:o how?
Quote from: L___E___T on October 19, 2010, 04:39:29 pm
I'll be getting mine before launch! Woohoo! OK I'm done bragging now, but I played on one the other week and it was even better than I had hoped. Can't wait.
damn you and your job at square enix....
Quote from: L___E___T on October 19, 2010, 04:39:29 pm
I'll be getting mine before launch! Woohoo! OK I'm done bragging now, but I played on one the other week and it was even better than I had hoped. Can't wait.
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Quote from: hashiriya1 on October 19, 2010, 04:33:23 pm
I imagine Yamada Denki doesn't offer as much points as GEO for buying a 3DS. I'll be getting mine at either GEO or Seagull.
I don't care about the points I'll get, I care about the points I already have and with these I can get a 3DS practically for free. :D
And damn you, L___E___T , do you always have to rub it in? :P
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Sorry, but it won't be a real 3DS, just a circuit board with screens - and no games.... I have to wait like everyone else!
That pic is scary somehow...
I think its the eyes that make it creepy...
Is it a working pcb? Or just a mock up?
Usually game companies get working PCBs I guess, because mock-ups won't help them much. ;)
I wouldn't import. I won't get it when it first comes out either unless I win a lottery or something. I will have one because of how it boggles my mind as a math/science student.
Really? The technology is simple and very effective, it's nothing new - it's just only affordable on small screens at the moment. It's been on Japanese cell/mobile phones for a while now. I have a feeling they outsource the screens from one of those companies anyway.
Please pre-order if you hope to get one, they will be sold out for a month at least. I've pre-ordered two.
The entire concept of what the 3DS does is new to me. 3D without glasses, pretty cool. If it does exist on a japanese cell phone, I have no idea.
This is more or less how it works: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/12/3d_illusion/ (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/08/12/3d_illusion/)
Also, I was wrong. They are here and are like retail units too, but better. Fully unlocked and region free, but with different coloured casing that doesn't look as nice etc.
Meh, the games were kinda crappy (they shown), except DoA which was pretty good.
Ridge Racer 3DS seemed inferior to the PSP version.
It's still early to say if it's worth it or not, I don't care about 3D but about the gaming experience.
I would buy it simply for Super SF4, heck I'm buying two but I think it's sensible to wait as well.
Don't buy it for 3D, but the 3D isn't really a feature or gimmick like it was with Wii (motion control). Even most of the launch titles are treating 3D like a bonus, not something to base the design on.
Well, I hope games aren't specifically designed for 3d, or else they might turn out like the trashy party games on the wii. Still, can't wait to see it. Can't shell out 300 right now, but at least I can play store demos!
i saw a video on bobshouseofvideogames.com and the graphics look really nice for it, almost up to par with the PSP or modern consoles
What I saw was in all cases better than PSP and in some cases as good as gamecube. Think Smash Bros (Brawl) quality visuals in some cases.
I don't have such high standards.
If games look like DS games or better, I'm OK. :D
Does anyone else see the logic flaw in releasing super paper mario for the 3DS ?
No? What's wrong with it?
He's saying that paper is flat.
3D isn't.
Zing...?
Yeah, but they made it work in Super Paper Mario on Wii.
I think it can work because with respect to the paper Mario series, it's just a look of 2D in a 3D world.
Well, Super Paper Mario on the Wii had a 3d mode.
Quote from: nintendodork on October 25, 2010, 08:15:03 pm
He's saying that paper is flat.
3D isn't.
Zing...?
that's exactly what i meant, MS-DOS ::)
lol
Quote from: nintendodork on October 25, 2010, 08:15:03 pm
Zing...?
that's going to be my new catchphrase.
But with 3D turned on you can look behind paper Mario, which might be a nice effect.
One piece of paper is flat. Several pieces of paper layered, or a pop-up book, or even that same piece of paper tilted, becomes 3D in that sense. SPM uses similar perspectives as the Wii version, relying on flat paper to then turn that assumption around. While it's not for me, I think you'll be pleasantly surprised. I just think Mario should be a platformer not an RPG myself.
Quote from: L___E___T on October 26, 2010, 01:29:59 am
I just think Mario should be a platformer not an RPG myself.
I wholeheartedly agree.
I have all the Mario RPGs, but just couldn't seem to get into them...
Quote from: linkzpikachu on October 25, 2010, 06:20:00 pm
i saw a video on bobshouseofvideogames.com and the graphics look really nice for it, almost up to par with the PSP or modern consoles
3DS has PS2/Wii graphics, not 360/PS3.
3DS graphics are a bit better than PSP, but the preview screens of Ridge Racer for 3DS look horrible, even worse than PSP (not saying PSP's version is bad).
I really don't understand how you could say a whole lot about the 3DS or compare it to other things just by demos and videos that have been released. I would wait until I actually play it myself before drawing any conclusions.
I would skew it at PS2/Gamecube level graphics from what I've seen so far. Just remember that graphical quality comes down to optimisation of game code, not tech specs (how fast things load, get painted and animate etc etc...
Ridge Racer could well be unable to render as much as quickly without pop-up, for example. Compare Smash Bros Melee to Something like Soul Calibur 2 and there's a notable difference even though they're both fighters on the same console.
Wait, i thought the paper mario game was gonna be a new one, not just spm... And plus, imagine seeing the layers of paper physically instead of just some visual cues.
Yeah, it's new. Was just trying to illustrate what you pointed out :)