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Reggie Fils-Aime On Nintendo 3D Interest

By Spencer . May 4, 2010 . 10:47am

Reggie Fils Aime On Nintendo 3D InterestNintendo’s first 3D system, the Virtual Boy, wasn’t a home run, but Reggie Fils-Aime, President of Nintendo of America, is optimistic about the Nintendo 3DS.

 

"We’ve mentioned that this coming E3, in June, we’ll be showcasing a new 3DS with 3D capability in a handheld product. We think the consumer is going to be very interested in that news,” Fils-Aime said in a televised interview with CNBC.

 

The Nintendo 3DS is a handheld system with a 3D screen that does not require special glasses. Rumored features include a 3D joystick and force feedback. But, will the consumer “pay up for it”, the reporter asked.

 

“Well, we certainly do, and again as long as you provide great new experiences and great value we’ve seen in this category the consumer is willing to participate,” Fils-Aime answered.

 

What kind of “great new experiences” would the Nintendo 3DS need to have for you to participate in buying it?


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  • http://thrust-the-sky.deviantart.com/ WildArms

    really great and innovative, and game producers may like to try this in their games as well, but sadly, i think this may end like the wii, full of crappy games just exploting its new sensor controls (3D with touch in this case) and with little cool, serious and great games.

    I hope im wrong though…

    • Guest

      Just like the DS huh…
      Even if the 3D isn’t that great (and Im not expecting some of the crazy stuff people are) a more powerful DS because yes that extra power will lead to better games.

      • Jaxx-Leviathan

        I interpret your opinion to be that more powerful hardware will amke better games. They might be prettier or whatever, but IMO great gameplay takes effort from the developers which you don’t need great hardware for. I do hope the new features will be used in a satisfying manner.

    • deltazero

      Sad truth being, once you’re the ‘winner’ of the console gen, you get TONS of shovelware in your system :/. Look at what happened to the GBA and PS2 last gen, xbox and GC pretty much had no shovelware lol

      • malek86

        The PS2 also had all the 3rd party support though.

        The weird thing about this gen is, this is the first time the market leader isn’t getting 90% of the good games out there. Then again, I guess in the two previous generation the PSX/PS2 dominated much more clearly.

      • http://myfigurecollection.net/collection/ashgail Ashgail

        And also the PS2 had greater number of decent and quality titles compared to the Wii. Honestly speaking, I can’t really remember any shovelware that stands out during the PS2 era

        • Jaxx-Leviathan

          that’s because of the ridiculous amount of PS2 titles, you couldn’t see the forest for all the trees (this might not be the best fitting analogy, but you catch my drift). There were wack sh*t, but of course there was a great number of great titles as well and they catch your attention better.

          • kupomogli

            During the same amount of time, the PS2 hardly had the amount of shovelware the Wii has. 99%-100% of the games that come out for the Wii on a weekly basis are shovelware titles.

            Now going by all games, not just shoveware. The PS2 has been out over 10 years. We’ll just say it stopped getting game releases in year seven, around the time the PS3 and Wii came out and still retain the current amount of game releases. The Wii has only been around three and a half years and it already has over half the amount of games the PS2 has, not including VC and Wiiware releases. So three and a half years left to go to reach that seven year mark. Will the Wii have less games than the PS2? We already know the answer.

      • Tokyo Guy

        The Gamecube had no shovelware? Thats news.

    • kylehyde

      I don’t care about the number of shovelware, the only thing that I care is the number of good games that could appear. Even if this device will end with the half of good games that had appeared on DS, I’ll will be really happy, the reason, in this generation I bought a lot more game on DS than in any other device that I ever had.

      Also many good publisher and developers has seen positive results with the DS, and since the 3DS is a direct sucesor of this handheld I’m pretty sure that many of them will jump in the 3DS boat, the only risk is that EA and Ubisoft will jump in the boat too (the main responsibles for the shovelware on DS), but I’ll just ignore them like I did in this generation, also the creator of Heny Hatsworth doesn’t work anymore in EA.

      • Joanna

        I agree. Shovelware is almost inevitable with a popular (sales wise) system. If I’m not mistaken, the PS2 also had it’s share of it. The thing that matters though is how many good games there will be. Hopefully, with the DS name, publishers/developers will be willing to work on it and make some more great gems.

        ps- I also bought more games for the DS than I normally do for any system. DS has an amazing library. :D

    • Joanna

      Honestly, I don’t see the Wii having as much shovelware as everyone is claiming it does. I go into Gamestop (one by my house is actually pretty good)/Bestbuy/Walmart and while I do see some shovelware titles on the racks, also see way more ‘non-shovelware’ games on display. So what always gets to me -with Wii, DS, and PS2- is where the hell are all these cash-in titles that each system is supposedly drowning it? Maybe the publishers release them, but maybe likewise, the retailers only stock a few of those titles? I’m seriously confused. I see the weekly releases and I do note that on average there is at least 2 shovelware titles each week for Wii/DS, but I never see that many on the store shelves.

    • crunc

      There is no doubt that there is a lot of shovelware out there for the Wii, but there are also a lot of great games, including from 3rd parties. Monster Hunter Tri, most recently, has even sold really well because of… wait for it… advertising (and because it’s good.) There’s been bitching by some developers, but they were putting out niche, M rated games and then were surprised when they only sold in niche numbers. For example, on-rails shooters. What were they thinking?

  • Jaxx-Leviathan

    It is too early to predict anything, can only speculate upon the increasing hardware focus on Nintendo’s behalf… hardware is great and a necessity, but make room for the Nintendo-style gameplay too, please.

  • ElTopo

    I’m ready for an upgrade. 3-d I could care less for, if they can make it work fine, just dont force it.

    As long as the system still encourages a wide berth of genres and styles. Id 2D suddenly gets thrown to the wolves for some first gen 3D crap Im done.

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