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The New Nintendo 3DS Could Be A Glimpse At The Wii U’s Future

Could a New Wii U follow closely behind the New 3DS?

4logpc3522d ago

Doubtfull. Nintendo has revised their handhelds before with new hardware that make only some games possible (DSI and Gameboy Color) but doing that with a home console which requires a much bigger investment of money is a lot more risky.

shaw983522d ago

The only time Nintendo did it with home consoles was with the N64 and the expansion pack. Though it was with an accessory, not an entire console upgrade.

Kevlar0093522d ago

And games like DK64 came with the expansion pack, so you didn't feel taken advantage of.

darthv723522d ago

Or perhaps one reason this new 3ds has a bump in specs is nintendo wants to make it be able to work with the wii-u base unit itself.

As an alternative to the wii-u tablet....?

GordonKnight3521d ago

It wold be nice if you could play your Wii U games on the go with The New 3DS. Where ever you access to wifi.

shaw983522d ago (Edited 3522d ago )

No, it would be to risky. 3ds is at a much better position as was the Dsi and Gameboy color when it did the same. Consoles such as wii u are no near healthy enough to risk it.

Geekman3522d ago

I swear, the same topics always appear on this site.

AKR3522d ago

That'd be pretty stupid. The 3DS is a handheld...MUCH less risk to "upgrade" than an entire home system. And Nintendo has done it before with their handhelds (Gameboy ---> Gameboy Color ---> Gameboy Advance ----> Gameboy Advance SP and then DS ---> DS-Lite ---> DSi ---> DSi XL).

This isn't new.

gokuking3522d ago (Edited 3522d ago )

The author of this piece seems to have forgotten that New 3DS is as much Nintendo emulating Apple as Wii U and DSi were. Apple released something called the New iPad. It caused massive consumer confusion and Apple reverted back to a more normal naming scheme.

I also disagree with the opening comment about wanting to encourage more hardware revisions. Part of the reason people buy dedicated hardware for video games is because it's simple. There shouldn't be compatibility issues like you'd find on PC and mobile. You lose that when you start segmenting the userbase with constant hardware upgrades.

DC7773521d ago

True but this generation's hardware will be outdated a lot quicker than in the past.

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Xenoblade composer shares a message, says "it's time for a fresh start"

Xenoblade Chronicles composer Kenji Hiramatsu reflects on his work and feels that it's "time for a fresh start."

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autobotdan213d ago

Best JRPG series of the last 5 years imo

repsahj213d ago

I agree 100%. My top JRPG so far, together with Baldurs Gate 3 and FF16.

autobotdan213d ago (Edited 213d ago )

There is no together at the top. There is only one top jrpg series. Xenoblade Chronicles series is alone at the top

raWfodog213d ago (Edited 213d ago )

I like the Xenoblades series but my ‘top’ series would be either the Trails series or Persona series. Just too many good games for me to just pick one series though, so I say play them all lol.

autobotdan213d ago

You are hereby excommunicated the church of Xenoblade Chronocology

CappyBlack212d ago

I'm not huge into JRPGs, but my favorite is easily the Persona series. It's all opinion though. Xenoblade is a great series.

repsahj213d ago

XC4 for Switch 2 for the win!! So excited!

phoenixwing212d ago

Also they might port over xenoblade x to the switch 2

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Tetsuya Takahashi Wants The Next Xenoblade To Be Vastly Different From Previous Games

Tetsuya Takahashi has revealed his plan to make the next Xenoblade vastly different from previous games.

GotGame818244d ago (Edited 244d ago )

I liked the Xenoblade X formula. It takes awhile, but opening up Mechs was amazing. Especially once you can fly them, and use them in battle. You have to put some time into the game to do it, but it's worth it!

Also, the graphics were more realistic than the other games. Still looks good today, just a lot more pop-in than is acceptable today, hell even too much for back then. It wasn't game breaking though.

gleepot212d ago

Xenoblade 1-3 and X are so great. That said, I'm ready for them to do a big change up.

Lightning Mr Bubbles577d ago

Me being a Playstation guy and a huge JRPG fan, I can say that the only franchises I actually miss that are on Switch are The Fire Emblem series and The Xenoblade Chronicles series. I've played neither but I've heard good things. I've seen people play Xenoblade Chronicles games on youtube, and it seems like they think it's a big deal so I'm curious.

Rebel_Scum577d ago

As someone who doesnt like jrpg’s that much these days I went into Xenoblade Chronicles blind and had a blast. Reminded me of that golden age of 16-bit and 32-bit jrpgs. If thats the era you liked then it should hit the spot.

jznrpg577d ago

I only have a Switch for the games that don’t come on PlayStation . There aren’t a ton but there are some good ones.

repsahj577d ago (Edited 577d ago )

I agree with top 1, for me xenoblade chronicles 3(and 2) is one of the greatest jrpg to date. It's like the feeling of playing ff7 on ps1 for the first time again. Imagine if XC3 was done with ps5 graphics, that will be magical. I might get the xc remaster before the year ends or after I got the platinum trophy of GoW ragnarok.

jznrpg577d ago

I didn’t care for 2 as much . It’s good but 3 is sooo much better than so is the first one imo .

repsahj577d ago

yeah I agree, but much better than any recent jrpg releases.