As part of an extensive new Gamasutra interview, Team Ninja's Tomonobu Itagaki (Dead Or Alive) has been discussing the merits of Nintendo's DS and Sony's PSP, pinpointing both the PSP's "toned-down" console roots, and suggesting that the DS market may be getting flooded with low-budget titles.
In the interview conducted immediately following the recent Tokyo Game Show, Itagaki was asked why Team Ninja has decided to produce a title, Ninja Gaiden: Dragon Sword, for the DS, rather than something for the PSP.
We recently featured an article about five unannounced 3DS games that we would like to see Nintendo reveal in 2012. Following up on that idea, here are six games that would fit well on the 3DS in 2012, each coming from a third-party developer that has already pledged support for the handheld. Let the speculation begin on GameRabies!
I would like something from Platinum games...maybe God Hand 2 3D or just God hand 3D :)
then new No more heroes 3DS
new Sin & Punishment 3DS
new Madworld 3DS
new Silent Hill 3DS
Kororinpa 3DS & Bomberman 3DS & Omega 5 (damn you Konami, for now)..
Based on his appearance in Ninja Gaiden 2, the deluxe action figure joins the new ‘Best of Player Select’ videogame figure assortment. The series features some of the most Electronic Theatre Imagepopular figures from the ‘Player Select’ series, repackaged and offered at a reduced price. Many of the original releases were never made available in the UK previously, and the Ryu Hayabusa deluxe action figure was one of those that gamers may have missed out on.
Gaming Gauge writes:"So we recently got a look at how DS games function on the 3DS. As you can see the games are upscaled to fill the screen rather than mapped 1:1(although the option may be there). The downside to this method is that the games lose a bit a clarity, they can appear a bit blurry and fuzzy. I thought it would be interesting to make some mock up screenshots to compare how different styles are affected by the upscaling."
3DS cant even run ds games without fuzziness while the mighty NGP can run PS3 games
he bashed anything thats from anyother developer but him, i mean come on, ok dead or alive looks nice but thats about it!
edit: infact ive played them all! just because of the graphics and interative environments. its just button bash heaven although i use to be able to beat people by just using reversals, ahh the old back + X, stupidly easy.
"The reason is because the PlayStation Portable is basically designed on the philosophy of having a console that you can take with you. They are basically just toning down what we see on home consoles such as the 360 or the PS3; whereas the DS was looking at a whole new method of input. Just as I said earlier, one of the key aspects of game design is the interactivity between the user's input and what happens on the screen, so I thought: here is a chance to do something totally original, using the strengths of this hardware. If I was going to make a game for PSP, I would be better off making a game for PS2, because they are essentially attempting to do the same thing."
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You know, Itagaki is dead-on. That comment makes perfect sense. Then again, he does not favor Sony, so I have my doubts. Regardless, it's quite a good point of view.
This guy is a douche....The whole idea of a portable system is to take it with you on the road or anywhere else. You cant take a ps2, ps3, 360 or whatever else with you on the road, you can, but its a hassle. He says that if he was to make a game on the psp he would just go ahead and make it on the ps2 but then that gets rid of the "portable" aspect. Thats the point of the psp or ds, to take a console experience anywhere with you.
I swear, that guy is really Lena Olin.
First of all he dislikes Sony. Second he is so contradicting himself. We know his philosophy was to make only games for strongest platforms. Ok in previous generation xbox was much stronger thatn PS2. I could even believe that he thinks that 360 is stronger that PS3 and that only that was the reasont for NG2 for 360 and not Microsoft money but to now try and dodge your own trademark and say that PSP is not handheld is so FAKE! Just tell us, DS has HUGE install base, software sells few times better than on PSP and thats it. Dont try to be philosophical you azz!!!