Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

Post by perardi » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:14 PM UTC

umvi wrote: post #76

perardi wrote: post #38

I wonder what the game plan is for offering these games in the future. The dual-screen setup obviously doesn’t map to the Switch, so it’s not just a simple eShop port like you’d have for an old SNES game. I am mostly thinking about Pokémon. They’ve got this rich new Pokémon Home system to transfer between generations, but that’s reliant on having functioning older hardware. Now, there’s a massive pool of functional 3…

I'm honestly surprised Pokemon is still around. The first one came out in like 1996, and it was initially addictive because there were a fixed number of pokemon to try to collect (150). But each iteration was basically a carbon copy of the previous gen with some map and monster changes. 7(?) gens later and now there are what 500? 600? More? I just don't understand the motivation to collect something now that you can…

Post by SSLy » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:18 PM UTC

JohnBooty wrote: post #123

SSLy wrote: post #80

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The IMAX system, at least in my Cinema City venue, uses polarization. I've also tried Real 3D cinemas but that didn't work. >May I ask what your eye condition is? I don't know if it's neurological but I just don't register depth w/o forcing it. I have astigmatism and short-sightedness.

Interesting. (And more importantly, sorry to hear that) So, your brain gets a stereo signal, but because of the "fuzziness" of far-away objects, it doesn't "compute" the depth information? That makes sense to me, but - corrective lenses don't improve the issue? That's fascinating. Is that common with astigmatism? I don't know too much about depth perception issues outside of my own experience. (One might say I'm shor…

Post by coding123 » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:19 PM UTC

mixedCase wrote: post #91

coding123 wrote: post #48

Sorry about this, as it's an old argument that everyone here knows, but I wish Nintendo would stop making systems and just focus on their games on competing platforms. They do it for the money. So if I want to have the next Zelda, Mario/MK, DK I have to pay the 300 cost for the system first, then the price of the game ($60 on release day?) I mean, I get it from their perspective. Every Nintendo I purchase the number…

> I suppose that price is still worth it - not really Either it is, or it isn't. From there you can determine whether you should spend your money there or not. Nintendo isn't stupid, if people stop buying their consoles and manifest wanting just the game for another platform they will eventually do just that; but their large customer base is saying that the price of the console is worth it and Nintendo deems it bette…

Post by eezurr » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:24 PM UTC

bfieidhbrjr wrote: post #72

gugagore wrote: post #43

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It's not the same, but ‘Farewell, Etaoin Shrdlu’ (you can find it easily online) is a documentary about the last day that the New York Times used linotypes and hot metal typesetting before they switched to electronic/optical typesetting. I think it's a wonderful, heartfelt, and technologically fascinating documentary. I recommend it when you have a half hour to spare.

here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MGjFKs9bnU great video

Post by gxqoz » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:37 PM UTC

dpiers wrote: post #83

My first job coming out of college was working on a multi-platform game engine, and my first task was assembling a 3DS prototype board[1] and porting the engine over. It was horrible and fantastic at the same time. The debugging tools were poor, most of the documentation hadn't been translated to english yet, and testing the dual-camera rendering pipeline required hunching over the desk to be in the sweet spot for th…