What? I'd argue that the 3DS has by far Nintendo's best handheld games. Quite the opposite of the DS, where their own offerings weren't the best on the system
Every nintendo handheld is "outdated" from the start, what makes the 3DS any different
I think it's probably because the 3ds went for a lot of traditional home console type of games, unlike pure handheld ones, so it made the hardware stand out more.
To be fair, what could? The 3DS was a weak follow up to what basically was a cultural phenomenon. I maintain that both 3DS and WiiU should have been released as DS Pro and WIi HD to pad out the lifetime of those consoles a bit. Because as full on follow up consoles they both were insanely lacking. (3DS not as much as WiiU to be sure)
Ditching the USP of the switch is such a bad idea I am constantly flabbergasted to see it floated around seriously.Soon
Going by the sales of WiiU ports, I'd say we long since moved past that point.
I'm not super into Pokemon so I can't comment on that but I can see their older Pokemon games being better
Gen 6 as a whole is considered one of the weakest gens, definitely less than gen 4 and 5.
Well, going by typical opinions online, that seems to be the case
That might be it, possibly, at that point handhelds were catching up to cionsoles in graphics(leading to the switch) so alot of console ports were a sign that handhelds had to evolve.
Would make sense if they sold better but I'm glad they don't. At this point they just waste resources, all these ports would cost more to get them on Switch in HD sure but they would have sold like 5-10 x numbers.
This is the more interesting question, given that we have seen two concurrent first-party releases in Toad+- and Sushido (though they didn't do particularly well). The answer is probably models and textures. Interestingly the 3DS LM reworked a lot of these, but it's safe to say that doing the same thing just for Switch would have been significantly more involved, nevermind doing scalable assets or two sets of them.
It has a camera, browser, Netflix/YT, music player, etc, and can play Nintendo games while being under 100 USD. No other device on the market has that.
I actually think first party game wise 3DS > DS. Personally i thought the 3ds had better games than then DS (Both are great tho)
Can't disagree. And for Europeans it's a herculean task to get those Atlus games in the first place.
Time for GameBoy Ultimate, a pocket tablet capable of playing every Nintendo game through N64, maybe Gamecube. Maybe even Wii but controls would be an issue. Also bring back all the platforms from Wii Virtual Console.
A handheld-type system could still sync with joy-cons for multiplayer, and it could still connect to TV. People seem to overlook that.
How do you handle docking the system without buying additional controllers?
You do need to buy additional controllers. It's a handheld, and if you want to dock it you need to buy a controller. It shouldn't be a big deal.
How much cheaper would it be if to use the system on a TV (a major component of the system's key selling-point) you are required to still spend another $80 for a pair of joycons? Hell, would it even come with a dock at that point?
