interweb ink » nintendo http://www.interwebink.com news from around the web from people addicted to tech Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:32:55 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Nintendo Goes 3D at E3 http://www.interwebink.com/2010/03/nintendo-goes-3d-at-e3-2/ http://www.interwebink.com/2010/03/nintendo-goes-3d-at-e3-2/#comments Thu, 25 Mar 2010 12:34:17 +0000 David Thongvanh http://www.interwebink.com/?p=392
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    • ]]>     Nintendo is slated to discuss their attempt at a 3D DS at this summer’s E3. More ambitiously, they’ve set a release date for the platform in March 2011.

    Although early, Japanese newspaper Nikkei reports that the device will have some kind of 3D joystick as well as force feedback. One confirmed feature is full backwards-compatibility, so don’t start selling off your current DS library just yet. It will presumably have cameras to accommodate the DSi library, but other features are sketchy for now.

    It’s interesting that Nintendo would head this direction. The pop-out kind of 3D hasn’t been used much in gaming–3D usually means 3D modeling, 3D characters. Developers and industry experts are optimistic for now, but skeptics are already comparing it to the old 3D movies. E3 should give the public a better idea of whether or not this new DS will crash and burn, so keep an eye on Nintendo this summer.

    Check the official press release for yourself.

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    • ]]>     After a long wait, Nintendo has officially dated the next highly-anticipated installment in its Metroid franchise, Metroid: Other M, for June 27, 2010. This newest episode in the adventures of one of gaming’s earliest female icons promises to delve into Samus Aran’s past as well as offer brand-new gameplay innovations to the Metroid series.

    One of the features employed in Other M allows players to switch between 1st-person perspective as used in the recent Metroid Prime games, but also has the option of 3rd-person for a more traditional experience. Though this kind of view-switch has been implemented in other games, most recently Dragon Age: Origins, Metroid is a different kind of game from Bioware’s strategy/RPG. Nintendo is sure to put an interesting spin on the mechanic for an action game such as Metroid, and gamers should eagerly anticipate summer to find out more.

    The official Nintendo page for Other M

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