Nintendo E3 Conference 2010

[Comrade]

Yeah, I think you do realise perfectly well he's expressing a smidgen of disappointment it isn't a whole new game, in 3D.

Hey, don't use me to enhance your downer. 3DS is fucking amazing.

[Professor Puzzles]

Is that a NEW Paper Mario?

Here's Kotaku going hands-on with 7 3DS games.

[Smitty]

Hey, don't use me to enhance your downer. 3DS is fucking amazing.

Oh, for fuck's sake. I agree with you exactly on this point, and I was trying to show some support, but you're so bloody reactionary around me, you have to spew out this shit.

I think the 3DS sounds great. All I would say is it's a shame we only saw one game in the presentation for it.

I think i'll be buying one. Is that a downer?

And I don't see what more agreeign that a new game would be better is not saying 3DS is fucking amazing.

[Floex]

Is that a NEW Paper Mario?

Here's Kotaku going hands-on with 7 3DS games.

Sure is!

[Duckula]

Jesus, why didn't they show any of these games during the show? Fucking stellar launch line up.

[Smitty]

Almost certainly buying one, lord help me.

[Floex]

Jesus, why didn't they show any of these games during the show? Fucking stellar launch line up.

Wouldn't get your hopes up, I doubt this is all for launch

[Gorf King]

Here's Kotaku going hands-on with 7 3DS games.

Yes, here's the thing that I thought might bother me:

The window in which 3D looks 3D on that screen and doesn't appear fuzzy or make you feel cross-eyed, is extremely narrow.

I'm not sure I can be bothered to hold the device in front of me in exactly the right position and the right distance all the time, under pain of puking. Seems like it requires a bit of discipline to play.

It might have helped if they'd indicated just how deep or shallow the sweet spot was. But if it's too shallow, it'll make the device just too restrictive to use, not comfortable enough, too... gimmicky.

[Harsin]

Jesus, why didn't they show any of these games during the show? Fucking stellar launch line up.

What you'd have preferred that to Reggie getting comedy horrifically burned by Bowser?

[Comrade]

OK, am I going crazy? I keep seeing people saying they're looking at something on e3.nintendo.com but when I go there all I see is a big image saying E3 2010, a message saying that the presentation will start at 9am, and a Nintendo logo. Is that true of anyone else?

[Smitty]

I'm not sure I can be bothered to hold the device in front of me in exactly the right position and the right distance all the time, under pain of puking. Seems like it requires a bit of discipline to play.

It might have helped if they'd indicated just how deep or shallow the sweet spot was. But if it's too shallow, it'll make the device just too restrictive to use, not comfortable enough, too... gimmicky.

Exact same concerns here. If it's angle of use is too fixed, that could be a problem.

[Harsin]

Exact same concerns here. If it's angle of use is too fixed, that could be a problem.

Oh christ I hope we don't have a GBA situation where the whole thing is let down by a severely restrictive screen.

[Duckula]

I'm buying one. Day fucking one. If they have the MGS and Resident Evil games on launch even better.

[phresh]

It might be a problem for some people but I imagine you can predict the distance at which most people view at by the size of the screen and the on screen elements.

[hanzo]

Not gonna lie, it looks exactly like Wii Sports Resort.

Yeah but that's not a bad thing, looks-wise that island was gorgeous. This is a proper Pilotwings game

and uhm

IN 3D

[Gorf King]

What you'd have preferred that to Reggie getting comedy horrifically burned by Bowser?

That video was one of the best E3 segments ever. Cheese at its finest and most (im)mature.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

I wonder how the 3D will work simultaneously with stuff like gyroscopes and tilt controls and all that. All no-glass 3D solutions I know force you to stay in a sweet spot to see the effect properly, which would be ruined by moving the unit.

[vcassano]

Jesus, why didn't they show any of these games during the show? Fucking stellar launch line up.

Makes no sense. The actual reveal was awful. But when you see everything they have, it is just mindblowing.

[Max M]

Any word on whether people blind in one eye or have much worse eyesight in one eye can see the 3D? The lack of glasses gives me hope, but maybe it isn't so...

[phresh]

Is that a joke? I assume people who are blind in one eye haven't got a hope with any of the 3D tech.

[Comrade]

Any word on whether people blind in one eye or have much worse eyesight in one eye can see the 3D? The lack of glasses gives me hope, but maybe it isn't so...

How on earth could people blind in one eye see anything in 3D?

[vcassano]

Jeremy Parish said he can't see 3D in cinemas but it worked brilliantly, IIRC.

[kensei]

PilotWings

:OMG: :OMG: :OMG:

[Gorf King]

Any word on whether people blind in one eye or have much worse eyesight in one eye can see the 3D? The lack of glasses gives me hope, but maybe it isn't so...

The answer to the boldened bit is, in a very definitive word, 'no'. Not ever.

As to the other, it'll depend on how bad the visual acuity of the other eye is.

[Choo]

At least the 3d effect can be turned off if you can't be bothered with positioning...

Hoping the sweet spot is fairly close to your face too.

[SeanR]

Goldeneye?

[DC Lemon]

If Sony ever considered showing the PSP2 tonight, I hope they do the sensible thing and bring a white flag along instead.

[JohnC]

If Sony ever considered showing the PSP2 tonight, I hope they do the sensible thing and bring a white flag along instead.

PSP2 will be in 4D. FACT.

[kensei]

:OMG:

But um, how do I connect my stick to it?

[Liamness]

The all-black model, given to the attendees to mess with, looks much nicer that the two-tone one shown during the presentation. I assume this is something they still have to work out. The hardware looks pretty much finished and ready for release though, not like the original DS which looked a little knocked together. It's tiny to boot, I can only guess but it looks very similar to a DSi.

What's the chip powering this all, though? A snapdragon? A tegra? Yes there were lots of reports discounting the latter recently, but I never saw anything official. It's an ARM-based SOC with graphics acceleration though, certainly. How many different things could it be? My guess would be that it's essentially the tegra under a different name, made to nintendo's spec.