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Nintendo President Shuntaro Furukawa Wants a 3DS Successor

Shuntaro Furukawa has been on the job as Nintendo CEO for just a week, but he's moving full steam ahead and wants a Nintendo 3DS successor. Could we see it soon?

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emiyaxtousaka2162d ago

This may or may not work. While the 3DS is great, and they just came out with the 2DS XL, the switch has kinda replaced it...there's no reason for it especially since Pokemon is switching over (no pun intended) to the Nintendo Switch.

-T9X-69-2161d ago

I could see them doing like a "Switch Mini", "Switch Lite" that's smaller with non-detachable controllers. Hard to imagine them pushing a new system even with it being portable considering that's one of the huge selling points for Switch. Like you said, kinda no reason for it.

Zeldafan642161d ago

There is never going to be a Switch mini.

ocelot072161d ago

Yer I am thinking this as well. A switch mini which does not have detachable controllers. But comes with a tiny cradle with a HDMI port on the back which you can plug into your TV.

bouzebbal2161d ago

I want a not so expensive handheld. I think there is still market for it. A 100% handheld dedicated console.

-T9X-69-2161d ago (Edited 2161d ago )

@bouzebbal

Why would a Switch Mini -per say- be that expensive with missing features? No removable joycons, smaller display and no dock included. All while being beneficial to their current system as it would play all of the Switch games. If they really wanted to make it even cheaper, no output for TV play. The stripped down but can still play all 3DS games worked wonders for the 2DS. Even if it was only $100 cheaper than a Switch, a $199 handheld that could play all Switch games would probably appeal to a lot of people who have no interest in hooking it up to a TV.

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Zeldafan642161d ago (Edited 2161d ago )

I don't believe he said this. I bet the translation is off yet people want to believe it. This has happened many times in the past.

FinalFantasyFanatic2160d ago

I read the article on another site today and it sounds like it didn't commit himself one way or the other, I mean the 3DS is on the way out and I expect the Switch to take it's territory eventually.

DrierofLeaves2162d ago

It'll probably be a smaller Switch model that's cheaper and handheld only

emiyaxtousaka2162d ago

Actually you may be right, a more affordable version of the Switch. Then they can tally that with Switch sales to kind of "artificially" say "we've sold x amount of Switches." Which they always do and it's crap but is what it is.

Neonridr2161d ago

right.. so the way that Sony lumps in the Pro and OG PS4 together?

Prince_TFK2161d ago

“Then they can tally that with Switch sales to kind of "artificially" say "we've sold x amount of Switches."

But a Switch is still a Switch, no?

Zeldafan642161d ago

It's never going to happen.

kevnb2161d ago

Why would it be handheld only? Maybe it won’t come with the dock but it would be easy to make a small switch that works with current docks.

FallenAngel19842161d ago

Whatever happened to that notion of their console and handheld divisions integrating more closely with one another? I’ve yet to see much from this supposed movement.

emiyaxtousaka2161d ago

I agree. I hoe that if they do a successor to the 3DS it has full integration with the Switch, but it's Nintendo, so not holding my breath.

kevnb2161d ago

I’ve seen it with their software focus, almost 100% of their efforts are on the switch now.

FinalFantasyFanatic2160d ago

I'm expecting the Switch to replace the 3DS over the years, could be wrong, but I don't see any reason to have a dedicated handheld instead of the Switch.

lifeistranger2161d ago

I think furukawa will do a great job but this may not be a good idea. Most traditional DS/3DS games are coming to switch. It's pointless.

Omnislashver362161d ago (Edited 2161d ago )

Right, as someone else said though it could be a mini model for handheld only.

Tbh the fact it would only have to do 720p would reduce costs immensely.

kevnb2161d ago (Edited 2161d ago )

Why would it be handheld only? Maybe no dock included but that makes no sense. The soc will support it and it needs a port to charge anyway, so it would be an artificial limitation that makes no sense.

HeyHeyHeyGaming2161d ago

3DS was great but the Switch surpasses the need for a new handheld

Kados2161d ago

About as much as a PS4 with a 15" screen taped to it would replace the need for a new Sony handheld. It is not practical for day to day carrying. If it doesn't fit in my pocket, it is not a replacement.

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ARK: Survival Ascended Premium Mods on Consoles Q&A - By 2030, Time Spent on UGC Will Be Way Bigger

ARK: Survival Ascended has introduced Premium Mods on consoles. Wccftech talked to Studio Wildcard and their partner Overwolf about the rising importance of user-generated content, especially for live service games.

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Neil Druckmann clarifies true intent of new Naughty Dog game comments

Following a recent interview with Sony, Naughty Dog head Neil Druckmann claims the original intent was “unfortunately lost” in the process.

just_looken5d ago

He can take dog shit put it in a oven with seasoning then call it waistland cookies the sony fans will pay $40 a cookie give them a medal of cooking.

No mater what trash this sobs puts out/talks about it will sell.

The true fact in the 8 years sense uncharted 4 his first time in the main seat to a point all this "amazing" team did was get 2 dudes to fuck in a van then destroy a franchise they never created.

But being a port studio they are decent at they should keep in there lane at being just that a glorified port studio.

fr0sty5d ago

Salty Bots... gotta love it.

just_looken5d ago

@frosty

Over what? naught dog under his command is a glorified port team tlou2 was mostly tlou 1 asset's with the same game play loop but forced a trans down your throat.

I would gladly help pay for this blight and his team to get removed from gaming in general.

fr0sty5d ago

Seeing a LGBT person exist in a work of fiction isn't "forcing them down your throat". Nobody is forcing you to play it. Nobody is forcing you to agree with it. If you think that just seeing a LGBT person exist is "force", it sounds like they make you very uncomfortable, and maybe you need to be doing some serious reflecting on exactly why... looks to me like you're suppressing something with all that fear.

just_looken5d ago

@fro

When i think of the last of us i think of a group of survivors crossing the apocalypse wasteland with a growing bond between 2 people that end up with Joel making ellie his new daughter.

Then you fire up the 2nd one bang joel is dead oh that comic series? bang dead

Oh you want to continue all that we grew in the first one? na f that toss it in the trash

Now here is a trans woman so strong superboy would blush go out there kill all what made tlou1 then halfway get a forced sex scene that you can not skip between 2 dudes.

The gameplay? just like the first game the combat/backpack system crafting sytem? 0 changes/improvements.

I could go on but lets face it they copy pasted that tlou 1 assets bin a shit ton of times.

There is nothing on the box or the ads or anything before the game that said you would going to spend most of the game controlling a new trans character that has no ties to anything of the first game the only existence was to kill what the first game made.

Oh but hey there is a mp mode coming out before 2022 wait what is that? oh we made it its own game then cancelled it now go but the game again as we port it a few times.

https://www.youtube.com/wat...

mkis0075d ago (Edited 5d ago )

What has Straley or Henig released since they left ND? Not a thing! stop scapegoating! Which of them is credited with co-writing a majorly successful show?

just_looken5d ago

@mkis007

You bring up Bruce Straley really? someone that gave us 4 generations of amazing games and was there in the creation of 4 legendary franchises but was tossed in the trash for the pos niel druckmann not 7? years ago

So yeah in those 7? years you right all he has done is get 2 awards one is a game award for a puzzle game he made oh boy right like for fuck sake's all niel has done is one game that was a overhyped fan boy orgasm underneath all that ps jizz was just a typical 5/10 game.

Then you drag Amy Hennig that poor woman was also kicked out then became this century's Brendan Fraser with her sexual misconduct information coming out.

We all know how horrible people are treated behind the scenes she might have been sexual attacked groped or something.

So yeah all she did after was battlefield hardline forspoken now that new marvel 1945 game but hey Brendan Fraser was a great actor till he also said he was sexually attacked just now he is allowed back in no doubt she also had to take a leave of absence out and or was forced out on ice.

Man there are way to many out there that look at niel at the new gaming jesus when all he had done is some work on uncharted 4 then tlou2

Oh also the tvhshow? for real all they did was use stuff from the 2013 game its like saying GOT was a 10/10 but never watching past season 3

-Foxtrot5d ago

@mkis007

That's highly unfair to them both

Amy Hennig got messed around working on projects that got cancelled by the publishers (EA) and then ended up on a awful game (Forspoken) where you had 4 other writers working on it which is just a recipe for disaster. She is now working on Marvel 1943: Rise of Hydra. Not her fault she was pushed out of NaughtyDog, something both Nolan North and Richard McGonagle have both said in interviews.

Bruce Straley left after burn out, the rest of the story we don't know and will never know just like what happened with Amy Hennig. He decided to take a break and wasn't sure if he wanted to come back to gaming however he had an idea he wanted to make so he founded Wildflower Interactive, a smaller studio where they are currently working on a new game.

Tacoboto5d ago

@the obvious stain of a commenter

The trans character wasn't Abby. Try playing Part 2 instead of gatekeeping what you think Part 1 was about and meant.

Maybe try watching the show while you're at it, because you're terribly off with your opinion on that too

MajorLazer5d ago

Naughty Dog is better than all the MS studios put together.

derek5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

@just he has been behind 2 of the greatest games ever made. Tlou2 was easily the best non-vr game made last gen. Losers just can't get over Joel's death, mixed with the usual console war nonsense. The fact that you so casually call him a sob shows how deranged some gamers have become about Drunkmann.

derek5d ago

@frosty, for people like Just, including anyone that can be categorized as being a minority in any kind of media is "forcing it down his throat " lol. I to don't care for poor "checking box" inclusion for inclusion sake but that was not the case with tlou2.

fr0sty5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

The pathetic part about it is, you can tell just_looken never even played TLOU, because that was the game where Ellie's sexuality was first brought to light... No "that was forced down our throats" to be said about that.

Only terrified folks in the closet that use their hatred as cover from outing themselves fear LGBT people that much. They exist. They will exist in all aspects of life, including popular media. Get over it.

just_looken4d ago

@all

Once again you drag out something like its a big win

Here is my old channel a clip of me playing TLOU on ps3
https://www.youtube.com/wat...

Search my channel for more clips

Proof its my channel? look at this profiles banner that is 7yrs old then look at other vids on that channel like my bf3 clips to see my psn id. But knowing this group that is way to much work.

Also elle being a lesbian is another trump card? one dlc is all we got of that a dlc that took over a year to be tossed out.

Rainbowcookie4d ago

Hey at least we have cookies to eat 😄

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Rangerman12086d ago

Glad he clarified it but i'm still somewhat skeptical. Plus, his comments about how Ai will revolutionize storytelling were still pretty iffy.

anast6d ago

No need to bow down, Stan your ground. The AI comments were gross though.

S2Killinit6d ago

Pretty excited as I read these. I just cant wait to see what ND is up to.

Export5d ago

put a chick in it and make her gay !

shadowknight2035d ago

Next they need a diverse couple, and perhaps some climate activists

StormSnooper5d ago (Edited 5d ago )

I would love that if only to piss off all the lunatics. Lol

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Naughty Dog Boss Neil Druckmann Says AI Will 'Revolutionize' Development

Druckmann claims the tech could 'push the boundaries of storytelling in games.'

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Jin_Sakai7d ago

I’m more interested in what else he said.

“Neil Druckmann says new Naughty Dog title could ‘redefine mainstream perceptions of gaming’

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H97d ago

It will be something like "we erased gameplay all together it's just a movie now"

purple1017d ago

every time naughty dog make a game, you play it and get the feeling "this is not possible'

from the boulder running towards you in crash, on ps1,
to the massive open world of jak and daxter, on ps2,
to the QuickTime events sequences of uncharted on ps3/4

and now we will see what they do with ps5,

H97d ago

Press X for doubt at "PS5"

-Foxtrot7d ago (Edited 7d ago )

Arrogant asshole who sniffs his own farts bigs up next game…sounds like typical PR to me

You know what I find interesting? Almost every site reporting this as the main title where the REAL interesting bit of the interview is Neil praising AI and saying it will be used to help push story, characters, dialogue and more.

It’s super shitty to big up AI especially when it comes to story telling and other creative elements.

senorfartcushion7d ago

Just because someone says this type of stuff, it doesn't mean that it's guaranteed to be good news.

You can say this about microtransactions. MXTs revolutionised the gaming industry.

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Levii_927d ago

Geez how full of themselves are these guys.

Einhander19727d ago

He also said it has "ethical issues we need to address" but of course that doesn't get the clicks.

CrimsonWing697d ago

I’m all for it. Cuts the time to make a game. Look, Hellblade 2 took 5 years to make, if AI can do that in half the time, as a consumer, I support it.

Chard6d ago

Things will get far sloppier brother

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