Rumor: Nintendo 3DS capable of Gamecube and Wii ports

Newman was asked whether Winter would be ‘technically possible on the 3DS’. His response;

“The 3DS is really powerful, just going beyond the 3D screen side of it — what it can do in terms of pushing polygons and using advanced texture shaders. It’s really no secret how strong of a system it is.

“Everything we did with the Wii demo of Winter would absolutely work on that system. And there’s a lot more you can do, especially with a game like that, a survival-horror game in 3D. I mean, I can think of 10 ideas off the top off my head right now.”

[SpoonyRedMage]

Not a rumour, Samurai Warriors 3 is being ported already and the game can obviously handle a decent SSFIV port so it should obviously be able to handle Gamecube and Wii ports.

[jay2]

Nothings official yet. Sorry about the pic guys, kept getting a server error, it's up now.

[Shoko]

GameCube, I can see. Wii games, not so much. Maybe those Wii games that really don't use much engine power, but games like MP3, Mario Galaxy, Conduit, etc., no.

A portable, online Melee on the 3DS would be godlike.

[DigitalAnalog]

Despite being on the Wii. And the 3DS would make it even more immersive.

Do that, and this would be an insta-buy.

-End statement

[tunaks1]

The key word is PORTED.
The PSP has Wii ports...
Ghostbusters, Force Unleashed, Shattered Memories and so on... so there isnt anything shocking about this statement.

Almost anything can be ported (look at Reflex on wii...)

I don't think we will see Galaxy, Prime, Other M type graphics run on the 3DS.

[jay2]

If you read what he said properly, he's saying that nothing that they did in their Winter demo for Wii couldn't be done on the 3DS.
“Everything we did with the Wii demo of Winter would absolutely work on that system."

SO it's basically on par with what Wii can do.

Wii video.

http://www.youtube.com/watc...

So 3DS can do this apparently

[tunaks1]

talk is talk, just compare the new kid icarus's screens to that of Galaxy 1 & 2, Silent Hill, Brawl(especially this one) Prime 3, Other M and other visually strong wii games.

[jay2]

What about Snake eater and Residen evil Retrubsion?

[ChickeyCantor]

"SO it's basically on par with what Wii can do. "

No its like saying i can kick a ball hard, so i can kick something else hard too.

The Demo of Winter could have easily been a GCN powered game and not a Wii powered game.

A port doesn't mean 1 to 1 conversion people...

"Everything we did with the Wii demo of Winter would absolutely work on that system. And there’s a lot more you can do"

Hes talking about mechanics.

[matey]

were talking ports that keep the shaders ect psp port of silent hill was poor sorry it looked good for a handheld but 3DS does advanced shaders psp doesnt support shaders end of 3DS is a pocket wii/360/ps3 it can replicate all 3 its near a wii in power but with shaders out of the box and in flat 3D out performs all 3 home consoles FACT

[CrzyFooL]

OMFG I HOPE SO.

[R_A_LEE20]

Surprisingly N-Space are also the makers of every Call of Duty game on the DS so it looks like they might up the anti for next years COD... In 3D.

[mrv321]

Let's not all kid ourselves here the Wii is hardly a powerhouse in 10 years time I'm pretty sure you can emulate the Wii on an oven... and in 2 years time a smart phone.

[MrLife]

"On an oven"

[kesvalk]

i will keep skeptical until i see the real thing...

the only game we really saw for the 3DS is kid icarus, which is not that good (graphicaly speaking) and some screens of the ocarina of time 3d that is not that beautiful (there is not even lights on the screens)

it's better to not hype, and just wait for the release...

[tunaks1]

I can't wait for the 3DS either,
but try not to hype the dam thing. Look at Kid Icarus the only real footage of gameplay, and its first party -it should be an indication of the systems power.

If this handheld has the power of the Wii, and has to render everything twice (how is its battery gonna handle all this?) I don't think we cane expect visuals on par with Galaxy 1 & 2, Silent Hill, Brawl, Prime 3, Other M and other visually strong wii games.

On a side note, did Nintendo talk about its distribution media for the 3DS? Is it going to be a cartridge... or what because I doubt a cartridge can hold enough for these alleged graphically strong games.

[ChickeyCantor]

It is possible, besides nintendo is going with DS backwards compatibility, i dont see why they would suddenly build a disc drive.

[megazeroxuxm]

well lets think about it. maybe they'll put it on an SD card instead. I wouldn't be shocked to see that they'll put the game on a 4gb sd card, that just looks like a cartrige, maybe it's not a cartrige at all, it just looks like it and inside is the same design as a sd card. think about it, SD card is solid state and can transfer information faster than a disk, it runs less than a dollar to make a 4gb (it should be since manufacturers are making a profit selling those damn things for 2 bucks)and it is small (micro-sd card runs a bit more expensive but not a whole lot) so to say, a game sells for 30-50 bucks, the publisher can easily afford less than a dollar for the media format of SD. plus, again, using SD card can dramatically drop loading time. my friend hacks his wii and put all the games he bought onto a hard drive, and there were practically zero load time on super mario galaxy 2. and that's a hard drive, not a solid state, SD solid state can deliver a much higher speed. that being said, most games on the wii like galaxy 1 and 2 is actually LESS than 4.7gb (normal dvd disk capacity) as a matter of fact, galaxy 2 is 1.3gb. which can easily be fit on a 2gb sd card, dropping the price down once again. on the battery, they might use the new n-lithium battery that was developed by apple to let its macbooks and macbook air (macbook air contain a VERY TINY battery) run for hours on a single charge. plus the wii isn't much of a graphical power house either. my sister's 10inch netbook can give better visual than the wii. and that's running a pc game, which is not even one Tenth the optimization that is done on the consoles. for example, if you were to take the same hardware of ps3, or 360, and make it into a pc and let it run pc games, the games will look completely shit compare to what the game would look like it it was to be run specifically for ps3 or 360. hence the 3ds, if the game is specifically made for the 3ds, no doubt it will look good. and which more budget and money given to the devs to make the games, no doubt they'll have the man power and the time to optimize such games and visuals.

[Venoxn4g]

those are only launch games, imagine what games will look after 2 years or more? I was same with wii, first titles (exept first party) werent very good lookin', but now? just look at Conduit 2, goldenye and other great games? (graphically) same will be with 3DS :)

[pcz]

hmm never been big on handhelds. they've come a long way from game and watch