3DS was originally a straightforward successor to the DS with a 800x480 display

> 3DS was originally a straightforward successor to the DS with a 800x480 display
> Main gimmick was supposed to be a focus on gyro/motion controls and a precursor to the Switch's "HD Rumble"
> Shigeru Miyamoto felt it wasn't "groundbreaking" enough
> Scrapped the project entirely and reworked it from the ground up
> Gimped the console's SoC and display resolution just so a 3D display would be affordable


How does he keep getting away with this shit? The 3DS could have been a million times better than it was.

It made it cheaper to develop for

They could have done that while also releasing a system at a much cheaper price. Instead, Miyamoto suggests a gimmick that only raised the cost of the system.

Goddamnit, get that senile bat off the team.

Did you want them to launch at

He is a fucking moron who should stay the fuck away from hardware decisions.

>Cheaper
>Better

Nu Nintendo, everyone.

Instead they were forced to sell them at a huge loss because of the costly 3d screen. That was much more preferable.

BRAVO MIYAMOTO-SAN

What a little stinker that Shigeru is

IIRC someone made a rough estimation of the costs. Nintendo could have sold the (concept) "HDS" for $179.99 USD, with no loss.

Thank God, Miyamoto stepped in. I love the 3D effect.

3D is by far one of the lamest gimmicks, and it only became a thing because of how forced 3D in movies had become around the time.
>3DS is the third iteration
>Nintendo obviously has to think of some kind of gimmick because of post-Wii Nintendo
>Wait... 3 DS...
>3D...
>3D movies are popular, right?
>What if we forced this gimmick that no one would use after 15 minutes and doesn't function very well until a few years later?

3D was the next big gimmick so they made the right decision in one aspect.
Just a shame 3D doesn't add anything to gameplay like people thought it would.

He said cheaper to develop FOR. That means developers get to put more low budget games on the 3DS since people will complain less about a chibi artstyle game being on the 3DS than a home console.

Also throwing your words right back at you, more expensive doesn't mean better either. I've still gotten more fun out of my 3DS than I have my PS4.

It had its uses, but now 3D will die with the 3DS, never to be seen again.

So this is the power of monster hunter.

What does this do?

virus

I'd show you but I don't wanna get banned. It's some topless egyptian girl with fair skin.

Dolphin porn.

>How does he keep getting away with this shit?

Well you tell me, I don't see you complain about the death of the Gameboy, the "third pillar" of Nintendo's "trinity".

They've been fooling you for some 15 years now.

Don't deny that "cheaper is always better" hasn't been the mantra at nintendo since the gamecube.

Their games are no longer holding up graphically because of it and they're being deserted. You can screech muh gameplay until you are blue in the face but graphics obviously matter more than nintendo have bargained for.

Good riddance. It was slightly amusing for 2 min before your brain either ignored it or you shifted into a more comfortable position where it didn't work.

This is true, but 3D was in itself a major development putoff. Not to mention that the poor hardware that made room for 3D made cross-platform development a non-starter.

It was still too expensive to develop for the 3DS, as evidenced by its tiny, shitty library compared to the DS. Lots of quality work made it onto the DS, even though there was such a gap between it and any contemporary platform. That's why I think whatever development advantage the low power brought, the 3D must have killed.

I like Nintendo and I like my 3DS, but I dearly wish it had been anything but what it is.

It wouldn't have made the langrisser game any better.

Kingdom Hearts reference

I honestly forgot the 3DS was 3d, and i own one

Honestly, even Game Freak did. Sun and Moon forgot the 3D.

then removed the 3d effect in the 2ds because nobody gave a fuck

Honestly 3D is a pretty useless feature
...but I really enjoy it

You faggots do realize you are not longer the target group for Nintendo products and you haven't been since you were kids?

Grow up and stop losing your shit over portable game consoles for kids, ffs.