At today's "Nintendo Direct" event, the company showed off this new trailer for the Mario Tennis Open game. I cannot wait to pick this up for the 3DS when it comes out this May.
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This latest trailer for the Nintendo 3DS title Super Mario 3D Land unveils the newest power for our favorite plumber: "Boomerang Mario". The footage has me even more excited to dive into this future classic when it arrives on November 13th.
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Words cannot express how excited I am for this game. I've thoroughly enjoyed all of the Phoenix Wright and Professor Layton games on my DS, and the combination of these two legendary characters and gameplay styles into a single title is reason enough to purchase a Nintendo 3DS. The game will be landing in Japan in 2012, but unfortunately no US release has been announced.
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At Nintendo's pre-Tokyo Game Show conference, the company announced a new Mario Tennis title for the 3DS console. The new entrant in the excellent sports series will be coming in 2012, and is being developed by Camelot, who made the superb Mario Tennis Power Tour and Mario Golf Advance Tour for the Game Boy Advance.
While the game selection for the 3DS has been slim up until now, it seems like Nintendo is committed to get some exciting games out through the holidays and into the new year. Check out the trailer to see a taste of the action.
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So it seems the rumors are true. While it wasn't unveiled in Nintendo's pre-TGS press conference, they have unveiled on their website a new analog stick attachment for the 3DS. The new peripheral will cost $19.50 when it launches in Japan on December 10th. It will have compatibility with the new Resident Evil, Metal Gear Solid, and Monster Hunter, amongst others.
Personally, I'm a bit baffled by the attachment, since it could potentially fragment the market and confuse developers. However, Nintendo is no stranger to specialized equipment, having already released add-ons like the Wii Balance Board and Motion Plus controller. However, I think that portable players will be a bit miffed about Nintendo's continuing revisions to the troubled portable.
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While crossover games that commingle characters from outside their corporate walls have never been foreign territory for Capcom, they recently made an announcement that has me giddy. Capcom and Level-5 announced that they are collaborating to create a new Nintendo 3DS game featuring two of my favorite characters: Professor Layton and Phoenix Wright. I'm a big fan of both of these series, so I can't wait for this title to launch. While the trailer is in Japanese, you can enjoy the amazing visuals and the joy of seeing these two characters on screen together.
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With the flurry of recent announcements surrounding the Nintendo 3DS came the bombshell that Capcom will be making a third installment in the Mega Man Legends series. I remember buying this game for the PlayStation thinking it was going to be like the classic NES titles only to begin playing and finding something very different. Luckily, the RPG/platformer took the series in an interesting and fun new direction. I'm excited to see Capcom give series creator Keiji Inafune the chance to continue work on the Legends storyline, and you can watch him discuss the news in the video below.
You can read more about on the official Capcom blog here.
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Another amazing E3 has come and gone. My key takeaway from this year's show is that the upcoming year will bring the beginning of 3D gaming. Sure we've had some previous forays like Nintendo's Virtual Boy, but you can really see how Sony and Nintendo are going to be pushing the technology hard. After getting a chance to try each company's approach to entering the 3rd dimension, I definitely think Nintendo has it right.
Nintendo's new portable, the 3DS, features some pretty amazing 3D technology that doesn't require the player to wear glasses. Although I was skeptical going into the demo, I came away impressed. While traditional 3D movies create an effect where items pop out of the screen at you, the 3DS feels like their is depth to the screen, where the action is taking place inside of a shadowbox. Nintendo smartly has provided a slider to tweak the amount of 3D present, allowing players to disable the feature so they won't get nauseous when playing on trains, planes, etc. I also imagine the ability set the level of 3D means that games won't require the feature to be enabled. After spending some time playing on the 3DS, I knew I wanted one.
Sony is taking a much more cinematic approach to their 3D implementation for the PS3. A player has to wear powered glasses, and the action comes out of the screen. I played some racing games to experience the technology, and was thoroughly underwhelmed. The glasses are uncomfortable and expensive, the effect blurred the graphics and made them murkier, and after a short time I started to get a headache. I don't see myself going out to spend a fortune buying a set of goggles to allow for multiplayer fun, and I feel the same way about this that I do about 3D TV's: meh. Ultimately, I think Nintendo has come up with an innovative way to add a new dimension to gaming that really adds to the experience while Sony is pushing a technology to get us to spend more money on something that doesn't make the game any better.
