Information Update // Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo 3DS

Information Update - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Shuhei Yoshida, president of Sony Computer Entertainment’s worldwide studios has spoken to Game Informer about the company’s forthcoming PlayStation Vita and its rival, the Nintendo 3DS.

More After the Break...

Here’s what Yoshida had to say about the Nintendo 3DS:

It’s suspicious that Nintendo is releasing a second circle pad attachment for the 3DS after gamers universally praised the Vita’s dual analog sticks. Can you talk about what looks like an attempt by Nintendo to keep up with Sony?

Well it’s not like they looked at PS Vita and said “we need to do that as well.” I don’t know. It’s clear that they didn’t believe a second analog was necessary when they designed the 3DS, so I can only guess it was requested by Capcom’s side. Maybe a Capcom producer told Nintendo that to play Monster Hunter we need [two] analog sticks. That I don’t know, so I can only guesstimate. It was a bit shocking to see what they came up with.

Touching on the 3DS again, it seems like Nintendo responded to the Vita’s low price tag by dropping the 3DS’ cost even lower. It appears to be a direct response from Nintendo. Is it exciting to see Nintendo, which has had a death grip on the handheld market, seemingly react to the Vita’s hype?

I don’t personally believe that they dropped the price of the 3DS to respond to our pricing. We didn’t price PS Vita to their price, either. We had that plan since the last couple years. My personal guesstimate is that they have their business plan and goals to sell a certain amount of 3DS units, and they realized post-launch was that the pricing was not helping them to achieve the goal that they set. That’s my estimate. As far as if I’m excited, I’m not sure. If the 3DS sells like crazy and no one is interested in PS Vita, that’s a problem. There are lots of analysts talking about, “well, you know there are smart phones, there’s no need for dedicated portable game machines.” I don’t believe it. But if they point to certain performance of the 3DS and say the smartphone is here, it doesn’t help us either. I like to see healthy competition between Nintendo’s system and ours because it helps innovation. It’s always a good thing to have.

2.- If you live in Germany then you could be eligible for a demo of The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for Wii. Zelda Europe, a German Zelda fan site, is asking fans to draw their favourite game moment from any Zelda game either on paper or digitally and send it to the contest e-mail address.

As MyNintendoNews say: let’s hope Nintendo decide to run the contest in other regions.


Fantastic Zelda Poster found in the new issue of GamesMaster, click on it to view it completely, it's incredible:

3.- Games Radar noticed an English-language press release for Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney at this years Tokyo Game Show.

The interesting thing is that it notes that “English names are TBD,” which presumable means that Level 5 and Capcom will eventually localize the game for the West.


4.- Plenty of fantastic direct-feed screenshots for Monster Hunter Tri G have been shared online and you can check them all out:

5.- Hideo Kojima informed attendees at this years Tokyo Game Show that Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater is currently scheduled for release early next year. 

Kojima confirmed that it’s due to be release Winter 2011, but within the early 2012 side of things. Hopefully the delay will give them time to polish up the game.

6.- Cut The Rope which retails on Apples App Store for a mere 69p will cost Nintendo 3DS owners a rather pricey £4.50 ($7), which is over six and a half times what it costs on the App Store. 

Anyone thinking of picking this up on the Nintendo 3DS eShop, or will you be sticking to playing Cut The Rope on your phone?

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Noticias Nuevas - Nintendo 3DS


1.- Shuhei Yoshida, presidente de Sony Computer Entertainment’s worldwide studiosha hablado a Game Informer sobre la PlayStation Vita de la compañía y la Nintendo 3DS de bueno, Nintendo.

Yoshida, que debe de ser la única persona con cerebro del equipo de Sony, ha sabiamente dicho que es mejor que compitan las consolas, no han puesto el precio de su Vita para competir con la 3DS, sino porque ya lo tenían así planeado, y dicen que la rivalidad con Nintendo sólo puede ser buena, ya que acabará por producir mejor software por ambas partes.


2.- Si vives en Alemania entonces puede ser que obtengas una demo de The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword para la Wii. Zelda Europe, un sitio web de fans de Zelda, está diciendo a los seguidores de la página que dibujen sus momentos favoritos de cualquier juego de Zelda, y lo manden a su dirección de e-mail.

Impresionante póster de Zelda:

3.- Pantallas nuevas de Monster Hunter Tri G:

Source: MyNintendoNews

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