Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has confessed that the company are having more difficultly than they ever imagined porting 3D Classics to the Nintendo 3DS. The 3D Classics are basically older titles revamped in 3D and are destined to arrive on the Nintendo 3DS eShop. The last 3DS classic game we received was Excitebike which was free with the eShop system update. Which classic game would you like to see given the 3D treatment next?
“We based the 3D version [of Namco Bandai shooter Xevious] on the arcade game,” he explained. “With a 2D screen, players had to use their imagination for Solvalou flying above the ground, but on the Nintendo 3DS system, we thought we might be able to recreate it using stereoscopic graphics so it looked like it was really floating.
“In the original version, the game unfolds on a flat surface. The moment we made Solvalou float in midair, all sorts of discrepancies arose.
“For example, when an enemy on the ground fired at Solvalou in the original, everything was on the same plane, so it didn’t seem unusual if the bomb appeared at the same altitude as Solvalou the moment it was fired and then hit Solvalou right away.”
“There were all kinds of discrepancies like that. It was a big challenge making something that would satisfy fans of the original and provide a fresh surprise on the Nintendo 3DS system.”
Oh, okay. When I read the title I was worried they were literally having issues with the hardware.
They’ll get it soon enough, It’s The Big N…
Nevermind him. I’m Al, his white homo-erotic gay lover. He’s still mad that I crapped on his face last night while he was sleeping. Earlier we were replacing, he was the slave and I was the owner. I may of went to far with the whip…
Super Mario World, please and thank you.
C’mon, it can’t be that hard. Why don’t they just raise the ship AND all the enemies on the same plan.
The point was that the enemies were on the ground shooting up at the ship, if you put them both on the same plane, then the ground enemies are no longer on the ground.
It’s an interesting dilemma – one I hope they overcome and not give up on (not specifically with Xevious, but all classic games that have these “problems”)
As a guy who makes games in his spare time, I can tell you that it would be a lot more difficult than that. Since the original is completely 2d, you’d have to reprogram the whole game to add different heights. You’d have to rework the collision checking, the object spawning, everything.
They only need to scale the rocket. Simple design.
super mario world…and super mario world:: WARIO LAND===== A classic needs reboot
metriod
Give me The NES Super Mario Series. But if you REALLY want to get me going, re-release 3D versions of SNES games
Nes Rygar! Nes Kickmaster! Nes Shadowgate! But instead we get urban champion…
fuck you gay guy
Who’s Britney Spear?
Greatest pop star of our generation. Regardless of what people’s personally preference to her is she has sold a ridiculous amount of albums and has a massive fan following. For that alone, she should be respected.
Not sure how this is on topic though…
Just because someone’s been able to suck in masses of idiots with mediocre lyrics and furthermore make millions of dollars off doing so doesn’t and shouldn’t earn them any respect.