Emily Rogers is reporting that Nintendo plans to support the popular Nintendo 3DS with software through till 2018. We already know that the Nintendo NX, which appears to be both the successor to the Wii U and Nintendo 3DS, is due to arrive in March 2017. There’s no indication of large first party titles coming to the platform once the Nintendo NX releases, but we could get a number of spin-offs and games that have yet to be localised for western territories.
Emily Rogers: Nintendo Plans To Support Nintendo 3DS Through 2018
So if they plan to continue support of the 3DS till 2018, then why would the NX be a handheld? These rumors are starting to contradict each other.
The GBA and DS coexisted untill 2007. Nintendo didn’t develop new games for it, but they did publish some titles here and there, if I’m not mistaken. It’s not unprecedented.
That said, all these rumors have been contradicting each other for a while now. This is the first time that Emily mentions something that doesn’t fall in line with the rest of things she’s said, though.
The first pokemon mystery dungeon games are a good example of the support of both consoles simultaneously.
Yeah, there’s tons of companies that did that with both portables. That Urbz game from EA and the Star Wars III beat ’em up come to mind.
Question for the knowledgeable: For how long was the support for DS and Wii kept alive after their respective successors’ launch?
Pokemon B&W was released 1 year after 3DS’ launch. …Then we had B2&W2. Ubisoft still releases Just Dances for the OG Wii.
Thank you for that information.
With that we can obviously declare this “rumor” a de facto non-rumor. It just states witnessed reality and misleads people for attention purposes.
Gamefreak tends not to immediately jump to the new system, so Pokemon was still releasing for DS, but it was still forwards-compatible with 3DS. We don’t know if the NX will play 3DS games or not, which might change things
Black and White came before the 3DS’ launch, actually. BW was released on Sept. 30th 2010 in Japan and March 4th through the 10th 2011 for all other regions, while the 3DS first launched in Japan on February 26th 2011 and March 27th through 31st for everywhere.
The upcoming direct will be a declaration of intentions when it comes to the 3DS. If it’s only information about upcoming games, this will turn out to be false. If we get some localizations or even brand-new reveals, however (especially if those are first-party games), I’ll believe it.
Why would it be about games that’s not coming out this holiday? The 3DS direct is for games this holiday. They may speak of a Quarter 1 game but that’s probably as far as this direct will go.
I’m not expecting 2018 announcement or anything similar. I’m just saying that if we get a new announcement of a first-party 3DS game, that would support Emily’s claims.
||I’m expecting a pricecut of the N3DS if they don’t announce exclusive weapons for it…||
I don’t see why that would happen now. It’s not like there’s lots of people on the edge about getting a N3DS. Those people would be better off saving up for an NX.
||Never underestimate the power of pricecuts, specially not when it comes to our handheld weaponry…||
||They may also create bundles to entice the still unclaimed…||
Agreed Commander, and furthermore price-cuts are a good way to put the casual and the young masses onto the right path: the Nintendo path.
Those groups are most easily lured in at their Holidays’ shopping, and then the sign with a price-cut product, cleverly named “New” 3DS I might add (as that crowd doesn’t know beforehand if it’s going to be succeeded soon or not), and will no doubt catch their eyes.
That’s not my point. My point is that is in Nintendo’s best interest to make sure those people buy an NX, not a N3DS. It’s probably either one or the other for that kind of public.
||Your point depends on when the NX will be unleashed…||
||If it’s not released before this human year’s end, then High Command will promote current machines to the civilian masses or warriors wanting cheaper late purchases…||
||Those who want the NX will be getting it no matter the price, warriors are often the first in line in every generation, this will be no different regardless of what the NX will be for them…||
||That’s the perfect design, the pawns will always go first…||
Eh, I could see that working. People are going to spend money during the holiday season anyway and, since the NX won’t be out by then, they might as well spend it on a 3DS. I can see the line of thought.
There was a new announcement at E3. Ever Oasis. That’s natural for them to say that. They will support the device a year after the new one is release.
Ever Oasis is stated for an early (Q1, I think) 2017 release. What about the rest of the year? That’s what I’m referring to. If Nintendo show interest in publishing more of their own 3DS titles after Q1, then I’ll believe what Emily says. If there’s no such an announcement, I’ll just assume it’s the regular fanfare we hear every generation and that third-party studios will carry all the weight of the later part of the console’s lifespan.
That’s what future directs are for.
I’d be worried if future directs aren’t for the NX. Better get whatever 3DS info is left out of the way before it gets overshadowed.
nah…they can do 3ds wii u and nx in future directs.
NX AND Wii U? Allow me to laugh
You may laugh but we don’t know what Nintendo is planning. Wii U still have Bloodstained, Yooka Laylee, and other games coming.
Those games are hostages to the platform via Kickstarter stretch goals and are releasing in everything under the sun. Not the best examples.
Great example. Nintendo would m see mention it in a future direct.
I think the 3ds will last a little longer than 2018 plus they clearly said it’s NOT a replacement for either Wii u or 3ds.
Yeah they did say that. But they haven’t been keeping their word recently.
I think they wont fuck up with that
the wii u i ca understand although i love the system but what will Nintendo have to fall back on If the the Nx Flops? if it does thearetically speaking cease prodution of 3ds games and the consoles?
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Kinda disappointed that nx is likely a handheld tbh, as I’m not really a handheld gamer….
but if you’re going by rumors then it would be both
Rumors say hybrid but the information rumors are stating is just a handheld with TV capabilities. Something portable devices have been able to do.
Just like they are “supporting” the Wii U? Or how the GBA was “supported” after the DS launched?
Yes, exactly like the Game Boy Advance.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Legend_of_Spyro:_The_Eternal_Night
They’ll maintain support as the product manufacturer, not as a software developer.
We really don’t know what their plans for the wii u are.
Actually, scratch that. This is the list of Nintendo-published titles for the GBA AFTER the DS was released:
·The bit Generation series
·DK King of Swing
·Donkey Kong Country 3
·Dr. Mario & Puzzle League
·Drill Dozer
·Mario Tennis: Power Tour
·Mother 3
·Pokémon Mystery Dungeon
·Polarium Advance
·Rhythm Heaven
·The Tower SP
·WarioWare: Twisted!
·Yoshi’s Universal Gravitation
Much better than their support for the 3DS this year, if you ask me.
This gal is on a roll right now. She. Just. Won’t. Stop. Talking.
That aside, I wouldn’t mind this being true since the 3DS is the only thing from Nintendo I have any faith in right now.
Hopefully NX will fix this for me. *keeps fingers crossed*
We’ll probably finish off gen 7 with another game or two in the next couple years and that’ll cap off the 3DS’s support much like Black and White 2’s release pretty well ending the DS’s lifeline of good games…..with the exception of Olaf’s Quest of course :^)
That moment when pikmin 4 is for 3ds >:(
I honustly want this system to die i wan’t something new not something that hurts my hands eyes and neck
Don’t worry, there’s no way Pikmin 4 is a 3DS game. They tried to make one, but ditched the idea in the prototype stage due to the 3DS’s limited capabilities to run such a game. Unless it’s a N3DS exclusive, which would be suicide, it’s a pretty safe bet that it will be part of the NX’s catalog.