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I wonder what the game plan is for offering these games in the future. The dual-screen setup obviously doesn’t map to the Switch, so it’s not just a simple eSho
by perardi 6y ago
I wonder what the game plan is for offering these games in the future. The dual-screen setup obviously doesn’t map to the Switch, so it’s not just a simple eShop port like you’d have for an old SNES game.
I am mostly thinking about Pokémon. They’ve got this rich new Pokémon Home system to transfer between generations, but that’s reliant on having functioning older hardware. Now, there’s a massive pool of functional 3DS systems out there, so it’s not a pressing issue, but eventually, some poor Ash Greninja will be trapped on a 3DS cartridge. (I suppose the answer is: port all the Pokémon games, profit, swim in giant Scrooge McDuck moneybin of coins.)
- CDSlice 6y agoMaybe they could something like what Drastic/Citrus does and have the two 3DS screens share the Switch/TV screen? I would say the main problem is that it has an effective resolution of 400x240 pixels on the top screen and 320x240 pixels on the bottom screen and the games were designed to look good on the really small displays, not blown up to a TV or even a Switch size display.
- coldpie 6y agoThe Wii U eShop sold DS games with a variety of different display options: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCV8Y3lEPr0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCV8Y3lEPr0
- mikepurvis 6y agoThe Wii U had a pretty natural default though, with the touchscreen on your lap as the lower screen, and TV as upper screen. That whole model was (rightly) tossed for the Switch, so now any games which really depended on it are a bit of a dead end.
- perardi 6y agoYup, that's what I'm getting at. It's not an easy 1:1 translation. It was nice for games like Pokémon; easy access to the inventory, little mini-games on the touch screen, stuff like that. It obviously blew right up in their faces with the Wii U, but it worked for a certain class of game.
- coldpie 6y agoYes, but the Wii U DS eShop emulator supported showing both screens on your TV. They could do the same on Switch. See about 0:40 in the video I linked.
- TazeTSchnitzel 6y agoI think perardi is referring to how the touchscreen gimmick of the Wii U wasn't as successful as it was on the DS and 3DS, not to any problems with the emulation.
- umvi 6y agoI'm honestly surprised Pokemon is still around. The first one came out in like 1996, and it was initially addictive because there were a fixed number of pokemon to try to collect (150). But each iteration was basically a carbon copy of the previous gen with some map and monster changes. 7(?) gens later and now there are what 500? 600? More? I just don't understand the motivation to collect something now that you can no longer "catch em all". Is it like Hearthstone or Magic where you just collect what you can knowing certain cards will forever be beyond your reach?
- echelon 6y ago> I'm honestly surprised Pokemon is still around. I'm honestly surprised chess is still around. It's basically the same game with the same rules from centuries ago.
- GhostVII 6y agoChess is not a game based around collecting a fixed number of items.
- echelon 6y agoPokemon isn't based around collecting a fixed number of items. There's strategy to pick an ideal team. To ev/iv farm if you're really into it. There's a story, you can battle friends, you can make trades. Pokemon isn't pog collecting.
- ihuman 6y agoPokémon Home doesn't support any of the 3DS games; Pokémon Bank does. You can transfer from Bank to Home, but not the other way around.
- perardi 6y agoOK, yes, the Pokémon Home dance is…a tad complex. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/pokemon-home-guide-transfer-from-switch-3ds-go-bank-7017 https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/pokemon-home-guide-transf... But still, they finally have what appears to be a canonical place to store Pokémon, and it’ll be a little annoying when 3DS units start dying off and you can’t dance that particular jig.
- redisman 6y agoThere were only a handful of games that really required it. Most people I knew only used the 3D effect as a novelty every now and then. I wonder maybe a VR 3DS emulator could emulate it the best?