The new versions of 3DS
handheld console line have an upgraded processor, extra buttons and NFC support.
The new versions of 3DS
handheld console line have an upgraded processor, extra buttons and NFC support.
Not exact matches
playable demo for Kirby Star Allies, with select Nintendo representatives brining Nintendo Switch
consoles to people waiting in
line, allowing them to try out the game in
Handheld Mode;
The Direct was about the
line - up of games coming to both the 3DS and the Wii U from now and through - out the summer, a summer which will be seeing the release of the newest instalment in the on - going Kirby series and with rumoured reports of the NX coming out sometime between June and November, the
line - up of games we've just seen, say otherwise, especially when the new games include Paper Mario: Colour Splash and Metroid Prime: Federation Force, after all, why bring out titles such as these for the Wii U and 3DS, if you're going to be bringing out the NX, which acts as both
handheld and home
console?
This would put it in
line with the other
console editions, which unsurprisingly offer a more complete experience than their
handheld counterparts.
Ideally, the features could put
console and
handheld gaming on equal footing, blurring the
lines between the two and adding new dimensions to both.
Especially now, the
line between
handheld and home
console is blurred.
The PlayStation Vita launched in Japan on December 17th, 2011, before hitting North American Shores on February 15th, 2012, with one of the strongest launch
line - ups a
console or
handheld had ever seen.
The announcement is good news for fans of the Nintendo 3DS and brings the U.S. in
line with Japan, which has had the
handheld console for sale since it launched last October.
While earlier this month, Nintendo commented that they will give a focus to titles and accessories over the main
console and consider Nintendo has a rare track record (said the Nintendo
handheld line) with making hardware revisions to their systems as opposed to Sony and Microsoft who have adopted it as a commonplace practice for most of their home
consoles, could this be a first for Nintendo if we are to believe that the
console is to escape the grasps of pirates who will eventually open the system for piracy?
This time around, Nintendo has decided to try blurring the
lines between home
consoles and
handhelds with a hybrid design.
The Switch has truly been able to blur the
line between home
consoles and
handhelds.
Handhelds were supposed to have inferior graphics from their big console brothers but the PSP blurred that line and handhelds were now powerful enough rival graphics you would normally see on a T
Handhelds were supposed to have inferior graphics from their big
console brothers but the PSP blurred that
line and
handhelds were now powerful enough rival graphics you would normally see on a T
handhelds were now powerful enough rival graphics you would normally see on a TV screen.
These rumurs are in
line with others that began in mid-2014 when rumors began to fly about a new
console and
handheld from Nintendo code - named «Fusion Terminal» and «Fusion DS,» respectively.
And though Nintendo still calls the Switch a home
console foremost, the lower price also makes sense given its
handheld form - factor, putting it more in
line with portable
consoles like the Nintendo 3DS.
It will be the first
console /
handheld hybrid on the market, blurring the
line between Nintendo's popular brands.
And having it on a
handheld felt fresh (I know, the Super Mario Land games existed long beforehand, but NSMB felt more in
line with the feel of the old
console games, if maybe not in their quality).
Nintendo is best known for their
line of home
consoles and
handheld systems.
Now, with the Nintendo Switch combining a
handheld with a home
console, the
line between the two is more blurred than ever.
Nintendo has some weird sentiments about
console /
handheld lines that should never be transgressed.
Throughout 2013 the Vita's own
line of games grew stronger too, making it a standalone
handheld console worth considering.