Stating the slightly obvious, Nintendo executive Riggie Fils-Aime has gone on record with Business Week stating that the upcoming DS replacement handheld console, the Nintendo 3DS will be their “next handheld platform“.
Go for it Reggie!
“We have ideas of what we want to bring to the consumer that we can’t do with the current [DS model]. The Nintendo 3DS for us is our next handheld platform. Fundamentally, this business is about software, not hardware. Software is what drives engagement by the consumer. For us technology is not the end, it’s the means to an end, which is around a great consumer experience.” – Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aime
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Many industry professionals are speculating that this is the technology that Nintendo will use in the Nintendo 3DS, however neither Sharp or Nintendo have confirmed it to be true. We probably won’t find out for sure until E3 either, however it could be highly likely seeing as Sharp were said to be working on the 3DS screens for Nintendo.
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Nintendo announced the DS’s successor this week in a surprise announcement, like a stealth bomber silently wiping out its targets. Apart from the announcement itself and a few rumours of the tech specs and a new Pokemon game, we don’t really now much more about it.
Even so, some top developers have given their opinion of what they think the 3DS will mean to the industry.
First up is French developer Arkedo Studio
Arkedo Studio
Arkedo are known for Big Bang Mini and Nervous Brickdown, is obviously a fan of unique visual tricks. The company’s founder Camille Guermonprez jokingly enquired if we were, “asking this question to the studio who took extra months and invested more money … just to add a lenticular cover?”
(If you grab the American or French versions of Big Bang Mini, you’re treated to an animated version of the game’s cover, thanks to a nifty lenticular lens.)
As for the 3DS itself, Guermonprez says, “This could be pretty exciting. As you may know, Arkedo always loves it when we have to take one specific ergonomic feature, and play around with it.” He continues. “So with the DS-from-the-future, we can’t wait to put our hands on it. It definitively sounds like fun and the potential could be huge, as often is with Nintendo.
“Count us in.”
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