Exciting Week nears as WWDC and E3 hit

Next week will be a big week in terms of Tech News. Apple is hosting its world wide developers conference showcasing Lion OS and IOS 5, along with Apples take on the cloud service. People are also wondering what new Hardware Apple may dish out such as a new Iphone or a new Macbook Air. All in all, you can expect a few bombshells and some much heated debate over the new cloud service.

Also in big events, E3, the big video game event is also going down next week. Where the Wii 2 and some big games are expected to be announced. All in all, it looks pretty intense.

If your a videogame tech lover, then next week will be like Christmas for you.

Nintendo 3DS coming March 27th and costs 250

It's official, Nintendo has finally release the lunch details for the Nintendo 3DS. The Nintendo 3DS will be lunching on March 27th here in North America with a price tag of 250 bucks. Which isn't to bad, although remember the days of handhelds only cost like 100 dollars.

Anyway, if your looking into getting your hands on a 3DS at lunch time, you better preorder with Amazon or gamestop. You remember what happened with the wii, and there won't be to many 3DS's to go around. Nintendo said they will be doing their best to meet demand, but they can only make so much before lunch.

It will be interesting to see if the Nintendo 3DS is as successful as the wii. Considering that a lot of people are playing games on their ipads and phones now a days. 

Nintendo 3DS Preorders Have Begun

It appears that Gamestop has allow preorders for the Nintendo 3DS. It will cost 50 big ones to put down your name on a 3DS (which counts towards the purchase) but for those wanting to get one on the first day it comes out, this may be your best bet. 

If your not the type of person who enjoys going out into the world, then you can still wait for Amazon to begin its orders for the Nintendo 3DS.

Nintendo 3DS may look the same, but it packs power

The Nintendo 3DS may look almost the same as the current Nintnedo DS Lite, but the processor inside packs a punch. Tony Marinello, a game programmer currently working on Madden said

"“It’s a pretty powerful handheld. The graphical processing unit on it is really sweet. You’ll notice we’ve got some rim lighting effects, for example, and environment maps on the helmets. Plus we’re using a lot of the assets from the ‘next-gen’ versions of the game.”


Also, the Nintendo 3DS cards can hold up to 8 GB's of space. Wind waker was about 1.2, so it you think about it, you could put a pretty big game onto the Nintendo 3DS. More then a normal DVD can hold. That's pretty impressive.  

Expect some pretty awesome graphics from the 3DS

Nintendo 3DS Press Conference to be held Jan 19th?

According to mynintendonews.com, Nintendo has made a official accoutrement that saids

"Please mark your calendar for January 19th 2011 and plan to attend an exclusive Nintendo event in Amsterdam. The event begins at 3 p.m. CET and will continue into the evening. More details will be coming soon, so be on the lookout!"


Although the accoutrement does not mention the Nintnedo 3DS, its pretty unlikely they will be talking about something else. But who knows, maybe Nintendo will pull a Apple and talk about Wii2. For us American's, its pretty unlikely that we'll be able to attend the event, but hopefully someone can cover it via live blogging.

For those Europe people, you might want to see if you can sneak in.

Nintendo 3DS rumored to launch March 27th

According to some other blog sites, the Nintendo 3DS is rumored to launch the last weekend in March, on Sunday the 27th. Sunday has always been Nintendo's day for launching their new consoles. These rumors come from those computer screens that list product release dates, but those can't always trusted. But it seems like it falls in plan though. I would expect the Nintendo 3DS to launch on the 27th or around there.

This show's a Nintendo 3DS game being released on the 15th, but its highy bogus

Nintendo 3DS to be priced around $300

Some interesting news today, in Europe the French Amazon has listed the Nintendo 3DS at around 250 Euros, which is around $330 American dollars.Check it out. That price conversion won't be how much it is american though.

No word on the America Amazon, but we'll keep our eyes on it. But now would be a good time to start saving that Christmas money you'll be getting. Rumors suggest the Nintendo 3DS is going to be between $300 and $350.

Another Horror Nintendo 3DS game announced!

Shinigami Oni is a newly announced horror adventure game made by Digital Works Entertainment. In Shinigami Oni, your goal is to wonder around a complex city where you must find the God Of Death. It sounds like a cool story, unlike your typical zombie or vampire experience. Other then that, not to many details about Shinigami Oni have been released. Let's that it gets a US release.

Judging from early reactions, Shinigami Oni seems to offer a different type of horror experience.

Nintendo 3DS information to flood in late January?

If you have noticed, there is not to much information that you can find on the Nintendo 3DS at the moment. According to rumors, Nintendo is telling all of its developers to keep their projects under wrap for now until early January. (a few weeks before the Japanese launch)

This is probably to keep the focus off the Nintendo 3DS and let people buy the current offerings Nintendo has on sell for the Holiday season. Which makes sense from a business stand point.

Chris and Jill have to kill some zombies before they can tell us about their adventure.

Nintendo 3DS Preorders coming soon!

IMPORTANT: Nintendo 3DS presorders are rumored to be coming out on the 26th, the day after Christmas. Amazon has started a mailing list where you can sign up to be alerted to when Amazon Preorders begin. If you would like to be on that list, click here to go to amazon and sign up.

Gamestop is also rumored to start selling Preorders on the 26th. You will have to put some money down on it in order to preorder the 3DS, somewhere between $10 and $50 dollars. The exact amount will not be known until they official announce the preorders.

If you are interested in getting a Nintendo 3DS, I really recommend preordering yourself a copy early. Amazon will ship them out, so if you want to do the overnight thing, you might have to go with gamestop. 

Nintendo 3DS ~ Peeking at upcoming games

The Nintendo 3DS is already building our excitement up for the new year.Not only is it bring 3D graphics,its bring 3D graphics to some of our favorite titles. Harvest Moon, Kingdom Hearts, Final Fantasy, Ninja Gaiden, Super Monkey Ball and more are sure to come.

Today, we're going to take a loot at the featured games that Nintendo has on their website for the 3DS.

Kid Icarus: Uprising ~ If there is one game that stole the Nintendo 3DS show at E3, it was this title. Not only bringing back a series long forgotten in time, it will also be one of the first games to push the 3D limits. Kid Lcarus is being created by Project Sora, which is a fairly new game developer, but has helped out on the Super Smash Bros series.

Kid Icarus Uprising features both air ground fighting as well as air born gameplay. Think of Star Fox Assault, but better. Nintendo has described the game as “a fast-paced and action-packed blend of aerial and ground-based shooting built on elegantly intuitive and streamlined play control. Boasting game play that is easy to pick up but incredibly deep, the game is sure to satisfy novice gamers as well as fans who have been clamoring for a new installment in the franchise.” Kid Icarus looks like to be a great platformer as well as a shooting game.

It will be great to see Icarus battle it with Medusa and other baddies when it hits the Nintendo 3DS early in its life time.

Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater 3D ~ For those play-stations fans, this one should please. Athough this is a reboot of a PS2 game, producer Hideo Kojima said that he would developed some new stuff for the Nintendo DS3 version. The details on what content would be added are still unkowen. 

Hideo also stated that the demo showen at E3 was just a sample of what could be done, and not a representative of the final product. So the game is clearly just not a direct port. It will be interesting to see what contend makes it into the final cut. For those of you who haven't had a chance to play this game, you'll be in for a cinematic videogame  treat that you soon won't forget.

Nintendogs + Cats ~ This game will be a sequel to the old Nintendo DS Nintendogs. Not only will it include cats, for those cat lovers out there, but the game will make use of the Nintendo 3DS's cameras for facial recognition technology to interact with the pets.For example, if you put your face up close, the dog may do the same. Or if some else steals your 3DS and tries to play with your dog, your dog may run away.

But other then the 3D tech as well, I think we can expect the same. This is the type of game for those pet lovers and people who have time to waste or just for those who parent's don't like real pets.

Can you say AWWWWWW

Animal Crossing: Not to much to say about this one, but it will be updated version where you play the mayor of the town. As the mayor you got to make sure your town is happy, because what else are you going to do?

A lot of people at E3 have talked about the 3D effects on this one, saying that it adding a cool depth effect when playing. It will be interesting to see all the new features they input into this one.

And that pretty much wraps up this preview. I talked about Resident Evil Revelations in a other blog post, so I won't talk about that. And all the other titles on the plate are still pretty early in the dev department and don't have to many details out about them.

But the Nintnedo 3DS's library is looking to be shaping up to be a great one.

Nintendo 3DS to gimmick off past Titles?

While the Nintendo 3DS new games look great, its hard to not worry if past Nintendo games will be poorly converted to 3D and put on sale. While there are great past Nintendo games like The Legend of Zelda The Ocarina of Time and Starfox 64, it will be interesting to see how they transfer to the 3D format.

Will the 3D be worth it? Or should you stick to Virtual Console?

When I think about how cool it see Legend of Zelda in 3D, I just hope that Nintendo can convert past titles to the 3D format. While I am sure the company is focusing on new titles as well, they are porting a lot of classic titles first to delay time for newer titles. 

Paper Mario, Animal Crossing and Mario Kart may be ported as well. (No word if these are new titles or ported games)

If the 3D is done well, I think it would be awesome to play though these classic Nintendo games again with a 3D twist. But if the 3D sucks, I would rather play these games on my big screen via the virtual console then on a handheld.

Resident Evil Revelations could be one of Nintendo's 3DS best games

Darn Son, as soon as I saw the trailer for the game, I was pumped. It might even be better then, Resident Evil 5! The first thing that has me excited is the 3D. Although a gimmick for most movies, if Capcom pulls it off, the 3D could add to the horror. A zombie dog could jump out the screen at you or a zombie monster shoots its tough.

Plus the game looks like its returning to its roots with some cool creepy locations like a tanker ship and a mansion like setting. Check out the Trailer!

It looks much better then the African setting, which did have some creepy moments, but having taken place though daylight and Africa villages just wasn't to scary. Another thing, if you pause the trailer at 32 seconds, you can see a zombie. Not a Los Illuminados, but a classic Resident Evil Zombie. Welcome back to the party guys. 

Expect one thing people like to complain about is how Jill has changed, AGAIN. Which I don't mind to much about. She doesn't look to bad in the concept trailer. Jill is not my character to change, so I'll let capcom do with her what they wish. 

The Graphics also look amazing for a handheld, expect all the footage is probably from rendered movies, but still, it looks like wii graphics. 

Its hard to judge what the story will be or what the actual game will look like, but judging from the trailer, I have high hopes for this one.

No word on a release date. But hopefully we will see Resident Evil Revelations sometime shortly after the launch of the Nintendo 3DS. Will Capcom be able to restore honer to the Resident Evil series after Resident Evil 5? Only time will tell.

3D of the Future, is it Good Or Bad?

It seems that everything is going 3D. All the big movies are going 3D, tvs are going into the 3D business, and even Nintendo is entering the 3D arena with its upcoming Nintendo 3DS. But is it good for us?

Look at 3D movies, it costs a extra 4 dollar fee to see a 3D movie. Add that to the all ready expensive movie ticket, and your looking at burning your cash. Just for something that kinda adds to the film experienced. Have you ever seen a 3D movie just for the 3D. Not likey, 3D won't save a movie from being bad or good. It just kinda adds a nice effect on the side.

To me, it seems like a gimmick to make a quick extra buck. $4 extra dollars is just way to much for something that doesn't add to much to the film experience. And never, NEVER, see a movie that has its 3D done in post, like Alice in Wonderland or Clash of the Titan. In order to take advantage of the technology, the movie has to be shot in 3D.  

I was kinda glad that Harry Potter Part 1 was not in 3D. When watching the movie, you could tell where they wanted to put the 3D effects in. (like with the snake) As you can see, the 3D is not what made Harry Potter a success. It all depends on the plot, acting and how it was put together.

And a 3D TV will break your bank to. Plus you only have so many glasses and can only view from a certain angle to make the effect work.  Truth is, most people just don't want to go though that extra effort just for something as cheap as 3D. Plus there is not a lot of media that supports 3D yet. So it seems kinda pointless to spend so much on 3D.

Now one piece of technology that does seem interesting is the Nintendo 3DS. The coolest thing about this piece of technology is that you don't need glasses to make it work, and adding 3D to videogames might be awesome. Since there is more interaction, you can do more with the 3D. Horror videogames might have a new look on the Nintendo 3DS. Of course, my opinion might change once it comes out, but we won't know until it comes out.

The 3D without the glasses sounds pretty cool. But I am also worried if AD company's got a hold of the technology. Just think about it, your walking though the mall, and then you see a 3D ad shooting soda at you. It would be madness.