3DS will be like having a portable N64?

closer to Gamecube if anything, those graphics smoke the N64.

It has an awesome feel about it (to me) like the 64, but the graphics are way better. the graphics are in some ways better than the gamecube. I would say the system pulls of wiiish graphics, worse in some ways, better in others.

I thought the old DS was n64 like. I'd really hope this new 3ds is better. I havent really seen any videos. AutoPilotOn

Super Mario 64 DS was actually rebuilt and looked better than the N64, and that was the original DS, so this one is gonna be at least if not more powerful than the Cube.

More like a portable gamecube.

I hope it's more like the Gamecube... And I hope things run more smoothly than on the DS. I don't like it when things "jump" across my screen, I like it when they "slide".Aquat1cF1sh

Never noticed things "jump" across the screen on DS, but that is ENTIRELY up to the developer if you are talking about framerates/bugs. As far as graphics, there is no hoping about it, they are in some ways better than the Wii and in some a bit worse. Overall you can expect games to look around gamecube to Wii quality.

The Game Boy Color was a portable NES.

The Game Boy Advance was a portable SNES.

The Nintendo DS was a portable Nintendo 64.

The 3DS is a portable Nintendo GameCube.

The DS was a portable Nintendo 64. The 3DS is a portable GameCube/wii.Rod90

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Indeed noway is it on par with an N64, more like Gamecube.

I think you're getting the terms "DS" and "3DS" confused here, the DS was like having a portable N64, 3DS is definitely a step up from that.

No more like being a protable Gamecube.

http://www.nin3ds.net/2010/10/nintendo-3ds-vs-xbox-360-vs-nintendo-wii-vs-playstation-2-vs-psp-vs-nintendo-64/

nuff said

http://www.nin3ds.net/2010/10/nintendo-3ds-vs-xbox-360-vs-nintendo-wii-vs-playstation-2-vs-psp-vs-nintendo-64/

nuff said

Prince_Denspion

[QUOTE="AutoPilotOn"]I thought the old DS was n64 like. I'd really hope this new 3ds is better. I havent really seen any videos. Prince_Denspion

Super Mario 64 DS was actually rebuilt and looked better than the N64, and that was the original DS, so this one is gonna be at least if not more powerful than the Cube.

[QUOTE="Prince_Denspion"]

[QUOTE="AutoPilotOn"]I thought the old DS was n64 like. I'd really hope this new 3ds is better. I havent really seen any videos. Supabul

Super Mario 64 DS was actually rebuilt and looked better than the N64, and that was the original DS, so this one is gonna be at least if not more powerful than the Cube.

Gamecube (4 years after launch)

3DS (before launch)

The 3DS is closer to current generation consoles than it is to the Gamecube.dzimm

Try playing Dead or Alive: Demensons on the N64, would it be able to play it? No (besides the obvious reason of no 3DS game card slot, the N64 cant even begin to handle its graphics). Besides Dead or Alive, the 3DS also has other games that do a fine job in my oppinon of showing off Gamecube/wii-ish graphics, some look close to early HD console twin graphics too.

Obviously, some games might not have great graphics, but those are likely going to come from the 3rd party devs that dont put much if any work into the visuals.

Portable Gamecube/Wii (since the Wii is just a slightly more powerful GC)

History of Nintendo Portables for you:

Gameboy Color = Nintendo Entertainment System

Gameboy Advance = Super Nintendo

DS = N64

3DS = Gamecube

Portable Gamecube/Wii (since the Wii is just a slightly more powerful GC)

History of Nintendo Portables for you:

Gameboy Color = Nintendo Entertainment System

Gameboy Advance = Super Nintendo

DS = N64

3DS = Gamecube

LoserMike

You are right, except I am pretty sure the Advance was actually stronger than the SNES and the 3DS looks better overall than the cube.

[QUOTE="LoserMike"]

Portable Gamecube/Wii (since the Wii is just a slightly more powerful GC)

History of Nintendo Portables for you:

Gameboy Color = Nintendo Entertainment System

Gameboy Advance = Super Nintendo

DS = N64

3DS = Gamecube

NaveedLife

You are right, except I am pretty sure the Advance was actually stronger than the SNES and the 3DS looks better overall than the cube.

Yeah, the Advance was more like a Sega 32x or Atari Jaguar (in terms of hardware capabilities that is).

Portable Gamecube/Wii (since the Wii is just a slightly more powerful GC)

History of Nintendo Portables for you:

Gameboy Color = Nintendo Entertainment System

Gameboy Advance = Super Nintendo

DS = N64

3DS = Gamecube

LoserMike

The graphics and games make me think so.Tony-Baxter

N64 Vs DS

Zelda

Mario 64 Vs Mario 64 DS

The N64 was more powerful, the DS games suffer from low res textures and look really pixelated

The N64 was more powerful, the DS games suffer from low res textures and look really pixelated

Supabul

As I'm playing Spirit Tracks right now, all I can say is that those screenshots don't do it justice.

[QUOTE="Supabul"]

The N64 was more powerful, the DS games suffer from low res textures and look really pixelated

ThePlothole

As I'm playing Spirit Tracks right now, all I can say is that those screenshots don't do it justice.

The 3DS graphics just blow me away, they are amazing. They are definitely like the Gamecube graphics.

[QUOTE="Supabul"]

The N64 was more powerful, the DS games suffer from low res textures and look really pixelated

ThePlothole

As I'm playing Spirit Tracks right now, all I can say is that those screenshots don't do it justice.

[QUOTE="ThePlothole"][QUOTE="Supabul"]

The N64 was more powerful, the DS games suffer from low res textures and look really pixelated

BrunoBRS

As I'm playing Spirit Tracks right now, all I can say is that those screenshots don't do it justice.

Spirit Tracks is arguably the best looking DS title out there.destroyerHHH

Golden Sun: Dark Dawn blows it away in the graphics department. However, in terms of detail and scope, I think Chinatown Wars tops them all.

As I'm playing Spirit Tracks right now, all I can say is that those screenshots don't do it justice.

Looking forward to it!

While the N64's specs may have been overall better, it did have two fatal flaws: an obscenely small texture buffer... later games like Perfect Dark tried to work around this by rapidly streaming textures from the cart... and limited ROM capacity*.

*32MB was the limit until late in the system's life, when Nintendo introduced 64MB carts. Whereas the DS started out with 128MB cards and eventually worked up to 512MB.

one thing that makes me worry is people were hyping ds as n64 graphics but in the end it did not compare. I hope 3ds is not a ps2 with 3d effects turn on . 2 screens with 3d i don't think 3ds will compare to gc well in some areas .