So how powerful is the 3DS? Pretty damn powerful, apparently.

Capcom has Resident Evil 5 running on the 3DS. No specifics about performance or anything like that, but Street Fighter 4 producer Yoshinori Ono was very impressed with the results.

Source: http://nintendo3dsblog.com/resident-evil-5-demo-was-running-on-3ds

Capcom has Resident Evil 5 running on the 3DS. No specifics about performance or anything like that, but Street Fighter 4 producer Yoshinori Ono was very impressed with the results.

Source: http://nintendo3dsblog.com/resident-evil-5-demo-was-running-on-3ds

dzimm

Just another reason why I'm glad I got this thing pre-ordered.

Thanks for sharing that. I bet the guys over in SW will have a thing or two to say about it in regards to another up-and-coming handheld.

Is there a video anywhere?

MT Framework is probably the best engine this gen. If Capcom was able to bring the engine specifically for the Wii, it would have the same or better result.

Wonder if they'd actually bring all of RE5 to the 3DS. Would so be a day 1 buy from me. Love me some RE5.

thats honestly pretty impressive. it also begs the question why resident evil 5 never made it to the wii.kayoticdreamz

Wait is it a playable demo or just a video?

They got Unreal Engine 3 running on the iPhone, although it's specs are bellow what UE3 requires on the PC. The low resolution helps too.

Thats pretty good too know. I'm contemplating pre-ordering it now..

Played it, street fighter 4, kid icarus and pilotwings were all great. resident evil not so hot. Main reason can't do a full resident evil 5, is cart capacity (1.5 gig can't fit everything quite on it) this will also be the main limiting factor for the NGP which is why visuals for that system are ramped up PS2 rather than the full ps3.Still both systems impress in the looks department.The 3D on the DS is different enough to draw in casual players and hardcore alike.

Developers are saying that in some ways the 3DS is more powerful than the Wii, particularly its ability to handle textures and advanced lighting effects.

Source: http://nintendo3dsblog.com/the-nintendo-3ds-in-some-ways-is-even-more-powerful-than-the-wii-says-high-voltage

Developers are saying that in some ways the 3DS is more powerful than the Wii, particularly its ability to handle textures and advanced lighting effects.

Source: http://nintendo3dsblog.com/the-nintendo-3ds-in-some-ways-is-even-more-powerful-than-the-wii-says-high-voltage

dzimm

1.5GB cartridge??? i thought i read they were like 8GB. Also to the person who said "Dreamcast" uhhhhh no, the PSP is more powerful than the DC and 3DS is around Gamecube with some stuff better than Wii and Xbox1.

1.5GB cartridge??? i thought i read they were like 8GB. Also to the person who said "Dreamcast" uhhhhh no, the PSP is more powerful than the DC and 3DS is around Gamecube with some stuff better than Wii and Xbox1.

JuanGrande386

3DS>Wii then? Because apparently the Wii can't run RE5's title screen...

3DS supports high capacity cartridges, but they're currently limited to 1.5GB, probably because of cost. As prices come down, we'll start seeing higher capacity cartridges.dzimm

3DS>Wii then?nintendoman562

In some ways, yes; in other ways, no. I think the Wii can probably push more polygons than the 3DS, but the 3DS has more advanced lighting and texturing effects.

3DS supports high capacity cartridges, but they're currently limited to 1.5GB, probably because of cost. As prices come down, we'll start seeing higher capacity cartridges.dzimm

Can't we just say 2GB? No one makes 1 GB and 512MB Flash memory chips, infact I'm not sure anyone manufacture's 512MB Flash Memory cards at all. Its 2GB at launch. But will go up to 8GB

I'm sure Mercs 3D will use 2GB, it comes out in July, but i'm betting MGS3 and Revelations step it up to 4GB and 8GB

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1.5GB cartridge??? i thought i read they were like 8GB. Also to the person who said "Dreamcast" uhhhhh no, the PSP is more powerful than the DC and 3DS is around Gamecube with some stuff better than Wii and Xbox1.

Harkat95

ummm bro polygon count is higher than the GC. Even the PSP could handle more poly's

While I think this is basically meaningless crap as the framerate was probably awful and the res and such, I do think they have achieved a rather pretty game with Mercenaries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RKFhMFrv_w

I am blown away at what Capcom achieved here. I honestly am a bit confused as to how they seem to be outdoing Nintendo.

While I think this is basically meaningless crap as the framerate was probably awful and the res and such, I do think they have achieved a rather pretty game with Mercenaries.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RKFhMFrv_w

I am blown away at what Capcom achieved here. I honestly am a bit confused as to how they seem to be outdoing Nintendo.

NaveedLife

Further testament of the power of the 3DS:

"What I saw consisted of a tech demo where the developers ported the Conduit 2 engine and assets over from Wii to 3DS. Several environments were available, and they looked very nearly like their Conduit 2 counterparts . . . Already, everything was running smoothly and with great detail, and with good 3D depth."

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/impressions/25572

its 2 gigabite for ds cards ,not 1.5 lol

but ya it still wouldnt fit re5 unless you had to swap cards lol much like cds but then again i dont know how much space my 360 version uses probably 5 to 6 gigs with hd graphics,

scale down graphics take a few enemies off screen and im pretty sure itll be able to run on 3ds but youll have to have 2 cards at least per game ,

like they did for ps1 and gc