Does 3DS live up to the name of DS successor?

The DS was a monster, selling 150+ million units. The 3DS has hit about 45 million after close to 4 years. Personally, I think the 3DS didn't do enough to evolve from last gen. A lot of the games feel and play all too familiar. Pokemon, Mario, Mario Kart all felt like the same games as their predessors just with updated graphics. The only game that I thought was truly a 3DS game was Luigi's Mansion. Link Between Worlds was very easy and pretty straight forward experience. Didn't really impress me. So what do you think, SW? Is the 3DS a true successor to DS?

Holy crap, new game playing like their predecessors with updated graphics?

• NSMB2 maybe, but 3D Land? It's completely new, albeit not perfected. And 3D was integral to the gameplay because it was instrumental in positioning your jumps
• Pokemon has always been same in its core mechanics anyway
• Kid Icarus' 3D is pretty nice
• It has a good Fire Emblem game
• This is SolidGame thread so why am I being serious?
• lolvita

This is something i can get behind!

Can anything can compare to the monster that is called Nintendo DS?

3DS is doing quite well for a handheld in a shrinking market that increasingly becoming convergent.

I think the DS popularity has only hindered the 3DS. I already think 3ds is the better of the two and I don't see an extreme need for two screens on it either.

No, its shit compared to the DS or PSP.

If the 3DS hasn't done enough to evolve then what on earth are the current consoles?

SolidGame thread and Nintendo... yeah.

low end PCs?

@Heirren: DS created something new it was a real innovation and it provided some experiences which cant be found on any other system but 3DS is nothing but an upgrade to successful formula.

@MonsieurX: That was a poor attempt at sarcasm and not true for substantive sequels.

Answering the question, no. The 3DS doesn't have the heavy hitters, the classics, the depth, or third party support of the DS' fantastic library.

It's a highly disappointing system for me, with games often stuck between what the PSP could produce and what the DS could, and many games don't hit the highs of either genre. I still have favorites for it but it is my least favorite system I've ever played.

The 3DS doesn't have the amazing third party support of the DS, and it doesn't have Nintendo's best first party efforts.

The original DS was amazing. It was a direct continuation, and amazing successor to the GBA. The 3DS is kinda like what the N64 was to the SNES.

Since it's the only relevant handheld since the DS, I suppose so.

More so than the Vita is a good successor to the PSP. To answer the question though, no it hasn't in my eyes.

@Blabadon: I agree with what blabadon said, and what many others have said, but in all fairness, the 3DS is trying really hard to impress. The results IMO are a consequential mixed bag.

First I think the 3D is a good thing, yet let's call it what it is: a gimmick. But having said all that, I want (or wish) the 3DS 2015 - 2017 calendar of games to be awesome.

I remember nintendo was always an innovative company. And the DS was a success without a doubt. But you can't call the 3DS > DS, IMO. At least not as of now.

It is an advanced version of the DS and is selling well (not like the DS), so it is successor of the DS.

It doesn't really matter to me personally when the 3DS is already backwards compatible with all DS games anyway.

It has better Mario, Zelda, and Fire Emblem games than the DS, and that's enough for me to consider it superior to the DS.

Pretty much. My 3DS library is constantly growing and will one day come close to matching my venerable DS library of games.

The general consensus seems to be that A Link Between Worlds is of the best Zeldas ever and that Super Mario 3D Land is the best handheld Mario title, so...

Yes, and it's a better games system than Vita ever will be.

I think people are really overlooking this.

I don't have experience with the Fire Emblem games on either system, but when you compare A Link Between Worlds and 3D Land to Phantom Hourglass/Spirit Tracks and New Super Mario Bros, it's not even a contest. Yes, the DS library is still better because of the stronger third party support and simply being more robust, but Ninity first party has, in some ways, improved from the DS to the 3DS.

Nothing can live up to the glory that was the DS.

Fixed that. The PSP's library was only great if you liked RPGs.

Not to mention that the 3DS has a few games that arguably improve upon their console counterparts where the PSP mostly had games that were a pale imitation of their console counterparts.

That why it was so great. In the declining genre on consoles the PSP was GOAT.

PSP>DS

lol that doesn't even make any sense. A well rounded library is always better than one that shines in one genre.

When you use personal preferences it makes perfect sense.

And the PSP had definitly a rounded library even if not to the same extent as the DS.

No, the DS has way more games that I like.

The DS is in its own category of greatness.

So far I have been satisfied with the 3DS. ALBW alone is worth the purchase.

lolvita

lolblab

loltc

Do you think the next one has a chance?

QTF

The 3DS library is lacking variety. The DS also had more brand new Ips created solely for the handheld like TWEWY, Rune factory, and much more. Hell, the DS even got a Ninja Gaiden game and Tenchu, and that right there makes DS one of the best handhelds for me personally. Also the DS got more support from western devs too, as the call of duty games were decent and the tony hawk games were also pretty cool.

PSP was shit compared to the DS, but towards the end it had a very diverse library that could cater to a lot of different gamer's tastes along with the typical JRPG fan. I am into fighting games so being able to play Tekken, Soul Caliber, Guilty Gear , Darkstalkers, and Street Fighter Alpha 3 on the go was awesome. Plus it had Grand Theft Auto, a few Metal Gear games, a proper Kingdom Hearts game, racing games, sports games and Monster Hunter freedom Unite.

I could go on, but now it seems both new handhelds have too much of one thing and little variety elsewhere imo.

@GreySeal9: Are you actually for real

Like what

Sony handhelds have always, *always*, covered and done more genres well than Nintendo handhelds. Say what you want about the games (Super Mario 64 > 3D Land any day), but the PSP had a huge amount of games that were quality and weren't RPGs

Metal Gear Acid 1 and 2

Metal Gear Solid Portable Ops and Peace Walker

WTF!

Patapon 1-3

Two Burnout games

Two WipeOut games

Two Grand Theft Autos

Three Tomb Raiders

Two God of War games

Two Syphon Filters (surprisingly decent TPS games)

Bomberman

Two Lumines game

Two LocoRoco games

Gran Turismo

Assassin's Creed

Midnight Club

Daxter

Secret Agent Clank

Jak and Daxter

Motorstorm

Medievil

Two Pursuit Force games

Street Fighter

Tekken 5-6

Soul Calibur

Metal Slug

Resistance Retribution

Etc.

So yeah, let's not spew nonsense. The PSP, and likewise the Vita, cover much larger genres of games than Nintendo handhelds do, especially the RPG heavy 3DS. Hell, the list above doesn't even include games that are mostly action with RPGs elements then added on

@Seabas989: lol thing is I actually agree with you, LBW alone justifies the purchase

And for that reason the 3DS was held back. Based on the games that are very strong on the system, it didn't really need two screens but Nintendo looked at the success of the ds and figured itd be smart. IMO they misjudged the market in the same way they did with wiiu.

@SolidGame_basic: Thanks to smartphones, no I don't.

No.

It has way better first party titles but all the JRPGs and quirky shit on the DS put it over the top for me.

@SolidGame_basic:

3ds is the best handheld on the market right now, as was the DS

**** no the DS shits on it, like supremely shits on it.

The DS was the beginning of unique things like Professor Layton, Phoenix Wright, while also adding games like 999, Elite Beat Agents, Hotel Dusk, Ghost Trick, The World Ends With You to go along with under the radar gems like Shantea Risky's Revenge and Alien Infestation (one of the better metroid styled games, ever). To go along with some Nintendo first party, plus Advance Wars was at its fucking peak with Dual Strike.

The 3DS? where the **** is the new shit? all of it is the sequels to Layton and Phoenix which got fucking stale, and frankly Phoenix Wright plays better on an ipad, and more nintendo shit, of which only Zelda has actually been legit great. Fire Emblem Awakening was good, but the rest of the stuff? luigi's Mansion was boring, kid icarus controls like shit, mario kart and pokemon are Nintendo's versions of call of duty and madden, and then they have Super Mario Easy Land.

SMT4 is an okay game when you get over the fact that it's basically baby's first SMT after how brilliant Nocturne was.

Bravely Default fucking SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS once it decides it's going to recycle shit.

And beyond Rhythm Thief (fucking awesome), it has ....barely anything to offer that is unique and special the way the DS did when it had some genuinely clever things to offer. The 3DS wishes it was up to snuff with the DS.

Huge sales numbers =/= better, if we would go by that dumb ass logic of sales = better then CoD is the best FPS, Wii is one of the best consoles ever and RE6 is one of the best RE games.

I'd take the 3DS in terms of quality games over the DS any day of the week. Out of the DS's lifespan I think I enjoyed around 3 or 4 games while so far I've enjoyed 7 3DS games in it's lifetime so far.

Can I be honest? The 3DS is one of the worst handhelds I've ever owned. The 3D effect is awful and the library is lackluster. If not for Fire Emblem and Persona Q I would definitely regret buying it.

But the Vita is also far worse than the PSP, so I'd say this is a pretty bad portable gen all-around.

It would be hard for any system to fill the shoes of the DS. I know one fault that the 3DS has is that the touch screen has been delegated to a menu screen due to the lack of 3D and lower power; the DS had a lot more interesting uses for the touch screen.

@jg4xchamp: But champ, first party! The PSP! Nintendo! 3D Laaaand!

I personally like it more than the DS. As far as sales go, the original DS was too huge of a success to get repeated results anytime soon. If TC thinks it only has a couple good games then he's probably not playing much on it.

Meh Nocturne is overrated especially in this board.

SMTIV >>> Nocturne.