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<blockquote data-quote="StarDust4Ever" data-source="post: 195923" data-attributes="member: 3033"><p>Xenodblade Chronicles is NEw 3DS only. There is a demo in the 3DS eShop. You cannot download it with an [Old] 3DS. Any "marketing nightmare" will only apply to retail titles and will likely be a result of Nintendo's brilliant naming scheme.</p><p></p><p>Other titles such as Smash Bros, Monster hunter 4, and Majora's Mask work on 3DS but have enhanced functionality on New 3DS. I do own a Majora's Mask LE "New" 3DS, but it's kind of an Easter present so I am waiting to play it.</p><p></p><p>Also the fact Zen Pinball works on 3DS is moot. The Pinball Arcade uses emulation to run the vintage tables, something that isn't needed for Zen. Depending on the platform architecture and the accuracy of the emulator, it can sometimes take hundreds of times the processing power to emulate a vintage CPU. Add to the fact many arcade machines and Pinball tables had multiple CPUs for different tasks, compared to game consoles utilizing cost-reduced designs, and the fact you still need to simulate the physics engine and graphics.</p><p></p><p>That said, TPA runs fine in 720p on Ouya, so it's not like the 3DS needs a state-of-the-art mobile processor to run TPA in stereoscopic 240p. But I have no idea how the New 3DS compares to a Tegra 3 besides the fact they both run on ARM architecture. The stereoscopic 3D part is easy considering TPA is already rendered in 3D, you just need an extra virtual camera node for the other eye. Another minor caveat is the 240p resolution is so low. Even at 720p, it's hard to make out much of the table graphics on certain tables. 240p, anti-aliased or not, would look pretty bad for real life tables. Still, I'd love to play TPA in stereoscopic 3D.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="StarDust4Ever, post: 195923, member: 3033"] Xenodblade Chronicles is NEw 3DS only. There is a demo in the 3DS eShop. You cannot download it with an [Old] 3DS. Any "marketing nightmare" will only apply to retail titles and will likely be a result of Nintendo's brilliant naming scheme. Other titles such as Smash Bros, Monster hunter 4, and Majora's Mask work on 3DS but have enhanced functionality on New 3DS. I do own a Majora's Mask LE "New" 3DS, but it's kind of an Easter present so I am waiting to play it. Also the fact Zen Pinball works on 3DS is moot. The Pinball Arcade uses emulation to run the vintage tables, something that isn't needed for Zen. Depending on the platform architecture and the accuracy of the emulator, it can sometimes take hundreds of times the processing power to emulate a vintage CPU. Add to the fact many arcade machines and Pinball tables had multiple CPUs for different tasks, compared to game consoles utilizing cost-reduced designs, and the fact you still need to simulate the physics engine and graphics. That said, TPA runs fine in 720p on Ouya, so it's not like the 3DS needs a state-of-the-art mobile processor to run TPA in stereoscopic 240p. But I have no idea how the New 3DS compares to a Tegra 3 besides the fact they both run on ARM architecture. The stereoscopic 3D part is easy considering TPA is already rendered in 3D, you just need an extra virtual camera node for the other eye. Another minor caveat is the 240p resolution is so low. Even at 720p, it's hard to make out much of the table graphics on certain tables. 240p, anti-aliased or not, would look pretty bad for real life tables. Still, I'd love to play TPA in stereoscopic 3D. [/QUOTE]
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