The Nintendo 3DS Handles Unreal Engine 2, Scraps Game Demos And Gains Region Lock
We have here a triple-news blog about the Nintendo 3DS – Nintendo’s 5th model of their NDS portable console which supports 3D graphics. First up we have the 3DS being able to play Unreal Engine 2, pointing out that the 3DS is actually quite a powerful hand-held console. It may not be able to support Unreal Engine 3 and its great graphics, but its not bad at all for an NDS with 3D support. Nintendo are also planning on dropping any game demos offered on the device. 3DS producer, Hideki Konno claims that he is unsure on how effective game demos are. Our response – very effective! It’s always a helping hand when you’re able to experience a slice of a game before purchasing it. A testament to this would be all the lite versions of app games. We’re confident that most would agree when we say dropping game demos on the 3DS would be an atrocious idea. Finally and unfortunately, we bring your the last bit of (bad) news – Nintendo have confirmed that the 3DS will come region locked. For those of you who don’t know what that is; a region locked device can only play games/media files from the region the device came from. So, a European bought 3DS can only play European games, and not ones released in Asia. This may not be that devastating to the general user, however it will cause some annoyance for those avid gamers wanting a certain game that’s only released in certain regions. More images after the break.
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