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You kidding me? As soon as Nintendo modify their turdacious to bodacious output ratio, you'll see more of them sweet gems coming your way.

Oh man, just realised there's no Jigglypuff there. Sad times. This is like Roy all over again.

Have to agree on that. I had no idea Greninja was even a popular thing, and I had it as my evolved starter Pokemon last game. Did anyone really like Greninja or think much of it? The game looks good, shame that I see no Lloyd/Kratos/Shulk though. Needs more humanity to balance out the fur fest going on.

Banjo Kazooie! Believe.

Why would Neogaf meltdown over stuff? Bearing in mind I know pretty little about the place...

I've not had any issues yet, but I haven't played it too much. I'm mostly trying to finish Dark Souls fully before I properly get stuck in.

Shulk! With the Monado.

Amazing first episode. This series is totally going to spoil fans. An insane amount of stuff is coming. And winter.

Do people still think a stylus is the way to go? Most touch screens these days have people interact with their fingers. Just wondering what people think about that.

You don't need reliable data to discredit unreliable data. It discredits itself. Although in truth, I base what I'm saying on real world observation. Generally the things it says about TV distance and resolutions I know first hand to be false.

There is definitely a lessening of effect resolution has the further you sit, but that data ain't right. Maybe it was made for squinty moles, heh.

Sorry, I didn't mean to compare the 3DS (which is lower), however the crux of your post is still what I debate. You're saying here (bolded) that you wouldn't benefit from a 720p screen over a 480p screen due to holding the unit 30 cm away. There is no way that you wouldn't benefit from 720p at that distance. Not only that, but as liger said - that data is bogus. It has been used in similar discussions before and it's simply untrue. The differences between many of those resolutions are really obvious even at far distances. @Jonnas fair enough. I personally wouldn't go with 480p on such a screen size to get 60 fps due to how crappy and antiquated it would look (not to mention the unit is full of titles that would not benefit as strongly as some other genres would). I know some people would like 60 fps, and I would too, but I think Nintendo shouldn't limit themselves there to get it. If anything, try for both, but keep the graphical power at the level of the GameCube. I mean, it's not to say they couldn't do 60 fps with 720p, while not pushing the system to its limit (like Link Between Worlds didn't push graphics but was 60 fps).

Anything is better than the 3DS battery, surely. Why 60 fps? If it could do games to look somewhat better than GameCube at 720p then that'd be a natural progression from the previous device. Most Nintendo handheld games aren't graphic monsters but that doesn't mean they can't benefit from resolution upping. Again, increase in resolution does not automatically mean they must be pushing the boundary on graphics.

A Link Between Worlds. That shit was done right. They took an old style of game and mixed it up, letting you go where you wanted. It was basically a slice of a tasty old school, unadulterated Zelda pie. Yum.

See! Good and affordable. What say ye now @Serebii! It can be done for cheap.

Are you taking the piss? The Moto G is a good phone. 5 stars on Expert Reviews 9.3 PC Advisor 5/5 from Pocket-Lint Stop now maaan.

Moto G - £99.99 without contract. Man, this is awkward...

I agree that there is a cut off to the size and resolution ratio where further improvement will offer minimal benefits, but 480p on a 3DS XL sized device (as has been suggested here) is just not it. Since you mentioned the 'sub-par' iPhone - the iPhone 5 has 727,040 pixels packed into its screen, vs the 3DS XL's 192,000 (3.8 times more). Even if the 3DS XL was upped to 480p, that's around 307,200 pixels, depending on the screen form. At a great deal less than half what the iPhone is doing it really is on the low side.

True, I remember that. Still, it's not as flawed as people suggesting the new handhelds should only have 480p. :p

I think this basically shows how inaccurate that chart you went by is. Even holding my 3DS XL 30cm away from my face, it is really obvious that the resolution is poor. Are you suggesting that because of the distance you hold it at, you wouldn't be able to tell much difference between say the 3DS XL and a same sized screen at 720p? For me, it's really obvious when switching between Vita and 3DS XL, and the Vita isn't even 720p.

Except...I only mentioned 1080p to show they're pushing 1080p phones, indicating that people do want improvements in this area. I never said Nintendo should aim for 1080p! Ca'man, how are you hearing me say these things? Go do another check for 720p or comparable phones... Serebii, 720p needn't mean high powered games. Most of Nintendo's handheld games are fairly simple graphically. Resolution is one of the ways a lot of their games could improve given there often isn't much scope for improvement (e.g. Layton) elsewhere. And saying it was HD would be a cracking selling slogan.

If people did not want nor care about decent resolutions then phones wouldn't be pushing 1080P on their 4/5 inch screens. When I got my Nexus 4 after an iPhone 3GS, boy was the difference noticeable. In reality, we probably can't expect that for gaming but there should be compromise. 480p on the next generation handheld will not cut it - it'll be like what the Wii was when the others brought out PS3 and 360. Right now 720p is affordable and by no means high tec since lots of other devices are that or better - and in 2 years or so the difference will really be marked.

When did I say that? I was saying to Zechs that I would rather have 60fps and 720p than 1080p and 30 fps, to counter his idea that I don't care about gameplay. But I wasn't talking about handhelds (thought that was obvious when I said 1080p).

I would rather have 720p 60fps than 1080p 30fps. But 480p 60fps? No thanks. For me, resolution is something that doesn't bother me too much as long as it isn't too low. When I play on my 3DS XL it is most definitely too low. 480p with the same size screen would feel the same. And they also cut themselves out of other areas. No one would want to use this for anything other than playing Nintendo games. People would use their tablets to play app games, even if they also released on the new Nintendo console.