E3 Fread

[DavidCaruso]

Having main series titles come out for both portable and console is just stupid. They both would end up being horribly watered down, not taking advantage of any of the platforms unique capabilities, or on of them would just be horribly screwed over. As far as I see it anybody who says otherwise is just picky and butthurt or cheap and butthurt.

This and I completely agree with Grooveman - I'm much more likely to actually play a handheld game.

The 3DS is apparently as powerful as the Wii/GC. Nothing needs to be "watered down" except graphics, and that won't even be too noticeable thanks to smaller screen size. Most unique capabilities, if you're talking about things like the Wii's motion controls or the 3DS's 3D or the WiiU's all-in-one microphone/camera/gyroscope/touchscreen controller, are basically gimmicks, and I can think of very few good games released across the Wii's entire lifespan that took advantage of motion control and wouldn't have been better without doing so. (Actually the Trauma Center games and Kororinpa are the only ones that come to mind right now.) Likewise many of the best DS games actually didn't use the touchscreen capabilities much at all (though there were exceptions of course, since a touchscreen is much more useful and precise than motion controls.) I like your assertion that I'm picky and butthurt because I want to play games in the highest quality and setting possible though, or that I'm somehow cheap because I'd be willing to pay more money for a portable game now in glorious HD with everything redrawn?

The WiiU is literally a large-scale 3DS in design by the way. It has all of its "unique capabilities" except the 3D, but you're not going to see many 3DS games that actually work in 3D as an integral part of the game mechanics anyway, since it can be turned off at any time and make the game unplayable if it relies too much on the effect.