What if you could play your 3DS games on your Wii U? Would it appeal to you? David Delisle knew the possibility was out there. The Game Pad would act as the bottom touch screen, and the TV would act as the top screen. So, he developed a device that he calls the EDS. Similar […]
Essel Pratt·February 4, 2013
What if you could play your 3DS games on your Wii U? Would it appeal to you?
David Delisle knew the possibility was out there. The Game Pad would act as the bottom touch screen, and the TV would act as the top screen. So, he developed a device that he calls the EDS. Similar to the adapter that allowed Gameboy cartridges to be played on the Super Game Boy, this device would connect to the Wii U via USB, and allow gamers to pop in their favorite 3DS cartridge. Of course, the games would not appear in 3D, but it would give another option to play those games. Especially, if you do not own a 3DS.
Although Mr. Delisle has imagined this device, only time will tell if it ever sees full development. I, for one, would love to see this. I have concerns that the top screen might appear distorted on a large tv, however it should be possible to scale it down a bit.
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Sounds cool to me. It would be even better if it was done through firmware updates. Just stream the top screen to the Wii-U wirelessly. I don't know if the 3ds would have the horsepower to do it, though.
I would. I've always thought this would be a cool idea. The wiimote could take the place of the stylus on some game's. It would it give people the chance to play great DS titles that don't own a DS.
Nah.. Stretching the 400*250 to 1920*1080? Bleck.
I love the 3ds, I love it's games…
I don't love bad upscaled things..
The upscaling would have to be done right, so that the image still looked pixel perfect not blurred or put through a weird filter. But yeah, I'd be into it.
Some games wouldn't work well to have the two screens separated like that. But for many it would be great.
Wouldn't the quality of the game's picture be downgraded? It's a cool idea, but handheld games are made for small screens. Forcing it onto a TV would just make it look bad. Waste of time and money.
It wouldn't have to be downgraded. It could be exactly the same as on the 3DS.
But I get what you're saying… it would look blockier? (Actually, it would look equally as blocky as it does on the 3DS, you'd just be able to see how blocky it really is better because it would be bigger.)
It's to appease people like you that I'm afraid Nintendo would be likely to add a blur filter to any low rez graphics, just as they did to NES Balloon Fight on the Wii U. I personally consider the blur filters they use to be "downgraded". I like it when emulators keep things pixel perfect.
Yes, it appeals to me!
like alot of people have said it all depends on the up-scaling which nintendo have a history of bad upscaling…
I'm glad I'm not the only one that came up with that Idea. It would be awesome to play 3DS and DS games on my wii u. So yeah it appeals to me, I know the ds would be more tricky though considering the facts.
I'd love to have something like that IF the games can be scaled right. If they can get that to work properly a device like that would be awesome.
Sounds cool to me. It would be even better if it was done through firmware updates. Just stream the top screen to the Wii-U wirelessly. I don't know if the 3ds would have the horsepower to do it, though.
I would. I've always thought this would be a cool idea. The wiimote could take the place of the stylus on some game's. It would it give people the chance to play great DS titles that don't own a DS.
Nah.. Stretching the 400*250 to 1920*1080? Bleck.
I love the 3ds, I love it's games…
I don't love bad upscaled things..
The upscaling would have to be done right, so that the image still looked pixel perfect not blurred or put through a weird filter. But yeah, I'd be into it.
Some games wouldn't work well to have the two screens separated like that. But for many it would be great.
Wouldn't the quality of the game's picture be downgraded? It's a cool idea, but handheld games are made for small screens. Forcing it onto a TV would just make it look bad. Waste of time and money.
It wouldn't have to be downgraded. It could be exactly the same as on the 3DS.
But I get what you're saying… it would look blockier? (Actually, it would look equally as blocky as it does on the 3DS, you'd just be able to see how blocky it really is better because it would be bigger.)
It's to appease people like you that I'm afraid Nintendo would be likely to add a blur filter to any low rez graphics, just as they did to NES Balloon Fight on the Wii U. I personally consider the blur filters they use to be "downgraded". I like it when emulators keep things pixel perfect.
Yes, it appeals to me!
like alot of people have said it all depends on the up-scaling which nintendo have a history of bad upscaling…
I'm glad I'm not the only one that came up with that Idea. It would be awesome to play 3DS and DS games on my wii u. So yeah it appeals to me, I know the ds would be more tricky though considering the facts.
I'd love to have something like that IF the games can be scaled right. If they can get that to work properly a device like that would be awesome.