Pokemon X & Y overworld does not have 3D effect
This news has been floating out there for a while and now it’s been more or less confirmed by Nintendo themselves.
The upcoming Pokemon X & Y will not feature a 3D effect outside of battles. The game has been demoed around the world at events and this was made apparent quickly. When you are in the games ‘overworld’ there is no 3D effect, the light on the console turns off and reverts to 2D.
Confirming this news further is the first TV advert for the game. The small disclaimer text at the bottom of the screen differs from usual 3DS games, it states that the game is a ‘2D game with some 3D game play’.
So it’s not yet clear why the game is considered a 2D game and features only 3D for some parts of the game. Perhaps it is a performance thing, perhaps a stylistic choice by Game Freak. We may never know.
So what do you think? Is the omission of 3D outside of battles a bad thing for you? Let us know in the comments.
Source: NeoGAF
A bit disappointed personally. I love the 3D effect and have it on full for every game.
Regardless, I can’t wait to play it!
Gotta catch ’em all (3D or not)!
You’re the first person I’ve seen to openly admit to playing in 3D, let alone in full.
I almost never use it.. The only times I use it are sometimes maybe during an epic cutscene but only on the lowest amount of 3D and I get rid of it as soon as it’s over.
The lack of 3D is definitely not a loss for me.
Well, people only mention preferences when they look to complain. If people are pleasantly happy with something they are less likely to shout out to the internet. I’ve seen a lot of people get annoyed about this decision and revealing that they enjoy playing games in 3D. Once again, you only hear about preferences when people want to complain 😛
For me, I like playing in both 3D and 2D, being able to mix it up allows me to appreciate the beauty of 3D more rather than getting accustomed to it. I’m disappointed that they have taken away my choice to play in 3D. My partner on the other hand, can not see 3D very well and thus doesn’t use it and doesn’t care about the decision.
I am with Flomsat. I play all games on near full 3D at all times. once your eyes adjust (like they need to for Kid Icarus) it’s so much more immersive and amazing. I’m totally bummed by this, would prefer non 3D battles, but full 3D over world…
This is disappointing as I too was really looking forward to the 3D in this game. There is a possibility that this could be fixed in a future patch, and that Game Freak simply didn’t have the time to optimise the 3D effect in time for launch.
I too play all of my games in full 3D, though the only game that I’ve needed to have it turned down is Pilotwings Resort as the 3D effect is *too* strong and it strains my eyes. The only other game in which I tend to turn the 3D off completely is Fifa 12 as EA had done such a shockingly bad job with the 3D (there are either no differences between the two images aside from them being situated a few frames apart from one another, and/or the sense of depth is completely off during matches, with objects appearing as though they are in the foreground when they shouldn’t be, for instance).
I’ve never found 3D to be immersive or attractive, just gimmicky – but it’s easy for me to be blase about it, because one of my eyes is much stronger than the other and 3D looks permanently blurry to me anyway. In any case, the game could lose 3D entirely and it would all be the same to me ^^;