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Most under-utilized consoles? (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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Is there any retro consoles that you never lived up to their potential? where the games fell short of the hardware?.

Personally I feel that the NDS was under-utilized, as it was a fully 3d capable console, that was used mostly for 2d pixel art games, and platformers. When it was able to support full 3d platformers and even a fan remake of portal.

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[–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Nintendo really had their thinking-caps on tight when they decided that a third of the N64 controller was always inaccessible

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    The n64 controller is a very cautious design.

    they were not sure if people(players and devs) would utilize the analogstick and chose to design the controller in a way that it could be used in the same way established controllers were used, the n64 predates the dualshock by a whole year afterall.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago

    Nintendo's way is to get last-gen hardware and add some kind of tweak to it and then just have a solid game library. They are almost never cutting edge. Even the new Switch2 is not a cutting edge SOC.

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