NINTENDO 3DS

http://killscreendaily.com/articles/how-play-3ds-home-screen
^kinda right on. i haven't even PLAYED all the AR games yet but it's still a wonderful toy to carry around. i just haven't built a relationship with it yet

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh. Passed NINE people this evening, but as I checked them, showed my friend, then carried on my way, turns out I have lost ALL those Miis as heroes for streetpass. You need to use them as heroes IMMEDIATELY apparently.
(http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/997614-3ds/58735134).

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH THIS SUX. I didn't know this and now they're all gooooooone, ARGH.

*wailing*

" if you like turn-based strategy games Ghost Recon is a winner winner chicken dinner"

i don't like turn-based strategy games, but "winner winner chicken dinner" sounds fantastic.

what I now think of when I read Ghost Recon + 3D:

http://canvaspaint.org/dc06.png

Cave Story 3DS video footage released and in sharp contrast to the screenshots it doesn't look like a bag of smashed assholes (although of course the 2D pixel art will forever be the king)

Shop channel coming on 6/6/11 pretty much right in the middle of Sony's E3 keynote

also lol at this thread going dead for over a month like three weeks after the system launched

there's no fucking games!
i bought it, fucked around with it for a few days, got a lot of wow that's neat comments and it's been in the charger for maybe three weeks.
compared with my ipad which might as well be handcuffed to me; i woke up at four this morning with a jolt and realized i fell asleep with it next to me and had just knocked it off the bed

forks if you have ipad game recs, post em! I've been using mine like nuts for work stuff but haven't really gamed with it yet. (I know there's another thread for that, but here's the Batman rfi.)

an overgenerous grandmother got one of these for my son for his birthday, it's been a couple weeks and he plays his gameboy advance as much as this

it's fun but feels like you're staring at a magic eye after a while, doesn't lend itself to long sessions

my fave ipad game is stupid zombies

i have a weird eye thing and i can't totally do the 3d all the time, but the visual/sound/size upgrade over the 1st-gen ds i bought myself for CHRISTMAS 2004 is still worth it - i'm actually getting way more mileage out of the AR shit than i ever thought i would (viz. showing it to non-gamer coworkers, friends etc)

and friend codes? i'm 3179-6089-6783

free ipad game recs just now: dungeon raid, zarik, cut the rope lite (buy it if you enjoy it), 100 rogues, natlcapitls, stupid zombies, falling fred (good for a giggle), auditorium, mahjong free, hot springs story lite, spirits, paper train hd, frisbee

other suggestions?

tho tbf i'm not really gaming seriously with the pad yet; every game is a fun gimmick or a brief infatuation
i need to try infinity blade or one of the final fantasy games or starfront

and curious about this... only five bucks!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRULsh4ZfOQ

- Puzzle Quest (at least the first one, haven't played 2) owns so hard on the iPad, it's actually my preferred version
- Carcassonne has a universal version and owns. there are a bunch of good board games for the iPad (although bizarrely Catan is not one of them); check out anything Reiner Knizia did for a good starting point
- I like the iPad versions of SimCity and Civ Rev a whole bunch; the extra real estate is totally worth it

Carcassonne has a universal version and owns

yeah ive played around w/ this & really like it. also the monopoly is p good #_#

ffIII is p tite if ur into rpgs id recommend it over the other two ios remakes

moar

- if you jailbreak you can get snes4iphone and use your Wiimote to play
- WESNOTH HD OWNS if you like srpgs
- Chinatown Wars is way better on the iPad than on the phone although not as good as on DS
- Dominion HD is a really good Risk clone w/ online multiplayer and everything

the update's here!

- free Excitebike 3D
- free Pokemansdex in 3D
- free system transfer thing
- no Link's Awakening GFY NINTENDO
- three bucks for the inferior Mario Land
- also some DSiWare game called PicDun which is apparently a RPG/Picross hybrid? intersting

how do i activate this update?

never mind, figured it out

the DSi/3DS transfer system is being a hater :(

browser terrible as expected, though you can view 3D images & save them to SD card
uk shop prices can gtfo

is 3DS good

good hardware, probably should wait a year for the good games to come out
only got one cos my phat was fucked
shadow wars is excellent if you like fire emblem type games!

there's pretty much one good game a month coming out for the next while, though

- OoT 3DS this month
- Pac-Man/Galaga Dimensions next month
- Devil Survivor 3DS the month after that
- Shinobi 3DS the month after that
- Mario 3DS & the infuriatingly-not-demoed-at-E3 Paper Mario 3DS later this year

Is Devil Survivor 3DS is just a 3D version of DS Devil Survivor?

there's an extra day of content

Ha, it was too hard for me to get very far along in it anyway.

Maybe it also comes with a dumb people setting like Trauma Center 2 courteously did.

pokewotsit
http://i.imgur.com/VVLMh.jpg

folks really aren't playing with this thing, eh? Still haven't gotten a street pass hit.

yeh sales are terrible in UK
took me 200,000 steps before i got a streetpass hit

sales are terrible everywhere, it's getting beat by the PSP ffs

Nintendo won't allow any retailers to put units on demo display here. I've still not even seen one in action ffs.

I got a streetpass hit the first time I had it out and about. Battery life collapsed leaving it in sleep mode with wifi on so I've always left it switched off when not using it since.

oh and I can't believe I haven't brought this up yet, but FOUR SWORDS ADVENTURE COMING FREE TO THE ESHOP IN SEPTEMBER. if it has netplay then it's the best Zelda game being released this year.

kids have had a few streetpass hits but i'm not surprised it's not selling, where the fuck are the must-have games?

if it has netplay

lol

It's hard to appreciate how amazing it feels to play Ocarina of Time with modern graphics and controls (gear interface) until you're rolling around those fields on your own. All cynicism about remakes and lack of original content was just totally depleted within ten minutes. And it really looks really good. So good I'm giddy about sightseeing every regular Hyrule hang-out.

re: OoT, I had always regarded it as the first shot across the bow of Actual Gaming - e.g. the trailblazer for never-ending side-quests padding the length of the game/infuriating "helpers" bothering you every four seconds with instructions/items you use once and then never again - but playing it again now I have to say it's refreshing how little it holds your hand. I mean, Navi gonna Navi but it's not nearly as irritating as it used to be now that other games have pushed that paradigm to the nth degree.

the 3D really is amazing too. MEGADITTOES for the gyroscopic aiming - from now on, whenever I want to show people why they want a 3DS that's what I'm using.

also Donkey Kong 94 is GREAT

nearing the end of my first ever playthrough of OoT
was a bit sceptical of its rep to begin with, but am fully won over now
the 3D & gyro aiming really work as well!

The 3d threw me when I had a go earlier - seeing Link as a little claymation type guy was weird!

finished OoT, was awesome.
don't buy RE Mercenaries, it has one save slot which cannot be reset. smh.

wow that is some bullshit. wasn't going to buy the game anyway but that's fucking ridiculous.

That is incredible. I hope this isn't going to be a trend in the industry. I guess they are trying to combat the used games market, but if I'm paying £40 for a game (or whatever the price is on 3DS), I would expect to be able to replay it as many times as I like.

that is flatly ridiculous and will simply not work.

eh, people said that about on-disc DLC and look where we are now. White Knight Chronicles II has a system where if you want to re-customise your character's appearance, you have to buy an "Avatar Makeover Ticket" from the PlayStation Store! this fuckin generation.

tried a 3ds w/ madden for like 5 minutes, got a headache and had trouble adjusting my eyes to the room later. what gives?

there's an adjustable slider at the side, start low & build up. takes some time to get used to.

You know this resident evil thing isn't as bad as it sounds, it's not like you can finish then game then that's it, it's never playable again. The impression I get is that it's more like the whole structure is a set of timed missions which are designed to be played over and over, and it's just your cumulative stats that aren't deletable. Which sure, is still a pain in the arse, but it's not an entirely new thing - I remember not being able to wipe the high score table on tetris DX for the gameboy colour, for example. It's just that kind of level, really.

finish THE game then that's it