NINTENDO 3DS

Are any of the SMT games marked at 50% off in the eShop worth picking up? I was eyeing SMT4 and the Hackers one because yay cyberpunk but it seems very easy just to splurge on all of em.

Soul Hackers feels very 90s in its design, I love it but they've not done much to make it accessible to modern audiences and some of its systems can seem quite opaque. Short for an Atlus game though, maybe 20-25 hours long? Very 90s idea of virtual reality, quite funny script at times.
SMT4 is a lot more friendly and has a great soundtrack, only problem I had with it was the balancing where it felt incredibly difficult at the start and too easy towards the end. Oh and the overworld map revealed after about 10 hours can be frustrating if you don't know it's real world counterpart (Tip: print one out so you know where you are supposed to go.) Script is a lot more serious except for the demon conversations which are hilarious.
People love DSO but I can't get into it, battle system felt so slow. Neat idea though.
EO4 is the most accessible EO game, these games are like crack to me and this is probably the best of them. There's a demo I think so try it out to see if it sinks its hooks into you.

EO4 reminds me so much of Might & Magic

yeh that old PC style dungeon crawling & graph paper mapping is so addictive to me
the guy who came up with the Cubic Ninja exploit has released a simple hack that enables region free gaming on any 3DS with no modding required, just tried it out and it works! https://github.com/smealum/regionthree/

at this point, I just want the ability to play any ds or gba cart. Its the only way we're ever going to be the english translations of certain Fire Emblem titles or Mother 3.

Lord Help Me but if any of you have any 3ds nintendo club serial #s you can't be arsed to register, feel free to mesg me with them. I get a kick out of the credits.

Sorry kingfish: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-20-nintendo-to-close-club-nintendo-later-on-this-year

Rats. I dug being able to get gameboy sequels that I never would have ever spent dosh on

Online Gore Magala got me all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txa19VilQpk

if anyone has an extra NA monster hunter demo code i'd appreciate it

They seem to be liberally distributed on neogaf

Bibimbap felyne

http://i.imgur.com/9nHQ6c0.jpg

Haha that's cute, what game is it from?

I bought a used DSI XL offa Craigslist just to play DS games, and I'm glad I did. I didn't have a handheld after selling my DS lite in mid-07 during unemployment, so I've missed out on a lot of games. The shitty pixel magnification factor on the 3ds blurred everything out and made look horrible.

Now I just need to find a way to play fan-translated roms on there and run Fire Emblem 12.

Say, whatever happened to G-kit? He post here anymore?

fwiw the pixel magnification can be turned off by holding select or something during startup

for fan translated roms etc you'll need a flashkart, i used a cyclods back in the day on my ds-lite and currently use a dstwo on my 3ds and would recommend them both

Oh I know, but the dot pitch is so tight that the image is too small to really enjoy. The dsi xl works out better.

I think the DStwo is sold out everywhere, possibly due to a new version about to arrive.

Feels like Nintendo is angling to keep the DStwo out along with the New 3DS XL, since there's no "medium" size version of the New 3DS in the States

The regular n3ds will come to the US when they've shipped off their existing models.

xxxxp MH4U Korean special content

so i have two extra codes for tokyo crash mobs that club nintendo accidentally sent me, i dont know if they work or not but ILXmail me if you wanna try

also loving my new new nintendo 3ds xl

Sent!

The monster design in MH4 is out of this world. I fought an acrobatic monkey-like creature swinging on vines and a creepy crawly web slinging spider clad in the remains of another monster, the Gypceros, which I'd also fought earlier. The fights are wildly unpredictable now, all sorts of verticality going on.

Yeh a few hours in to MH4, excellent stuff so far and improves on nearly every aspect of MH3. Initially wasn't sure about that new nub thing but now grudgingly appreciating it as a camera controller - can't see it being much use for anything that requires more accuracy tho.

Yeah, the new hardware is pretty much just for one game, isn't it

still waiting for my MH4 in the mail! =|

Damn you snow storms!

using nub thing feels seamless now, funny how quick you can adapt to things. had an amazing fight against the 4 star spider monster, the verticality of the stages & mounting adds so much to the fights. totally hooked again dammit!

has anyone else felt that the nub doesn't work too well with the downward motion when their uh hands are a bit sweaty?

The spider is a really great monster. The big snake makes up somewhat for the lack of my favorite 3rd genner Lagiacrus. Going high rank in village now, the heaven's mount village and surrounding area really speaks to me.

Is Kid Icarus 3DS worth playing at all?

do you have the stand?
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/13/kid-icarus-uprising-flies-too-close-to-the-3ds-gets-bundled-wi/

Anyone pick up Majora's Mask 3D? I'm enjoying it a lot. The save-point system is a really good improvement. I didn't like having to do dungeons in one sitting on the N64 version. Graphics are nice too.

Nope, I have a dreamgear grip, tho, which may help.

http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/71%2B9lAxx%2BxL._SL1500_.jpg

xp New save point system? That sounds great. Last time I tried to do MM on the GameCube version, the long stretches were annoying me too, until the game kept fatally crashing on the same temple and I gave up altogether. Waiting for a sale.
I should really crack open Monster Hunter anyway....

"crack" being the operative word, I just looked at my play clock and it says I've played more than 50 hours of MH4 in the last couple of weeks 0_o

xp Yeah, you can do a hard save at the owl statue warp points now, as well as at a bunch of new non-warp save points. It makes the game a bit less tense, maybe, but if you ask me it's the tension of having to complete a goal within the 72-hour period that makes the game fun, not the frustration of having to do it in one go.

Another nice change is that the bank is now right next the warp point in Clock Town. And they modified the boss fights in some interesting ways. Not many big changes, but it all feels a little more streamlined.

I'm sort of interested in MH4, but not 100% sure I'd like it. I love RPGs and I like the idea of a big, patient investment in gameplay but, depending on the game, I don't always like boss fights. And this game is just boss fight after boss fight. I lack dexterity and reflexes so some boss fights where you have to dodge, arcade-style, whatever the special attack is... Will I like this game?

try playing the demo and if you're still not sure maybe you can grab MH3 on the cheap to try it out

Playing thru DQ9 lets me now see how Level-5 transitioned between the huge PS2 Dragons Quest game and something like Fantasy Life for the 3DS. Only the bones of the latter are built from MMOs, and not the standard DQ-type jrpg.

I had forgotten how much the DQ series had punny portmanteau, Pokemon-like monster names, or how much I really don't like Toriyama's single-note character design style

I don't care for the character design either, at least as far as people go (the monsters are great). But I forgive that because of the excellent puns and quality script localisation. I really liked DQ9.

http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/17/nintendo-nx-console/

"The NX" is the work-in-progress name for the next console, which is a pretty good working title.

been traveling a bunch lately so I've been getting a lot more 3DS time in.

- Shovel Knight: very good although I still feel like I'm absolutely shit at it. I love everything I see in it and badly want to see more but some parts are just such bullshit and the only way through them is to accept it
- Streetpass games: between Find Mii II, the puzzle piece exchange, Mii Force, the rock-paper-scissors one, and the haunted house one, I can count on these to take up at least 30 minutes of my time in a chunk (and more if I have a bunch of visitors). that's like Tetris levels of handheld game domination. my respect for these games continues to grow.
- Kirby Triple Deluxe: of course it's easy as shit, but the 3D is integrated really well and there's tons of stuff to do. I'm enjoying it more than any Kirby game released since Canvas Curse.
- Steel Empire: 3D port of a Genesis shmup which is just fun as balls. I am objectively terrible at these games but this one's quite approachable.
- Smash 3DS: this is still a quality game but if you have access to a WiiU get that version instead unless you absolutely demand the ability to play Smash whilst shitting.
- Theaterhythm: the best rhythm game I've played since EBA (or Ouendan 2, take your pick); I can't wait to beat it so that I can move on to the sequel, which I hear is even better.

also I got a New 3DS and while overall I love it to death, (1) I wish I could have gotten the SNES buttons and (2) I keep hitting the power button with my little finger while playing Shovel Knight.

Anyone tried Song of Seasons yet?

No but I got my Etrian Mystery Dungeon preorder today.

Anyone here try Code Name: STEAM? Intrigued as its an original IP by Intelligent, but the reviews have been very mixed, on top of an early patch to supposedly fix the major design flaw with enemy turns. Sounds like the game might still be too broken, though...

There's a very lengthy demo which I thought was ok, some of the mechanics are interesting but I'm not a fan of the art style & writing.
Boxboy is cute but maybe a bit too simple/ minimalistic.

Code Name Steam is infuriating, I wish I hadn't bought it

I dug the aesthetic but trying the demo makes me want to play Valkyria Chronicles more, which I already own, so no full-price 3DS purchase on that one.

did anyone else get the new Streetpass games (the fishing game and the zombie game)? they are both pretty good! in both cases there's tons of shit to do, fun integration of other people's Miis, and just generally fun to play - I probably like them less than Find Mii and the shooter game, but each one is at least as good as the haunted house one from the last batch of new games.

by comparison, the "Streetpass Plaza Upgrade" pack which is also available now is a stiflingly fetid pile of shit. $5 gets you another new (but really low-impact) game where you check off people's birthdays, a VIP room where you can keep all the best Miis you get (handy but eh), the ability to speed up the process by which people show up at the gate (EH), and some other stuff which is even less interesting. easily the most skippable Streetpass purchase since that stupid-ass flower-growing game.

in other news I got a Mii of Hank Hill which is just spot-on; the greeting is even "BOBBY!"

also a gentle reminder to my fellow Club Nintendo sad persons: the last day to claim your final CN reward (basically your choice of a digital game; I picked Mario Party since it was the biggest one I didn't have yet) is 4/30

i have a ton of unopened 3DS games but.. i'm too lazy to enter in the codes. I picked up Sakura Samurai with the coins I had, thanks for reminding me