Gonna go pick up the 3DS at noon...hope it's not too much of a wait.
funny how gaf hates on IGA's castlevania iterations even though they're one of few games worth owning on the DS.
They do? Although at the same time, people started getting tired of the Igvanias when they came out on the DS. I still like AoS better than DoS.
i had no problem playing mario 64 with the D-Pad,i don't get why people complain about that so much
Probably because Mario 64 was a game
designed around being played with an analog stick, and they decided to release it on a system that didn't have one.
I didn't like the thumbstrap controls. But then again, I'm not a Mario 64 fan in the first place. Give me the classic 2D Marios over that garbage any day.
DS line up is pretty awesome if you ask me - cupboard full of DS games can't be wrong!
But you have a cupboard full of games for every system!
The thing about those games listed, except Ghost Recon, which looks cool, is they're all already available in better packages on other platforms. For what a launch title should be, like something unique and new as a reason to buy the hardware, they're not so great. I have a better version of SSF4 on the 360, Dynasty Warriors 7 comes out in a day, etc. I guess it depends on how little you've experienced those games on other systems, and how much new hardware will increase your enjoyment of it.
Absolutely true, except that the main reason to get those games is to have them available on the go...or on the john, or wherever. Also Samurai Warriors Chronicles may end up being the better game than SW3(Z), since it allows for four-man teams on the field and looks like it has an interactive story. SSF4 also comes with the "DLC" outfits available...no extra money needed. Although it missing the latest set of (actual) DLC outfits. For me the big disappointment with SSF4 is that they didn't base it on Arcade Edition, which makes absolutely no sense whatsoever.
Like, I'm more excited about Dead or Alive than Street Fighter because there hasn't been a new DoA since 2005 (or 2006? can't remember if it was a launch game).
2005. Not sure if I'd call this a "new" DOA though. It appears to be DOA4 with the added boss characters from previous titles playable, and added stages/cut scenes from DOA2 and DOA3. I am still all over it too, though, since it's going to have online play.
And while on the subject of fighters, if BlazBlue Continuum Shift II on PSP/3DS doesn't have online play DOA and SSF4, I'm going to pass on it. No excuse not to have it now.
Personally it doesn't bother me much because good games will come, and it's not like I don't have other systems to play games on. I'm pretty much buying the 3DS for the hardware at this point and that's ok. It is a better launch than the DS, though. These may be rehashes, but many look very competent. FWIW, I'm not expecting the PSP2 to have a great launch either. The PSP was the exception to all this.
I don't see the point in buying a system if you don't care about any of the games on it at the time.
Eh, at the Japanese DS launch I had Feel the Magic, Warioware, Mario 64 and most of all it had NEW gameplay centered games. Of course PSP lineup was better with Lumines, Ridge Racers, and Minna no Golf.
That wasn't anywhere near enough. Like I said, Warioware was fun, but it was over too quickly and then I didn't care about the DS again. The PSP shat all over it. Even Vampire with its longer load times and Metal Gear Ac!d were cool.
7 month after the DS release date,japanese player (and gaijin importer,who are all now dead thanks to nintendo progresive stance on regional lock) were playing this
7 month after the 3DS,you guys are going to play... a port of ocarina and a port of starfox and a port of metal gear 3,no gaijin allowed 
It's not seven months for Zelda. With E3 right around the corner, who knows what's coming.
BTW, I said that Castlevania DoS was the reason I re-purchased a DS in 2005. But I bought it early, right when I got to Japan, because GAF was shitting itself over Ouendan and Jump Super Stars. I thought both games SUCKED. Jump was just dumb...with Ouendan it was a combination of my not feeling the controls and not caring for the music. Meteos ended up being the game that made me feel like I didn't completely throw that money down the toilet.
