Nintendo 3DS thread

[Bebpo]

When are they going to make this thing region free
Gundam and Blazblue II are more interesting than the entire US lineup

[Sho Nuff]

Someone brought theirs to work. Played for 5 minutes and was totally apathetic. Zzz

[Damian79]

When are they going to make this thing region free
Gundam and Blazblue II are more interesting than the entire US lineup

Looks like i have to buy a US versions 3ds now.  If they make it region free i would be so happy.

[Himu]

Managed to play with someone's at work. The 3d is really really impressive.

Makes me want one bad. If only for a new ds.

[Joe Molotov]

Someone brought theirs to work. Played for 5 minutes and was totally apathetic. Zzz

I played Super Street Fighter 4 on the toilet for 5 minutes and got two perfects against some guy. Best system ever.

[TakingBackSunday]

I guess I'll be getting Street Fighter IV and Pilotwings.  Seems to be the most well-rounded two games for the system so far.  I'd buy Ghost Recon but I don't know if I'd like it or not.

[bork]

I was wrong; Ridge Racer DOES have the first person view, and it makes the 3D effect work much better, IMO.  Just played the shit out of it.

Someone brought theirs to work. Played for 5 minutes and was totally apathetic. Zzz

I played Super Street Fighter 4 on the toilet for 5 minutes and got two perfects against some guy. Best system ever.

Me too!     SSF4 on the john

I had a 35 straight win streak going with Chun, and decided to just see what playing against someone using lite mode would be like...got a Guile spammer who got me in the end because he could do Guile's Ultra on the fly every time.   

[Diunx]

How many 3d cock pics have you guys taken so far?

[The Sceneman]

When are they going to make this thing region free
Gundam and Blazblue II are more interesting than the entire US lineup

as soon as it's hacked. So in a week or two.

I'd like a 3DS once this BULLSHIT region locking is bypassable

[Damian79]

Me too!     SSF4 on the john

I had a 35 straight win streak going with Chun, and decided to just see what playing against someone using lite mode would be like...got a Guile spammer who got me in the end because he could do Guile's Ultra on the fly every time.   

I think there needs to be like a half a second pause for lite players.  I think it is unfair otherwise to normal players.

[SantaC]

so when is the inevitable 3DS lite coming out?

[Raban]

Give it a year.

[Bebpo]

I got my $25 credit and I'm ordering my first 3DS game now.  I'm on the fence between Pilotwings and Ridge Racers.  I would get Ghost Recon but umm, I'm 31 hours into Tactics Ogre and 25 hours in Disgaea 4; the last thing I want to play is another srpg.  Maybe in a year when it's $5.  Would get musou but I don't have the time for another 50 hour musou game.  Just want a title to pick up and play for 20 mins and go "hey this is 3d effect".

I never played the pilotwings mode in Wii Sports Resort because I never played Wii Sports Resort.  I really loved Pilotwings on SNES.  But I also kind of enjoy Ridge Racer although I hate the handling/nitro system in the PSP/PS3/X360 games.

[bork]

I got my $25 credit and I'm ordering my first 3DS game now.  I'm on the fence between Pilotwings and Ridge Racers.  I would get Ghost Recon but umm, I'm 31 hours into Tactics Ogre and 25 hours in Disgaea 4; the last thing I want to play is another srpg.  Maybe in a year when it's $5.  Would get musou but I don't have the time for another 50 hour musou game.  Just want a title to pick up and play for 20 mins and go "hey this is 3d effect".

I never played the pilotwings mode in Wii Sports Resort because I never played Wii Sports Resort.  I really loved Pilotwings on SNES.  But I also kind of enjoy Ridge Racer although I hate the handling/nitro system in the PSP/PS3/X360 games.

Get Ridge Racer.  And get Street Fighter. 

[Bebpo]

I've probably put less than 3 hours total into ssfiv since it launched. Capcom fighting games aren't really for me anymore :p

[bork]

I've probably put less than 3 hours total into ssfiv since it launched. Capcom fighting games aren't really for me anymore :p

Now's a good time to start!  I'd take this over BlazBlue CSII, especially since it looks like BB isn't going to have online play on the portables.   

[magus]

let me guess bebpo,you got an american 3DS and now you can't get layton?

[bork]

I don't blame Bebpo for not importing...$500 for a Japanese 3DS is insane!

[Bebpo]

I don't even think the system is worth $250. There's no way I'd buy an import one.

Will probably get ridge. Might just get both ridge and pilotwings.  Once they hack it, I'll import Layton & Gundam.

[demi]

They hardly hacked the DSi... 3DS is gonna be a whole new thing. I wouldnt even bet on it happening this year.

[bork]

I don't even think the system is worth $250. There's no way I'd buy an import one.

Will probably get ridge. Might just get both ridge and pilotwings.  Once they hack it, I'll import Layton & Gundam.

So why did you buy one now?

[originalz]

Samurai Warriors is pretty good!  I don't know about whether or not the draw distance is slightly less than the PSP game or whatever, but it plays really solid and looks fine.  The character switching is handled pretty well, and the AI is smart enough to go to points of interest on their own so if you need to be at an objective near them, they'll already be on their way by the time you're ready to switch out.  The 3D effect is pretty well-done, I really like how they handle it during story sequences, almost made me think my screens were dirty.  Can't go wrong with choosing this as a launch title.

I'm going to assume that the parts where you choose what to say only impacts the friendship stuff?  It won't branch the storyline and have you go on different missions?

[Bebpo]

I don't even think the system is worth $250. There's no way I'd buy an import one.

Will probably get ridge. Might just get both ridge and pilotwings.  Once they hack it, I'll import Layton & Gundam.

So why did you buy one now?

Because I feel compelled to own every gaming system so that I can play any game that looks neat without worrying about if I own the right system.

Although, is 3DS in high demand like the Wii?  If I can get $500 for mine, for me it's probably worth flipping and buying an import 3DS instead.

[bork]

I don't even think the system is worth $250. There's no way I'd buy an import one.

Will probably get ridge. Might just get both ridge and pilotwings.  Once they hack it, I'll import Layton & Gundam.

So why did you buy one now?

Because I feel compelled to own every gaming system so that I can play any game that looks neat without worrying about if I own the right system.

Although, is 3DS in high demand like the Wii?  If I can get $500 for mine, for me it's probably worth flipping and buying an import 3DS instead.

I have no idea.  I saw plenty of them available when I bought in on Sunday, though.  I'd be surprised if you could get $500 for it.

[demi]

3DS is not in high demand right now.

[SantaC]

atleast capcom is showing what the 3DS is capable of. Nice graphics

[Bebpo]

Hey is samurai warriors JP voice with subs?
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This trailer makes it seem like it is. 

If there's no hideous DW dub voices, the weaboo musou fan in me will buy it.

[Bebpo]

Alright, well I'm officially a launch day sucker.  Bought Super Street Fighter IV, Samurai Warriors and Pilotwings.  With the various credits amazon is running it was about $84 for all three shipped.  Ridge was sold out.

[TakingBackSunday]

atleast capcom is showing what the 3DS is capable of. Nice graphics

fffuuuuuuu that looks great

[Bebpo]

Hmm, I messed around with my system a bit.  The d-pad is horrid and maybe the worst I've ever used.  I hope I won't have to use it for much.  The analog is alright, I could see how it'd be better than the PSP one.  The interface is basically the Wii and the 3d camera is cool but I wish it had a higher megapixel camera so you could get non-shitty low-res compression 3d pics. 

The one thing I'm pretty curious about when I get some games is the sound quality.  PSP sound with headphones = cd/dvd quality.  Pretty much perfect.  DS sound with headphones = lq noisy shit.  Would be nice if they finally entered the 20 first century with their sound chips, but will hear for myself.

The 3d in the AR games/face raiders is neat.  It seems reaaaaaally sensitive.  Like in face raiders everytime I turn the DS I'd see double images and it'd look out of focus.  It seems like when you play games in 3d you want to have the system set in one place the whole time.

I honestly have no idea how I'm going to play street fighter with these controls, but I guess I'll get used to it. 

Also I didn't realize the blue was the girls color.  It looked less like fingernail polish in the pictures!!

[bork]

If you're even going to attempt to play SSF4 with analog, make sure to recalibrate the analog pad first in the 3DS settings.

I tried headphones with SSF4, and the volume seemed low.  It was much better with Ridge Racer.

[Enl]

I thought the dpad was ok. The clickiness of it helps a lot. I've actually been able to use it pretty effectively in Street Fighter so far. I do wish it was a tad bigger. I could barely use the slider pad for anything other than 360 moves. Now the sharp nubs at the bottom of the system has been a pain in my ass. I may need to file those down at some point.

[Bebpo]

When a person like me who is small and has small hands even thinks the d-pad is too tiny...it's too tiny ^^;  Just seems really fragile and barely elevated off the surface.  Also not used to it being in such a low position on a handheld, so that's part of it.

[Bebpo]

The 3d screen burns my eyes and causes pain :\  After only like 5-15 mins my eyes hurt in the same way as if I'm staring at a computer monitor reading text for hours in the dark.

I wonder if this is going to actually fuck up people's eyesight. 

[cool breeze]

Yes, that is the exact feeling I felt when I used to the 3D for an extended time.  What usually fatigues my eyes that little sleep and a long day of work, reading and writer,  happened in maybe an hour or less of playing with the 3D on.  As cool as the 3D effect is, the slider is probably going to remain off 95% of the time.

I don't get the beef with the dpad.  It's better than any DS dpad and only the location is awkward for me.  I don't mind a small dpad if it has a nice roll and height (why I really like the GB Micro one).

And Resident Evil Mercenaries looks great and definitely on another level than what you see on the PSP.  But it's mostly the sheen and added visual effects that make it look nice, so much the models or anything, which do seem comparable with the PSP.  And I don't know if the laser sight is solid as a design choice or because the 3DS has trouble with transparency.  In some pictures of Zelda 3DS, the water looks like solid paint.

They've also announced that RE Mercs comes with a demo of RE Revelations.

[TakingBackSunday]

cum.  Capcom is really raping 3DS development.

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with ports.  but still, sexy ports

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[Joe Molotov]

Well, I certainly didn't buy the 3DS for original games! Bring on more hot, sexy N64 ports with PSP graphics.

[Sho Nuff]

Pilotwings N64 >>>>>>>> Pilotwings 3DS

What a disgrace 

Bring back Paradigm!

[Bebpo]

What I've been doing with my no games 3ds

[Sho Nuff]

Wow

That camera really puts my 2001 Toshiba cell phone camera to shame

[The Sceneman]

I know it's Nintendo, but WOW.

Cannot believe how poor the image quality is from that camera. It's 2011 for fucks sake

[Bebpo]

To be fair, my iphone 3G camera was just as shit.  Apparently unless you are a camera manufacturer you can't make a camera :\

Well, not if you won't spend over $100 on parts!

[TakingBackSunday]

think though, if it was a 3 megapixel camera, the system would be like $349 :-/

meh, I don't take pics with videogame systems so fuck it.

[TakingBackSunday]

err, really?  The same quality camera as an iPhone 3GS?

[cool breeze]

yeah, Pilotwings 3DS is a slummy, cheap game that doesn't capture what made me like Pilotwings 64.  It's short on content and what's there is boring and hidden.  It's like if you were paid in pennies, except you simply handed the pennies, they were spread out randomly in a giant sandbox.  And you have to spend money to enter that sandbox to find the pennies.  And when you finally collect them all, you realize you aren't in America and the pennies are worthless.  And then he spreads nickels, but only a portion can be collected during specific times.

Someone should just make a sequel to Sky Odyssey.


and ffs the camera isn't meant to take good pictures; it's meant to take fun pictures.

[originalz]

The low MP of the camera really is insane, especially since the DSi also was so low, guess people were satisfied enough by it.  Hopefully they'll up it for the next revision.

No problems with playing games in 3D with my eyes, I guess it affects people differently.

I've noticed that my hands start to feel numb after a lot of playing though, I don't think the button layout is that comfortable.  Seems to happen whether I use the dpad or nub.

[bork]

The low MP of the camera really is insane, especially since the DSi also was so low, guess people were satisfied enough by it.  Hopefully they'll up it for the next revision.

No problems with playing games in 3D with my eyes, I guess it affects people differently.

I've noticed that my hands start to feel numb after a lot of playing though, I don't think the button layout is that comfortable.  Seems to happen whether I use the dpad or nub.

I've found that when playing Street Fighter, my hands hurt a LOT less without my index fingers resting on the should buttons. 

[The Sceneman]

and ffs the camera isn't meant to take good pictures; it's meant to take fun pictures.

ugh, cant believe youre using that classic Nintard spin. "It doesnt matter that theyre using crummy 10 year old tech, it's FUN"

[cool breeze]

and ffs the camera isn't meant to take good pictures; it's meant to take fun pictures.

ugh, cant believe youre using that classic Nintard spin. "It doesnt matter that theyre using crummy 10 year old tech, it's FUN"

you don't get it

I went to my sister's wedding last month and only took pictures using my DSi.  While you can't recognize anyone in the pictures, there are hilarious mirror images and we were able to tell how compatible she was with her husband lol it was so fun wwwwww.  It was so much fun we even hooked it up to the sound system and blasted wedding tunes as if birds were singing them XD

[Joe Molotov]

and ffs the camera isn't meant to take good pictures; it's meant to take fun pictures.

ugh, cant believe youre using that classic Nintard spin. "It doesnt matter that theyre using crummy 10 year old tech, it's FUN"

The image quality may only be 0.3 MP, but the whimsy quality is 300 MP.

[Eel O'Brian]

with low-res cameras the zits all blend together leaving a pleasing glow on the cheeks of the ninthing's self portrait

saw this thing today, someone at the park had one and let me check it out for a couple of minutes

they had that soccer game, looked really cool for about ten seconds until i shifted the unit two inches and the players on the field doubled

my reaction was "wow, they really didn't think this whole 3D handheld concept through, did they?"

[Bebpo]

yeah, you must be very very still to not lose the 3d effect.  Tbh, I would rather have had the 3ds be 3d w/glasses like the theaters and a wide range. 

[Eel O'Brian]

also, i recently purchased a $30 cell phone because i have to have one now (hate, hate, hate, fucking despise cell phones), and it has a 2 megapixel camera on it

face it, nintendo are just cheap fucks, if they didn't have mario and zelda games they might as well be called emerson or audiovox

[MyNameIsMethodis]

or microsoft

[Eel O'Brian]

sick burn, dude

[Damian79]

I dont get the big deal, the 3ds camera is for the 3ds and not pc's.  I would never use it anyway *shrugs*.

[TakingBackSunday]

but like dude, everyone takes pictures these days, don't you know

don't you know

[Bebpo]

I dont get the big deal, the 3ds camera is for the 3ds and not pc's.  I would never use it anyway *shrugs*.

They look just as bad on the 3ds though 

[pilonv1]

The 3d screen burns my eyes and causes pain :\  After only like 5-15 mins my eyes hurt in the same way as if I'm staring at a computer monitor reading text for hours in the dark.

I wonder if this is going to actually fuck up people's eyesight. 

Nintendo has a solution

http://www.1up.com/news/3ds-giving-headaches-what-nintendo-says

Judging by many of the comments made on Twitter, it seems clear that the 3D effect in Nintendo's new 3DS has caused more than a handful of headaches. Nintendo has responded, claiming that a short break is usually more than enough to alleviate any such symptoms.
Responding to a MaxConsole story which compiled complaints made on Twitter about eye strain or headaches caused by the 3DS, Nintendo U.K.'s Robert Saunders stated, "We have shown Nintendo 3DS at multiple events around the world to literally hundreds of thousands of people and have received very few negative comments. As with anything that requires focus, from reading to staring at a computer screen, taking breaks frequent breaks is always recommended.

"When viewing any kind of 3D images (TV, movies etc.), some people might experience minor discomfort. The effects are short term and have no lasting effect, in fact most players can continue after taking a short break. The Nintendo 3D was designed with a 3D depth slider that lets users adjust the 3D effect to a level that suits them for optimum enjoyment."

Just turn off the main feature of your $250 device.

[Damian79]

They look just as bad on the 3ds though 

Would it looks any better on the 3ds with a higher quality camera?