3DS Discussion Thread

[magus]

how old is he?

you are never too old for kingdom hearts

[Tasty]

Who needs HD lololol

[magus]

he should be fine then.  and the content will definitely please.

magoose, i was concerned about him being too young, not too old, you re-re.

i know but i wanted to ruin any early joke

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Who needs HD lololol

that looks nice but to be fair neither hatsworth or monster tale were that good,it's probably better than the console version anyway

[Huff]

Look boring tbh

Spencer adding the .5 to the kiddos age 

[Tasty]

http://beta.html5test.com/results/gaming.html

This is hilarious to me for some reason.

[Huff]

while currently childless my cousins are in that age where the .5 is extremely important

just thought it was funny its so built in to daddy that he has to add it at all times

[EmCeeGrammar]

http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/6ywsFO7IfWNj2CW_AxMRlXyZM6v9t8jZ
This looks pretty cool.  Its basically the wiiware version of Thruspace dressed up with an aztec theme and I assume controls that are more suitable this time around. Its coming out in Europe this week so the US release should be imminent.  Also looking forward to the colors 3d app.

[EmCeeGrammar]

Colors 3d is wonderful.  At first I thought the process of managing the separate 3d layers would be cumbersome and a little confusing but.. well it is at first.  But a quick tutorial and some brute force experimentation later and the whole thing is one of the most elegant drawing/painting programs I've used.  Its like having a portable photoshop. I've already put up a quick and dirty piece and I'll try to see if I can link for it to be viewed in the 3ds browser.

hmmmm well here's the link, not sure if there's a way to view it in 3d without paying for the program and viewing it on the 3ds.
http://colorslive.com/details/60790-dance_of_the_suneaters_by_emceegramr.php

I'm aware my clouds suck.

[Shaka Khan]

That's actually a pretty awesome drawing. I had no idea it's out, I've never tried the homebrew or the iOS app. Is it just a drawing app, or is there a meta-game and social aspect to it like Swapnote? Also, how much?

[EmCeeGrammar]

I think it was about 8 dollars after tax.  Uhhh, I wouldn't be looking for a metagame here.  Its mostly just creating your own stuff, uploading it to the server where it can be viewed by other folks.  You can browse their database and comment/like stuff and it has the swapnote feature where you can view a recording of the creation process.  There's a co-op painting mode for local but really when is it that gonna happen.

Wait, you can export to the sd card, which means you can use it with swapnote.  Furthermore you can import photos to draw on.
The database is horrid sonichu manchild stuff atm.  There are a batch of professional work done that have amazing use of the 3d layering,

This... really expands your options when going for a successful composition.  Stuff that is a no no on a regular drawing/painting/work can be acceptable when the z axis comes into play.

 On my 3ds the shadowy figure looks like its in the distance behind the wall.  I dunno why the foreground duder has a red outline after I uploaded it.
http://colorslive.com/details/64611-culture_clash_by_emceegramr.php

[Bebpo]

So even though I hate the 3DS hardware and wish nothing but the pox on Nintendo for being so cheap with it, with the announcement of NSMB2 in August, I've got to say that seeing Nintendo go into full gear WE NEED TO MAKE SOME VIDEOGAMES AGAIN mode for the first time in a decade has been pretty awesome.  Desperate Nintendo is actually a Nintendo I like, if they had put half as much effort into Wii software as they are doing into 3DS software right now, maybe the Core gamer crowd wouldn't have left the Wii in droves.  For a first place console, Wii software after 5-6 years is a barren wasteland.

MK7 -> Mario 3DS -> Icarus -> FE -> NSMB2, nice roll so far.  Throw in Paper Mario, F-Zero and a new Metroid game in the following months and I will like the 3DS.

[Shaka Khan]

I don't think they're desperate anymore, or had any less aggressive plans before sales slowed down, but that's just me.

[Owl-faced Wizard]

NSMB2 has absolutely awful presentation.  It's so simple but somehow manages to look offensive.  I know this isn't a new observation, and I don't care.

[Tasty]

Desperate Nintendo is actually a Nintendo I like, if they had put half as much effort into Wii software as they are doing into 3DS software right now, maybe the Core gamer crowd wouldn't have left the Wii in droves.

Eh, "fat" Nintendo during the Wii's heyday was pretty good I thought. But I'm me. Prime 3, Kart, SMG, WarioWare, Super Paper Mario, Wario Land, Brawl all out within the first 1.5 years was awesome to see. Then there was kind of a gap until NSMBW/Sin and Punishment 2/Metroid Other M/Epic Yarn/SMG2/Kirby's Adventure/Xenoblade/Skyward Sword. Third parties had their chance in that gap but they blew it.

For a first place console, Wii software after 5-6 years is a barren wasteland.

That's why third parties left (I think they really started leaving at the end of the third year.) But Nintendo was always going to be scarce with output for it as the big 5 started drawing closer. Nintendo is hardwired to think that home console generations last five years, not more, not less, no matter how good or how bad things get. As Oscar said in another thread, Nintendo's putting more stock into Wii U (and 3DS too, of course, in fact that seems like their primary platform right now, as it should probably be.)

MK7 -> Mario 3DS -> Icarus -> FE -> NSMB2, nice roll so far.  Throw in Paper Mario, F-Zero and a new Metroid game in the following months and I will like the 3DS.

Don't forget MH 3G, MH4, Luigi's Mansion, and Animal Crossing into the mix.

NSMB2 has absolutely awful presentation.  It's so simple but somehow manages to look offensive.  I know this isn't a new observation, and I don't care.

I think it looks worse artistically than the Wii version, but I also know seeing it in compressed screens won't be doing it justice. In motion and in 3D it's probably above decent, maybe even... good. We'll have to see come August.

[Oblivion]

NSMB: DS was awful, and I'm not holding out much hope for this one.

They should have made this for the Wii, instead.

[Tasty]

Why try to prop up a lifeless corpse when you can deliver nail in the coffin of your rival?

[Bebpo]

I do think it's funny how they are ignoring that NSMB DS ever happened. 

[Owl-faced Wizard]

Why try to prop up a lifeless corpse when you can deliver nail in the coffin of your rival?

I doubt this will affect the Vita at all.  Besides, nailing the coffin shut on the Vita is just a formality at this point.

[Oblivion]

I do think it's funny how they are ignoring that NSMB DS ever happened.

Doesn't the addition of the "2" in the new game's title sorta show the opposite?

[Tasty]

Why try to prop up a lifeless corpse when you can deliver nail in the coffin of your rival?

I doubt this will affect the Vita at all.  Besides, nailing the coffin shut on the Vita is just a formality at this point.

Obviously, it won't affect Vita in the "Vita owners will sell their systems the week this comes out" sense, I mean, most of the people who like Mario probably don't even know the Vita exists. (And I say that honestly, the marketing is fricking terrible, even for Sony.) Just in a general "it's selling a lot of units, therefore expanding the playerbase, therefore making it more favorable to devs looking at either system to develop for" sense.

[Oblivion]

Speaking of Vita, how exactly is doing, vis-a-vis the 3DS?

[Shaka Khan]

STFU Oblivion, you know exactly how badly it's performing.

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[Tasty]

Speaking of Vita, how exactly is doing, vis-a-vis the 3DS?

Sub-9k weeks in Japan and a mildly weak launch in NA don't paint a pretty picture, to say the least.

[Oblivion]

STFU Oblivion, you know exactly how bad it's performing.

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I actually don't.

I haven't followed sales much at all for a while now. I heard random blurbs last year about the 3DS seemingly performing underwhelmingly after launch, but that's about it.

Speaking of Vita, how exactly is doing, vis-a-vis the 3DS?

Sub-9k weeks in Japan and a mildly weak launch in NA don't paint a pretty picture, to say the least.

Damn...

[Eel O'Brian]

3DS, so exciting people can't stop talking about other handhelds in its threads.

[Owl-faced Wizard]

3DS, so exciting people can't stop talking about other handhelds in its threads.

You were just bitching about people talking about 3DS in the Vita thread.  I'm guessing this was supposed to be a joke, but you seem genuinely butthurt so it's pretty 50/50.

[Bebpo]

I do think it's funny how they are ignoring that NSMB DS ever happened.

Doesn't the addition of the "2" in the new game's title sorta show the opposite?

I think you are forgetting there was a Wii one as well that went on and sold a billion copies. This is technically NSMB3.

[Eel O'Brian]

Did I come in here to talk shit about something I don't own?  I'm sorry, I must be Andrex.

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not butthurt, sweetie, i have talked more shit about the vita than anyone else in that thread

this place is genuinely getting shittied up by stuff like this, just thought i'd give ya a taste

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[Oblivion]

I do think it's funny how they are ignoring that NSMB DS ever happened.

Doesn't the addition of the "2" in the new game's title sorta show the opposite?

I think you are forgetting there was a Wii one as well that went on and sold a billion copies. This is technically NSMB3.

No, it's the DS one that I'd like to forget about.

Speaking of Vita, how exactly is doing, vis-a-vis the 3DS?

In America, it's about 5.5 million to about 400k, but last month they sold nearly the same amount.  In Japan, it's about 7 million to 475k, and last week was something like 65k to 8k.  In Europe, nobody knoooooooooooows so the Vita is probably at 15 million and the 3DS is at 2.

Ah, grazie.

[magus]

2? but we have already 3?



oh wait? that's just an hack? i'm sorry they are hard to distinguish

[Tasty]

I ain't paying anything until Himuro Plinko is put on the front page. It's been like six months FFS.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

my metal gear solid 3ds case commited harry karry and fell into the bin and me mum mustve threw it away. suitable for the piece of shit game it is on this mediocre system. worse that my super maridio land 3ds was in the case

[Owl-faced Wizard]

You live with your mother?  Shocking.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

yes but its not pathetic cuz im young

[Tasty]

yes but its not pathetic cuz im young

I'm out on my own, for comparison.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

im prob younger than u andrex and not all of us have trust funds to rely on.

[Tasty]

im prob younger than u andrex and not all of us have trust funds to rely on.

How old are you? (Not mentally.)

[Tasty]

Wow man I had no idea. :'( Keep trucking dude, I'm sure you'll get a break.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

im 14

[Tasty]

Although I do take offense at that trust funds comment, my family has become pretty poor in the last four years and the fact I've become as well off as I am practically overnight is purely a chance miracle.

[demi]

You aren't a special case, Andrex. Just be prepared when they decide to leech off you.

[Tasty]

It's more likely I'd give freely before they'd ever need to come to me for handouts. Just this weekend I got a Vaio and an iPhone for my two sisters.

[demi]

Then you better hope you believe in good karma. I would have let them rot.

[Olivia Wilde Homo]

My Dad wanted me to lend him $10,000 for a pie in the sky business proposition (and another $15,000 later when this idea would really take off).  I told him the only way I'd do that is if we got a payment agreement drafted by a lawyer.  He got pissed, refused, borrowed the money from someone else, lost it, stiffed the lender, and is now working a part time job, effectively leaving his early retirement.

Beware Andrex....

[Tasty]

Then you better hope you believe in good karma. I would have let them rot.

My family is a good family. I love all of them and they all love me.

[magus]

i like the fact that they are doing luigi mansion 2,the original was an okay game,not bad but not that good either but it was nintendo finaly doing something different,plus i dig professor e.gadd,he should deserve way more screen time than fucking bowser jr.



anyway there are a lot of nice third party game coming like bravely default and guild 01 so i'm not sure why we are talking about lame nintendo games like the Xth shitty iteration of animal crossing

[Owl-faced Wizard]

i like the fact that they are doing luigi mansion 2,the original was an okay game,not bad but not that good either but it was nintendo finaly doing something different,plus i dig professor e.gadd,he should deserve way more screen time than fucking bowser jr.

anyway there are a lot of nice third party game coming like bravely default and guild 01 so i'm not sure why we are talking about lame nintendo games like the Xth shitty iteration of animal crossing

Luigi 1 was an decent game until you go to that "we had to ship this" 50-ghost hunt rubbish.

That made me rage pretty hard.  Too bad, because a ghost fishing robotron-ish game with graphic adventure elements is about the best thing ever on paper.  Still, I'm glad they are makin a sequel cos there is fertile ground there - but the original had an awful lot of flaws for such a slight, basic game so they need to give a shit.

[Takao]

It's really weird cuz it didn't sell nearly that well in other regions.  I guess America loves the underdog.

Wasn't Luigi's Mansion bundled a lot? Or do your figures not include bundled sales?

[Tasty]

Don't forget MH 3G, MH4, Luigi's Mansion, and Animal Crossing into the mix.

couple of things -

MH 3G - it's not coming to 3DS, sorry.
MH 4 - trailer was garbage, need to see whether they are about to shit on the franchise
LM - erm
AC - ...

I meant sales-wise, sorry if that didn't match up to the post I quoted lol.

LM2 is gonna be aawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwweeesome. If they ever release.

Also gtfo with your 3G trolling, schtick's gotten old.

[Tasty]

That made me rage pretty hard.  Too bad, because a ghost fishing robotron-ish game with graphic adventure elements is about the best thing ever on paper.  Still, I'm glad they are makin a sequel cos there is fertile ground there - but the original had an awful lot of flaws for such a slight, basic game so they need to give a shit.

Isn't it in the hands of the Battalion Wars 2 and Mario Strikers guys? Personally I think it'll be fantastic... if it ever comes out.

[Tasty]

I'm trying to remember but I think I remember the marketing being really effective. Plus GC had some hype and since it was a "kid's console" it's logical the premiere "kid game" at launch sold well.

But I <3 Luigi's Mansion. I've always preferred Luigi, even to the point of playing Mario's Missing. I remember shouting "finally!" when I heard he was getting his own game.

[Takao]

I was a kid when the GC was alive, but did Nintendo actively try to build the children's audience? I remember a lot of animu based kids games had GC-exclusive entries (Zoids, Beyblade, Medabots, etc.) and that always seemed odd to me. Though, the overwhelming majority of those games were trash as I'd soon find out.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

the 3ds is the worst console i've ever owned, and thats saying something considering I owned a dreamcast

[Momo]

the 3ds is the worst console i've ever owned, and thats saying something considering I owned a dreamcast

The hell is this? 

[Tasty]

the 3ds is the worst console i've ever owned, and thats saying something considering I owned a dreamcast

The hell is this? 

Methodis has bad taste, etc.

[MyNameIsMethodis]

the 3ds is horrible though. no games, bad ports. hoping paper mario saves it.

im also still really pissed that i lost the MGS3 case and it had super maridio land in it

[Shaka Khan]

this will all make sense later this week and you can apologise then.

Do you know something or are you acting like you know something? And how are you privy to such information? Answers please. I accept PMs as well.

[Shaka Khan]

lol MHP3rdG for PSP incoming.

[Takao]

GameWave redeemed.

[Tasty]

Can't wait for Vita owners to spin that Portable 3rd HD is SO MUCH BETTER than 3G and probably 4. One of my Sony friends I keep on a leash is convinced it's SO MUCH BETTER because you can transfer save files or something? Great bullet point for the back of the box there.

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Both games I haven't played sorta... though I'm waste deep in Tri.

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