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bartok posted:Is Unchained Blades or Crimson Shroud any good? I am looking for a good JRPG I don't know anything about Unchained Blades but I read that Crimson Shroud uses a dice roll mechanic that sounds interesting. Unchained Blades is a dungeon crawler with a healthy amount of plot, but will require you to grind like a motherfucker at times. Unless you absolutely have to have one now, you're better off waiting for Etrian Odyssey 4 at the end of February. Crimson Shroud, on the other hand, is pretty unique. It's basically literally a D+D campaign, and takes ~8 hours to finish. It's one of those things where you're getting exactly what the premise sounds like, so if it sounds cool, go for it. It helps that it's only 8 bucks too.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 19:13 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 04:43 |
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The Gold Nunchuck is back once again on Club Nintendo. Grab one ASAP if you weren't able to before the new year! EDIT: https://club.nintendo.com/rewards-details/a/29508.do
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 21:34 |
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Yo PAL-land dudes, both the full game and demo for ZombiU are now available on the Wii U eShop, but bear in mind that you can only download 'em after hours thanks to Nintendo's adherence to that ridiculous German law. Also, Mighty Switch Force HD is 30% off as of now, according to the WayForward twitter. Presumably that's only in NA.
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# ? Jan 8, 2013 22:41 |
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:The Gold Nunchuck is back once again on Club Nintendo. Grab one ASAP if you weren't able to before the new year! I honestly wouldn't be surprised if it vanished again before the week ends. In which case they'll keep it retired for another 4 months or so before bringing them out again. I would get one personally, but I don't have a gold Wiimote to go with it so the coins would be wasted and I'm not keen on selling things off. That, and I'm 350 coins short. I should just save up for G&W Collection 2 since that's the last cool thing I want.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 06:12 |
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Anyone know if the Mario hat pouch would be big enough for a 3DS with Nyko Power Grip attached?
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 06:30 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Yo PAL-land dudes, both the full game and demo for ZombiU are now available on the Wii U eShop, but bear in mind that you can only download 'em after hours thanks to Nintendo's adherence to that ridiculous German law. Clearly it wouldn't be worthwhile for purchases what with the ridiculous prices for games we have here, but for the odd demo that falls under that law, it could be helpful.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 06:49 |
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I don't think you can switch countries on Wii U like you can on 3DS - as far as I know, you're stuck with whichever location you pick during the initial system setup.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 07:40 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:I don't think you can switch countries on Wii U like you can on 3DS - as far as I know, you're stuck with whichever location you pick during the initial system setup. I actually try to change countries yesterday (from UK to Germany), which yielded in strange results: I could change my location in the settings menu, but after i did it the console wouldn't agree to connect to the internet. When i changed it back to UK the internet worked fine. I believe the problem is user based - my user is registered with a UK NNID, so it can't connect to the german servers or something. Will probably try this again with a new user some time in the future, but for now i decided to go back to UK and suck up high prices in the Eshop.
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 12:27 |
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PAL update (January 10):quote:WII VIRTUAL CONSOLE So, how about that Wii U?
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# ? Jan 9, 2013 23:58 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:So, how about that Wii U? I don't remember the Wii Shop Channel getting neglected so much after launch. I wonder why the Wii U's eShop has pretty much been a stagnant mess. Would love for them to start rolling out the GCN Virtual Console, but somehow I don't think that'll be happening for a while.
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 00:15 |
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RMZXAnarchy posted:I don't remember the Wii Shop Channel getting neglected so much after launch. I really hope they are taking so long because they are working on making all Wii VC games work on the Wii U gamepad. (by porting them to the Wii U instead of playing them in Wii mode)
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 00:29 |
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All the (non-VC) Nintendo storefronts launched with a few noteworthy titles then floundered for months and months, so this isn't really new, but the big difference this time is that Nintendo hasn't even bothered to offer up anything of their own yet, and probably won't until Panorama View or whatever the hell that thing is called now.
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 00:29 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:All the (non-VC) Nintendo storefronts launched with a few noteworthy titles then floundered for months and months, so this isn't really new, but the big difference this time is that Nintendo hasn't even bothered to offer up anything of their own yet, and probably won't until Panorama View or whatever the hell that thing is called now. Probably that everyone is terrified of sales expectations and most indie games take longer to develop ports/want to make games from the ground up with the Pad. So either they don't think they're going to make money or they're still coding in a basement somewhere, I assume.
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 03:02 |
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PAL update (January 10):quote:WII U eSHOP NA update (January 10): quote:WII U eSHOP Also worth pointing out: NOA confirmed a Fire Emblem Awakening demo for next week.
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 15:44 |
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Oh boy, it looks like we're getting some 3DS shovelware this week. Its weeks like these where a VC release would be smart for NoA. If they don't want sales of good 3DS Downloadables to be stolen away by the oldies, then they need to put the oldies on weeks where they aren't putting out stuff people will actually buy (i.e. Put VC games out during weeks where the most you can throw out is garbage or almost nothing, and not on weeks where Pushmo-tier stuff is.) But then again, smart online decisions don't really seem to be understood by NoA, if they want money they simply need to put things out that people want to buy. Then again, I could be totally wrong, maybe there's a huge market for more Fishing and Hunting games and "Pet Simulators" (At least, that's what I'm gathering from '101 DinoPets 3D').
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 15:58 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:So, how about that Wii U? We had to wait months to even get the eshop firmware update on the 3DS. At least there are already a few demos, full retail titles and a couple of interesting indie games on the WiiU eshop. They do need to start adding more soon though.
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 16:25 |
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Boy I wish there was something for me to buy on the 3DS shop with $1.39. I hate it when this poo poo happens. Somehow it feels like a lot even though it's so little.
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 17:11 |
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Color Printer posted:Boy I wish there was something for me to buy on the 3DS shop with $1.39. I hate it when this poo poo happens. Somehow it feels like a lot even though it's so little. You know you can just add exactly how much you need to buy something, right?
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 17:13 |
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RMZXAnarchy posted:Oh boy, it looks like we're getting some 3DS shovelware this week. You call it garbage, I too call it garbage, Nintendo instead calls it "software from our valued partners that must be justly given the spotlight like other releases".
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 21:05 |
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ZombieU demo! Wahoo!
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# ? Jan 10, 2013 22:20 |
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limaCAT posted:You call it garbage, I too call it garbage, Nintendo instead calls it "software from our valued partners that must be justly given the spotlight like other releases". Well these are the same people who thought it best to shun the VC in favor of a loving Sudoku game almost a year ago.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 00:17 |
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Thought people might find this interesting - the 2012 sales rankings for the JP 3DS eShop:quote:1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf ...and the VC: quote:1. Super Mario Bros.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 04:02 |
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So it shows that Japan has (Mostly) good taste in VC Games (And what games they have that we don't yet, like KDL2). Still, Rockman 6 is on the list, but not 4? 3 is lower than 2? What bullshit, that's only further cementing that stupid notion that "All the new megamans should be like 2 because that was the best." Anyway, I sort of like how the list of newer games is pretty good save for those "Simple Series" entries, aren't those the Japanese equivalent of Shovelware?
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 04:25 |
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Mega Man 6 is still the hardest to come by even in Japan, it would make sense to buy that on the VC instead of the others which are pretty abundant as Famicom games. Looking at that sales statistic shows exactly why they've got such a crappy release schedule going on, as soon as they have Mario and Zelda out, nothing else fetches any money anymore (because people are dumb).
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 11:09 |
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RMZXAnarchy posted:Anyway, I sort of like how the list of newer games is pretty good save for those "Simple Series" entries, aren't those the Japanese equivalent of Shovelware? Not necessarily. The Simple Series is a long running brand of budget releases, and sure - there have been some lovely games among the dozens of titles carrying the banner, but there are also a lot of gems. Some really good puzzle games, in particular, but also more complex stuff. Anyway, the 3DS Simple games are all "escape the room" adventure/puzzle games, and they've been getting pretty good reviews. I should check them out sometime.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 12:01 |
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orenronen posted:Some really good puzzle games, in particular, but also more complex stuff. Puzzle Quest (The Puzzle Quest) was released as part of the Simple Series, among others. It's really just a common nomer for games of varying quality/production value.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 12:07 |
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NoE has unveiled its upcoming Q1 releases for the 3DS eShop:
Mario Golf GBC still conspicuously AWOL.
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# ? Jan 11, 2013 16:31 |
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PAL update (January 17):quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS Tokyo Crash Mobs looks to be a Zuma/Puzzloop-style colour-matching game, buried underneath a fuckload of incomprehensible 90's FMV-esque bullshit. I can't not buy it. Here's some footage from the Japanese version - from what I gather, the international version is almost identical: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0odd5LIhX_E
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# ? Jan 14, 2013 11:49 |
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I'll never get enough Club Nintendo points to claim anything so hopefully a goon can make use of these:code:
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edit: These are UK codes if that matters. Muga fucked around with this message at 19:25 on Jan 14, 2013 |
# ? Jan 14, 2013 18:24 |
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you should probably specify if you are in the UK or Europe or whatever
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# ? Jan 14, 2013 18:43 |
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European codes should work everywhere here. Buying games from all over Europe, I have activated British, French, Italian, and German codes quite a few times without issue.
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# ? Jan 14, 2013 18:44 |
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Saoshyant posted:European codes should work everywhere here. Buying games from all over Europe, I have activated British, French, Italian, and German codes quite a few times without issue. but I couldn't use them in the US
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# ? Jan 14, 2013 20:22 |
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The Sonic Racing Transformed (Wii U) demo is live on the PAL eShop, allegedly. Go take a look. Also, Sega/Double Fine has dated The Cave - January 22, ie next week. No idea if that's for both regions or just NA.
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# ? Jan 17, 2013 02:26 |
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NOA just put out their Q1 release schedule, here's all the eShop-related stuff:quote:WII U eSHOP These things are never complete, so expect to see games that aren't listed here. On the flipside, don't expect to see all these games released in the timeframe specified by NOA, not even the ones with explicit release dates.
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# ? Jan 17, 2013 14:46 |
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PAL update (January 17):quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS NA update (January 17): quote:WII SHOP CHANNEL (NOA doesn't list the prices for retail downloads on their press release, so if anyone really wants to buy the Finding Nemo shovelware they'll have to look up the price for themselves.)
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# ? Jan 17, 2013 15:41 |
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Has anyone played Ikachan? I know it's another old Pixel game, but I was just curious if anyone had opinions on the game and the probable quality of the 3DS port.
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# ? Jan 17, 2013 21:00 |
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VarrosAnon posted:Has anyone played Ikachan? I know it's another old Pixel game, but I was just curious if anyone had opinions on the game and the probable quality of the 3DS port. No idea about the 3DS port, but it's a very short game with kinda quirky controls, but it's cute and I liked it. But again, extremely short game.
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# ? Jan 17, 2013 21:11 |
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Muga posted:I'll never get enough Club Nintendo points to claim anything so hopefully a goon can make use of these:
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# ? Jan 18, 2013 07:07 |
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Two small bits of news: -The Trine 2 devs have confirmed an AU/NZ release for the end of January -Ikachan (3DS) is due for release in NA on January 31
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# ? Jan 19, 2013 01:54 |
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# ? Jun 5, 2024 04:43 |
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Wish they would reveal what happening with the WiiU Virtual Console. I was thinking of buying some VC games to fill the holes in my collection, but it's hard to buy stuff from the Wii side these days without knowing around the corner the WiiU VC will get announced and you would have to rebuy everything you had. Waiting is fine, until you start seeing things like Donkey Kong Country and Sim City get pulled without warning.
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# ? Jan 20, 2013 18:30 |