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Serenity Dove posted:Regarding KI, I found the controls for the flight sections perfect but the ground sections are what give me problems. They're not too bad but I'm finding on levels with lava, etc, I often find myself trying to dodge an enemy projectile and hurtling into a hot fiery bath instead. Perhaps that's just me but I find the ground controls lack finesse. It just seems clunky. Or maybe I'm poo poo at the game who knows. Personally, the ground battles are the thing about Kid Icarus that really grabbed my attention. I guess they call these things "character action games" nowadays, but whatever you want to call them, KIU is probably one of the most finely crafted one of those. Up there with Bayonetta and Devil May Cry.
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Handgun Harlot posted:Controls are the thing that makes video games active entertainment; if you only have graphics and sound and maybe a story, that's called a movie. If the one thing you have to interface with a video game is the controls, how can you possibly pretend it's not there? Like morale, it's only a topic that comes up when you have the sneaking suspicion that it's poo poo. A good game has controls so intuitive you barely notice what you're doing. A bad game makes you think about the controls. No, KI just has controls that makes you sissies cry out in anger because your pussy hands can't hold a system and a stylus.  I didn't think of poo poo when I played the game, the whole way through. It's a good game, period, quit being little bitches and take breaks if your hands really aren't that strong.
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Feb 1, 2013 23:48
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Handgun Harlot posted:Controls are the thing that makes video games active entertainment; if you only have graphics and sound and maybe a story, that's called a movie. If the one thing you have to interface with a video game is the controls, how can you possibly pretend it's not there? Like morale, it's only a topic that comes up when you have the sneaking suspicion that it's poo poo. A good game has controls so intuitive you barely notice what you're doing. A bad game makes you think about the controls. Because the controls are not actually that bad, just a little problematic, and the rest of the gameplay is great. Controls != the entire game, and the controls are only really problematic on the ground sections.
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Feb 2, 2013 00:30
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ImpAtom posted:Because the controls are not actually that bad, just a little problematic, and the rest of the gameplay is great. Controls != the entire game, and the controls are only really problematic on the ground sections. Which is half the game. The other half being the flying sections. The controls are beyond poo poo, its one thing that makes me wish homebrewing was possible on the 3DS just so someone could come up with non retarded controls. Its astounding the amount of games Nintendo has released that would work better without some stupid touchscreen or in the case of the Wii, motion crap.
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Feb 2, 2013 00:42
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Some people like different things. No reason to fight about it.
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Feb 2, 2013 00:44
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Feb 2, 2013 00:45
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Kid Icarus is awesome and the controls aren't that bad once you get used to them. That stand that comes with the game helps a ton though I find. Still, I'm glad i picked it up when I got my 3ds considering it's getting me through the wait for fire emblem.
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Feb 2, 2013 00:47
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Iwata Asks: Fire Emblem Awakening! (click)
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The controls in Kid Icarus Uprising take some getting used to but once you do they're fine unless you are a child or unfortunate enough to be left handed. The ground levels are super fast paced and on the higher difficulties you need to be pretty precise and make a lot of quick actions. The only alternate control setup that could have preserved the way the combat feels is keyboard+mouse and, well, it's not like the game was ever going to come out on PC. Like, a Wii Remote or a dual analog controller would have "worked" technically but the lack of precision and speed in those control methods would have made the game lose a lot of what makes it cool in the first place.
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absolutely anything posted:The controls in Kid Icarus Uprising take some getting used to but once you do they're fine unless you are a child or unfortunate enough to be left handed. The ground levels are super fast paced and on the higher difficulties you need to be pretty precise and make a lot of quick actions. The only alternate control setup that could have preserved the way the combat feels is keyboard+mouse and, well, it's not like the game was ever going to come out on PC. Like, a Wii Remote or a dual analog controller would have "worked" technically but the lack of precision and speed in those control methods would have made the game lose a lot of what makes it cool in the first place.
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Sultan Tarquin posted:Now I don't know who to believe! Here is the test, pick up your 3ds and can you hold it with your left hand while also using the analogue control and the left bumper i believe...then with your right hand you are pretty much always using the stylus. I think there are other control options but this is how I played and it didn't bother me at all. The game is pretty fantastic, the controls are pretty much the only complaint and even that is debatable. If you can play a 3ds that way without breaking your wrists then there's no reason not to own the game because it is one of the best for 3ds.
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absolutely anything posted:The controls in Kid Icarus Uprising take some getting used to but once you do they're fine unless you are a child or unfortunate enough to be left handed. The ground levels are super fast paced and on the higher difficulties you need to be pretty precise and make a lot of quick actions. The only alternate control setup that could have preserved the way the combat feels is keyboard+mouse and, well, it's not like the game was ever going to come out on PC. Like, a Wii Remote or a dual analog controller would have "worked" technically but the lack of precision and speed in those control methods would have made the game lose a lot of what makes it cool in the first place. Yep, Kid Icarus sounds amazing to me, I really want to play it, but I'm left handed  I almost want to buy it just to see if I could manage...Also, I have to get this off my chest, and this may just put me in a certain generation, but every time I see it abbreviated KI, I think "holy crap, they're releasing Killer Instinct for the 3ds?!" Am I weird?
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Flumpus posted:Yep, Kid Icarus sounds amazing to me, I really want to play it, but I'm left handed Yeah, I want to play it too, but everything I have ever heard is that it's awful for lefties. Supposedly you can use the face buttons as a poor man's analog stick, but that doesn't really sound like a great way to play the game.
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It does have Circle Pad Pro support specifically for lefties, if you want to go that route.
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Sultan Tarquin posted:Since atlus has no EU publisher and we'll never get those games..how's Harvest Moon? Actually, they do. Ghostlight are the ones that publish Atlus games in Europe and (once in a blue moon,) Australia. They just don't publish enough of Atlus' games  .homeless snail posted:It does have Circle Pad Pro support specifically for lefties, if you want to go that route. I still don't understand how they could've incorporated the Circle Pad Pro and not made a dual-stick control option  . Game's fun as hell, just a strange design choice.
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As a leftie, I didn't have too much trouble with it. I didn't find the higher difficulties much fun, but that might just be me being bad at the game.
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I'm a lefty although fairly ambidextrous and I beat the whole game on the hardest difficulty. It was a lot of fun.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:I still don't understand how they could've incorporated the Circle Pad Pro and not made a dual-stick control option I think by the time the Circle Pad Pro came out, the game was too far in development to be able to use the CPP effectively.
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MarsDragon posted:Yeah, I want to play it too, but everything I have ever heard is that it's awful for lefties. Supposedly you can use the face buttons as a poor man's analog stick, but that doesn't really sound like a great way to play the game. Game is completely playable left handed. It's a little uncomfortable and a little harder, but it's not Dillon's Rolling Western with its Right Hand controls or gently caress off business. Circle Pad for right handed people can be switched out for the Direction Pad for left handed people. It's a little more awkward, and a little more painful than the default, but pretty much all the levels besides the final boss can be beaten by at an intensity of at least 5, if not higher if you are half decent at the game.
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Dr. Fetus posted:I think by the time the Circle Pad Pro came out, the game was too far in development to be able to use the CPP effectively. Imagine if they had supported the CPP better, but didn't have inverse axis controls as an option! As much as the controls turned me off, I still put like 40 hours into Kid Icarus and it gives me hope that they will take some feedback to heart when making a sequel.
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PonchAxis posted:Did you play through the whole thing? I remember reading about the "second half" of Super Mario 3D Land and hoping it would get hard but it hasn't so far; I'm on S-3 and it's still easy as poo poo. The thing it DOES do is get really interesting in the level design. The S-worlds are a lot more engaging than the first 8 levels. Not hard, but really entertaining and actually fun. It's just a shame half of the game is pretty loving dull compared to latter half. I really wish if there's a sequel that it'll keep up with that.
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For those who are weaklings and can not handle holding your 3ds while playing KI, the game comes with a stand built specifically for that concern.
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Sire Oblivion posted:I remember reading about the "second half" of Super Mario 3D Land and hoping it would get hard but it hasn't so far; I'm on S-3 and it's still easy as poo poo. The thing it DOES do is get really interesting in the level design. The S-worlds are a lot more engaging than the first 8 levels. Not hard, but really entertaining and actually fun. It's just a shame half of the game is pretty loving dull compared to latter half. I really wish if there's a sequel that it'll keep up with that. After hearing people hype up the second world so much, I was really disappointed that the second world is almost all barely-remixed versions of the original levels with gimmicks like super-speed, cosmic clones, and timed runs that were already present in the Galaxy series. The first half of the game was so small already, and they recycle it? Bleh.
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Francis posted:After hearing people hype up the second world so much, I was really disappointed that the second world is almost all barely-remixed versions of the original levels with gimmicks like super-speed, cosmic clones, and timed runs that were already present in the Galaxy series. The first half of the game was so small already, and they recycle it? Bleh. It was New Game+, it was awesome because it was more difficult. For what you get from regular handheld titles, there was a ton of content in 3D Land. Plus, it's not unprecedented; SMG had about the same amount of levels and then had you go through everything as Luigi. Then SMG2 got waaaaay better. Let's hope the same thing could happen here?
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Does anyone know if you can get the 3DS eShop Prepaid cards at Gamestop? I'm assuming they sell them but I didn't see them on the website. Basically, I have a bunch of Gamestop credit and I want to get FE: Awakening when it comes out but I suspect I'm only going to be able to find a digital copy.
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Flame112 posted:Does anyone know if you can get the 3DS eShop Prepaid cards at Gamestop? I'm assuming they sell them but I didn't see them on the website. They have them in Canada so I'm sure they do in the US.
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Stravinsky posted:For those who are weaklings and can not handle holding your 3ds while playing KI, the game comes with a stand built specifically for that concern. This old chestnut. The stand is crap to and its basically the exclamation point on the horrible controls, Nintendo knew they where rear end but rather than re-designed them they just packed a cheap plastic stand.
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Flame112 posted:Does anyone know if you can get the 3DS eShop Prepaid cards at Gamestop? I'm assuming they sell them but I didn't see them on the website. Yeah, I got a couple of eShop cards from there already so your local gamestop should have one as well. Nintendo's just weird about not having those on any online store.
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So I finally started 999 and (ending spoilers) what did I do wrong to get everyone murdered?
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Len posted:So I finally started 999 and (ending spoilers) what did I do wrong to get everyone murdered? Doors are important. That's all you need to know. (Also, one ending is locked until you get another ending.)
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SystemLogoff posted:Doors are important. That's all you need to know. (Also, one ending is locked until you get another ending.) But everything was going so good And then there was a knife in my back
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Len posted:But everything was going so good So start playing again and pick new doors and different options. That's the point.
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I just remembered that Luigi's Mansion 2 comes out next month. It's gonna be a terrible, terrible wait for that I don't care what anyone says I love the poo poo out of the first one still to this day
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Dr. VooDoo posted:I just remembered that Luigi's Mansion 2 comes out next month. It's gonna be a terrible, terrible wait for that You and me both!  I kinda hope they make it into one of the subseries of the Mario franchise, like the Wario series or Yoshi series.
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Ghostlight just closed their "Amazing" January competition, and the winner was someone who "realistically" wished for Shin Megami Tensei IV. So unless there's a new unannounced Shadow Hearts in development (the winner's secret wish), there's a slight possibility of another SMT game for Europe.
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Pixeltendo posted:Kid icarus uprising is so good, that I wish all the characters in it were playable in the next Smash bros. title. Loved the game play. But all the talking led me to shutting my volume off for most of the game. Dr. VooDoo posted:I just remembered that Luigi's Mansion 2 comes out next month. It's gonna be a terrible, terrible wait for that Finally, still need my Animal Crossing though. Big Moose fucked around with this message at 11:19 on Feb 2, 2013 |
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Len posted:But everything was going so good It's nice because on the subsequent playthroughs, you can hold the Right button on the D-Pad to fast-forward through text you've already seen. It's a sanity saver.
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I need some clarification on the whole eshop system. Purchasing a game through it locks that copy down to the handheld regardless of which Nintendo account is signed on to it, right? If I were to sell my 3DS in the future, would the new owner have access to those games as well even if I did a factory reset? I'm wondering how Nintendo's awful handling of digital downloads affects its resale value, since I can't take the games with me if I were to upgrade to a new handheld further down the road.
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You can do a system transfer if/when you sell it. You'll need them to both be physically present, but it transfers all licenses and friend codes and all the other stuff to your new system, effectively wiping the old one to factory defaults, I believe. So you can retain your games as long as you're immediately moving them to a new system. If you sell it and then buy a new one later, yes, they're gone. Yes, it's stupid.
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