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Strange Quark posted:Some Bestbuy stores have it in! But it's not on their website so I can't use the store locator! 
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404GoonNotFound posted:But it's not on their website so I can't use the store locator! Yes it is? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17006&type=page&skuId=7366094&searchpage=true&_requestid=360042
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Feb 4, 2013 18:16
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I'm on Chapter 11 or so and Crom/Female Avatar is basically soloing maps if I wanted them to as a Partner unit. The pacing in this game is insanely fast.
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Feb 4, 2013 18:16
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Strange Quark posted:Yes it is? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Fire+Emblem%3A+Awakening+-+Nintendo+3DS/7366094.p?id=1218840758864&skuId=7366094&st=fire%20emblem&lp=1&cp=1 Actually, I was talking the bundle. Or do they not carry that at all? E: Moot point anyway, not in stock near me 
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Feb 4, 2013 18:18
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404GoonNotFound posted:Actually, I was talking the bundle. Or do they not carry that at all? Ah, my mistake then. Yeah, looks like they don't stock it.
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Feb 4, 2013 18:19
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Strange Quark posted:Yes it is? http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?id=pcat17006&type=page&skuId=7366094&searchpage=true&_requestid=360042 Aaaaand Purchased because it is in stock at my local best buy. YAY!
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Feb 4, 2013 18:21
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Artix74 posted:Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars was a launch title that plays out pretty similar to Fire Emblem, and it's a really good game to boot. It's $30 on the eShop, but I'd be willing to bet you can snag it for $15 or $20 at Gamestop or something. Artix74 posted:Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars was a launch title that plays out pretty similar to Fire Emblem, and it's a really good game to boot. It's $30 on the eShop, but I'd be willing to bet you can snag it for $15 or $20 at Gamestop or something. Levantine posted:I just finished this and it is pretty good. Kind of simplistic at first but they really ramp up the difficulty later on and force you to play smart. It's exactly what I needed waiting for Awakening. Thanks guys, I'll pick it up next time I am at Target or Gamestop (both have it cheap).
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Feb 4, 2013 18:38
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Strange Quark posted:Physical damage, of course, isn't covered under warranty. That falls under wear and tear. That happened to my dsi twice and they fixed it both times.
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Feb 4, 2013 18:40
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Arbitrary Coin posted:Well yeah, he's a great dad to a girl, but one of his three classes is "villager" which honestly sucks and everyone else who gets mercenary and axe users tends to have a mounted class too. Also the entire wasted lance rank thing rankles at me Villager sucking is sort of hard for me to see. His starting stats are awful of course but Aptitude means he'll become a complete beast and promoting him out of villager is a relatively low-effort task even on Lunatic.
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Feb 4, 2013 18:51
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So, random thought: Say the worst case scenario happens and the Gamestop bundles don't arrive this week at all. Does anyone know how long the current Spotpass DLC will be up, and if the previous ones are wrapped in or lost entirely when the next batch comes out?
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Feb 4, 2013 18:51
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404GoonNotFound posted:So, random thought: Say the worst case scenario happens and the Gamestop bundles don't arrive this week at all. Does anyone know how long the current Spotpass DLC will be up, and if the previous ones are wrapped in or lost entirely when the next batch comes out? I believe someone said that the Spotpass DLC will remain free for a few weeks? You should be fine. Amazon hasn't sent me a shipping notification yet on my copy of the game, but it's still saying I'll have it by the 6th, so I'm not worried.
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Feb 4, 2013 18:58
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Slate Action posted:I believe someone said that the Spotpass DLC will remain free for a few weeks? You should be fine. Not the Marth DLC, the Spotpass stuff. Just saying, if I miss one week an I boned forever on that, or does it retroactively DL the previous stuff with whatever the current pack is?
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Feb 4, 2013 19:00
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Hey Lissa, please never stop gaining Strength. In fact, if you want to never get Magic I'm totally fine with that. Staves heal well enough as it is. Just keep bulking yourself up so I can have the best Axe Murderer Princess this side of anywhere.
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Feb 4, 2013 19:14
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I believe if you miss the trickle release of a game through Spotpass, you get the entire group at once.
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Feb 4, 2013 19:15
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Nakar posted:Hey Lissa, please never stop gaining Strength. In fact, if you want to never get Magic I'm totally fine with that. Staves heal well enough as it is. Just keep bulking yourself up so I can have the best Axe Murderer Princess this side of anywhere. ...Hold on a sec. A princess known sometimes as "Liz" is sent out to fight dangerous monsters, gains lots of strength but no intellect? It's... it's...  Shinkicker! 
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Feb 4, 2013 19:21
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So Best Buy hasn't sent me any shipping notifications, but literally while I was (and am) waiting for an agent to answer my call, the order status on the 3DS bundle changed from "Out of Stock" to "In Stock." So. Promising?
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Feb 4, 2013 19:27
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Local gamestop didn't get it in, I commiserated on the fact that they didn't get it in with the manager (he was really mad because not only did this mean potentially a good few sales lost to the EShop but also because he had it pre-ordered too), and now I'm downloading it off the e-shop. This whole thing has been a huge blunder for Nintendo.
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Feb 4, 2013 19:36
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In my experience with amazon, I've had stuff ship and show up the day after the game came out because they sent a courier to drop it off. I suspect that they spend the extra because I'm a prime member though.
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Feb 4, 2013 19:44
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Does anybody know if the paralogues are time limited? I just unlocked the first one but I don't think I'm at an appropriate level to beat it.
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Feb 4, 2013 19:50
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Endorph posted:Local gamestop didn't get it in, I commiserated on the fact that they didn't get it in with the manager (he was really mad because not only did this mean potentially a good few sales lost to the EShop but also because he had it pre-ordered too), and now I'm downloading it off the e-shop. This is more or less what happened with me too. The guy at the Gamestop kept trying to convince me to keep my pre-order, but I dropped it for an eShop download. I'm honestly kind of surprised just how hard Nintendo has hosed this game's release up.
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Feb 4, 2013 19:51
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Frost Ace posted:Does anybody know if the paralogues are time limited? I just unlocked the first one but I don't think I'm at an appropriate level to beat it.
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Feb 4, 2013 19:51
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:This is more or less what happened with me too. The guy at the Gamestop kept trying to convince me to keep my pre-order, but I dropped it for an eShop download. I'm honestly kind of surprised just how hard Nintendo has hosed this game's release up. "Nintendo has people buying directly from them instead of Gamestop" sounds like they're probably pretty happy to me.
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Feb 4, 2013 19:54
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Played about 5 hours of this last night and I'm incredibly impressed with the localization. There's been only one character dull enough in dialogue, stats, and appearance that I haven't even wanted to use them (Stahl). The ones with the funniest lines are all characters whose designs never really appealed to me, so I have a team that's pretty disjoint from my playthroughs on the Japanese version (except that I am incapable of not using every pegasus knight in every game).
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Feb 4, 2013 19:58
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So I've been listening to the OST - what's the difference between normal tracks and tracks with the ~fire label? Is it just that they're shorter? Because that's what they sound like to me. Also kinda getting a FFTA vibe off of some of them.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:00
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ImpAtom posted:"Nintendo has people buying directly from them instead of Gamestop" sounds like they're probably pretty happy to me. Yeah, that occurred to me pretty much right after I said it. It's still bad PR if people are pre-ordering places and unable to get their game, as I'd suspect Gamestop is going to shove all the blame onto Nintendo. But by then Nintendo'll have all the money from people switching to eShop downloads, so it's moot I guess.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:01
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The Iron Rose posted:So I've been listening to the OST - what's the difference between normal tracks and tracks with the ~fire label? Is it just that they're shorter? Because that's what they sound like to me.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:02
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The Iron Rose posted:So I've been listening to the OST - what's the difference between normal tracks and tracks with the ~fire label? Is it just that they're shorter? Because that's what they sound like to me. They're the battle themes. Compare Expedition and Expedition Fire. They segue into each other at appropriate points when you start and end a battle.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:03
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:This is more or less what happened with me too. The guy at the Gamestop kept trying to convince me to keep my pre-order, but I dropped it for an eShop download. I'm honestly kind of surprised just how hard Nintendo has hosed this game's release up. If people are canceling their preorders and buying from the eshop instead then that is way better for Nintendo.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:06
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True, but it sure doesn't endear them to traditional retailers. Not sure how such places can respond, but I doubt storefronts are happy about being shabbily treated.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:10
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Just got off the phone with my local Gamestop. They're not getting any copies of the game, or bundles, until Friday. Almost all of which are preordered anyway. I have the bundle preordered, but I'm cancelling it and just getting the eShop version. I'm really loving pissed though because the only reason I forked over the $200 was because there wasn't any delay on the bundle. Hell, the GS clerk even commented that, at least at this store, the delay is not on Nintendo's end but on GS. The warehouse just didn't ship the items out. Apparently they hosed up last week as well, shipping out the new Hitman or something. EDIT: eShop is giving me some error (code 005-6534) every time I try to buy the game. Good thing I was waiting until after i got the digital copy to cancel! Annath fucked around with this message at 20:27 on Feb 4, 2013 |
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Feb 4, 2013 20:16
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Well I am super disappointed. Looked everywhere for this game but absolutely nothing like the rest of you. I only have an 8GB SD card so I definitely don't want to download off the eShop and take up 1/2 of my available memory. Guess I'm boned for a couple weeks at least.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:31
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InFlames235 posted:Well I am super disappointed. Looked everywhere for this game but absolutely nothing like the rest of you. I only have an 8GB SD card so I definitely don't want to download off the eShop and take up 1/2 of my available memory. Guess I'm boned for a couple weeks at least. The game is 1.5 gigs and bigger SD cards are dirt cheap  Anyway, finally bit the bullet and downloaded the game. What's the difference between Pairing Up two units and having them stand side-by-side, other than having all damage and healing directed on only one member of the pair?
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Feb 4, 2013 20:33
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Some skills give special benefits when paired up. The avatar starts with one that makes them gain 1.5x exp, for instance. Also a stat boost. Speaking of, the first boss critted my avatar as per the running gag but she tanked it like a badass, then gained a perfect level. I can tell this is the start of something beautiful.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:35
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Calaveron posted:The game is 1.5 gigs and bigger SD cards are dirt cheap Pairing up units gives the front unit a massive stat boost. Each class will give their own set of specific bonuses when paired up, and every ten points in any given stat translates to +1 bonus for the frontline unit (up to +3). edit: For example, a swordmaster will always give +5 to speed and +3 to luck when supporting a unit. If you have the Avatar as a swordmaster with 20 base speed, that's a +7 to speed bonus to whatever unit is in front. RuBisCO fucked around with this message at 20:41 on Feb 4, 2013 |
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Feb 4, 2013 20:36
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Calaveron posted:The game is 1.5 gigs and bigger SD cards are dirt cheap Including what Rubis mentioned, you could also call it the Tactician's main gimmick. The Avatar's strength isn't in the growth rates, but rather the amount of experience they get. Paired up, they get 1.5 the amount of exp. So in the first maps, where a unit needs three kills to get to 90 experience, the Avatar only needs two. That adds up.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:40
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Also I just realized that the little faces at the bottom that make expressions depending on the outcome of the fight are an idea lifted from Advance Wars.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:43
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I guess now is a nice time to mention but I absolutely love the Pair Up system. Adds a ton of nuance to game in terms of who you should have out front, who you should pair with each other for stat bonuses, and swapping partners when necessary. I haven't played a single map where I don't pair up, and I'll miss it a ton if they don't decide to carry the mechanic into future titles.
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Pair Up is a great mechanic. Basically the only complaint I have is that there's often not a reason NOT to pair someone. On Lunatic you're basically asking to get doubled without some minor speed boosts.
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Feb 4, 2013 20:45
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Doctor Reynolds posted:Is Bonus EXP in this game? Nope.
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