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Also is it just me thinking $5 for Zelda 1 but $2 for some newer but poorer selling title is a bit absurd?
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Also is it just me thinking $5 for Zelda 1 but $2 for some newer but poorer selling title is a bit absurd? Even if it didn't age too well, Zelda 1 is still a classic game and has a large franchise preceding (well, succeeding in this case) it. Those $2 games are either small indie titles or complete garbage. Besides, it's just five dollars. It's not like this is iOS or something.
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Mar 29, 2013 02:05
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Also is it just me or does the 3DS sound like it has a lot weaker speakers? Is there a way I could hook up the audio in this to my receiver?
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Mar 29, 2013 02:36
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I imported Last Window from the UK and it came with a Club Nintendo code that I can't use. I don't know if these expire or not as it's an older game but if somebody can use it it's TN6ER7JFGSQ83G1R. P.S. You guys have weird DS cases.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Also is it just me or does the 3DS sound like it has a lot weaker speakers?
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Mar 29, 2013 02:58
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Also is it just me or does the 3DS sound like it has a lot weaker speakers? Use a line-in cable and just plug one end into the headphone port and the other into a stereo system/speaker's audio-in port. If you have a set of computer speakers that plugs into something, then just plug that into the headphone port. Terraplane posted:I imported Last Window from the UK and it came with a Club Nintendo code that I can't use. I don't know if these expire or not as it's an older game but if somebody can use it it's TN6ER7JFGSQ83G1R. Agreed. Your cases are so thick compared to our relatively thin American cases.
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Mar 29, 2013 03:00
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Funny part is that only some cases are thick like that. Nintendo releases generally use the thinner ones, third party the fat.
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Mar 29, 2013 03:20
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ChaosArgate posted:Use a line-in cable and just plug one end into the headphone port and the other into a stereo system/speaker's audio-in port. If you have a set of computer speakers that plugs into something, then just plug that into the headphone port. I'd need to have some sort of L/R RCA input to stereo jack input. I don't have a line-in on this old thing.
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Mar 29, 2013 08:11
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You can probably get a minijack/stereo RCA adapter for like 50 cents on Amazon or Monoprice. I played 3D Land that way once and it was pretty cool, although slightly ridiculous.
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Mar 29, 2013 08:18
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I happen to be close to my laptop. One cool thing I've done is get a male to male audio cable from the 3DS to the input port of my computer and have my headset play back the music. Sounds a bit redundant but the headset is probably the nicest pair I have vs ear buds, and there's always the sound system if I really want to play it through there.
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Mar 29, 2013 08:42
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Only 10 uses of the Fire Emblem demo when every other game I've seen gets 30? WTF Nintendo?
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Hahaha really? The NA version had 30 uses. Welp gotta screw over Europe somehow.
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Yeah that's.. crap. I don't even know why there's a usage limit on the demos anyway (well, I DO but). Am I going to play the Theatrhythm demo 30 times? Probably not, but that restriction is dumb as gently caress anyway. Anyhoo, I like FE:A, now having played the demo. I didn't really like the others I played (Stones, like ten minutes of Radiant Dawn) but this one feels good, even though I'm usually a NISA SRPG or Shining Force kinda guy. Feet clipping through the ground though what the hell.
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The feet aren't clipping, the models all have weird little satyr stumps for some inexplicable reason.
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kirbysuperstar posted:Funny part is that only some cases are thick like that. Nintendo releases generally use the thinner ones, third party the fat. Nah, there are only two first party EU games I can remember that used the thin cases (Brain Training and something else), probably because they had stocking issues or something but needed to get more copies out; if you look at one you'll notice the label doesn't even fit properly, the spine artwork is a bit too wide. The thicker cases are standard here because the manuals tend to be much thicker due to being in up to five languages, at least that's what a Nintendo rep said when we asked back when I still worked at Gamestop. Also, if anyone in Europe still hasn't figured out what the different colored triangles on the 3DS, DS, Wii and Wii U boxes mean: They stand for the release region of the game. Purple is Germany, green is UK, light green is Scandinavia etc. Katana Gomai fucked around with this message at 09:44 on Mar 29, 2013 |
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BadAstronaut posted:Only 10 uses of the Fire Emblem demo when every other game I've seen gets 30? WTF Nintendo? In NA HarmoKnight has 10 uses, that Sonic Kart racing game had 15, and I think there was one other that had 10.
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BadAstronaut posted:Only 10 uses of the Fire Emblem demo when every other game I've seen gets 30? WTF Nintendo? I downloaded the Sonic Racing demo with no intention of ever buying the 3DS version just so I'd have another thing to play. Demos that can be played in this way are more likely to be limited in uses.
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Katana Gomai posted:Nah, that are only two first party EU games I can remember that used the thin cases (Brain Training and something else), probably because they had stocking issues or something but needed to get more copies out; if you look at one you'll notice the label doesn't even fit properly, the spine artwork is a bit too wide. The thicker cases are standard here because the manuals tend to be much thicker due to being in up to five languages, at least that's what a Nintendo rep said when we asked back when I still worked at Gamestop. Also, if anyone in Europe still hasn't figured out what the different colored triangles on the 3DS, DS, Wii and Wii U boxes mean: They stand for the release region of the game. Purple is Germany, green is UK, light green is Scandinavia etc. Maybe Australia is different then, because pretty much all the first party games here use thin cases, and the labels fit as normal. Majority of my DS games are in storage, but I have an AU Pokemon Black 2 here that's thin-cased.
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Yea it must be Australia then; didn't know that, do your first party games come with five-language manuals as well? There is literally no argument for limited demo uses by the way, they're a "gently caress you" to the player and nothing else.
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Katana Gomai posted:Yea it must be Australia then; didn't know that, do your first party games come with five-language manuals as well? No, at least not for Pokemon. The manual does have the "-AUS" descriptor at the end of its item code. The ROMs on the carts are (usually) the general EU one, though, so I dunno.
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pandaK posted:Prima announces a US strategy guide for Animal Crossing: New Leaf At 512 pages, I don't really see the problem.
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kirbysuperstar posted:No, at least not for Pokemon. The manual does have the "-AUS" descriptor at the end of its item code. The ROMs on the carts are (usually) the general EU one, though, so I dunno. Well Pokémon is the exception anyways because the games are monolingual (same as the Layton games) so their manuals are only in one language as well. Funny anecdote, I imported Pokémon Platinum from Canada way back and the box was literally about to burst because they stuffed it with an English and a French manual and the US boxes are too thin to handle that. 
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kirbysuperstar posted:No, at least not for Pokemon. The manual does have the "-AUS" descriptor at the end of its item code. The ROMs on the carts are (usually) the general EU one, though, so I dunno. Something interesting I noticed, my Australian Kid Icarus cart has the -AUS tag on the cart but my AU Monster Hunter 3 cart has the -EUR tag. It tells me that sometimes we just straight up get the European version of games and sometimes we don't. It's inconsistent. Katana Gomai posted:Also, if anyone in Europe still hasn't figured out what the different colored triangles on the 3DS, DS, Wii and Wii U boxes mean: They stand for the release region of the game. Purple is Germany, green is UK, light green is Scandinavia etc. My Tales of the Abyss case has the purple triangle yet the back of box has English and French languages. The cart has the -UKV tag. All of my Europe imports have the green triangle except for Tales. The Australian cases have no triangles at all. jtm33 fucked around with this message at 12:14 on Mar 29, 2013 |
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They sometimes give us the NA localisation but printed on a PAL-region cart, too.
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jtm33 posted:My Tales of the Abyss case has the purple triangle yet the back of box has English and French languages. The cart has the -UKV tag. You're talking about light purple, which is default Multi-5 (in this case, manual only), I'm talking about the dark purple/blue, which is Germany. Regardless, Tales of the Abyss never got localized in any language other than English so "our" German version only has a different box but the cart is the same. Katana Gomai fucked around with this message at 13:02 on Mar 29, 2013 |
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Basically Nintendo are still insane and hard to follow when it comes to Europe. Still, at least it was NOE who gave us Xenoblade/TLS/PT.
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Pilotwings is on sale for five bucks at Canadian EBs. I'd say it's worth it. It's also worth a full 40 Club Nintendo points 
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People keep mentioning FFTA2. I bought it way back, but never wound up playing it. How is it? I've been on the fence about picking up Fire Emblem, but only because I have FFTA2 and Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars sitting in my backlog.
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To all eurogoons waiting for Cave Story. Some news at last.
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turnways posted:People keep mentioning FFTA2. I bought it way back, but never wound up playing it. How is it? I've been on the fence about picking up Fire Emblem, but only because I have FFTA2 and Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars sitting in my backlog. I think FFTA2 is the better game over Fire Emblem simply because it has an absolutely staggering amount of content compared to Fire Emblem and the job switching system is just better in FFTA2.
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turnways posted:People keep mentioning FFTA2. I bought it way back, but never wound up playing it. How is it? I've been on the fence about picking up Fire Emblem, but only because I have FFTA2 and Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars sitting in my backlog. I loved the poo poo out of it. It's a vast, vast improvement over FFTA. It's lighthearted and fun, and has tons of content. It's one of my favorite DS games. You can't go wrong with it, really.
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FFTA2 may be my single greatest regret when it comes to selling/trading games. At one point I needed money for a car repair and I needed it faster than my next paycheck would arrive, so I traded in pretty much every game I could bear to part with to get some quick cash. I think I chose poorly.
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I preferred FFTA to FFTA2, but that's just me. FFTA2 improve in a lot of things, but I really prefer the first one far more. Both are pretty great though. Fire Emblem is a different series altogether, and not entirely comparable. I play the two for very different reasons.
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Ugh I loving saved in combat in FEA and now I can't loving do anything. They keep beelining for my dude and killing him resulting in a game over. How do I restart a chapter? Or do I have to restart from the beginning entirely? Cause this is bullshit. Why can't I take back placements? Other SRPGs let me do this.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Ugh I loving saved in combat in FEA and now I can't loving do anything. They keep beelining for my dude and killing him resulting in a game over. May want to post in the FE thread but you just bookmarked in battle; reboot the game (L + R + Start) and it should remove the bookmark and boot you to the beginning of the chapter.
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GreenBuckanneer posted:Ugh I loving saved in combat in FEA and now I can't loving do anything. They keep beelining for my dude and killing him resulting in a game over. From the load screen, hit L or R to switch between main saves and battle saves, as indicated at the top of the screen. Or just use the touchscreen.
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Dehry posted:E: I'm not trying to equate homebrew and importing with piracy, but most of the people vocally wanting hax (and spreading "news" about them) right now are kids wanting to play commercial games. Oh I know. I was just holding on to a slight glimmer of hope that I might've be able to try coding on the thing or bypass the retarded EU publishing system and get my hands on some of the titles I otherwise never will, but you're right. It really is a pipe dream. It didn't happen on the DSi, it's probably not going to happen here.
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