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Mighty Switch Force 2 (3DS) trailer AND release date! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM3OUa-T6iM Out next week (June 13) in NA and on June 27 in PAL-land (including AU/NZ). (Shantae GBC will be hitting the 3DS VC on the 20th, too.) Talen_Soti posted:PaletteSwappedNinja, do you have the NA updates yet? Nope. NOE almost always puts out their press release on a Monday, whereas NOA does it on Thursday, a few hours before the update goes live. I might occasionally get advance notice for some specific game but it's not a regular thing (although it is becoming more common now that publishers can pick their own dates).
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# ? Jun 5, 2013 00:41 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:
Ahh, thank you. Since I got my 3DS you've been my source of updates!
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# ? Jun 5, 2013 00:46 |
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I just played the Project X Zone demo and I have absolutely no idea what was happening or have any understanding of any of the mechanics at all and it was kind of fun.
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# ? Jun 5, 2013 04:58 |
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Can somebody give me a quick rundown about hat kind of game Dempa Men 2 is? Specifically, what is the combat like? Would I have to play the first one to understand the second? And finally, if I never take my 3DS out of the house to scan for characters, or however it's done, will I still be able to enjoy it? I would read some reviews but I trust you guys more, you haven't let me down recommendation wise yet.
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# ? Jun 5, 2013 05:09 |
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Sarchasm posted:Eh. The problem with this is that a lot of D&D comes down to positioning and spacing, and there's absolutely none of that in Crimson Shroud. It looks like a table-top RPG (and even has an occasional skill check), but that's really where the comparison ends. The actual gameplay just boils down to really bland you-hit-me-I-hit-you JRPG battles. It doesn't play a lot like modern D&D, but the narration style is exactly, dead-on, a DM talking to the players.
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# ? Jun 5, 2013 08:27 |
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loudog999 posted:Can somebody give me a quick rundown about hat kind of game Dempa Men 2 is? Specifically, what is the combat like? Would I have to play the first one to understand the second? And finally, if I never take my 3DS out of the house to scan for characters, or however it's done, will I still be able to enjoy it? I would read some reviews but I trust you guys more, you haven't let me down recommendation wise yet. Literally all you need to know about the first game is that your primary Denpa Man is the main character and in the first game his girlfriend gets captured by the King of Evil, you rescue her and then they get married. Or so I assume anyway, I stopped playing the first game after rescuing her and being given the mission to find an object to be used as a wedding ring because that required a lot of grinding and when I started the second game I don't feel like I missed anything at all. At this point if you haven't played the first game I would just advise to skip it, the first game is literally just selecting dungeons from a menu and grinding through them which is a real good way to get burned out, while the second game actually has an overworld to explore and towns and things. Your last question is a bit more difficult to answer. Scanning for characters is basically just using your 3DS in an area where there are wi-fi networks (you don't have to be able to connect to them, the 3DS just needs to see them) so assuming there are people near you that have wi-fi then you should be able to get enough Denpa Men to have a full party and maybe a couple in reserve. If you never got any Denpa Men from any other wi-fi networks then this would be your party for the entire game unless you scanned QR codes you find on the internet. The downside to this is that QR code characters always come in at level 1 and if you lose them (by having them die in the overworld and not reviving them before the end of the fight, or having them die in a dungeon then leaving before reviving them) then they are gone and you need to scan them in at level 1 again, whereas Denpa Men from wi-fi networks are always found around your level and when you lose them you can find them again from that wi-fi network with their level intact or pay a fee to get them back if you don't want to go to that network again. Denpa Men do gain experience even if they are in reserve and not in the party, but constantly using QR codes means you either have to wait for them to catch up to your party or you will be constantly healing them. The main problem with restricting your party is that the game heavily uses weaknesses and resistances and with the shared experience it really encourages you to change up your party whenever you get to a new area with different elemental enemies instead of picking one party and sticking to it. You can alleviate this with equipment that gives you elemental attacks or resistances to elements, but they usually cost a lot of money if you are looking to outfit your whole party. There is a demo of the first game on the eShop (and there was meant to be a demo of the second but it's not there so I dunno if it's just delayed or not coming) if you want to get a basic look at the game and battle system, but just keep in mind that the second game is a straight upgrade of the first.
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# ? Jun 5, 2013 09:11 |
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Pyrovile posted:The combat system is turn based but all the animations are pretty fast so battles don't take long, and you also have some auto attack options (like just attack without using magic, attack and heal when necessary, do anything) that can speed it up even more and are actually pretty useful because Denpa Men can change their own orders depending what happens on a turn (for example if a party member gets downed by an enemy that turn they can change their queued up move to revive them) which you can't do when picking moves yourself at the start of a turn. Thanks, I was thinking that it would be sort of like street pass, which I never find in the wild. If all it takes to find more men is finding different networks I'm good. Nintendo should thank you for your response, you just sold a copy of the game.
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# ? Jun 5, 2013 16:24 |
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Hey, this is possibly the thread's first Japanese eShop update: 3DS Downloadable Titles Swords and Soldiers 3D - 800 yen Touch Battle Sensha 3D - 2 (Touch Battle Tank 2) - 500 yen peakvox Cube Tactics - 800 yen Maru Gōkaku! Tatsuken Shiken - 2,800 yen Kuma Tomo DEMO - FREE Virtual Console Famicom Mukashi-banashi Shin Onigashima (zengohen) (Famicom) - 500 yen Ganbare Goemon Gaiden Kieta Ōgon Kiseru (Famicom) - 500 yen Wii U Downloadable Titles Rabids Land (retail title) - 4,200 yen Virtual Console Super Mario Bros. (Famicom) - 500 yen Punch-Out!! (Famicom) - 500 yen There's a video for Cube Tactics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2nHXCQSC_o
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# ? Jun 5, 2013 23:42 |
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^^I think next week's schedule is already out, too, I might post it later. 3DS is getting Clu Clu Land and another Kunio-Kun game, I remember that much. Anyway, Keiji Inafune's Bugs vs. Tanks (the second Guild02 game) will be out next week in NA (and probably PAL-land, too). No price just yet.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 00:19 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:^^I think next week's schedule is already out, too, I might post it later. 3DS is getting Clu Clu Land and another Kunio-Kun game, I remember that much. Also, more Picross.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 00:26 |
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Right, I knew I forgot something big.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 00:31 |
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Why does Jupiter hate America? the Picross-e Games are already translated into English for EU, I presume, so why the hell don't we have any? Between that and no Lolo on 3DS, I'm sad. I want so badly to give these companies my money, but they simply don't want it. I would write to them and ask why they don't want my money, but I don't speak Japanese and Jupiter didn't even seem to have an email listed on their website, so I just emailed Nintendo about it. Probably won't do any good, but I have to share my pain with someone.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 01:26 |
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Jupiter's contact info doesn't show up on the English version of the site but it's there on the Japanese one, so I guess they just aren't able to handle/respond to English messages.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 01:32 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Jupiter's contact info doesn't show up on the English version of the site but it's there on the Japanese one, so I guess they just aren't able to handle/respond to English messages. gently caress it. I'll send them a poorly auto-translated request. Thanks for the heads up.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 01:45 |
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I'm about halfway through Bugs vs. Tanks. The battle system remains dull--all you do is aim your turret and/or chassis at bugs to shoot automatically. The fun lies in collecting WW2 vintaqe tanks. Just got a Tiger I last night, and collected Panzer V, Cromwell, Crusader, T34/85, and M4A3 the night before. If that gobbledygook means anything to you, BvT might be for you. I paid $4 for it, so I can't complain, but it's pretty crappy as a tank game. Since Level 5 has all their download games for half price in Japan for another week or so, I also bought Attack of the Friday Monsters. This one's a tougher sell. If Ultramna nostalgia wrapped in a kind of talky JRPG in 1970-ish Tokyo sounds appealing, by all means. However, even for me, who grew up in that selfsame place and time, it's kind of tedious. There's also a card-based battle system played under paper-scissor-rock rules using monster cards you get by picking up sparkly rocks off the ground. It's not very deep, though. I haven't gotten into the actual monster fighting scenes after a couple hours, but I don't think I should be holding my breath for kaiju rampage.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 01:59 |
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If you buy a game now in the 3DS eShop, when's the latest you can complete the registration (not post-play) survey on Club Nintendo? Wondering if they are inching past July 1st yet. I know the post-play surveys go pretty late (I'm seeing expiration dates in September for eShop titles I bought in May), but the window for registration surveys is way shorter.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 15:02 |
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PAL update (week of June 6):quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS NA update (week of June 6): quote:WII U RETAIL DOWNLOADS No idea if NA is getting the same Spelunker discount as PAL-land, it's not mentioned on the press release. Also not on the press release: Mighty Switch Force HD, which is finally getting an AU/NZ release today. There's also a worldwide update that adds some audio-related changes and other stuff.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 15:05 |
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That's a pretty terrible week for WiiU eShop. Really disappointing after three weeks of really good stuff.
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greatn posted:That's a pretty terrible week for WiiU eShop. Really disappointing after three weeks of really good stuff. Considering Animal Crossing's release, I can understand that they'd be focused on that. As long as people are taking advantage of the deals when they are up, that's all that matters. And there are some new price reductions and games that aren't to bad atm, Trine and Yoshi are definite gems.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 15:13 |
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greatn posted:That's a pretty terrible week for WiiU eShop. Really disappointing after three weeks of really good stuff.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 15:18 |
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Minidust posted:If you buy a game now in the 3DS eShop, when's the latest you can complete the registration (not post-play) survey on Club Nintendo? Wondering if they are inching past July 1st yet. I bought Denpa Men 2 like a week ago and it gave me Jun. 29 () so I think you're probably safe now.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 15:54 |
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Spiffster posted:Yoshi ... definite gems. but hey it's 30 cents so whatever i'll probably get it
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 17:19 |
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Why couldn't it been Yoshi Cookie instead. I probably download this at some point, but no rush to grab it unlike Super Metriod. Also their "Deal Page" has the low entry about all NES game being $5 for this week "deal".
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 17:26 |
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Yoshi is so horrible, but at 30 cents, eh...
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 17:37 |
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Finished playing Attack of the Friday Monsters. It's terrible. Lame story presented in Layton style with no battles and only "go talk to this character" challenges. It's supposed to be nostalgic to people like me, but it's nothing short of juvenile, wimpy, and cliched. And, it only clocked in at a shade over three hours. Seriously, save your money and don't touch this with a bargepole.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 17:47 |
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Are the 3DS and WiiU versions of Mighty Switch Force the exact same game and if not, which is the best one to get?
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 19:01 |
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Sakurazuka posted:Are the 3DS and WiiU versions of Mighty Switch Force the exact same game and if not, which is the best one to get? The WiiU version has better visuals and I believe extra stages
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 19:06 |
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Yeah, Yoshi is a pretty boring puzzle game, made worse by the fact that, by the time it was released, the NES already had plenty of much better puzzle games.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 19:11 |
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I seriously can't believe they're sticking to just putting out 2 VC games a week. At this rate it'll take them four years to catch up with the Wii Virtual Console. Four. Years.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 19:12 |
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Quest For Glory II posted:I seriously can't believe they're sticking to just putting out 2 VC games a week. At this rate it'll take them four years to catch up with the Wii Virtual Console. Four. Years. I wish they would just put a ton of games up and have different sales each week.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 19:34 |
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Yeah, I don't know why they didn't put more out this week then Yoshi and the very forgettable Splunker game.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 19:37 |
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They might want to do one of their "And it's available, right now as of this Nintendo Direct, only on the eShop" with a few titles instead. E3 is next week and they have at least one Direct do deliver before it starts.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 19:39 |
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I think the Yoshi puzzle game is pretty terrible, but it will be worth it for the .30 cents just for the +10 points you get for club Nintendo. Edit: Also i'm 3 points away exactly from another $5 code through the digital deluxe program . katkillad2 fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jun 6, 2013 |
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Quest For Glory II posted:I seriously can't believe they're sticking to just putting out 2 VC games a week. At this rate it'll take them four years to catch up with the Wii Virtual Console. Four. Years.
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# ? Jun 6, 2013 22:30 |
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Yoshi's awful garbage but Spelunker owns, you dummies.
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# ? Jun 7, 2013 00:14 |
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Rirse posted:Yeah, I don't know why they didn't put more out this week then Yoshi and the very forgettable Splunker game. Forgettable? Did you not ever actually play Spelunker? There's a reason it had a gag strip comic running for over a decade and received an HD remake. It's definitely not because it was "forgettable"
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# ? Jun 7, 2013 00:18 |
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Emalde posted:There's a reason it had a gag strip comic running for over a decade Eh? Is Spelunker worth the bones? I'm kind of interested now.
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# ? Jun 7, 2013 06:36 |
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Doug Dinsdale posted:Finished playing Attack of the Friday Monsters. Are you familiar with the Kaz Ayabe's other games, Boku no Natsuyasumi? I've never played them but they have a cult following and seem to trade heavily on nostalgia in a similar way to Friday Monsters, so I'm just curious to know whether this game compares unfavourably to his other games in that respect.
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# ? Jun 7, 2013 06:45 |
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Edoraz posted:Eh? It's a classic for how terrible it is, don't actually buy it.
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# ? Jun 7, 2013 06:48 |
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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:Are you familiar with the Kaz Ayabe's other games, Boku no Natsuyasumi? I've never played them but they have a cult following and seem to trade heavily on nostalgia in a similar way to Friday Monsters, so I'm just curious to know whether this game compares unfavourably to his other games in that respect. Boku no Natsuyasumi is one of my favorite game series ever. I didn't hate Friday Monsters nearly as much as Doug did, but it most certainly isn't even close to the same league.
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