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Obeast: Aug 26, 2006; �_~ ANIME BABE LOVER 2000 ~_�

Haraksha posted:

Are any of the 3D classics really worth it? I'm a pretty big Kirby platforming fan, but I'm not sure if the gimmick of 3D is going to be worth it.

I only have 3D Classics Xevious and I really like it since the 3D effect makes it a lot easier to distinguish land and air enemies. I would wait for it to go back on Club Nintendo so you can use coins to buy it, though, since I doubt anyone outside of Xevious/SHUMP/Namco fans would pay $6 for it.

# ¿ Dec 17, 2012 12:53

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# ¿ May 4, 2024 16:08

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Space Harrier 3D info

That sounds pretty awesome. I was thinking it was gonna be like 3D Classics Xevious (I dunno about the other ones since I haven't played them), but this sounds really neat.

I'd like to see the Cabinet Mode in action though... Because, even though it sounds neat (especially to people who played a shitload of it on the actual cabinet), the description makes it sound like it could be a good source of motion sickness.

# ¿ Dec 19, 2012 07:35

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Blackbelt Bobman posted:

first, what does Trine 2 play like? It looks like a fantasy type 2D side scrolling platformer. Is it fun? Is there a story? I don't really know anything about it.

If it's like the first game (I do have Trine 2 on Steam, but I haven't played it yet), it's a lot like the Lost Vikings games where you switch between your three characters and use their strengths and skills to progress through the game. The first game had a storyline, but it was pretty minimal and mostly played out in the tutorial IIRC, so I assume Trine 2 will mostly be the same in that regard.

# ¿ Dec 28, 2012 03:29

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petewhitley posted:

I did pick up Twinbee as a reward and you're right, the 3D effect is really well done. Are the other 3D classics similarly well made? I'll buy all of 'em just for novelty alone if that's the case.

The only one I've played is Xevious, which is a pretty good version that some people find to be easier than the non-3D versions since you can easily distinguish air targets from ground targets.

I've heard Excitebike is pretty good since the track editor actually works in that you can save your custom tracks (I dunno if you can share them online, which would be loving awesome IMO), but the 3D effect is purely cosmetic (although it does look pretty nice from the video in the eShop).

Kid Icarus is supposed to be okay as well since they brought back the save feature that was only on the Famicom Disk System version and took out the slowdown from too many sprites being on screen. Again, the 3D effect is cosmetic, but I dunno how I feel about the backgrounds since they look a little out of place with the original sprites.

Edit: I just watched the 3D Classics Kid Icarus video again... The dungeon backgrounds actually look much better than the outdoor backgrounds since they use the original sprites.

Obeast fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Jan 1, 2013

# ¿ Jan 1, 2013 00:54

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Heads up for anyone who hasn't taken advantage, today is the last day Mario Party 2, Metroid 2, 1080 Snowboarding, and 3D Classics: TwinBee are available to buy with coins on Club Nintendo. I assume they change the games out at midnight PST, but I'm not 100% sure.

Edit: TwinBee is actually pretty awesome. The 3D effect is nice and the game seems a lot easier once you get the multiple ship and firepower upgrade (although it's still pretty tough IMO).

Obeast fucked around with this message at 18:09 on Jan 6, 2013

# ¿ Jan 6, 2013 18:05

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Waffleopolis posted:

New Club Nintendo games are up, and it's good!

Paper Mario for Wii for 200 coins
Birds and Beans for 3DS for 100 coins
Kirby Superstar for Wii for 150 coins

I might pick up Kirby Superstar.

Is Birds and Beans any good? I was thinking it was shovelware going by the title, but upon further research, it seems like a pretty decent arcadey downloadable game.

# ¿ Feb 12, 2013 05:08

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absolutely anything posted:

Pyoro and Pyoro 2 are fun as hell, great pick up and play games. I recommend it.

Discount Viscount posted:

Seconding, but if you already have WarioWare as an ambassador game then both of them are unlockable in that. On the other hand it takes for-loving-ever to unlock Pyoro 2 so it's probably worth it to get Birds and Beans.

Awesome! As someone who enjoys the WarioWare series and doesn't have an Ambassador 3DS, I'm gonna try to remember pick this up before they switch the games out. Thanks!

Laser Spider posted:

(Incidentally, I actually liked Super Paper Mario (the one on the Wii), but )

I thought SPM was a good game for what it was. I do kinda wish the RPG elements weren't as light as they were and the game overall could've been a little more difficult, but I thought most of the stuff it did well outshined it's flaws. But, I haven't played it in a couple years, so maybe I'm just remembering most/all the good stuff about it. :shobon:

If they ever did another actual Mario RPG, I would kill to have either a true sequel to the first SMRPG, or a sidestory game about what Luigi was doing during SMRPG since we never got to see him (he was in the game's manual, but it would be nice to see him go on a little adventure). Bonus points if they make it look similar the original game.

[/derail]

Edit: Metal Torrent for the 3DS is also one of the Club Nintendo awards for 150 coins.

Edit 2: Birds and Beans is fun and :3:

as gently caress, but it gets pretty tough pretty fast, which is okay by me since it's supposed to be like an old arcade game.

Obeast fucked around with this message at 09:12 on Feb 12, 2013

# ¿ Feb 12, 2013 08:49

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DoctorStrangelove posted:

I read in one of the 3DS threads that it's possible to make your 3DS think that you're in Delaware to avoid state sales tax for stuff you buy on the eshop. How do you go about doing this?

Go into the system settings, Other Settings, Profile, Region Settings, choose United States as your country, and Delaware as your state.

# ¿ Feb 13, 2013 01:21

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Fawf posted:

Is there an expiration date for the codes you get from buying games with Club Nintendo coins? I don't have a 3DS but I will one day and wouldn't mind having Kid Icarus to play then.

Someone on Nintendo's official tech support forum says they don't expire. I got a few games that way and didn't see anything about them expiring, so I doubt they do.

# ¿ Mar 13, 2013 07:22

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I updated and tried the 3DS eShop... I got in just fine, so I dunno if I got lucky or what. :shobon:

# ¿ Mar 26, 2013 07:20

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Here's the patch list for Letter Box/Swapnote:

- Take photos and record sounds you want to attach to your letters from within the software. You can still add them from the SD Card.
- Attach photos and sounds when you reply to letters.
- Choose a different ink colour for each page.
- Filter letters by sender in the letter list.

Those updates (especially the ink color on each page one) sound like great additions to Swapnote. The US version hasn't been updated yet, but I'm sure it will come either later today or when the eShop updates.

# ¿ Apr 2, 2013 10:44

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AngryCaterpillar posted:

I don't know why so many of the G&W games have never been re-released. Like Mario Bros, Super Mario Bros. and that game that was just called ZELDA are nowhere to be found.

IIRC the Zelda one was unlockable in one of the GBA Game and Watch Gallery games.

If you're talking about the physical G&W games, then I dunno why unless they know that a lot of Club Nintendo members won't have enough coins to buy those. Although the whole point of Club Nintendo is to get people to buy/register as many Nintendo products as possible to gain coins, so putting up one of the Mario or Zelda G&W systems would want to make hardcore Nintendo fans want to go buy more games or systems to get enough coins for the G&Ws.

# ¿ Apr 9, 2013 06:25

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Saoshyant posted:

Speaking of updates, did the Swapnote -- excuse me, Letter Box -- one ever showed up in Europe? I think I have occasionally checked the eShop for updates in the past two weeks or so without anything popping up.

IIRC, EU got the update first. Check to see if Nintendo sent you a note/letter about the update and if they included a eShop link for the update (that's how I got the US update).

# ¿ Apr 15, 2013 00:27

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Apparently both Pushmo and 3D Classics Kirby's Adventure are on sale on the NA 3DS eShop - $4.99 each. Anyone wanna confirm?

I can confirm both are $5 each... Pushmo seems tempting even though it sounds like it's sequel, Crashmo (which was on sale a while back IIRC), is better even though it's supposed to be quite a bit harder as well.

# ¿ May 1, 2013 11:30

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Sega's final (for now) 3D Classics-style remake has been revealed: Altered Beast!

http://archives.sega.jp/3d/juouki/index.html

Way to end on a low note, Sega.

Hey, some of us like Altered Beast even though it's not really that great of a game (although I wouldn't pay more than a few bucks for the 3DS version). :shobon:

I dunno why they chose the Genesis/Mega Drive version of the game, though, since the arcade version is better in nearly every way. It even had a better ending.

Arcade
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzJZ2f-MFvU

# ¿ May 22, 2013 18:58

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RMZXAnarchy posted:

Or Xevious? I mean its not the deepest game but the 3D is absolutely beautiful in that.

3D Classics Xevious is great because it's a lot easier to tell the ground targets from the air targets... Too bad the game is hard as loving hell when you're doing well (loving variable difficulty :argh:

).

But, 3D Classics TwinBee is much much better IMO. :colbert:

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 01:18

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RMZXAnarchy posted:

What is this Vegas Stakes? Some lame-rear end gambling game or something different altogether?

It is a gambling sim, but you get to go to different themed casinos (some of which are modelled after IRL casinos in Vegas) in your quest to max out your money counter at $9,999,999. You can have random events happen to you that can either help or hinder you like someone asking you to invest money in something (which can either give you more money, or end up being a scam and costing you big time). I haven't played it in years, but I remember it being pretty fun and having a good amount of personality (at least more than most casino/gambling sims).

# ¿ Jun 26, 2013 09:15

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Edit: Nevermind, I was posting old news. :doh:

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# ¿ Jun 28, 2013 04:12

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Help Im Alive posted:

Oh man, I love Pilotwings. Will definitely be picking that up. Was the 3DS one any good? I remember it getting mixed reviews.

Like everyone else said, it's pretty short with some pretty neat-ish unlockables and nice use of the 3D effect (although it's the only game that I can't play with full 3D since it really hurts my eyes), but I thought what was there was pretty nice. I got it with my 3DS and Mario 3D Land for Christmas a couple years ago, so I didn't pay anything for it, but I would've been happy paying $10 or less for it.

I'd love to have a 3D Classics-style version of the first game, despite the fact that I'm not very great at it. :shobon:

# ¿ Jul 1, 2013 17:59

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

Twinbee is a little more advanced than Xevious but the general "shoot air enemies, bomb ground enemies" gameplay is pretty similar, so it'd definitely be a good choice.

Personally, I think Twinbee is a much better game since it doesn't have the adaptive difficulty that makes Xevious so loving hard when you kill every enemy that moves (or doesn't move if it's a ground target). Plus, the music in Twinbee that plays when you get a good power-up (like spread shot or a shield) is great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1P29bsH84U

# ¿ Jul 22, 2013 07:15

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

It's not even worth that much. The port is even worse than the DS version.

I dunno how you would mess up a portable port of a 20 year old game that you would think would be perfect on a system with a touchscreen. :psyduck:

Pope Guilty posted:

And it's Myst anyway.

I played through the first game not too long ago and I thought it was alright. I agree it hasn't aged well, but it is kinda neat to play something that's considered somewhat revolutionary. :shobon:

# ¿ Jul 30, 2013 05:10

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

NOA has three different versions of Street Fighter 2 listed for release on the Wii U VC this week - World Warrior, New Challengers and Hyper Fighting. Why they can't just release Turbo with online play and call it a day is beyond me.

Each of the games after World Warrior did add new characters (Hyper Fighting/SF2 Turbo made the bosses playable and New Challengers/Super SF2 added brand new characters like Cammy and T. Hawk) and balance changes, so they are technically different games.

The reason why to sell all three seperately is probably for nostalgia since I'm sure a lot of kids at the time the games were new only had one (or two) of the games at a time.

Obeast fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Aug 17, 2013

# ¿ Aug 17, 2013 05:19

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PaletteSwappedNinja posted:

ALTERED BEAST (based on the Mega Drive version)

-local two-player co-op (requires two copies of the game, I think)
-option to randomise the beast transformations
-save states
-d-pad/circle pad for movement
-button config
-switch between international/Japanese versions of the game
-optional "fake-CRT" screen filter
-stereoscopic 3D toggle (pop-in or pop-out)
-emulate the FM/PSG balance of either the original Mega Drive or the Mega Drive 2

Wait, what? So, the game will randomly choose which beast I become in each level? :confused:

That actually sounds kinda awesome and will be interesting to see how easy/hard it will be to break the bosses.

Also, gently caress the haters, some of us like Altered Beast. :colbert:

# ¿ Oct 31, 2013 06:47

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For anyone who has 3D Classics Twinbee and/or has played the original Famicom game, does the game actually have an "end" or does it loop endlessly until I game over? I checked Google and someone on another forum mentioned the original Famicom version having 64 stages even though that wouldn't make sense since every loop is five stages long unless the final loop was one stage short.

Also, the shield and spread shot with the built-in auto-fire absolutely breaks this game (until you lose your shield and hit an enemy in one of the higher levels, which makes the game go from a cakewalk to getting killed every five seconds from enemies that run into you faster than you can react :argh:

Obeast fucked around with this message at 07:46 on Nov 20, 2013

# ¿ Nov 20, 2013 07:43

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Is Crimson Shroud worth $5 for someone with no experience playing actual tabletop RPGs? The review I read says that the only real problem is that the menus are kinda hard to navigate, but the rest of the game is really well done.

# ¿ Dec 14, 2013 08:27

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petewhitley posted:

PaletteSwappedNinja posted:
It doesn't really play anything like a real tabletop RPG, it's pretty much just a JRPG with dice rolls.

This can't be stressed enough IMO. I bought it based on the notion that it was a tabletop RPG in video game form, and hated it. It's a JRPG with dice for JRPG fans, plain and simple.

That sounds pretty interesting and actually okay to me since, as stated before, I've never played a tabletop RPG and don't know if I could handle how (from what I've gathered, at least) complex they can get.

I played a little bit of Neverwinter Nights, which is based on one of the AD&D rulesets (I dunno which one :shobon:

), when that was new-ish and gave up on it because of how different it was compared to RPGs I was used to like Final Fantasy (I'm sure I could get into them now that I'm older and more patient with most thing). So, the idea of a tabletop-style JRPG sounds like something I'd like to try. ~~I'm gonna hold off until I get a little more feedback from other goons, but I'm thinking this might be a buy for me.~~

Edit: I ended up buying it even though I didn't get any more goon feedback. :shobon:

VVV That's true. Plus, going by what I've seen, I doubt it'll be worse than the first FarCry, which I also paid $5 for and is still the only game I legitimately hate and wish would disappear forever from my Steam library.

Obeast fucked around with this message at 10:41 on Dec 14, 2013

# ¿ Dec 14, 2013 10:15

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Katana Gomai posted:

I had to google what the gently caress "Game Grumps" are and now I am sad the game hit its funding goal.

Game Grumps is definitely one of those video game YouTube channels that goons either like or dislike. Personally, I'm in the latter group just because of the constant yelling (which is why I'm sure most people who don't like them feel the way they do). Although, I do like the Angry Video Game Nerd, who could be considered the father of yelling about video games on YouTube, but even in his videos when he's in character he's not constantly yelling. But hey, to each his own... :shobon:

But hey, at least from what I've seen, they're not as bad as PewPewDie ( :nws:

for language). So, they got that going for them. :shobon:

Obeast fucked around with this message at 12:53 on Apr 24, 2014

# ¿ Apr 24, 2014 12:48

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Froist posted:

I bought this on PC in the last Steam sale and all it did was pushed me back to playing the original in an emulator. It looks pretty but there was too much story in the way of the game for my liking.

There is a 'quick cinema' option that lets you disable and/or shorten most of the cutscenes (I think the ending and credits were the only ones untouched), but you have to beat the game one time to unlock it (given that you have the PC version, I'm sure there's a way to trick the game to unlock it without beating it). I actually didn't mind the story stuff aside from the little cutscenes that happened every time you picked up a necessary item (like the coins in the Amazon level), but the quick cinema mode made later playthroughs for getting the rest of the achievements a lot more tolerable.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2014 21:23

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jivjov posted:

How is Pilotwings Resort? I have literally never played a Pilotwings game before, but I am interested.

It's okay. It's a bit on the short and easy-ish (even when it comes to gold medaling most of the missions) side and there aren't too many unlockables outside of little trophies. I still enjoyed it a lot, though, and I think it's worth getting if you can find it for cheap.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2014 00:20

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# ¿ May 4, 2024 16:08

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Civil posted:

Back when I owned a gameboy, Gargoye's Quest (1) was such a solid game. I beat it multiple times over. I should really play the sequels.

I actually found a copy at this local, non-Gamestop, store in my town that sells retro (and some modern) games, and played through it earlier this year for the first time. While I know both of the sequels (neither of which I've played more than a couple minutes of as of yet) are supposed to be better than the original, I found that the first game is still pretty fun even though it's kinda short if you're somewhat used to the difficulty of retro games that aren't insanely/hair pulling difficult.

# ¿ Oct 22, 2014 11:34

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