Nintendo 3DS: You're not supposed to pickle your 3ds

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Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Am I allowed to post in here if I have an old 3DS?

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 07:20

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 23:45

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Cialis Railman posted:

I'm not going to get a NuDS until there are more games that require the new processor, and even then it'll be a hard sell unless it's on discount. Xenoblade doesn't count, I already have it for the Wii U.

Yeah I'm not interested in a N3DS XL at all right now

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 07:40

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

lelandjs posted:

Majora Mask is awesome, though I'm having some trouble with a lot of the side quests/events. For example, I thought I was doing great with the missing husband-to-be quest; I established where he was, that he was wearing a mask, and double confirmed it by following the postman when he dropped off the letter for him. "Ah HA!" I thought. "Now that I know 100% for sure that this is the missing guy, I'll finally be able to accost him and finish this quest!"

Motherfucker turned around and went back inside his shop without a glance in my direction even though I was trying to stab him with my sword out of frustration.

Guess I'll ask around town some more and then what I need to do to complete the quest should be obvious.

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 10:07

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Kaubocks posted:

Kid Icarus: Uprising is literally the best game on the system.

You're incredibly wrong about any number of things but on this point you are absolutely correct

# ¿ Feb 15, 2015 21:57

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Kid Icarus: Uprising

It's the best god drat game on this system

I'll expect a refreshed OP on my desk in ten

# ¿ Feb 17, 2015 05:35

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

eightysixed posted:

Wait, why are the shutting down Club Nintendo?

stay salty, faggots.

So they can replace it with something better and more integrated with their current online infrastructure

# ¿ Feb 18, 2015 23:41

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

KennyMan666 posted:

Live A Live - Megalomania (BMS)

Holy poo poo what!! :woop:

# ¿ Feb 19, 2015 23:36

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Fuzz posted:

Get contact lenses.

There is <5% of the glasses wearing population that physically cannot wear contacts for whatever reasons. Grow a pair and learn to poke your finger into your eyeballs if you want your games in 3D.

I look much more attractive with glasses though

# ¿ Feb 20, 2015 07:18

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

This topic's come up a lot (along with sister topic GBA VC) and I don't think anyone's ever answered with one hundred percent certainty

# ¿ Feb 20, 2015 07:30

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Ciaphas posted:

I have a conundrum: do I play Link Between Worlds first, which I have never beat, or do I play MM first, which I loved much as a kid?

This is a rough call

Start with Majora's Mask. Every time you play the Song of Time to start over, finish a dungeon in Link Between Worlds

# ¿ Feb 21, 2015 05:10

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Turtlicious posted:

Can you guys list off your favorite 3DS games NOT in the op?

Etrian Odyssey 4, Harvest Moon ANB, Kirby Triple Deluxe, Bravely Default

# ¿ Feb 21, 2015 08:15

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

BGrifter posted:

Going away on a trip and I've settled on Link Between Worlds for a Zelda game, but I'm still on the fence about a Mario title. I know Super Mario 3D Land is the more popular title, but I hated Mario 64 and haven't touched a 3D Mario since. NSMB2 looks more like Super Mario World, my favourite Mario title.

Anyone want to take a stab at convincing me to go with 3D Land despite hating Mario 64 and loving Super Mario World?

3D Land takes 2D Mario level design and puts it in 3D. It's basically what Mario 64 "should" have been in terms of maintaining the feel of the older games

8-bit Miniboss posted:

Huh, the Giant Bomb Quick Look for Majora's Mask taught me that I can block the damage done by the Bomb Mask by pointing the shield up. I never knew that.

You don't have to point it anywhere, just be shielding and you'll be fine

# ¿ Feb 21, 2015 08:24

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Duro posted:

See, I won't have access to my PC for at least a few months, and I was thinking of getting the New 3DS cause everyone is raving about it being a great console, but I'm not into "whimsical" games and I'm scared that it might be a bad purchase for me.

I can a see a few 3ds games that might interest me (platforming Mario games, Mario Golf, maybe Kid Icarus) but I mostly play Shooting Games, Sports Games, Racing Games, online Survival type games and Arcade/Twitch games usually.

Would the 3ds be worth it for someone that has no interest in Zelda, Monster Hunter, Pokemon or any of the bonafide "must have" games on the system? I'd consider myself a very casual gamer, I don't tend to play for more than a couple of hours at a time/per day

It sounds like you have bad taste and that the 3ds might be your gateway to good taste

# ¿ Feb 21, 2015 23:05

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Duro posted:

but then I grew up

# ¿ Feb 21, 2015 23:27

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

glassyalabolas posted:

motherfucking beaver race is pissing me off. I'm peeved the camera doesn't follow you when you're swimming. Also why the hell does Link turn like a goddamn tank underwater.

Yes it does? No he doesn't? :confused:

# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 08:34

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Haruharuharuko posted:

Lastly the new dumbest accessory I've ever seen
http://www.amazon.com/Digital-Inflatable-Sports-Nintendo-3DS-6304900/dp/B007HCGEEA/ref=sr_1_215?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1424596322&sr=1-215

Oh my god

# ¿ Feb 22, 2015 10:40

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

strap on revenge posted:

also someone posted a link to that new 3ds xl grip from eachmall a while back; I ordered one a few weeks ago and it arrived just now

it's not like, xbox 360 controller comfortable, but it's definitely an improvement and fits really well

Does it fit in your pocket? Which pocket do you put it in?

# ¿ Feb 24, 2015 04:44

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

GENDERWEIRD GREEDO posted:

I didn't even look at the screwdriver size I just saw one that seemed like it would fit and it worked loving fine

How are you people jamming screwdrivers in there and just cranking away while that fucker slips around

Some of the people buying N3DSes have evidently never used a screwdriver before. Not coincidentally, I'd like to drink one

# ¿ Feb 25, 2015 05:20

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Bravely Default, is good

# ¿ Feb 25, 2015 10:54

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Was someone earnestly arguing that giving the player the ability to alter random encounter rates in a jrpg is not an amazingly convenient feature

# ¿ Feb 25, 2015 23:54

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Lemming posted:

You can make the random encounter rates in all JRPGs 0 by never playing them.

Your face is about to get into a random encounter with my fist

# ¿ Feb 26, 2015 00:02

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Lemming posted:

Got the trilogy+Apollo Justice cart

I was about to say trash Apollo Justice and get Ghost Trick instead but then I saw you'd already made a good and wise decision

# ¿ Feb 26, 2015 04:19

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Waltzing Along posted:

Good thing, too. Chrono Trigger sucks.

I would be interested in an elucidation on this point, good stranger

# ¿ Feb 26, 2015 05:01

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Turtlicious posted:

How dumb is cutting apart the game cart cases to get those little cart holders out and super gluing them to the back of my nu3dsm, My girlfriend shouted at me "What are you doing!?" over and over then ripped the thing out of my hands getting krazy glue everywhere. was it really that bad of an idea?

This sounds like a dumbass life hack, yeah

# ¿ Feb 27, 2015 10:52

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Nostalgia4Ass posted:

Game's pretty over rated. It's not terrible or anything but it certainly isn't the best of the snes era RPGs.

Secret of Mana, Ogre Battle, and Final Fantasy 6 were all better games.

Ogre Battle: March of the Black Queen was interesting but not that good and no I'm definitely not just trying to get people to talk about it

# ¿ Feb 27, 2015 23:01

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Fooley posted:

Speaking of, how much do you guys think I could get for an Animal Crossing XL?

Microwave it

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 03:42

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Neddy Seagoon posted:

You put a pop-tart in a toaster .

Right, right. Other guy, put it in a mixer, add some yeast, and throw it in the oven on 375

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 04:18

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Sade posted:

Have you ever played KI:U at all? If not, it's a third person shooter with Smash Bros controls.

The online is Good For A Nintendo Game. You play either with people on your friends list or with randoms. You see randoms' names but can't communicate with them in any way, nor is there anything that identifies skill level like an ELO or even a CoD level system. There are two game modes, free for all and 3v3 teams. In 3v3 teams you are either white or black and you kill each other, each death depleting a shared team health bar. When your team's health bar runs out, the next guy that dies respawns as either Pit or Dark Pit, who has a random really beefy weapon and has like 4x normal health. When Pit/Dark Pit dies, the game is over.

The other mode is just deathmatch.

One thing is the gear issue: By the time you get to the end of the single player, you're getting weapons that have an order of magnitude (slight exaggeration) better stats than the ones you start with. Any weapons you find or make, either online or offline, are fair game in any game mode. This leads to sometimes getting wrecked by a guy just because his stuff is better than yours. That said, it's really neat to see a Nintendo take on a modern third-person shooter and it has really snappy, nice-feeling controls. The number of different playstyles in the game would really surprise you; there are 12 kinds of weapons and each one plays like a totally different character, with 12 different variants on each kind of weapon

Overall, as a multiplayer game, it has every bit as much charm as something like Mario Kart and seems to have pretty tight balance, but there's not too many maps and probably no more game modes forthcoming. With some iterating it could be really, scarily good.

To be fair, the rating of the weapon determines how much health your team loses when you die, which is pretty cool

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 06:40

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Fuzz posted:

1- I'm going to get Kid Icarus Uprising after the chat in here. Should I buy the hard copy with the stand, or is it playable just fine from the eShop? Does the stand even work with the Nu3DS? Does the game take advantage of the CPP, or are you locked to the touchscreen aiming?

Uprising's touch screen controls are much better than twin stick controls

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 21:28

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

noirstronaut posted:

So what's the verdict on the best way to play?

Touch screen controls on an XL with the cursor sensitivity loose and high but not too high

(the real answer is to go into the in-depth customization menu and figure out what feels best for you)

# ¿ Feb 28, 2015 21:47

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Ciaphas posted:

I dunno, two hours? Something like that? Why doesn't the load game screen have a timer on it.

Because you can check the system's play log for that

# ¿ Mar 1, 2015 05:23

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Are there any series where you should play newer games before older games?

# ¿ Mar 1, 2015 22:56

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

BisterdDave posted:

Pokemon.

No I mean, with the assumption that you'll play most of the series. Newer is generally better (shocker), so if you were gonna play older games you'd want to play them first.

KennyMan666 posted:

Metroid, Kirby, Star Control, Grand Theft Auto, Saints Row, Donpachi, Castlevania, The Incredible Machine. Final Fantasy, I guess. Smash Bros, in my opinion.

Assuming "just skip the first entry/first few entries entirely".

Like, yeah I don't think anyone's going to disagree with you, assuming that assumption

Adam Bowen posted:

If The Legend of Zelda isn't worth playing, what NES or earlier era game is?

I'm not saying it's the best game in the series, but it was a big milestone in gaming and if you're interested in the medium it's worth at least trying it out for the historical value if nothing else.

Zelda 1 really is one of the few NES games to age somewhat well, along with Kirby's Adventure

# ¿ Mar 1, 2015 23:52

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Adam Bowen posted:

I've got mixed feelings on the inverted castle. The game kind of falls apart when you reach it and you blow through it way too fast so the sense of progression is pretty bad compared to the first castle. It feels hastily thrown together and a bit empty as well. But, when you start seeing how the areas were designed to work both right-side up and upside-down it's pretty cool. The game really opens up at that point and you can go basically anywhere you want right from the beginning. Also, I already felt like the first castle was a decent length for a first playthrough, comparable to a first playthrough of Super Metroid, so it really felt like a big bonus to get another castle. Also, Lost Painting.

It's pretty easy to design an area when your character can fly

# ¿ Mar 2, 2015 04:37

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Waltzing Along posted:

Because English is a stupid language that mangles vowels. One sound per vowel is much more sensible.

But that's so inefficient!

# ¿ Mar 3, 2015 03:42

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Turtlicious posted:

I just thought it was very functional

You know you can download games right

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 05:19

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Turtlicious posted:

You can only buy physical carts from amazon.

No it's not, it's actually extremely cool and functional because I now have something unique, and I can carry 4 physical carts with me.

You know you don't have to shop from amazon right

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 05:28

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Cloks posted:

37 copies of Kid Icarus, according to the thread.

Correct

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 06:11

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Fremry posted:

If you guys didn't realize it was a troll by this, then I don't even know what to say. Unless this is some SA parody of a parody of a parody inception poo poo like FYAD and nuGBS.

When your trolling technique is pretending to be an idiot, the only person you're trolling, is your self

# ¿ Mar 4, 2015 08:12

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# ¿ May 3, 2024 23:45

Looper: Mar 1, 2012

Neddy Seagoon posted:

Oh drat, I've seen that thing on some store shelves gathering dust. Does it actually work at all?

No don't you dare

# ¿ Mar 5, 2015 03:13

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