@Windy & others.

I'm pretty certain the 3DS does not display 3D visuals. Two clues - the banner on the eShop is 2D, I'm pretty certain Nintendo now require games with 3D visuals to have a 3D banner and the more info section for the game doesn't mention 3D visuals, other games do mention it.

For me, this means a Wii U purchase. Easier to share with the family and there is otherwise no advantage to having the game on 3DS. Sad to say, I consider it a cheap port to 3DS if they haven't added stereoscopic to a game that would look absolutely fantastic with it.

@StarDust4Ever Yep, they are encrypted.

@World
Really glad to hear you are enjoying the game. I always like to hear feedback, good or bad.

I just wish I could have got the 3DS version out by now. It's pretty much finished, but we're just not happy with the art.

@Captain_Balko - Can battle again and again and win their entire army again and again. This means you will very quickly end up unbeatable by your brother (or vice versa) making the game a little annoying to the loser.

In my case, my army is 6000+, my son's is about 1500.

@baba_944 - in System Settings, but it is a slow process. You do it game by game.

3 3DS systems in my house. 3 special visitors in 1 week = 9 pink pieces for moi.

@oddworldinc Nice to know. Day 1 purchase for me. Loved the original.

I want to know if "New N Tasty" is the same as the original game in terms of content - ie a reboot, or a new game "inspired" by the mechanics of the first game.

I intend to find out...

They really should have shown this.

I really shouldn't have just watched that. I need to stop eating for a few months to pay for all the 3DS games I now want...

@Omega - The game itself or the reward?

Personally love the game and suggest anyone who doesn't own it to take advantage of this offer. Assuming you are in a position to...

Entered with my son today. If we win, which we won't, I'll have to declare our entry void as I lied about my son's age. For some inexplicable reason, the minimum age is 7.

Wot? No Digger Dan? Again?

@TheHunter - Yep, it's exactly the same 3DS -> 3DS and even 3DS XL -> 3DS if you ever want to switch back.

I would advise this additional first step:
Use the 3DS to move any DSiWare to the SD Card first.

This will prevent the system transfer process re-downloading them again which takes ages and also may well eat up the data allowance for those planning to do it over a mobile connection.

You could delete them and re-download them later, but this will cause you to lose any saved games.

Shell trophy ordered.

PURILE JOKE WARNING

Does the tagline "cursed by blood" hint at a female lead character?

2D or I'm not interested.

Sweet, I thought they'd forgotten about demos after the initial glut.

@accc - Yeah, and the problem with WiiWare is that you'd have to fork out money to get the thing released and quite possibly never make a penny back.

Hmmm. Not on WiiWare. The problems with that platform are well documented, but 3DS Ware - I'd be interested in that.

If they'd been 2 minutes long, we'd have been waiting even longer for them to show up.
@Victoria - That's a good point, they may show up for paid download at some point. I'd get them all for my son, I think. He loves them.

@Benedict - Try changing your region setting in the system menu, you may be able to at least access internet services that way. Not sure it'll help with the Nintendo Zone thing, though.

I'm tempted to keep sending my 3DS system in for the free evaluation. They'll send it back with a report that nothing is wrong and hopefully a ton of StreetPass hits from all the Nintendo staff....

@Victoria - Move to Newcastle! That worked for me. Every time I go to the city or the Metro(id) Centre, I always get 2 or 3 hits, usually people with pink pieces that I don't have.

I put the Konami code into Digger Dan as a way to unlock all the levels quickly during development. Pretty sure it was removed for release, though.

Just bought this after playing the demo. I never would have even considered it without having played the demo.

Let that be a lesson to you, Nintendo! Demos are good! Now, just let me get a demo of Digger Dan on the eShop....

I'm fairly certain that I contributed about 5% of that bank balance with all the DS games I bought.

I really wasn't that interested in this game until watching the 13 minute long video by the producer on the eShop yesterday. The multiplayer looks really involved, although I probably wouldn't play multiplayer that much, but the amount of work and content that has been put into the overall package is really tempting me.

If only I didn't have to buy a house right now.

Also, doesn't this one support the circle pad pro thing? There was no mention of it on the video.

Don't be thinking that you can buy this from Game....
http://www.nintendolife.com/forums/wii/game_uk_not_stocking_mario_party_9#reply-02

So, back to what I said in comment 32 - Team Meat got it wrong.

And some Vita download games are already 2GB? Yeah? I feel bad for Vita owners, then. At least on 3DS you aren't as likely to need to buy a new memory card quite so soon and if you do need to, at least you won't need to take out a mortgage to afford it.

I've said it before, and I'll say it again - I've played some fantastic games with hours of gameplay that take up less memory than my animated avatar icon. Yeah, more capacity does increase the potential for more levels, better audio and a video, but you don't need that much more than the Wii's 40MB limit to add more levels. I can live without fantastic audio and FMV cutscenes, particulalry in download games.

Sorry to disappoint, but Team Meat have the figure wrong.

I think (based on earlier rumours from staff that were pretty much confirmed) it's the suppliers who won't give Game any more credit to buy stuff with.

I'll be glad to see them sink - if you have any gift cards or other credit in the company, time to cash it in, I say.

Well, I know of one developer who is moving from Vita to 3DS, but one doesn't really mean much.

I'm glad the restriction for demos is 30 plays and not 30 minutes otherwise you'd only be able to get through about a quarter of the intro cutscene in the demo before it cut out.

Happy Birthday to me, it seems. I'll be getting Wario Land and giving the demo a try, even though I've never enjoyed a Metal Gear game since the 2D versions.

Pretty bad that Nintendo missed it as well. The pick up spelling mistakes in the electronic manuals and marketing materials.

Don't forget Eutechnyx. I seem to think all they do is racers, but nobody ever seems to have heard of them or know what they make.

About time! I'm more interested in Cooking Mama than Resi, too.

Now all they need is to let devs put demos of DSiWare up there.

So graphics are more important than gameplay? I wonder how the Wario Ware games ever survived.

There are a few categories there for which I've bought nothing this year. Bet you can't guess what I picked for DSiWare...

Best GBA game ever.

It isn't a case of "lazy ports". The games run the hardware in DS mode, not 3DS mode, hence why no Street Pass and why when you shut them down, it takes a while for the menu to populate again - the 3DS hardware is effectively rebooting fully.

I know nothing of this game, but I've just read "Developer: Intelligent Systems" and that is good enough for me.

Can't wait to test out the eStore's new background downloading feature with these babies.

Is there only ever going to be 3DS demos, or is there a possibility of DSiWare demos?

@Nick - does it transfer everything? Play time records, Mii Plaza progress etc?

OMG - Updated 3 systems this morning, no problem. Oddly the wife's system already had the update downloaded and just needed to apply it which took seconds. Totally forgot about the StreetPass Mii Plaza though! Loading now...

Yeah, but on someone else's system, so you don't have to pay. Not a 10/10 game and not worth the money (in comparison to other DSiWare titles).