Ive got all the packs so far and have three saves on the go... one where im playing without DLC, hard and classic etc. The other two im using the DLC to grind etc, but with one of them is purely for the purpose of raising the offspring what I want with the right abilities etc. Overall im having a blast ith the game and I dont feel like a cheat as such because im still slowly working my way through the game in the way its ment to play (albiet resetting the game when a character dies ;D )
The Champions pack is a bit dull and easy so far, but the Golden Pack is good for grinding and the Scramble Pack seems to be the best of the bunch so far with plenty of events and conversations etc and a decent bit of difficulty when playing at the lower levels and your trying to build relationships. Im really looking forward to the other two Scramble maps.

@datamonkey Once you have reached chapter 5 you are able to purchase and play DLC... you can then use unlocked characters in your regular campaign.

Recived my Pre-Order from Game yesterday... sure it was a £1 dearer than most other pre-orders but the free Art Book was definitely worth the extra. Ploughed through to chapter 5 and bought the full Champion Pack (£2.99) so at least im covered DLC wise for the next few weeks. Although part 1 of the Champion Pack is currently Free for anybody who isnt sure about getting the DLC.

...oh and the writing in the game is amazing, when I read the ending it was... no, don't want to spoil anything, but it was certainly worth slogging through the final boss for.

The second play through is really worth the effort... it makes the first play through seem like a Tutorial. The enemies really step up their game and the battles need much more stratergy and thus even simple dungeon fodder like Goblins take a lot longer to defeat, better rewards though for your efforts... somebody posted elsewhere that the original version had a new game++, not sure if I will be able to make it through the new game+ but it would be interesting to know whether the eshop version will have the same option.

@Falk_Sturmfels... you need to get an artifact from one of the battles with the undead. Before you select your loot from the battles take your time to read the info that goes along the top of the bottom screen when you highlight an item, it will give you an idea of what your looking for. A big clue is that the object you need is something to do with the darkened room.

Liberation Maiden is short but incredibly fun. But there is a lot of unlockable achievements to keep going back to the stand alone stages for. It is a high score arcade game and I didnt mind the price because what you do have seems to be of a really high quality and the 100% voice acting and the Manga animation are a nice bonus.
You do get the feel of a retail game from this and if they add a lot more stages and possibly an online element to this they could well make a stand alone retail title rather than a single downloadable title or part of a retail compilation.

Im really looking forward to Crimson Shroud next ...
hell, I wish they would just localise Guild 01.

Ahhh PETA again. Don't worry they never mean any harm... they get a good bit of press, Pokemon gets some good press everyone wins.
Even bad publicity is good publicity! PETA know this and know they will get a panning from Nintendo supporters but at the same time they will be popping up in posts all around the net and mabey even pick up a few new PETA supporters along the way.

What confuses me is why they (Sony) allow One Direction to do the 1D in 3D short videos and adverts for the wii and 3DS and they cant allow an actor not even claiming to be Kevin Butler in the advert.
I understand by allowing One Direction to produce these videos and adverts will also shift their (Sony) albums and singles whilst promoting games such as Mario Kart but at the end of the day One Direction IS a Sony Product promoting whats considered a rivals product and Jerry isnt allowed to use his OWN face in another advert.

And yeah I know Sony music isnt the same as Sony games but it just seems ironic that they let their star performers be Ambassadors for a rival company even going as far as releasing promotional gold pant miis... mabey Nintendo should release a special "Jerry Lambert" gold pant mii. lol

I just dont understand Sony sometimes.

@LollipopChoSaw Hmmmmm, FarCry 3 reference there I see. lol

Good luck James, I hope to see the Nintendo websites in Europe being raised up to Nintendolife standard.

I quite like Rhythm games but I wasn't too impressed with the demo for this game, but hey that's what demos are for. I'm glad that it made it into the charts though, just because I wasn't impressed only ment it didn't tick the boxes for me... heres hoping for a 3DS Elite Beat Agents game in the future.

It seems that Nintendo will want to get as many people online so generally everything will be free to pull the consumers in, but I dont think they want to put off big developers like Capcom from offering charges for their services and in the long run it will probably encourage those developers to offer their own private servers via Nintendo's online services for mabey a small game related fee. After all im sure Nintendo have mentioned that with the wiiU they were looking into those "freemium" type games which will offer free play but with the option of purchasing additional content. Mabey we could see a World of Warcraft sytle MMO on the wiiU system which may be free a low levels but would require a subscription at higher levels... thus pleasing both the casual and hardcore audiance.

Cities are far from being the ideal place to get streetpasses...
I havnt got from any of the times I have been to London and thats the Capital city, only ever had a few from Leeds and Wakefield... most of them I get are from Towns such as Pontefract.
I have 181 hits with a population of 288 and im quite satisfied... my logic for why it is so hard to get them in cities is not down to lack of people with 3DS spotpass on etc... Its down to all that free wifi available because I have noticed when im contected to the internet via spotpass I am unable to recieve streetpasses, and large cities seem to have loads of free wifi spots unlike small towns.

If this is the same as the Euro Demo then it has some good and bad points...
the good is, online and offline available in demo (up to 4 players), A full main Quest with smaller quests and a good side quest, TWO of the four character classes to try out with character customisation.
The bad is that we only got 6 plays of the demo!!! …oh, and no voice chat and a level cap of 4.
Its the first demo where I used up all my plays and we only got it a week before the game came out, you guys will have to strerch it to two weeks...

oh, and I dont think the online will be compatible with the full game because the quest isnt quite the same as the one in the main game.

Special mention for the short film to promote Spirit Camera... I thought it was good little 12 min movie.
Its in the new video section.

There is a lot of emphasis on playing through with all four types and 6 hours is quite a quick run through... taking it steady and doing daily challenges while going through it took me nearer 10 hours solo... so I wouldnt look at it being a 6 hour campaign, it feels around a 30+ hour to 100% four characters and then daily / weekly challenges and online multiplayer will add even more.

I for one have enjoyed my time spent in the world of ruin. There have been a lot of negative comments around the web, mainly from people who stormed through the game instead of enjoying it... so it must have been entertaining enough to plough through the whole thing in the first place. N-Space themselves have seem to do their best at responding to these concerns and critisisms which can only be a good thing.
It isn't the perfect game, it has a lot of minor faults and things but its entertaining and does a damn good job of it too. For those people who havnt yet got it such as the US and were looking forward to this title, stick to your first instinct but be prepared for a short main game. There is plenty to do with the daily challenges and such like and online works really well and is fun... but then again the amount of money I used to through at the arcades playing Guantlet was stupid so i love these little multiplayer hack n slash games.
Overall I think it was a good review.

I preordered Heroes of Ruin and It didnt turn up until Monday, however I checked out all the shops near me and non of them had recieved the game so it may be down to lack of availablity rather than it being a terrible game...
...anyhoo, ive been loving the game plenty of crap to collect on it, daily challenges are fun and I dont think that the non spawning bosses are a glitch... they are dead how many times do you have to kill a boss. The point is when a quest is complete you cant do the quest again, afterall you already have the reward and to complete some of those quests you have to kill a boss. So it doesnt seem like a game breaking glitch to me its just how the game works.
You get to have four save slots anyway and when your playing online you play it in the hosts world so if they have the boss in their world you will get to fight them all over, and with all the different combinations of skills and stat boosts, character equipment, etc. Its worth starting over again anyway so I dont find replayability an issue.
To sum it up, it isnt the greatest game in the world but I have found that it is well worth the money and you get out of it whatever you put in. This game didnt sell well down to shops not stocking it rather than a bad game.

The WiFi multiplayer works well but its a shame that they had to omit the voice chat because I played a game last night where the other three players were running around like headless chickens after we had completed all but the main quest because I was unable to tell them where the final boss was and I was waiting there ages before the host of the game decided to end the session. I understand that demos dont have all the features of the full game and im gratefull that online multiplayer was included, I just imagine that the game will play so much better when we can talk to each other.

I wonder if its the demo from the multiplayer demo walkthrough video. That looked really good and had a decent amount of content for a demo.

I used to love this game, Ive had it on it Spectrum and on the Amiga.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bua3ZBwqJPk -----> Amiga Video

I think this would work great on the wiiU.

Yeah!!! Still getting it on the 15th in good ol' Blighty ...
im sorry for our American friends... but Yeah!!! No delay in the UK!!!

WOW! The Queens Diamond jubilee AND the Nintendo Press Conference on the same day!!! I dont know what im more excited for.. lol

Still at least its a day off for everybody on that Tuesday we can get to watch the conference live

I never expected this version to make it out of Japan in the first place, it would have been a nice suprise had it it but the same thing happened with the wii when Japan got the Monster Hunter G game but the rest of the world had to wait until Tri came out.
I think 4 will be a worldwide release and will no doubt include wifi multiplayer which in the western world is pretty much a must like everyone else who has mentioned, in Japan you can pretty much get a local Monster Hunter game going in no time whereas in the West if it wasnt for online multiplayer we would all be playing the game solo. Im willing to wait until the better version of the game comes out with more functions available because in the meantime I will still be working my way through my other 3DS games... and Heroes of Ruin comes out in a couple of weeks and I have that on pre-order.

YEAH!!!!!!! Samurai Warriors 3DS was my first "warriors" game and I loved it, im so glad its getting a sequel... I wonder if they will be giving us loads of DLC again, I always looked forward each week to new scenarios and suchlike.
....needs online multiplayer though, the first one was screaming out for it

Whats wrong with having both options, we already know that the 3DS and wiiU are going to have downloadable retail games so why not produce the game in a way that you could either buy the retail packaged version that has the complete game in all its glory or download the title in a few distinctive episodes. It would just mean that there would have to be a few points in the game where events happen that would feel like a complete chunk if you didnt feel the need to continue but yet make you feel compelled to purchase the next installment. It would only be like when Zelda went from being boy to a man in OOT or becoming the Wolf in TS etc. This would not only give the option of having a downloadable version of Zelda if that is what you want but it would give people who may have been put off by the epicness of Zelda or was even a little unsure of the game a chance to just purchase an episode and give it a try for less investment. I personally dont mind either way providing a game is well produced and above all offers me value for money, it doesnt mean that it has to be a massive game to offer value, I have played short games that I have enjoyed so much more than an epic one both at the same price point and I would have considered the shorter one better value on that basis. So yeah, I think that its possible to produce a Zelda game that would appeal to both camps here, one a complete boxed retail version with all the bells and whistles and the other consisting of a few downloadable episodes that effectively make up the complete game.

I have no worries regarding the wiiU... I look at it this way, Nintendo seem to trying stuff out with the 3DS that will no doubt be somehow put into the wiiU, the 3DS had a rocky start but they overcame that and is building up a decent 3rd party library that is moving away from the casual audience and into a more "gamer" arena and as far as Social gaming, Nintendo dont want to pander to Facebook / Twittwer etc, they have their own means of Social gaming that although it seems like baby steps at the moment im sure will be bigger and better on the wiiU. Despite what people may think about Swapnote, its the first thing I check in the morning, the little orange light in the corner of the 3DS blinks to let me know some of my buddies are online, I check to see what they are playing... low and behold some are playing a game that I play, what then ...I can just "join game" and play along side them. No bother whatsoever, this is Social gaming to me, not pestering people on facebook because your cow needs milking or you are missing a piece of wood from your collection. I find nintendo's aproach, although a little late in the game (pardon the pun) to work very well and if this is intergrated into the wiiU then I would be very happy. Sure its not perfect yet, but it is improving day by day.
The eShop, this is where apple kicks the handheld butt, but just like the social aspect of the 3DS this is also changing day to day. Nintendo are listening to its customers, probably for the first time in all honesty and trying to change the system around them... this is probably one of the reasons why Nintendo havnt been all upfront about the wiiU specs because mabey the system is in flux and changes (for the better) are being made on a daily basis, we will have to wait till E3 to see. But how Nintendo has managed the 3DS after the initial problems has totally restored my faith in the company and im sure lessons will have been learned in time for the wiiU's release.

DS games are quite cheap and easy to pick up... BUT, I do think DS digital distribution would be a great idea but I would probably stick to whats consider the "classics" and not include any DS remakes of earlier games that would narrow it down. Like Zelda Spirit Tracks would be a perfect example of DS eShop download. I would, truth be told, prefer GBA eShop games first but DS games would be easier to emulate... oh, and if Nintendo would be able to fix the old games that cannot use the 3DS / DSi new internet settings that would be worth the download itself.

Still got loads of space on my SD card... glad I went for the full 32GB one, so cant wait to download this demo to add to the others.
I even keep the Demos of the games I have purchased in case im out and about and without the cart and my friends want to see what a game is like, although as soon as space becomes an issue they will be the first to go.

Thats a real shame because Samurai Warriors on the 3DS is one of my favourite 3DS titles.

You should try this on the 3DS...
http://www.lutanho.net/play/tetris.html
use D-Pad to move blocks left n right, up rotates block and down drops faster.

I usually zoom so it fills boths screens and then I move it till it fits in the middle.

@Henmii
"But yeah, digital-only would be awful: Just look at all the VC/Wiiware/DSiware (yes, it has also begon there) games that got removed? "

Even though the titles have been removed from sale, you are still able to re-download them whenever you would like. It works just like the Ambassador games - those that are eligible to download them can still find them.

Some games I wouldnt mind having downloaded rather than cart because I tend to play them little and often rather than having great big gaming sessions etc.
Nintendogs & cats is a good example of this, the only times I seem to play it now is when I get a pass, so I still want the game but not too bothered about having the physical game. Mario kart is another example of the little and often that I probably wouldnt mind just for convience. Most games I would still like the physical media, but at the end of the day its the choice that counts and wether we want downloadable retail games or not its better to have the option than not at all.

@KromCompany
more than half of the current 3DS retail library are on 512mb carts or even less. They start from 128mb and go upto 4GB in some cases.

No games are 8GB at moment but the company that develops the carts have given that as a realistic figure of what they can go up to at the moment.

@JimLad
the eShop currently has retail demos on the 3DS, although I only think there is small selection. Resident Evil and Metal Gear were good examples of these.

@Grumblebuzz, Super Mario Land 3D fit on a 512mb cart so that would make the game between the size of a 256mb and a 512mb cart - approximetly between 2000 & 4000 blocks so I see no issue about downloading it to an SD and regarding price at least retailers can decide on the price which would over time force them to be competative especially when online suppliers will be able to offer them at a cheaper price and with an instant copy on your 3DS.

"SkywardLink98 said:
@Raptor78 Ya, but the standard 3DS cart holds 2GB of memory and games like Resident Evil: Revelations used 8GB."

Revelations was only 4GB and less than 20% of 3DS titles actually use the 2GB or above. 55% of 3DS titles are on 512mb or less. Doesnt seem too unrealistic for Nintendo to sell digitally especially seeing as those are the cart sizes and actually no indication to how big the game actually is. a 512mb game such as Pokemon Rumble will actually be somewhere between 256 and 512 and providing is priced aproprietly would probably sell as a download and with the eshop accepting code redemptions this could be done as easily as buying a code from a highstreet retailer rather than having to buy eshop credit.

Oh I when I said 512mb for Pilotwings I ment to say 128mb.. 512mb was for Nintendogs & cats.

As the Resident Evil demo was about 140mb these would definetly be considered as the are only on 128mb carts and would pretty much fit onto most peoples SD card.

Brunswick Pro Bowling, Bust-A-Move Universe, Cubic Ninja, Frogger 3D, Mahjong Cub3d, Nicktoons MLB, Petz Fantasy 3D, PilotWings Resort, Pinball Hall of Fame: The Williams Collection, Puzzler Mind Gym

...again my concern isnt the space (sd cards are resonably priced) it is how much Nintendo would be willing to sell them for and wether they would have sales on the prices over time to represent reduced retail prices.

In regards to size there was a article not long back that mentioned some sizes which was really surprising with games like Pilotwings Resort fitting on to a 512mb cart, so that would mean that the game would be even less than that and would be a perfect example of the retail download. Pricing on the other hand im not sure it would be as cheap as picking up the retail cart.

With 12 Retail carts and dozens upon dozens of downloable titles (dsi & 3DS) my 3DS gets more attention than my home consoles, now if only I could play Dead island and Saints Row 3rd on my 3DS I wouldnt need any other consoles. So im sick of people talking about lack of quality titles, at least I can understand XCWarrior in that $40 seems a lot to pay, but you should see the prices in the UK where 3DS games retail about £35 - £40 (about $65) with a few exceptions (that I usually pre-order) I tend to have a price in my mind and wait till the prices drops before getting it.
I currently loving tales of abyss which sure was a PS2 title, but was never released this side of the pond.

Changing the colour of folders would have been nice but not essential. Not too keen on just having one letter on the folder so I have been putting a space first so to leave my folder blank... but Im liking the idea of putting a symbol first.

With the state of the economy in the UK most big shops are taking less risks and not giving us enough choice from them and when they do stock the games you want they are over priced and as a result you end up buying them elsewhere like play.com Zavvi (bluh!) etc... which get sent from the channel islands thus saving you money in the fact they dont pay tax on the goods but I also dont think they count towards the charts.

The odd thing is that PS3 games seem to be so cheap in the UK at the moment compared to other systems. I think its bad when I can buy a second hand Xbox game (not 360 either) and it can be more expensive than a 2nd hand PS3 game and I can pick up two PS3 games for the price of a new wii/3DS game.

Seeing as the cards on the Nintendo shop work out less than 50p for two packs, I cant see Panini charging a lot for them. The Doctor Who game cards that they used to sell were about 50p... so I reckon (drum roll) "50p" !!!!

This probably explains why SEGA have put a load of Dreamcast and Megadrive games on ONLIVE lately, very little outgoing cost to them and money for old rope so to speak. Its a shame they are struggling in the current climate but at least they are being pro-active about it. A shame about the cancelling of new IPs but I would rather that than SEGA taking chances and overall doing more damage to the companies finances...
...I hope this doesnt affect the Virtual Console though.

Wariowoods, glad you tried it out even if you didnt like it. What you say is pretty much true, but like the same way I sometimes enjoy watching the Evil Dead movies the cheesyness and mindless button bashing etc appeals to me when im in the right frame of mind for it, I cannot see how it can be compared to Zelda and anybody expecting it will be dissapointed. Im looking forward to the Darksiders sequel but just in the same way I might fancy going out for a KFC instead of 3 course meal. I havnt played Skyward sword yet but from my experiences of the other Zelda games Darksiders is nothing like the series.

I dont think the game was any less for not featuring these, it was nice to think that they were considered but I dont think people would have loved the game any more than they have done and it gives us something to possibly look forward to in future 3DS Resident Evils. I agree that Revelations would not have been as "scary" (more like jumpy) if CoOp Campaign would have been used but for some Resident Evils it would seem more suitable. Resi 1, Revelations... 4 even work well solitairy but I would like to see Resi 2 & 3 with a co-op campaign as they were not as creepy and much more swarms of zombie action which would work well with a co-op option.

Even if your a Nintendo only owner you could always play it on OnLive or even if you dont want to spend anything you could always just play it on the 30 miniute trial.
OnLive plays on Android phones, google TV's and PCs/Netbooks etc. So there is plenty of opportunities to try the series and see what you think.
http://www.onlive.co.uk/ or http://www.onlive.com/

I love Darksiders and never once when I have been playing it have I thought, hmmmmm this is a bit like Zelda. All I can think is that mabey the art style may make you think of Zelda but nah, a far a the game goes I dont think it feels like Zelda.

I enjoy both 3DS titles for different reasons and would welcome a sequel to either of them. If they do decide to make a Mercs sequel though it would have to be something really special... Raccoon City perhaps and Zombies and a PVP option.
...as far as a traditional Resi title, some earlier titles could be good REmade but to the standard of the Gamecube remake of the original rather than just "visually enhanced" like the recent remakes.

...part of the Darkside chronicles I liked was the "operation Javier" sections, I wouldnt mind playing a traditional version of that instead of on-the- rails.