Topic: 3DS Recommendations Thread

I decided to cut the post down to the most pertinant information for easier processing. (I'm not that good at skimming...)

Anyways, as far as RPGs go, I highly recommend checking out Etrian Odyssey 4 and Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millenium Girl. They both have extensive demoes, so you can decide whether or not you like them before you even have to spend money. They are kind of grind-heavy, especially EO4, but not as much as their predecessors. But I think it's better if you try it yourself.

I'm sure others will recommend Shin Megami Tensei IV, and I probably would too if I didn't feel the default difficulty was a little high at the beginning. I feel it's a little abrasive to newcomers (then again, I've played 5 SMT games before extensively, and I still got hammered), but once you know what to do, it gets a lot easier. I believe you can adjust the difficulty at any time as well, so you can always switch to easy for a while if you're having a tough time.

Bravely Default is easily one of the best RPGs I've played in years, despite some greivances with the last third or so of the adventure. It also has a demo, that, while not a very good representation of the game, at least gives you an idea of what the class system and battle system are like, which are very much the stars of the show, so to speak.

I quite enjoyed Pokemon X. Some would say it's difficult to go back to after Alpha Sapphire/Omega Ruby, but I think the world design and choice of pokemon were among the best in the series, and the story had its fair share of surprises, so it might be worth looking into.

EDIT: I almost forgot Tales of the Abyss 3D and Fantasy Life! Tales is a great action RPG series, and Abyss has the best story out of all of them (though admittedly it takes a long time to get good, if only because the main character requires a lot of growing before he stops being a jerk), while still having really good combat on top of that.

Fantasy Life, while not living up to its original promise, is still a very charming game. The world, characters, art style, and story just repeatedly impressed me as the game went on, though I'm sure a lot of that came down to low expectations. The real star of the show is the combat and the various classes you can play as. I personally felt it could've used more variety and depth there, but that didn't stop me from putting in 60 hours, and that was just scratching the surface...

As for Kid Icarus: Uprising, if you can find it for a good price (or buy it digitally), I recommend it. Definitely make sure you fiddle with the controls before you play, though. It's one of those games where the default control settings aren't going to suit everybody.

And as for other games, if you don't have Dokey Kong Country Returns on the Wii, I recommend the 3DS version quite a bit.
Story of Seasons is a great sim that your daughter might enjoy, while Rune Factory 4 adds RPG elements to the formula, which might interest you more. Just some food for thought, it'd definitely require some research before you buy (which you seem to do, and I appreciate that).

Well, @CanisWolfred pretty much covered all the bases, although I will also recommend Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward, as it is easily one of the best story-driven games I've ever played. It's a visual novel/puzzle game hybrid, though, so prepare for a lot of reading.

For any TRPG fan, I can easily recommend Fire Emblem: Awakening. Easily one of my all time favorites.

@Doge: I don't get how people can like that game so much...... . Me personally, its more of a disappointment than being a true paper mario game. Hopefully, Paper Jam gets it right.

I like Sticker Star. I like that it tried something new instead of sticking to the same old formula. Paper Jam is doing the same thing by melding Paper Mario with Mario & Luigi gameplay. I just wish I didn't have to wait until Spring 2016 to play Paper Jam.

I'm also on the it's good bandwagon. It was so fun collecting the different stickers and I fought every enemy I found. Some things were a bit hard though and not so fun like not having the right sticker for the right event but overall I thought it was a solid game.

For those of you who have completed a Link Between Worlds, would I need to use guide to find out where to go, what to do etc? The only other Zelda game I've finshed is Majoras Mask and I loved it, but I used a guide the whole way through.

for me I used the guide. I am not that good at Zelda games but this one looked fun so I bought the guide to help me out. I hate not knowing what to do next in games.

I never use a guide and consider myself a Zelda expert but A Link Between Worlds is easy even by normal games standards. Still you might want to take the advice of @Pokefanmum82 as she seems more inline with what you want to hear.

No. Besides, the open design of the world is what makes it so fun. Why would you want to spoil it by following a guide, thus setting yourself to an unnecessarily strict path?

You don't need to buy/use a guide in Majoras Mask as they have that glowing rock thingy that shows what to do in it already.

i only use the guide when i get stuck. plus the guide is very nice looking and i like to draw so that's why i bought it

Alright thanks guys, and I see what @CanisWolfred means, as using a guide would probably spoil some of the fun. But If I get stuck i guess i could use a guide like what @Pokefanmum82 said.

Honestly, I get lost in Final Fantasy X's straight line maps, yet I only got stuck twice in A Link Between Worlds (and the second time was just because I didn't know the range of the light arrows). I think you'll probably do fine.

Alright thanks.

I wonder which game to get- Puzzle and dragons or Lord of magna: maiden heaven. going digital either way. what do you think? =]

@VoltageX: I got a lot more out of P&D compared to Lord of Magna. I have like 80+hrs into P&D and I haven't even touched the Mario side yet, you could beat the story of Lord of Magna in 15hrs. I did enjoy my time with Lord of Magna and there Is always new game+ that I haven't done yet. If I where to pick one though I would go for P&D.

thanks for the advice =]
how are the RPG elements in P&D? Does it feel like battling in an RPG game alongside with the concept of gameplay similar to pokemon shuffle and other jewel games?

Should I get Xenoblade Chronicles for New 3DS or is it something that's better off getting the original version?

Thing is though, I've never played long RPG's like above 60 hours before so I'm a bit scared if I'll enjoy this game in the long run.

@Artwark: Do you use the 3d feature? It looks a bit better on the Wii but it might also be more expensive there too. You must also ask yourself so you like the small screen over the big one. Content wise you would be missing nothing.

Also if you feel the lenght of the game might be too much don't do any or at least many of the side quests till a second play through. I made the mistake of trying to do everything I could on the first play through and ended up not finishing it. Stick to the story and level grinding if needed.

@Spoony_Tech: I personally don't care about the graphics but rather the gameplay and visual wise. I know the game looks good but I feel that the world is big and if I have no idea where to go, it might feel so boring to me like Phantasy Star 2 where enemies appear randomly.