I got a OG turquoise at launch. Wasn't into gaming, just had a passing interest in Nintendo from as a kid, from Metroid Prime and F-Zero on GC and Wii... so I treated myself with a new gadget.
Then the XL came out. Got a black one... 3DS number 2. Years later ended up giving away to a woman on Craigslist who had nothing for her kid at Christmas time, since I had so many.
Then I got the Mario & Luigi one, 3DS number 3. Gave that to a coworker for Christmas a few years later since I had so many.
And of course I got the Zelda XL with Link Between Worlds... 3DS number 4.
As a huge fan of FE Awakening, I ordered the Fire Emblem OG 3DS special edition from eBay. 3DS number 5.
Then the New 3DS models hit. Got a black New 3DS XL at midnight launch with MH4U. 3DS number 6. Also ordered the special edition MH4U New 3DS XL cause like FE, it's one of my all time fave series. 3DS number 7
Then came the FE Fates New 3DS XL. Obviously, had to get it. 3DS number 8.
And then Monster Hunter Generations New 3DS XL. 3DS number 9.
But I wanted the smaller New 3DS, so I got one of those too with tons of faceplates. 3DS number 10.
Oh, and I got the Hyrule Gold XL cause it was so awesome! It's my main 3DS now along with the smaller faceplates model. 3DS number 11.
And during the recent $99 BF sale, I grabbed the black one just to have a backup for years down the line, and since my smaller New 3DS has small scratch mark on screen from closing lid... wanna transfer when the wheels fall off. 3DS number 12.
So... I take that back. I've bought 11 3DS to date12 3DS to date 😁
I don't know whether to be extremely impressed or horrified xD.
Honestly never meant to collect so many. It started out just getting Zelda and Mario & Luigi as extras, thought it was cool to have 2 on display. But then Nintendo was like, oh hey, here's your favorite franchise with an SE. Oh here's your other fave franchise with an SE. Now here's both again with a 2nd version SE. Oh here's an upgraded model, and another upgraded model (and each time, buying a plain black one so the SE could be on display).
It just... got a little out of hand.
@Octane "I hope Nintendo doesn't release too many different Switch SKUs then!"
You ain't the only one! Although... LE Joycons would make for an incredible collection... hmmm
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@Grumblevolcano@JaxonH If Wii Remotes are anything to go by, expect a lot of different controllers and maybe even configurations. I always thought the Mario and Luigi Remotes were super ugly, so I only ever bought a second black Remote and Nunchuck when the Remote Plus came out. So.. from a financial perspective, I hope the Joy-Cons will be just as ugly!
I love how the conversation went from a conspiracy theory to dead pixels to @JasonH having way too much 3ds systems, al on 1 page. Oh The Nintendo Switch Thread... How I will miss you when these 2 weeks are finally over!
I would love a gold set of Joycons for a Zelda set, but... more silver trim and maybe a rich, vibrant blue and purple alongside the mirror silver trim for the art design (the tribal design Zelda stuff is known for).
That would look soooo sexy
Psalms 22:16 (1,000 yrs before Christ)
They pierced My hands and feet
Isaiah 53:5 (700 yrs before Christ)
He was pierced for our transgressions
@JaxonH Coincidence - I was just thinking to myself earlier this evening, "I've never seen a gold nunchuck, I should look out for one to go with my gold wiimote and gold classic pro". Where did you get it from? Did it ship with a particular game?
You guys had me at blood and semen.
What better way to celebrate than firing something out of the pipe?
Are we talking about how many 3DS systems @JaxonH has? Heh. I once had so many DS systems, I actually lost count. I'm dead serious. They were relatively cheap at the time, but still. Right now I only have my Japanese DSi XL... the rest I have away of they aren't functioning properly anymore.
Just wanted to throw my 3 cents there. Carry on!
@JaxonH Oh man. Thirteen 3DSs... That's a total of 26 screens and 39 dimensions. That's too many dimensions, man! I have a hard enough time keeping track of my stuff in the standard three.
That's a pretty solid argument for physical media in your (highly eccentric) case. People say rifling through game cards in a pain, as is the hassle of carrying all their games around. But sorting through 30+ game cards is a damn sight easier than sorting through 13 entire systems because you forgot which one you downloaded A Link Between Worlds on. Granted, you don't still own all of them, but still...
I thought I was pretty excessive with my collection of three 3DSs - all bog standard original models. I got my first (Black) one at launch. Then several years later, I decided I wanted a Japanese model (mainly to play Detective Pikachu), so I went on Ebay and bid for one - and lost - after betting a semi-reasonable amount of money. Then I started to bid on another system (in a charming Pastel Pink), and got up to about half the amount I bid for the first, soon after which a Buy It Now offer came up for a perfect condition Blue model at 2/3 of the price of the first bid on the failed console. So then I gave up on the Pink one and snapped up the Blue. A few days later, I found I'd inadvertently also won the Pink as no-one had outbid my piffling offering.
So now there are one too many 3DSs for me. High five! I'm at sixes and sevens regarding how they all accumulate. Sorry, excuse my asinine wordplay. It's getting rather... tenuous.
Eugh... sorry sorry. Anyway, yeah. Switch thread. Joy-Cons, and stuff.
@Barbiegurl777 The smart move is to hold off until the holiday season, by then we'll have a better picture of how the Switch stacks up plus we'll have MARIO odyssey which looks fantastic. Me I'm a sucker for Day One and the idea of having both console and hand held styled games on one console means the switch is a must have. For example Animal Crossing is best suited for quick hand held experiences and zelda is best suited for longer large screen experiences. With the Switch you get them both in one (please announce a Switch Animal Crossing).
@Barbiegurl777 If you're fine waiting a few months I suggest waiting for E3 as we'll have the bigger picture on Switch then.
It seems to be generally that Nintendo's E3 is good when the game lineup is strong for the future and bad when it's weak.
E.g.
2012 - Poor lineup -> Bad E3
2013 - Good lineup -> Good E3
2014 - Fantastic lineup -> Brilliant E3
2015 - Poor lineup -> Bad E3
2016 is an odd one out but on the other hand we had no very little BotW info between December 2014 and E3 2016 so it kind of created a mini-FFXV effect.
@BiasedSonyFan
What's strange, for me, is that all throughout the Wii years I was a casual gamer. Not casual like Soccer Mom Susan casual, but casual like "never seen Zelda before, didn't know what it was, Twilight Princess was my first, before that I only played Metroid Prime 1/2 and F-Zero on GameCube, and only because my gamer brother showed me Metroid".
So when 3DS was being shown in magazines before release, I got a little intrigued, but nothing more. When I saw it on shelves I bought on impulse. $250 seemed like a fair bit of money, but it didn't seem unreasonable for a handheld gaming device. Same when Wii U dropped. I got interested in HD Mario right before launch, and bought the system for $350... didn't think twice about it. And I was making like $10/hr back then too.
Sometimes I think casual gamers are the ones least bothered by price, and the ones visiting fan sites like this are the ones that make such a big deal about the cost. Same for features and nitty gritty details. I wasn't investigating online capabilities or account systems or games promised to come in the launch window... no. I knew absolutely nothing about either of those systems when I got them. I just saw Nintendo and knew that I liked Nintendo and I wanted the system. Half the fun of buying a system as a "non-core gamer" was opening it up and finding out for yourself what it was capable of. Oh cool it takes 3D pictures. Oh cool it has this thing called Miiverse. Oh cool it controls your TV...
Switch is actually the first Nintendo console I've ever bought where I'm not going in blind as a semi casual gamer. First one where I've actually followed it since announcement.
@SLIGEACH_EIRE So, first thing's first. This is from Polygon, a site that didn't review Star Fox Zero because they couldn't be bothered, and is having issues reviewing Nioh because its too hard.
Let that sink in.
Anyhow, yes, valid complaints, but this raises another question.
How the hell does someone like me, the most dense and literal person on the planet, manage to work out how all this stuff works from what Nintendo has said? Am I the only one paying attention or something?
Id also point the press fixates on Nintendo not introducing a new IP or getting new studios since the GC era, and then Splatoon was amazing because it was the first new thing. Wonderful 101, MonolithSoft, Next Level Games, COdename STEAM, Xenoblade series, Captain Rainbow, and more, didn't count as acquisitions and new IP.
Because that makes sense.
At this point I'm acknowledging that yes, things could be better, but if folk sat down and used their obviously oxygen depraved melons of emptiness that God mistakenly gifted them, they'd realise this stuff is being blown up by them, and in that blowing up, they are ignoring the evidence.
Again, Polygon is a company that doesn't review something because its hard. This is an industry that fails to acknowledge half of the things in the past decade happened, because its easier to push things that way.
And with regards to purchases being tied to hardware, yes, that is an ungraceful way of handling things, but on PS4 its the same. Your account holds your purchases, and should your account be moved to a new profile, it has to be unliked from the previous one, because if it wasn't tied to hardware in that way, piracy would be rampant with shared purchases.
The way Nintendo does it, is, by definition, flawed. The licenses are locked hard to the hardware, as opposed to profiles on hardware that can be unliked at will. That's the problem. Not that its hardware tied, but that its so hard to change the link to the hardware. But that's not what people push as the case. Your PSN purchases are tied to hardware too, for obvious reasons, the problem with Nintendo is changing the link to what hardware.
To be fair to Polygon and their staff, they don't seem the type capable of thought, but hey, if they want to report and do nothing but moan about it, they can at least be accurate, right?
And they need to learn efficiency. That was the longest, most round-about way of saying its crap ive ever seen.
Also looks like Capcom is singing a new tune. Apparently they thought Switch was touch only because the dev kit didn't have Joycons lol, but now they're very excited and want to bring AAA games over.
Link to MyNintendo Article (because posting links to articles is better than posting the entire article hint hint)
Also looks like Capcom is singing a new tune. Apparently they thought Switch was touch only because the dev kit didn't have Joycons lol, are there excited and very want to bring AAA games over.
lol. That sounds worrisome. Anyway, bring Monster Hunter and Ace Attorney and I'm glad.
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