Overview
- Number of Players
- 1 (Single Player)
- Genre
- Release Date
3DS eShop
- 21st Jul 2011, $5.99
- 21st Jul 2011, £5.40
- 7th Jun 2011
- Series
Reviews
Review 3D Classics: Xevious (3DSWare)
Xevious goes 3D
When Xevious first hit arcades back in 1982, it became known for its odd visual style and unique sound effects. Now, after a number of releases on various platforms over the past 30 years, the game now makes an appearance on Nintendo's 3DS system via the eShop. While being able to take the game with you on the go for those quick...
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3D Classics: Xevious News
Video Remembering The 3D Classics NES Range On Nintendo 3DS
The "definitive way" to play these retro releases
Remember when Nintendo got Arika to bring a bunch of NES games to the 3DS? These games were part of the short running series known as the 3D Classics line, which contained six games like Kirby's Adventure and Kid Icarus, and even had a stereoscopic 3D enhancement. The series kicked off with 3D...
Nintendo Download 21st July 2011 (North America)
Nintendo Video arrives!
After last week's excitement with the Netflix application coming to 3DS, now everyone gets a taste of free 3D video with the Nintendo Video application to download from the eShop. Elsewhere there's a 3D Classic, some DSiWare and a WiiWare title too. 3DS eShop: 3D Classics: Xevious (Nintendo, $5.99) — The second...
Nintendo Download 21st July 2011 (Europe)
3D Classics Xevious is here!
Now everyone's had their fill of the first game in the 3D Classics series, the NES favourite 3D Classics: Excitebike, it's time to kick it into second gear with the next instalment. Elsewhere there's a 3DS VC game and a trio on DSiWare, though WiiWare and the Wii Virtual Console take the week off. 3DS eShop: 3D Classics:...
About The Game
The classic top-down shooter, now playable in 3D!
Comments 24
This week? Hooray! I hope it doesn't cost as much as Excitebike now is, because must it have not been free for a limited time I would never have downloaded it. That stuff never entertained me, nor in 3D.
@ MaxiMillionG - it actually will cost the exact same amount of money. Excitebike was sort of a promotion to everyone who purchased 3DS early, but Nintendo needs to make money and no more free 3D Classics for us. I'm holding up on this one until a review comes up anyway.
Namco makes some of the best classic shooters ever...
I'm going to score big on this
unsure...
i mean. until i see the eshop price, i might get it or leave it.
so much better shooters came fter this one. if its like excite bike, aa problem of comparison will occur.
like so many 3d classic will do.
this is the main problem with 3d classics. it involves a lot of work to remaster the classic, when stronger or deeper game experiences in the same genre occured years after the original.
the price now seem too much when you compare on content or richness you can get with similar newer titles.
anyway, illl have to make my mind wether i get it or NOT.
@Samholy I think it's going to be £5.40, not sure what that is in Canada
i am still not sure, am im buying this one or not, i think i will get game and watch and will playing that i will make my decision
I'm looking forward to the review, but I'll get this anyway. There's several nice shmup's for the DS so this wouldn't be at the top of my list.I think the 3D depth-perception eye-candy might benefit this game ... I like it when game developers understate technical prowess and just use features like 3D to add the little touch a game needs to make it great, and they appear to have added paralax-scrolling clouds. It might be very cool to take that ship for a spin. (But we really need more mordern shmup's for the 3DS than this).
The 3d depth is pretty cool, max it out if you can. I'll have to get into this game
It's actually fortunate that we got Excitebike for free. It let us see that these 3D-Classics are never going to be worth £5.40, and saves us the money we would have wasted trying them out. Thank you Nintendo, I shan't be getting any more of them
is this game worth it?
@sam322, after 2 hrs of playtime i would say that it is worth it, provided you like old-school shooters. Much more fun than excitebike.
Will this be getting a review soon?
There was a review made by Nintendolife's Darren Calvert (back in 2007 for the VC release), and it's pretty in-depth on the game's strengths & (albeit, despite its more abundant) weaknesses. Having had so many shooters come out after it doesn't help it age any better.
http://vc.nintendolife.com/reviews/2007/01/xevious_virtual_console
Still, though this 3D update will be adding a little more visual "pizazz" to the already dated Solvalou adventure (with the bomb-dropping & environments below your ship undoubtedly popping up impressively), I can't help thinking that a game like Twinbee (which shares bomb-dropping anyway) would be better served in 3D than Xevious.
What do you guys think?
I saw the video of it in 3d and it looks awesome!!! The plane is popping out!
@steviis_father The NES review has some good points, which also applies to the 3DS release. The 3DS combines the same gameplay, but with mildly enhanced visuals and perhaps better than a Mame emulation, becuse the 3D effect replicates how one might remember the game not how it actually was. It deserves a couple of more points more due to retro-awesomness, despite the fact that hundreds of shooters improved upon it in the years after.
Quote Darren's review of the NES version: "With shmup competition from the likes of Gradius, R-Type and Super Star Soldier already on the Virtual Console it is hard to recommend this ancient arcade classic. It’s far from being a bad game, but it has dated quite badly. We recommend you spend your points elsewhere unless you happen to be a nostalgic fan."
I wish they'd do a 3D remake like this with Namco's Galaga. Oh, wait, it's due out on retail next week, along with PacMan!
Thumbs up from IGN (8 of 10) http://ds.ign.com/articles/118/1183224p1.html
.... My sentiment as well.
@StarDust, hehe, I'm so looking forward to Galaga as well. (Not the tilt-version of pac man or the 3D first person galaga) ... but the other games on there.
The IGN review is a good one that takes into account the 30-years, whilst praising this new update on its own improved merit. Read it & decide for yourself, while we wait for Nintendolife to review the game...
How do you pronounce the "X"? Is it EX-evious or SHE-vious?
@K964 I think it's pronounced Z-vious
Okay, thanks for that clarification.
I find it funny how my little idea for Twinbee actually saw a 3D:Classics release... just not in the US... crud.
It is in the US, dunno why you keep posting it isn't.
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