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'...empathy, positivity and kindness - whether in forums talking about games, social media or out there in the bigger world - remain the most important qualities that we can all share.'

beautifully put. have a great holiday everyone =D

soooo many great games on this amazing lil machine. hrmmm, faves include all the fire emblems, all the etrian odysseys, all the monster hunters, all the pokemon, all the laytons, all the atlus, square, nisa, marvelous.... its had soo many vc games too. my fave console ever =D

nintendo couldve had these sales since launch if they could even remotely have kept up w demand in japan. its been in stock everywhere else in the world for the last few months, but japan is just now getting reasonable stock?

baffling, but i wonder if nintendo trusts their brand in japan so much that they felt they could afford to wait on the homeland while they kept the rest of the world stocked up, happy and having good pr and brand recognition

try to finally finish FEconquest and start a revelations file at the least. some culdcept revolt if friend is over. maybe a few hours in dragonquest 5 as well

@thehoppypoppy yeah i have a nice lil backlog that will keep me happy for a few years yet. i agree the ds and 3ds has soo many awesome games, the dragonquest games alone will last me a year or 2 =D

the 3ds is the machine that got me back into gaming after a few year hiatus, i love my 3ds a lot and it will be hard to move on, but the switch will have a good size library by then and hopefully i can afford one.

i have a sad feeling the 3ds is pretty much done now that pokemon is out. atlus has a few games announced for next year and thats it on the horizon for 3ds. nintendo has basically only put out remakes and shovelware for it lately
had great run tho, 8 years almost with so many great rpgs to play on that machine

im very happy nintendo is finding success in this market, but freemium style gatcha gaming is a pathetic cash grab, nothing more

it looks decent but, judging strictly from the trailer, the music and character variety needs some more work/polish

hope it does well tho, this is a genre that needs more games on nintendo platforms. FE is the only srpg franchise nintendo supports now, and very few other major studios they work with make these types of games, atlus had a few good ones but thats about it really.

getting minecraft n3ds physically on friday. then just waiting for 3d and multiplayer...

sure the NA version is boxy, but i like the purple grey color and dont see how its 'downright ugly'. to each their own i guess, but its completely subjective

@yeayeanaynay i dont get it?

done w pokemon. tired of the same old thing from gamefreak

snes mini, fe fates, mh stories and maybe samus 2. 3ds is a great 'retro' machine itself with a neat gimmick and ill be happy with mine for years to come yet =3

it was slightly better than the handling of the nes classic launch, but still understocked. lets hope nintendo delivers on its promise of more units for the holidays. dont pay reseller prices, it only exacerbates the problem

the first game i play alone will be starting a save file on ff6/3, ive never played through it because i bought the gba version and glitched it D=. its a big reason i bought this machine

first multiplay will prob be mariokart or contra3

nintendo loves to have huge line ups for limited products, its a good photo op for marketing purposes. they treat fans like crap, and they have no honor for a japanese 'kid friendly' company
yet im hopeful this is changing and nintendo will have more confidence in the products they make and more respect for the fans that purchase them

the launch surrounding this game has been a mystery in itself, its sold out or not available at all in my country and it was just announced about a month ago. i dont know how to acquire this game on 3ds >.>

@Anti-Matter can you please stop slandering entire countries for their gaming habits because they differ from yours.
the world needs diversity or we would all be in a grey bubble

will get 2 copies of minecraft only when it gets multiplayer and is on sale physically or under $20 on eshop. its way to expensive for essentially a dual screen pocket edition

got metroid on the way and played the EOV demo for a bit

good to see nintendo actually listening to its fans lately <3(and seeing all the money they are leaving on the table)

between this great metroid rebirth, the rerelease of the nes mini and statements about continuing snes production im really happy with nintendo for the first time in a long time, like 3 years. i was going to buy dragonquest11 and never touch or speak of nintendo again but with such a bright future now i may even get a switch at this point =D

@SLIGEACH_EIRE , switches stay in stock on most major retail websites in north america for around 5 to 10 hours depending on various factors of course. id say demand is being met for the most part. there arent a lot of switches on store shelves, but nintendo wants it that way, just like all of their products, they want it sold out before they ship more. i get that business strategy but it isnt very customer friendly. i wish they could find the right balance, like directly taking pre/orders from its fans/customers. they could even charge a premium to have first shot at new products etc.. if they felt it added costs to the 'bottom line'

@Captain_Toad mmmhm, we have a few big retail games coming over the next few months, basically all remakes, but im very disappointed with the n3ds snes vc support from nintendo. its been basically non existent since its launch of 5 games or whatever

@NandN3ds ive heard about some technical issues with the switch hardware that makes me think the build quality is cheap, not really the components, except the dock is obviously cheap.

im mainly talking about the 3ds/2ds/xl/ portable hardware of the past. it has always been cheap comparative to the industry, its the nintendo way and its not bad in theory. but when they have these opportunities to really cash in they always miss it seems. they go a step forward with the switch, but then they have this blunder and take a step back.

BB canada sold out in about 4 mins. why do we even bother with nintendo. i just want to play a few games from my childhood.

they make cheap hardware to maximise profits, but when they have a cheap product that people want, they fail to produce enough to maximise profits on it. its like they only care about making money on their terms, not the fans who keep them going. its baffling to me

@Anti-Matter just because you dont like something doesnt mean its 'stupid'. its just different, and we need diversity in this world or everything would be the same thing. nintendo is great because they are different from other consoles and we as fans enjoy it. sony fans enjoy what they enjoy also, doesnt mean its stupid

some quality games coming out still. 3ds has such a great library of games, neat lil gimmicks and features, its going to keep me busy for a few more years yet

@cfgk24 im soo sorry to hear that, just remember you cannot trust anyone in this world. never leave special items unattended or they will most likely be taken. in theory it sounds fun to play anywhere, but the reality is that playing anywhere leaves you vulnerable to chaos.

i agree its bad pr. can i really recommend nintendo products to someone when this type of thing is always happening? i wouldnt want them to deal with this nonsense honestly, i just tell people to buy a pc these days. it can run any game from any era

@Nintendo_Ninja @Nintendo_Ninja i beleive it has up to four player online and local multiplayer

i ordered the nice lookin CE because this game has a great look to it, and the gameplay reminds me of a GBA hidden gem Yugioh DDM.

for 3ds, rpg maker fes looks really promising, and could be great with good community support. im already planning quests of differing length and genre

EOV and those other atlus rpgs too, along with culdcept hevolt,which looks really interesting also. im a big fan of tabletop rpg games

im loving miitopia demo and am certainly hyped for MHStories

@SLIGEACH_EIRE I just want to thank you for all the good info on new tech that you share with NL writers. your a big contributor to this community and i wanted to show you some appreciation for all your effort. =D

game looks pretty good, nice lil CE too. pleasently surprised =D

@MatthewHindmarsh politicians and scientists need money to continue furthering those institutions ultimate goals, they raise money for those projects by using propaganda and fear because thats the best way to get people to give money. its the reason the evening news is more about entertainment these days, money.

nintendo advertised the neck out of switch sure but on launch day it was already probably 90% or more sold out. consumers can get a playstation/xbox bundle for $100 less anywhere right now. momentum is lessened. its just more cautious and baffling business practices as usual. when will they learn to read public opinion correctly

O.O dat all blue switch doe, hnnnngh so nice

@Lizuka harvest moon 64 is confirmed by nintendoeverything to be coming to the na vc this week =D

once again nintendo says one thing to its customers and investors and then (potentially) does something different. more very questionable business practices that are hurting its brand. i very much hope this isnt the case but it wouldnt surprise me

@marandahir you are forgetting a 15% canadian sales tax(hst) thus pricing it around $550.

3ds' and even the 2ds has been sold out for months at almost all my local retailers even amazon prices have ballooned. at local gamestores the games are even becoming rare and im in a decent NA city. nintendo doesnt seem to be in a hurry to restock either. makes me think they want the consumer to be buying switch hardware and software. 3ds will get a few new games but come e3 it will be all about the switch. it really could be a good budget option, but im just not seeing nintendo support lasting beyond a few months, although 3rd parties will continue on for a few years id hope as im a huge 3ds fan =D

great news =D was hoping this would come to the west

advance wars is an underated franchise that should be brought back and given a proper launch to help it truly succeed like fire emblem

@BornInNorway81 yep you are correct, those 2 missions are 'stealth' missions not listed on the mission list. i dont mind eating my words XD. seems funny that they arent listed but they know better than i how to run their business

@BornInNorway81 hopefully you are right, i will check in next week to see if those missions are still active, but im almost sure they were on the mission list but are now removed

@BornInNorway81 i check the site daily and the missions i mentioned are no longer there, hopefully they will be added back on later but i doubt it. this is typical nintendo, like when they ended club nintendo just before the n3ds/majoras mask na launch, those potential points wouldve been nice but for whatever reason they ended the program early

...they also took away two weekly 30 plt coin missions, signing in to mynintendo and the official website. so they actually took away 230 potential coins a month... small oversight there hopefully XD

great review morgan, had me smiling the whole time =D. have had my eye on this one since launch, but was waiting for a sale. maybe have to just bite the bullet and grab the one copy i saw in my city D=

it has cat cafes... thats all i need to know about it.preordered

the game icons in my activity log on my n3ds are still disappearing and i have also experienced more frequent system crashes as well, particularly pokemon smd, that doesnt appear very stable to me.
its been happening since its launch... will nintendo ever address these real issues or are they too busy chasing ghosts instead of actual bugs?