I have 101 hours on the first title, you'd think I'd be burned out by now...but then I was played the demo for this game, and I was like, day 1 purchase
If the New 3DS only had the extra buttons and the better 3D effect and it got exclusives, I'd be pretty mad. But it also has 2x the computing power too, so I can understand why something like Xenoblade would be exclusive to it. I would say that the old 3DS simply wouldn't be able to handle stuff like that, but then again, RE: Revelations was a impress game, so idk. Either way, hopefully that extra computing power will be incentive for devs to make more games like this for the New 3DS. While people will complain about stuff being exclusive to it, you can't really argue that more games on Nintendo consoles is a good thing.
In smash for the 3DS, don't you actually need to touch the touch screen to use your final smash? So he'd need a button mapped to the touchscreen too (though it's not like he has a very limited number of buttons to choose from)
Who the heck decided on no multiplayer and everything unlocked in the beginning? Those are possibly the two worst decisions they could have made. The multiplayer should be obvious. Having all the cards unlocked is just a really bad design choice. The reason it worked for the previous games is because it set up a learning curve for the player. Instead of overwhelming the player with an excessive amount of data, they fed the player info little by little by having them unlock cards the more the played. The more time the player invested in the game, the more they possibilities they had, the better they could express themselves in their decks, the more invested the player is.
But by throwing all the cards at you at once, the players will either spend hours reading every card's description or rage quit cause there are over 5,500 cards. Or they can already know what cards they want in their decks, but those people probably are fans of the game and would want to play against actual people, which you can't do in this game.
was so mad cause i thought it said that the games were coming to 3DS VC. Not because I didn't want them to come to 3DS VC, but because I'm pretty sure they said that Metroid Fusion was going to be an ambassador only program.
3rd party developers don't really benefit from selling their games on Nintendo consoles. like, at all. It's pretty rare that a 3rd party game will be profitable, and when it is it usually just barely breaking even.
What sells on Nintendo consoles are Nintendo games, and I believe that Nintendo has a solid fan-base that will buy their games.
So while I think it's a shame that the 3rd party support atm sucks, I don't really care that much. Give me more Smash Bro's. Give me more Kid Icarus. Give me more Kirby and Zelda. Keep a healthy relationship with Square and I'll be happy.
@Phatosaurus oh my comment about graphics wasn't directed at you or anything, i just wanted to say that, and didn't want to double post, sorry that wasn't clear.
@Phatosaurus Did you even read the article? like the first thing he says is that he does things for sony and microsoft blogs too.
Anyways, graphics mean nothing. Aesthetics are what matters, and that's limited by only the developer's creativity. Which is why games make a system, not the system's specs. And right now the WiiU has all the good games.
Also, with the all better graphics and stuff going on in the next gen consoles, i'm sure a lot of devs are just going to focus on making the most realistic graphics as possible, which is lead to bland, neutral colored COD knock-offs, while Nintendo will continue to release aesthetically pleasing games, like Wind Waker HD and Wonderful 101. I'm not saying hd games can't look good, but because of the nature of most of them (fps and "survival horror" games" things are are all brown and black and boring.
i'm not saying that a game has to look good to be good though, my main reason for saying this is to explain my logic for why i think graphic capabilities don't matter (look at the vita and 3ds, vita is way more powerful than the 3ds and yet 3ds got best selling console for like 6 months straight)
Really liked the article, didn't really think about it from a business point of view. I was one of the people going like, is this a joke? the main thing that really surprised me though wasn't the system, but how sudden the announcement was. can understand why Nintendo did it this way now, thanks Thomas. btw, what is the -TBD comments that keep showing up about Kirk? are they from the Nintendolife people or something?
edit- oh, and my main issue is that it can't close. like someone above me said, i like to close my system to feel like i'm protecting the screen. i get that you can't close the system cause it's all one screen, but if they do announce an XL version, it be cool (in my opinion) if they didn't keep the same shape (like they do with previous Nintendo handhelds) and make it like, closable but it would be the same size when closed, twice the size open, so that like, though it's still big, it'll not be so big when closed, and still fit in the pouch that they already have for the normal size 2DS. idk, just my opinions.
My thoughts on the 2DS: 1. Does this mean that the 3DS will never get a price cut? They can't make it cheeper than the 2DS after all, or else the 2DS won't sell. 2. They really should have added a 2nd Circle Pad this time...now they have to make another ugly and expensive Circle Pad Pro for it. 3. The timing is actually pretty good. I already have my 3DS, but i know a few kids that will beg their parents for the 2DS just because it's "newer". idk, maybe it'll be a hit among young children.
i'm rather upset that pit's different weapons aren't different weapons that he can equip. it looks like the orbitars are just his block, and i don't think he'd have enough moves to use all of his weapons
i got mine on the first day and i've gotta say that i have much more hours on my 3ds then i do on any other system. over 300 hours on monster hunter, and 200+ on KI:U. didn't spend much time on oricarina of time, after i beat it i sort of got bored, and fire emblem was too easy on lunatic because of how OP kellam and and the dragon girl was, though their conversations were pretty entertaining. personally though, what i would like more than anything on the 3DS is another Tales of game, and not a straight up port like Tales of the Abyss. i'd really like a completely new Tales of game exclusive for the 3ds
i would have made it a little bit bigger, and put a guy in a yoshi outfit inside of egg in there...no wait, he would have suffocated then, too hot, and no air, hmm...
this really isn't news...by this i mean Sony making pitiable attempts to win over some Nintendo fans and end up reminding the world how pathetic it is.
i'll be getting bit trip lol when it came out i was $1.03 short of being able to buy it, and never felt like buying a $20 eshop card (i don't have a credit card)
i don't believe Colors 3D and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy should be on the list. I've them both, and while i do like them, i believe it is only because i am an artist who likes final fantasy. the first requires a lot of patience to make anything good, in 3D, unless you're a pro with using stuff like this, and the 2nd requires some nostalgic feelings for final fantasy. Kid Icarus DEFINITELY belongs on the list though, i've put a lot of gameplay hours into that game. lots of replay value
well, the original game sold at $20 right? so i'm guessing if this game has all the stages that the original had plus more stuff, i think it's going to sell for more than the average eShop game. i hope not though, cause i'm looking forward to telling my friend to buy this so i can play on his 3ds lol and if i like it i'll download it on mine
i wish people would stop begging for the game on Vita, i mean, theres a reason they are making it for the 3DS. the 3DS is selling so much better than all the other systems there's really no incentive to make it for anything else. plus, the even psp is selling better than the Vita, so if they are going to make it for anything other than the 3ds you'd think it would be for the psp
yeah man, like, i bought this thinking the manual would actually help explain how to do stuff to noobs at programming like myself, so i really can't do anything yet with this app, but i still going to try to learn how to do this man.
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Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd April (North America)
Won't be downloading Story of Seasons, got a physical copy
Re: Demo for Super Smash Bros. 3DS Announced for North America and Europe
If you guys are going to beg for codes, at least say for which region, cause they are different for EU and NA
Re: Review: Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call (3DS)
I have 101 hours on the first title, you'd think I'd be burned out by now...but then I was played the demo for this game, and I was like, day 1 purchase
Re: Poll: Tell Us What You Think of the New Nintendo 3DS
If the New 3DS only had the extra buttons and the better 3D effect and it got exclusives, I'd be pretty mad. But it also has 2x the computing power too, so I can understand why something like Xenoblade would be exclusive to it. I would say that the old 3DS simply wouldn't be able to handle stuff like that, but then again, RE: Revelations was a impress game, so idk. Either way, hopefully that extra computing power will be incentive for devs to make more games like this for the New 3DS. While people will complain about stuff being exclusive to it, you can't really argue that more games on Nintendo consoles is a good thing.
Re: Video: This Modder is Playing a 2DS With a GameCube Controller, Because They Can
In smash for the 3DS, don't you actually need to touch the touch screen to use your final smash? So he'd need a button mapped to the touchscreen too (though it's not like he has a very limited number of buttons to choose from)
Re: Best Buy Gearing Up For Enticing Buy One Get One Free 3DS Game Promotion
I can finally get Pokemon and Bravely Default
Re: Captain Falcon, Lucina and Robin All Join The Super Smash Bros. Roster
@JellySplat
Would love to see Isaac. Can you imagine his grab? Random giant hand appears out of no where and tosses someone lol
Re: Review: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival (3DS)
Who the heck decided on no multiplayer and everything unlocked in the beginning? Those are possibly the two worst decisions they could have made. The multiplayer should be obvious. Having all the cards unlocked is just a really bad design choice. The reason it worked for the previous games is because it set up a learning curve for the player. Instead of overwhelming the player with an excessive amount of data, they fed the player info little by little by having them unlock cards the more the played. The more time the player invested in the game, the more they possibilities they had, the better they could express themselves in their decks, the more invested the player is.
But by throwing all the cards at you at once, the players will either spend hours reading every card's description or rage quit cause there are over 5,500 cards. Or they can already know what cards they want in their decks, but those people probably are fans of the game and would want to play against actual people, which you can't do in this game.
Re: Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal World Duel Carnival Is On The Cards For A Euro 3DS Release This June
@Spakiness
Have fun waiting til September
http://www.siliconera.com/2014/05/14/yu-gi-oh-zexal-world-duel-carnival-heads-usa-september/
Re: Nintendo Confirms Five New Titles for 3DS LL "Recommended Software" Promotion in June
Wow, they just love giving pokemon x and y huh?
Re: Game Boy Advance Titles To Hit Wii U Virtual Console From April Onwards
was so mad cause i thought it said that the games were coming to 3DS VC. Not because I didn't want them to come to 3DS VC, but because I'm pretty sure they said that Metroid Fusion was going to be an ambassador only program.
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Re: Talking Point: The Watch_Dogs Wii U Delay Demonstrates That Major Third-Parties Are Walking Away
Here's the thing...
3rd party developers don't really benefit from selling their games on Nintendo consoles. like, at all. It's pretty rare that a 3rd party game will be profitable, and when it is it usually just barely breaking even.
What sells on Nintendo consoles are Nintendo games, and I believe that Nintendo has a solid fan-base that will buy their games.
So while I think it's a shame that the 3rd party support atm sucks, I don't really care that much. Give me more Smash Bro's. Give me more Kid Icarus. Give me more Kirby and Zelda. Keep a healthy relationship with Square and I'll be happy.
Re: Nintendo Picks Up Multiple Nominations in D.I.C.E. Awards
Gee, I wonder which company will win Handheld GOTY...
Re: Feature: 12 Days of Christmas - The Legend of Zelda's Legacy Continues
http://www.gamespot.com/articles/overall-game-of-the-year-2013-winner/1100-6416469/
Re: Soapbox: Even With The Arrival Of PS4 And Xbox One, I'd Still Pick The Wii U
@Phatosaurus
oh my comment about graphics wasn't directed at you or anything, i just wanted to say that, and didn't want to double post, sorry that wasn't clear.
Re: Soapbox: Even With The Arrival Of PS4 And Xbox One, I'd Still Pick The Wii U
@Phatosaurus
Did you even read the article? like the first thing he says is that he does things for sony and microsoft blogs too.
Anyways, graphics mean nothing. Aesthetics are what matters, and that's limited by only the developer's creativity. Which is why games make a system, not the system's specs. And right now the WiiU has all the good games.
Also, with the all better graphics and stuff going on in the next gen consoles, i'm sure a lot of devs are just going to focus on making the most realistic graphics as possible, which is lead to bland, neutral colored COD knock-offs, while Nintendo will continue to release aesthetically pleasing games, like Wind Waker HD and Wonderful 101. I'm not saying hd games can't look good, but because of the nature of most of them (fps and "survival horror" games" things are are all brown and black and boring.
i'm not saying that a game has to look good to be good though, my main reason for saying this is to explain my logic for why i think graphic capabilities don't matter (look at the vita and 3ds, vita is way more powerful than the 3ds and yet 3ds got best selling console for like 6 months straight)
Re: New LovePlus Launching With Limited Edition 3DS Consoles Next Spring
Hoy, you guys left out of the best one, the Rinko one
http://storage.siliconera.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/3dsxl04.jpg
Re: Talking Point: Nintendo's Low-Key Approach to the 2DS and Wii U Price Cut Reveals Wasn't Surprising
Really liked the article, didn't really think about it from a business point of view. I was one of the people going like, is this a joke? the main thing that really surprised me though wasn't the system, but how sudden the announcement was. can understand why Nintendo did it this way now, thanks Thomas. btw, what is the -TBD comments that keep showing up about Kirk? are they from the Nintendolife people or something?
edit- oh, and my main issue is that it can't close. like someone above me said, i like to close my system to feel like i'm protecting the screen. i get that you can't close the system cause it's all one screen, but if they do announce an XL version, it be cool (in my opinion) if they didn't keep the same shape (like they do with previous Nintendo handhelds) and make it like, closable but it would be the same size when closed, twice the size open, so that like, though it's still big, it'll not be so big when closed, and still fit in the pouch that they already have for the normal size 2DS. idk, just my opinions.
Re: Reaction: Nintendo Surprises Us All With the 2DS and Wii U Price Cut
My thoughts on the 2DS:
1. Does this mean that the 3DS will never get a price cut? They can't make it cheeper than the 2DS after all, or else the 2DS won't sell.
2. They really should have added a 2nd Circle Pad this time...now they have to make another ugly and expensive Circle Pad Pro for it.
3. The timing is actually pretty good. I already have my 3DS, but i know a few kids that will beg their parents for the 2DS just because it's "newer". idk, maybe it'll be a hit among young children.
Re: Character Outlines Will Be Customisable in 3DS Super Smash Bros.
getting rid of the outlines for sure
Re: Nintendo Download: 25th July (North America)
for now its just the demo, but if i like it i'll buy Chain Blaster with the $30 credit from the promotion
Re: Weirdness: So Tyrion Lannister Got To Play Some Wii U At Comic-Con
@#2 he's playing super mario bro's the lighting is just kind of weird
Re: Rumour: Nintendo Is Shaping Up To Acquire Troubled Atlus
if they do buy Atlas...I hope they do it in time to put some Atlas characters in the new Smash Bros game
Re: Video: Nintendo Releases Its E3 Wrap-Up
I was looking forward to some Rune Factory 4 news
Re: Masahiro Sakurai Demonstrates Super Smash Bros. in Developer Video
i'm rather upset that pit's different weapons aren't different weapons that he can equip. it looks like the orbitars are just his block, and i don't think he'd have enough moves to use all of his weapons
Re: Super Smash Bros. Footage Revealed, Mega Man Introduced as a New Challenger
PIT CAN HAVE DIFFERENT WEAPONS!!!
Re: Feature: Our Top 10 3DS Games - Summer 2013
Monster Hunter Ultimate could replace like half the list
Re: Nintendo Confirms E3 Best Buy Demo Locations
(in california)
Re: Nintendo Confirms E3 Best Buy Demo Locations
hold up, on the official site theres only 2 locations, and elk grove isn't one of them...
Re: Nintendo Confirms E3 Best Buy Demo Locations
i didn't realize people knew Elk Grove existed...(i live in Elk Grove, lucky me)
Re: Round Table: Let's Talk About the 3DS
i got mine on the first day and i've gotta say that i have much more hours on my 3ds then i do on any other system. over 300 hours on monster hunter, and 200+ on KI:U. didn't spend much time on oricarina of time, after i beat it i sort of got bored, and fire emblem was too easy on lunatic because of how OP kellam and and the dragon girl was, though their conversations were pretty entertaining. personally though, what i would like more than anything on the 3DS is another Tales of game, and not a straight up port like Tales of the Abyss. i'd really like a completely new Tales of game exclusive for the 3ds
Re: "Suspicious" Box Poses Question for Arizona Police
i would have made it a little bit bigger, and put a guy in a yoshi outfit inside of egg in there...no wait, he would have suffocated then, too hot, and no air, hmm...
Re: Nintendo Direct: Watch The North American 3DS Presentation Live
well, nintendo certainly got a lot of attention with this Nintendo Direct
Re: Guild01 Titles Set For Discount in North America
i already have both Liberation Maiden and Crimson Shroud...but for only $3 i might just buy Aero Porter for the sake of having them all...
Re: Nintendo Download: 4th April 2013 (North America)
i am way too busy playing monster hunter 3 ultimate to have time for these lol
Re: Project Happiness is Now HomeTown Story
idk, "Project Happiness" sounds like a way cooler name if you ask me
Re: Sony Trolls Nintendo Ahead of PlayStation 4 Announcement
this really isn't news...by this i mean Sony making pitiable attempts to win over some Nintendo fans and end up reminding the world how pathetic it is.
Re: 3DS eShop Sale is Underway in North America and Europe
i'll be getting bit trip lol when it came out i was $1.03 short of being able to buy it, and never felt like buying a $20 eshop card (i don't have a credit card)
Re: Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate Getting A Demo In February
i hope the demo has multiplayer like the HoR demo did
Re: Feature: 10 Essential Games For Your New 3DS
i don't believe Colors 3D and Theatrhythm Final Fantasy should be on the list. I've them both, and while i do like them, i believe it is only because i am an artist who likes final fantasy. the first requires a lot of patience to make anything good, in 3D, unless you're a pro with using stuff like this, and the 2nd requires some nostalgic feelings for final fantasy. Kid Icarus DEFINITELY belongs on the list though, i've put a lot of gameplay hours into that game. lots of replay value
Re: Unchained Blades Coming To North American 3DS eShop In The New Year
oh if only i wasn't saving up for a guitar
Re: New Theatrhythm Final Fantasy Teaser Site Opens
thinking..thinking...thinking...can't think of a way they could possibly make a sequel that didn't anger fans. i'm gonna go with port
Re: Review: Funky Barn (Wii U)
@rjejr still...that's pretty uh...violent. You never get to grind up any animals in Harvest Moon lol
Re: Review: Funky Barn (Wii U)
woah woah woah...is it just me or in the first picture are they getting ready to grind up a sheep? who eat's grounded sheep meat?
Re: Fractured Soul Demo Blasting Onto North American 3DS eShop
darn, i was hoping they would add some new stages
Re: Nano Assault EX Blasting Onto The 3DS eShop Soon
well, the original game sold at $20 right? so i'm guessing if this game has all the stages that the original had plus more stuff, i think it's going to sell for more than the average eShop game. i hope not though, cause i'm looking forward to telling my friend to buy this so i can play on his 3ds lol and if i like it i'll download it on mine
Re: GAME Mobile App Suggests That Nintendo ID Is On Its Way
...I don't get it. what does this mean? does this mean like, they will have nintendo games on iphone? or like, you can log in on iphone or something?
Re: Monster Hunter News Teased by Capcom Community Representative
i wish people would stop begging for the game on Vita, i mean, theres a reason they are making it for the 3DS. the 3DS is selling so much better than all the other systems there's really no incentive to make it for anything else. plus, the even psp is selling better than the Vita, so if they are going to make it for anything other than the 3ds you'd think it would be for the psp
Re: Heroes of Ruin Updates and DLC a Possibility
@sin2481 DLC= Downloadable Content...i think
Re: Review: Petit Computer (DSiWare)
yeah man, like, i bought this thinking the manual would actually help explain how to do stuff to noobs at programming like myself, so i really can't do anything yet with this app, but i still going to try to learn how to do this man.