The browser is severely limited in so many areas because it needs to use very little RAM (which is why you can browse the net amidst playing a game). There will never be any possibility of sound or music for this game, and capturing input from any button other than D-PAD, A & B is impossible. The slide pad will always scroll the page and the L/R buttons will always screw your game up if you give them the slightest touch. The animations will always be jerky when the 3DS has to render several things, too.
The guy probably deserves your $1 donation to see the hard work he's done, but don't get your hopes up for this game ever leaving beta.
It's a shame they couldn't come up with some way of doing Free Digital Copy that prevents people from just buying the retail box to get the digital copy and then selling it again. Perhaps by requiring you to insert the original cart from time to time to make sure you still have it. I'm the kind of person who would like the best of both worlds ― tangible ownership and full control over my software, along with the convenience of having all my games on my SD card. I guess that's what hacks are for, though.
I've been playing for about 5 hours now and I think it's a reasonable effort, though not in the same league as Xenoblade Chronicles. So far, I'm almost in agreement with the 7/10, maybe I would score it a little lower, but perhaps I'll change my mind about that before I finish the game.
I must say, though, 12-15 hours seems really short for an RPG.
@DrCruse what are you smoking? Resistive touch screens (old-scool PDAs, DS, Wii-U tablet) are far more accurate than capacitive touch screens (most tablets, phones). Do your research, please.
Angry Birds may or may not have been better on the DS, but I can't fathom how it hasn't made its way to the 3DS eShop or DSiWare yet. Then again, I'm not sure how it would work with touch controls being limited to the inferior/smaller screen.
2 games? 2 GAMES!? ARRGGHHHH! How long are Ninty going to keep drip feeding us VC releases? I wish we'd got SF2 Turbo. KDC might very well be good but Nintendo can surely do better than 2 games per week?
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Re: 3DS Web Browser MMORPG in Beta Development
The browser is severely limited in so many areas because it needs to use very little RAM (which is why you can browse the net amidst playing a game). There will never be any possibility of sound or music for this game, and capturing input from any button other than D-PAD, A & B is impossible. The slide pad will always scroll the page and the L/R buttons will always screw your game up if you give them the slightest touch. The animations will always be jerky when the 3DS has to render several things, too.
The guy probably deserves your $1 donation to see the hard work he's done, but don't get your hopes up for this game ever leaving beta.
Re: Warren Spector Believes Epic Mickey is 'The Best Looking Wii Game Ever'
@Shiryu: Xenoblade Chronicles looks amazing, I'd definitely have it in my top 5 best looking Wii games. Epic Mickey, whilst fun, wouldn't be up there.
Re: UK Charts Bring More of the Same for Nintendo
Solution: Super Mario FPS.
Re: Pre-Order Kingdom Hearts 3D, Get Free AR Cards
@Joco84: ditto, but the Amazon UK site doesn't say anything about this yet.
Re: Nintendo Still Has Secret 3DS Games to Reveal
Side-scrolling Metroid, please! ...or a new IP
Re: Nintendo Still Envisions Selling Retail Games Digitally
It's a shame they couldn't come up with some way of doing Free Digital Copy that prevents people from just buying the retail box to get the digital copy and then selling it again. Perhaps by requiring you to insert the original cart from time to time to make sure you still have it. I'm the kind of person who would like the best of both worlds ― tangible ownership and full control over my software, along with the convenience of having all my games on my SD card. I guess that's what hacks are for, though.
Re: Heroes of Ruin is GAME-Exclusive in UK
What gives? The announcement on Twitter has been removed, did GAME jump the gun?
Re: Real Life Skyward Sword Controls Don't Work
The last 5 seconds of the clip were worth the rest.
Re: Europe, Your Next Nintendo Direct Show is Tomorrow
Fire Emblem: Awakening release date or I'll cry.
Re: "Too Many Hurdles" to Ni No Kuni DS Translation
Somebody get Operation Rainfall on the phone.
Re: Review: Pandora's Tower (Wii)
I've been playing for about 5 hours now and I think it's a reasonable effort, though not in the same league as Xenoblade Chronicles. So far, I'm almost in agreement with the 7/10, maybe I would score it a little lower, but perhaps I'll change my mind about that before I finish the game.
I must say, though, 12-15 hours seems really short for an RPG.
Re: Miyamoto: "Angry Birds Would Have Been Better on DS"
@DrCruse what are you smoking? Resistive touch screens (old-scool PDAs, DS, Wii-U tablet) are far more accurate than capacitive touch screens (most tablets, phones). Do your research, please.
Angry Birds may or may not have been better on the DS, but I can't fathom how it hasn't made its way to the 3DS eShop or DSiWare yet. Then again, I'm not sure how it would work with touch controls being limited to the inferior/smaller screen.
Re: Google Maps 8-bit for NES
@Aviator you think so? This seems far more elaborate in comparison, they went so much effort with this.
Re: Europe VC Releases - 29th June - Kirby's Dream Course
2 games? 2 GAMES!? ARRGGHHHH! How long are Ninty going to keep drip feeding us VC releases? I wish we'd got SF2 Turbo. KDC might very well be good but Nintendo can surely do better than 2 games per week?