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@johnvboy It isn't the end of the world, I simply answered your question.

I'd have a whole lot to criticize these games, their business practices and their more blind fans for, but many others have already done so, so I guess I could just leave it at that.

But problems don't go away by ignoring them.

@johnvboy As in recycled content, content locked behind additional paywalls and external Pokemon storing and trading systems with annual fees?

@HotGoomba "Anyone making fun of people that find compromising challenge for the sake of accessibility resulting in a lesser game should not have the right to ridicule, and deserves to be ridiculed."

How about that? That's how you sound like. I don't have a problem with telling someone to get off the high horse, but when you're doing it so that you can climb there yourself, you're not any better.

Nothing wrong in playing games on Easy Mode, as long as you own it. If you've played through the game on Easy and someone has played through the game on Hard, the experiences have been very different and anyone claiming that playing through a game on Easy would be same as playing through it on a higher difficulty is wrong.

I don't believe many people who criticize this phenomenon have problems with people playing on Easy, but with the attitude many seem to take about it.

Well, you know, these are kind of worthy, I guess... but I believe most of the 3DS owners own these games already, and in physical form, no less.

But hey, adding the home themes in these has been cool. I just wish they would add more variety to them.

And also that 3DS Ambassador program as a prize. I wish there was a way to tell them how cool that would be, the basic customer support isn't really worth trying.

You know how they would make My Nintendo worth all the worthless time it's existed ever since the first few months?

Offer the Ambassador Pass for 3DS for like over 1000 Gold coins or something. That would be really cool and actually worth something.

This was easily the highlight of this whole thing for me. I regretted not buying the PS2 original when it was available for cheap, but I'm going to get this Day One. An awesome move by Atlus, definitely.

@JR150 About this whole thing basically being first and foremost a way to cull the launch day hype criticism from sources outside the ones officially accepted and given instructions on how to approach the reviewed game to by the publisher. Just like others here have said, the time limit just delays the inevitable for 36 hours, while giving the publisher a "problem-free" day of launch (depending on if their review guidelines given to sites have been dubious) and potential unaware buyers who base their purchase decisions on Metacritic score alone.

@JR150 I was going to come here to write about this, but I'm glad someone else said it first.

@status-204 It's almost like games are more than just their technical performance or something.

Have been waiting for a deal like this over here in EU for quite some time now, I really hope it would happen soon somewhere.

He's starting to look more and more like a JRPG final boss with each upgrade to his grid.

@TheLightSpirit Nah, I meant the modern ones. Never understood why some people feel it's necessary to compare the original ones to the newer ones, the first ones were iconic and memorable since they were... well, the first.

These do look like most of the modern Pokemon designs. AKA, same-y and bland as hell.

Somehow I don't feel all that much better knowing that it could have been even worse than it already is.

I wish they could still sell the EU eShop versions of these games for the sale prices they do on Switch, since this one is skipping the region completely and I'd much rather play Mutant Mudds on 3DS than on Switch. They have seemingly abandoned 3DS sales completely after moving over to Switch, which is a shame since many of their games seem way more fitting on 3DS.

@retro_player_77 Well, at least there's that. I'd be very much down with an HD version of Galaxy.

After watching the trailer I'm just getting huge Color Splash vibes, pretty much nothing else. I sense nothing in the style of the first two games.

Expecting the worst, would love to be wrong.

I'm just glad the Japanese voices option was finally officially confirmed for the release over here.

@NoNoseNosferatu
https://gonintendo.com/stories/360523-rumor-retail-version-of-streets-of-rage-4-on-the-way-to-europe

Just a note from another Nintendo-related news site, apparently this announcement could not be made because of LRG and their deal that apparently made it impossible for these guys to announce this release before LRG could get their pre-orders in.

This is something I'd really hope some game journalists could look into. LRG is having a really unfair position in the limited physical release market if they can pull off stuff like that. I wouldn't be surprised if many people pre-ordered LRG's version of this game thinking it was going to be the only physical release available based on all the coverage before the release date.

Why not display the proper play times of Switch games on the actual console itself?

@mrmememan Remembering how they were not happy with the sales of the original, getting unaware people to think it's something completely new feels like a deliberate attempt on their end.

Only criticizing the potential explanation, I personally feel like the game should receive a second chance on the market.

As much as I love Switch, 3DS and its library holds a very special place in my game collection and I think Nintendo actually killed it off sooner than they should have (just look at many of the Switch titles that were obviously initially being developed for the 3DS, but were moved over to Switch and arguably suffered because of it). Where it lacked in innovation and variety when compared to the original DS, it sure made up for it with eShop and the sheer amount of quality titles, ports and remakes.

I'm going to miss being able to get Day One purchases for 35-40€ price point and getting all excited over a technically inferior handheld gaming console getting stellar releases mostly free of modern industry practices and being able to deliver just with the quality of the game, not the specs. Can't get that anymore.

I still have a huge backlog of 3DS stuff left to play, and I'm constantly hunting for the last few deals online before all the good stuff is gone, but it still quite stings seeing it finally being over in Nintendo's and general public's eyes. Truly one of the best consoles ever.

Yep. An incredibly basic, generic and almost the most boring possible choice possible for a last reveal for the fighter pass. Gotta say I'm disappointed after the wild ride thus far.

Thinking of all the possible future deals, giving F-Zero to Shin'En would be a fantastic move.

After playing the demo and the full version for a while I can't help but be disappointed we never got the 3DS version. It would have been a completely different-looking and feeling experience when compared to this version, and somehow it just doesn't feel all that special to me after seeing the PS4 version in action. I do appreciate the added content and QOL changes, but I just can't feel the excitement over the game I would have definitely felt had they released the 3DS version over here, too. It truly feels like a missed opportunity seeing how VII and VIII fared so well.

Well, at least a slight discount on HarmoKnight and Mario's Picross. Decided to get both of them since I don't really think these deals are going to be available for much longer.

It's really a shame, since at one point they were really firing with the exclusive home themes and good downloadable stuff, but at some point they just completely gave up and nowadays are just recycling older deals. Especially game-specific themes that were only available for digital version pre-orders (Project X Zone 2 and Dragon Quest VII, for example) would definitely be something I'd love to use points towards to get from My Nintendo.

It's cool that you publish articles like this, because with the weekly download updates there's no way to know what stuff gets released or discounted on 3DS eShop anymore. I'm sure that's on Nintendo, not on you guys, but still.

I always had my doubts after they so blatantly ignored their EU consumer base, guess that wasn't the only problem they had going on. I just hope the actually competent people can find better places to work at.

This was the one thing I was really hoping to happen, and it finally did. Yesssss, so much yes. Definite Day One buy for me, finally we can have this masterpiece in HD and in handheld mode.

And here I was wondering why I never ended up buying the original.
>Lives in Europe
Ooooooh, right. That's why.

Why they never released the original over here is beyond me.

I checked the 3DS eShop and there are some new (although samey) titles on a sale again, so I guess they just don't bother sending that info anymore?

This is some pretty heartrending stuff. I was a big fan of his work on Newgrounds back in the day, and TOME. I felt that he really did deserve to get in the big leagues doing actual voice acting work.

But based on what he wrote himself, he has clearly had some real problems with handling his life and relationships. It's always sad to see people you'd want to root for revealing how they truly are outside the work they do. Of course, it has no bearing on the actual work they do, but it gets very difficult to not let it affect your judgement on it at all when stuff like this comes to light.

The only thing I'm not too sure about is the white color of the buttons. Why not make them black like in the original?

But other than that, the form factor and everything else is just as I had hoped it to be. Will very likely pick this one up Day One.

Well, to be perfectly honest, there was finally something useful for me, that little 1.50€ discount for Pokemon Puzzle Challenge!

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...It's pretty sad how that is something to be glad about with this service, isn't it?

Yesss, that Persona Q2 home theme is going to be a sweet final home theme for 3DS, just like how the game is very likely going to be the very final "proper" 3DS release.

Yeah, I'd really like more variety to these deals, especially on some games that aren't available physically and do not show up in sales all that often. There's a whole lot of original Game Buy stuff that is featured way too rarely, might as well put all of them here to be bought with a minuscule discount for silver coins, because those coins have been next to useless for such a long time.

What happened to the special games, like Zelda Picross? DS emulations, like Warioware Touched? All those cool home themes, like Bravely Second and Pokemon Gold / Silver character ones? Where the heck did all of them go? Because I severely miss them, for they were the one legitimately good reason for My Nintendo to ever exist. As it is now, it's next to worthless.

Have the NISA publisher deals gone live for anyone yet? The prices are still regular for me.

@Dalifano
I'd recommend to look at this one with a different eye, since the actual developer is RideOn, and it seems to be a spiritual successor to their earlier title Adventur Bar Story, which I think is one of the best budget JRPGs available on 3DS. Looks like this isn't made by the same group that's known for the very cheap-looking JRPGs.

Yesssss, exactly what I was hoping for!

Please let it be Ushiro.

Please don't ruin Johto with this whole "Let's Go" business.

I just hope they would release a straight black, dark grey or dark blue model. There are enough wacky color combinations and special editions already.

It feels like someone in the power of deciding about these things thought "oh, people want physical games? Well, we shall give them physical games!" and didn't realize it's the actual games we want physically on cartridges, not just the cases.

Would have been nice if they would have concentrated on making Treasurenauts for 3DS ready before all those other games they decided to work on during all these years after the initial announcement. Can't help but feel disappointed, even though I understand how the situation is.

@Bunkerneath

My thoughts exactly. But I'm afraid they won't do it since it says "some" amiibos would return, and the "alternate color" ones are probably on the lower side of probability scale.

I'd love to be wrong, though.

I'm still waiting for an all-black model ow New 2DS XL, or at least something resembling that that doesn't have some sort of overly bright color combination.

"It is going to help the AAA game industry grow much faster."

Yeah, and let the smaller companies die equally faster. I really fear for this kind of future.

@Auzzo I wouldn't hold my breath for a Switch port. But the reason why this one gets the digital only treatment has probably something to do with Atlus finally establishing their own EU branch, and this game just happened to fall between the transition period with its release. The problem is, they don't even see it worthy to release a limited physical run later on after they've set their stuff up, despite many people not being happy about the digital only thing after we got the good thing going with Deep Silver's releases. I would honestly be more than OK with a delayed release should it mean a physical copy I could play, and I'm sure many others would be, too. Especially after the whole SMT IV debacle all those years ago.