@chemical Snez is just about acceptable, but the only correct pronunciation is Super Nez. ESS EN E ESS is just totally wrong. Might as well call it an Atari.
I bought OlliOlli for about £1.50 on PSN a few weeks ago, and much as I'd prefer it on a Nintendo console, it's so buggy and broken on both my Vita and PS3 that I'm wary of spending any more money on it.
Also, OlliOlli 2 is out this week on other consoles, so it's a bit old hat now anyway.
For what it's worth, I used to play a lot of iOS games. Many morphed into F2P with IAPs, and so I simply stopped playing. Eventually, 95% of the games on the App Store were either plastered full of adverts, or impossible to play without IAPs, so I gave up playing iOS games completely.
If Pokemon Shuffle was £5 and no IAPs, I'd buy it. But as it is, I'm not paying a penny.
@RoomB31 We still haven't got Rusty in the UK. So none of them over here I downloaded Steel Diver and Iron Whatsit and have paid nothing on either of those.
@Yosher Depends which option you chose. If you migrated to a new microSD first then did the system transfer using the "Copy via PC" option you'd have been done in minutes.
@PlywoodStick I am genuinely amazed anyone uses the music app I've hundreds of photos too, but I've plenty of space on the card (and due to the low resolution they're minutes anyway) so I just leave them on.
Anyway, if you think that's bad, you never have managed with the Nokia N-Gage!
@tux_peng Yes, I know about that - it still doesn't work. Can't connect from my Yosemite Mac, my Mavericks Mac, my Snow Leopard Mac, either of my two Linux boxes, or my Synology NAS.
@Crimson_Ridley If she has a New 3DS or New 3DS XL, then you can do a system transfer from her machine to your new one, then wait a number of days (I think it's 14, but not sure) before it will allow you to transfer it back to hers complete with the game. If she has a "not New" 3DS/XL then you can't do this as you can't do a system transfer from the New 3DS to the not-New 3DS.
@TossedLlama I predict even more complaining that the new 3DS they bought isn't a New 3DS, and trying to complain to the hapless staff in Game that there's a difference between a "new 3DS" and a "New 3DS". Stupid naming. In 10 years time it'll still be called "New 3DS" even though it'll have been superseded at least twice by then.
@DarkEdi It transfers the DSi data too. If you do it via the "PC" method it actually transfers the data from the system memory (where DSi titles live) to the SD card, and then from the SD card into the system memory of the new 3DS.
@asgarod21 If it's broken Nintendo either repair it or replace it and transfer the licences for you. If it's stolen and you provide them with a crime number, they have been known to transfer licences then too. If you sold it, it's gone.
@JaxonH The data doesn't get deleted - the 3DS just creates a new folder for it but doesn't move it in there. I don't know why it does this, but it does. Some of the data is something you might never notice - some street passes, or extra data for a game you no longer play, but plenty of people HAVE noticed, and merging the folders fixes it.
@Nicolai Depends on the speed of your card, speed of your wireless, speed of your internet connection, and how many files you have (and how big they are). I saw someone on Twitter transfer a nearly full 8GB card and it took more than 6 hours. Also, if you have some DSiWare titles, they transfer separately and seem to take longer (despite being generally smaller).
@JaxonH Sorry to disagree, but I disagree. What you're saying is logically true, but isn't actually the case. I have first hand experience (several times over) and have helped hundreds (literally) of people recover missing data by re-doing the SD transfer but using the initialise then merge folders method.
@jshcamisado If the only thing on the card is MH4 and you don't care about keeping anything else (or your MH4 save), then no - you don't need to do anything else.
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Re: Nintendo Life Weekly: SNES PlayStation Prototype Powered Up, Xenoblade Censorship, YO-KAI Watch Popularity & More
@chemical Snez is just about acceptable, but the only correct pronunciation is Super Nez. ESS EN E ESS is just totally wrong. Might as well call it an Atari.
Re: Nintendo Life Weekly: SNES PlayStation Prototype Powered Up, Xenoblade Censorship, YO-KAI Watch Popularity & More
"ESS EN E ESS"
Re: Nintendo Download: 27th August (Europe)
IAPs for Devil's Third.
AHAHaHAHahAHHAhahaha
Re: Fantasy Life 2 Is Skipping 3DS In Favour Of Smartphones
Well, that's a shame. No sale to me.
Re: Review: Shanghai Mahjong (3DS eShop)
Yet another not actually Mahjongg Mahjongg game. Sigh. Every review I get my hopes up, and every time it's just Shanghai/Mahjongg Solitaire. Boo!
Re: Nintendo Download: 2nd April (Europe)
I'll be getting Gunvolt, which you seem to have missed off the list...
Re: Review: 3D Out Run (3DS eShop)
"It's tough to choose between Passing Breeze, Magical Sound Shower or Splash Wave"
No it isn't. The answer is ALWAYS Magical Sound Shower.
Re: Nintendo Download: 12th March (Europe)
Great week this week. Will mop up any Wayforward titles I don't already have, and 3D Outrun - FINALLY!
Re: Feature: Ten Upcoming Nindie eShop Games to Watch on Wii U and 3DS
Currently playing through the GBC Shantae game and it's glorious. So more of that, please.
Re: 3DS System Update, 9.5.0-23, Goes Live and Brings Unprecedented Stability
Wish my Vita had some stability updates.
Re: 3DS System Update Shuts Off Web Browser Exploit, Ruling Out Pokémon Shuffle Freebies and Region-Free Hacks
Called it!
https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2015/03/3ds_system_updaten950-23_goes_live_and_brings_unprecedented_stability#comment2893730
Re: 3DS System Update, 9.5.0-23, Goes Live and Brings Unprecedented Stability
I bet that's the free jewels-and-money exploit in Pokemon Shuffle gone then.
Re: Nintendo Download: 5th March (Europe)
I bought OlliOlli for about £1.50 on PSN a few weeks ago, and much as I'd prefer it on a Nintendo console, it's so buggy and broken on both my Vita and PS3 that I'm wary of spending any more money on it.
Also, OlliOlli 2 is out this week on other consoles, so it's a bit old hat now anyway.
Re: Pokémon Shuffle Hits One Million Downloads
For what it's worth, I used to play a lot of iOS games. Many morphed into F2P with IAPs, and so I simply stopped playing. Eventually, 95% of the games on the App Store were either plastered full of adverts, or impossible to play without IAPs, so I gave up playing iOS games completely.
If Pokemon Shuffle was £5 and no IAPs, I'd buy it. But as it is, I'm not paying a penny.
Re: Pokémon Shuffle Hits One Million Downloads
@RoomB31 We still haven't got Rusty in the UK. So none of them over here I downloaded Steel Diver and Iron Whatsit and have paid nothing on either of those.
Re: Pokémon Shuffle Hits One Million Downloads
@liavcol But I'm done with the game and have spent nothing.
Re: Nintendo Download: 5th March (Europe)
@manu0 other, lesser, sites were saying worldwide this week
Re: Nintendo Download: 5th March (Europe)
What happened to Mario vs Donkey Kong that was due this week?
Re: Pokémon Shuffle Hits One Million Downloads
Finished stage 150 over the weekend. 4 jewels left. Never spent a penny, nor saw the need to.
Re: Feature: Five Remastered Games We'd Love to Play on the New Nintendo 3DS and XL
@Dipper723 if Xenoblade Chronicles does, why not Twilight Princess?
Not that I'd want TP anyway. Terrible game. My vote would be for Mario 64. The DS one was a huge disappointment - so it needs to be done properly.
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@DanielHPoetry You're right - that's not trolling. That's spamming. And Facebook? Please.
Re: Review: Best of Board Games - Mahjong (3DS eShop)
Another not-Mahjongg Mahjongg game
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@Bizzyb See, I did say this sort of thing happens if you don't do the merge folder method...
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@Yosher Depends which option you chose. If you migrated to a new microSD first then did the system transfer using the "Copy via PC" option you'd have been done in minutes.
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@PlywoodStick I am genuinely amazed anyone uses the music app I've hundreds of photos too, but I've plenty of space on the card (and due to the low resolution they're minutes anyway) so I just leave them on.
Anyway, if you think that's bad, you never have managed with the Nokia N-Gage!
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@mjc0961 My daughter does stop motion animations with it.
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@xelloss unless you actually do the transfer (rather than just remove and add the NNID) you'll be unable to access anything on either.
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@PlywoodStick With a 64GB card you'll never need to take it out, unless you want to back it up.
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@xelloss remove your NNID on your old one, then add it on your new one. You'll lose everything tied to it on your old one, though.
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@tux_peng Yes, I know about that - it still doesn't work. Can't connect from my Yosemite Mac, my Mavericks Mac, my Snow Leopard Mac, either of my two Linux boxes, or my Synology NAS.
Re: Guide: How to Complete a System Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@DL-6 I don't know for certain, sorry. I'd expect it to be licences and Streetpass stuff, but who knows?
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@Crimson_Ridley because everyone was selling them on eBay
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@DL-6 transfers data and licences, but not the actual games. You have to redownload them.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@gojiguy yes.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@TossedLlama I'll stick with the ORIGINAL name - Sega Megadrive
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@Crimson_Ridley If she has a New 3DS or New 3DS XL, then you can do a system transfer from her machine to your new one, then wait a number of days (I think it's 14, but not sure) before it will allow you to transfer it back to hers complete with the game. If she has a "not New" 3DS/XL then you can't do this as you can't do a system transfer from the New 3DS to the not-New 3DS.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@VictoryStar06 you just unscrew the two screws. Or am I missing something?
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@TossedLlama I predict even more complaining that the new 3DS they bought isn't a New 3DS, and trying to complain to the hapless staff in Game that there's a difference between a "new 3DS" and a "New 3DS". Stupid naming. In 10 years time it'll still be called "New 3DS" even though it'll have been superseded at least twice by then.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@jshcamisado yes
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@DarkEdi It transfers the DSi data too. If you do it via the "PC" method it actually transfers the data from the system memory (where DSi titles live) to the SD card, and then from the SD card into the system memory of the new 3DS.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@asgarod21 If it's broken Nintendo either repair it or replace it and transfer the licences for you. If it's stolen and you provide them with a crime number, they have been known to transfer licences then too. If you sold it, it's gone.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@JaxonH The data doesn't get deleted - the 3DS just creates a new folder for it but doesn't move it in there. I don't know why it does this, but it does. Some of the data is something you might never notice - some street passes, or extra data for a game you no longer play, but plenty of people HAVE noticed, and merging the folders fixes it.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@majinx07 Yes, but you'll need a microSD to Sd adapter for a normal 3DS or 3DSXL.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@asgarod21 They're all gone. You can't get them back unless you beg and plead with Nintendo.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@Nicolai Depends on the speed of your card, speed of your wireless, speed of your internet connection, and how many files you have (and how big they are). I saw someone on Twitter transfer a nearly full 8GB card and it took more than 6 hours. Also, if you have some DSiWare titles, they transfer separately and seem to take longer (despite being generally smaller).
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@JaxonH 60Mb! Luxury! Mine's 3
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@JaxonH Sorry to disagree, but I disagree. What you're saying is logically true, but isn't actually the case. I have first hand experience (several times over) and have helped hundreds (literally) of people recover missing data by re-doing the SD transfer but using the initialise then merge folders method.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@jshcamisado Yep!
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@jshcamisado If the only thing on the card is MH4 and you don't care about keeping anything else (or your MH4 save), then no - you don't need to do anything else.
Re: Guide: How to Transfer from a 3DS to a New Nintendo 3DS / XL
@Maxmike33 You don't need to - you can just redownload it from the eShop.