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Sadly this update created a few new bugs. Here's hoping there's a fix to this update soon!

I've never played the Persona series (it's possible I never will, unless I buy a different console apparently), but I've played and loved so many Atlus games on DS and 3DS, and with the pending 3DS eShop shutdown, I want to see them get rereleased on something current gen before they're lost to time. So many of their titles were delightfully quirky. I feel like they took some risks with the games they published.

The Etrian Odyssey series was amazing, for example. You got to draw a map! On the screen! You really were exploring a labyrinth!

@Mattock1987 In case you're curious, that's a specific quirk, called upspeak/uptalk. As an accent feature, it's mostly west coast/California and outside of that area usually only seen in young people. I'm on the east coast and almost never hear it in real life. It's been ridiculed as "valley girl speak" most of my life.

@Kiyata Finally, another use for the mighty flip grip! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/fangamer/flip-grip

In all seriousness, yes, this seems like a lazy port to make you hold the switch sideways.

@Sam_TSM Yeah, if you look closely at the dreamcast one, you can see the tension pins on top of the charging cable, not the smooth finish of USB-C, and if you squint, you can sort of make out the fact that the charging port is not symmetrical.

This bracket is SO WEIRD. KOTOR vs Tony Hawk 2 Pro Skater? CIV IV vs Assassin's Creed?

This game is a lot of fun, buuuut, it crashes somewhat frequently (with the dreaded "this software unexpectedly closed" error). The auto save feature takes some of the pain out of things, but it's about one crash per half hour, generally when switching levels. The developer said they're working on a fix, but that was much earlier in the year. I hope they release a patch soon, the game is otherwise a lot of fun!

If I could get all 6 main series games on Switch, I would rebuy my 3DS games just to have all the Ace Attorney games on Switch at the same time. I realize the Level 5 crossover game may be problematic territory, so if I can't get the Professor Layton one, I'll survive. I still want the Miles Edgeworth games though!

Just a reminder that eBay does have policies in place that prohibit selling any device that can't ship in 30 days. October is months away still. Feel free to report any listing you see if you want to irritate some scalpers. I don't know why eBay doesn't try to automatically do this themselves.

Choose "Listing Practices" --> "Inappropriate Seller Terms" --> "Presale"

Here's the direct link to the US eBay policy: https://www.ebay.com/help/policies/listing-policies/presale-listings-policy?id=4252

Report any auctions you see, because eBay policy does not allow people to sell preorders of any item they can't ship in 30 days. https://www.reddit.com/r/XboxSeriesX/comments/iv9cwm/remember_to_report_scalpers_on_ebay/

B&H has a listing, no order button yet.

It's disappointing that the multiplayer won't be available on the cart, but as for other physical games and updates, isn't that how all consoles were not that long ago? If a developer wanted to add a feature or bug fix in after the publication, there wasn't a way to do it.

At least games GET updates now. I have a clear memory of hitting a memory leak in a Mario Sunshine level. The game slowed to an unbelievably slow crawl and became unplayable, I had to restart the console. I don't remember how I triggered it, but Game Cube games didn't have an update mechanism. That bug is still there today.

Your physical games will still work several years from now. They might be buggier than they ought to be, but they'll still load. If it's a game that you care about and there are updates, you should try to download the updates to your system while you can, but fortunately there are few truly unplayable games without updates.

@Ulysses Nintendo's Bluetooth support is weird. The console claims to support Bluetooth 4.1, but the joycons are listed as Bluetooth 3.0.

Wow! I still own all my various game boys from over the years, but my game gear died a horrible death several years ago. I'd love a system that could play my old game gear games.

And it can plug into a TV with the dock? That's so cool!

Chu Chu Rocket please!

@Rutana If you are using an Android device, make sure that your Location Settings are set to high accuracy mode. Mine was not, and I was having a lot of problems getting the app to register my location when attempting to visit PokeStops.

@Uberchu, this is actually fairly easy to do in practice. At T-Mobile's level, they can see all Internet and data requests passing through their servers. Cell phone towers need to be able to read a unique identifier off of your phone that allows your device to access the Internet at all. Combine the two, and they'll be able to track how much Pokemon Go traffic you use and subtract it from your data total.

Now, for T-Mobile's permanent data saving offers, like their ads that say they won't charge you data for music streaming access, they can afford to do this because they've worked with Pandora and other similar web sites to cache the content in a way that doesn't cost T-Mobile as much money and bandwidth to offer it to their customers as it would cost another provider that didn't do any caching.

@Nico07 I know. To give some background, I was using a Y cable on a USB powered WD drive (it's a model with no external power). Then I started having problems with the hard drive disconnecting and freezing the system. Since I've switched to using the usb wall charger, I haven't had freezes. However, I think my real problem is what this article solves, turning off sleep mode for the hard drive.

@Sean_Aaron I had the EXACT same problems with VC games and would lose hours of progress. Since they're so small, I moved all of them to the internal drive in case that was the problem and then, because I was extra paranoid, used a y-cable to hook it up to a usb wall charger too. I don't know if both steps were necessary, but I'll definitely be disabling the sleep mode as described in this article.

@Leafgreenmary
I received mine April 1st with Prime shipping (it shipped March 30). If your order already shipped or says it is preparing to ship, I can't see why you wouldn't have the bonus, especially as I only preordered my copy in February of this year. Amazon has run out of preorder bonuses for me without warning before (like with Lego City Undercover), but usually only when I ordered sort of last minute the week before the release.

Don't be alarmed if the box is really small. The plushie is only about the size of an egg. It's super cute.

@HandheldGuru97

Yeah, I got it through Amazon. I wonder if it started to melt in their warehouse or if the shrinkwrap job to get the preorder bonus attached melted it. I have the box airing out on the counter at home.

This is such a strange nitpick. I got mine bundled with the preorder bonus, which was shrinkwrapped to the game. The plushie is fine, but the plastic covering looks melted on the back and when I opened it up, it has the WORST chemical smell. Like, wood varnish bad or epoxy glue bad. I like to display my game cases, but I think this one is going in the trash if it doesn't dissipate soon.

Of course they put it up now, after I just ordered one from Japan last week for $3 more.

That link takes you to the Canadian order page. Here's the link to the US order page: https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/po/browse/productDetailColorSizePicker.jsp?categoryNav=false&navAction=jump&navCount=7&atg.multisite.remap=false&productId=prod560458&categoryId=cat550076

In case anyone is curious, these don't come with wall plugs. So if you want a separate plug to power this cradle, add a power cable to your order. It doesn't affect the $5 US shipping rate.

I went to Game Stop (US) this morning to preorder the 3ds XL Monster Hunter special edition. They confirmed that they won't do in store pickups, but they were able to scan my member card and do the website order for me in my presence. Shipping for release day delivery was $17, so I passed and got the free value shipping. I can wait a week.

This is much cooler than expected. I preordered Fantasy Life and got my email right at midnight. In the email, it gave me a download code AND a link to redeem the game automatically and send it to my console. This means that you can gift preorders AND autosend games to the 3DS as well. Very cool!

I'm chiming in again to add a few more details. One, the website does not apparently see your eShop credit, which is disappointing and something I hope they fix (unless it's only a problem for preorders). Two, you're still limited to Mastercard or Visa. I wasn't able to use a Discover credit card to make the purchase.

This satisfies two wants for me, being able to preorder digital titles from the eShop and not having to use the appalling on screen keyboard on my 3DS to enter my card number.

I just preordered Fantasy Life, a 3DS title, and can confirm that the email message I received specified the following:

• A download code will be sent to my email on the day of release, starting at midnight
• My card will not be charged until the code is sent.
• Preorders can be canceled.
• Preorders can be gifted (implying that the game will NOT automatically download onto my system).

Until I get home, I won't be able to confirm if it knew I had eShop credit or not, because I can't remember if I used it all up last week. I'd like to know if the web store interface works with the deluxe digital promotion. I suspect it would, but it wasn't specifically addressed.

Glee!

@Galactus eForCity and Everydaysource both sell replacement styluses for the 3DS XL through Amazon. The eForCity ones I got are retractable "metal" ones, and the Everydaysource ones are randomly chosen colors in a 12 pack. Both fit perfectly in the slot.