NINTENDO 3DS

I'm playing that as we speak, I hadn't played any games from either series so it's pretty fun and different from what I'm used. On that note, I'm not sure I would play a tremendous amount more of either series, since my attention span seems to max out around 30 mins in this game.

Dual Destinies is also on sale for $15 on the eShop, I'll finally grab it.

I haven't played much Ace Attorney to know if they usually go for wacky storylines

the answer is
very much yes

lol

i love that the incredibly wackiness is mixed in with DEADLY SERIOUS crimes afoot. like oh no, a gruesome murder! let us keep talking to this cantankerous old busybody dressed as a clown in gym sweats for a clue.

Okay, picked one of these up on sale. I figure, if I'm still playing within a year, I'll just upgrade.

Right then, down to some friend code business.

About 20 hours into Persona Q. They did a really good job of fusing the Persona battle system into the Etrian setup, and there is a larger amount of puzzle solving than in either series which adds a lot to the dungeon crawling. Really enjoying it, the only downside is the dialog - groanworthy fanfic which goes on and on hammering the same one note jokes, hey let's pause halfway through this dungeon floor and listen to Chie talk about how much she likes meat ffs. Luckily you can hold down x and fast forward through this garbage.

yep my thoughts exactly. i just got to the third labyrinth so ~20hrs or so in as well

How's the art style?

character models are very 3DS, cute but jaggies everywhere. The dungeons themselves are well done though, themed like P4 but laid out like EO, lots of nice attention to detail.

Okay, found my friend code:

2981-8218-5328

Plz add me, we can talk about the success of Elllo the social network on there

one day i'll start my Animal Crossing town...

it's been months since I've played Animal Crossing... I live in terror

Between Fantasy Life, Harvest Moon: Two Cities, and Rune Factory 3, I currently have way too many life/farm-sim games even contemplate investigating Animal Crossing.

Also funny: how much the Villiager amiibo is going for on eBay right now

ugh, sold.
http://www.polygon.com/2015/1/7/7512563/puzzle-dragons-super-mario-bros-nintendo-3ds-gungho

Two huge things combine to get huger!

And it's coming with the unreleased Puzzle and Dragon Z in a double pack in May!

Oh, and the New 3DS XL comes out in a month. No non-XL version for the US.

new Fire Emblem game too! if anyone in EU needs a MH4 demo code let me know

Playing the MH4 demo on my new3ds ;)

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/zt4cxkpkpkc7ys4im9rg.png

Yeah it looks cool but I have a rubber covering over like every portable electronic thing I own.

http://rack.2.mshcdn.com/media/ZgkyMDE0LzA4LzI5L2JkL2NvbnRyb2xzYnV0LjRlNmQwLmpwZwpwCXRodW1iCTEyMDB4OTYwMD4/c72a35a5/738/controls-buttons.jpg

The Super Famicon button layout I'm much more interested in.

But I bought a 3ds last month and won't be upgrading for quite a long while, so who cares. I wonder if I can get a spare parts kit and just replace the buttons.

New Fire Emblem looks properly Fire Emblem-y

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pz2LJ-4DDWU

New Harvest Moon in all but name:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQ5SxW6xDoo

And I have no idea what this is gunna be but the music is doooooope:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MTlWYbapmFw

Tings a gwan.

Are any of the SMT games marked at 50% off in the eShop worth picking up? I was eyeing SMT4 and the Hackers one because yay cyberpunk but it seems very easy just to splurge on all of em.

Soul Hackers feels very 90s in its design, I love it but they've not done much to make it accessible to modern audiences and some of its systems can seem quite opaque. Short for an Atlus game though, maybe 20-25 hours long? Very 90s idea of virtual reality, quite funny script at times.
SMT4 is a lot more friendly and has a great soundtrack, only problem I had with it was the balancing where it felt incredibly difficult at the start and too easy towards the end. Oh and the overworld map revealed after about 10 hours can be frustrating if you don't know it's real world counterpart (Tip: print one out so you know where you are supposed to go.) Script is a lot more serious except for the demon conversations which are hilarious.
People love DSO but I can't get into it, battle system felt so slow. Neat idea though.
EO4 is the most accessible EO game, these games are like crack to me and this is probably the best of them. There's a demo I think so try it out to see if it sinks its hooks into you.

EO4 reminds me so much of Might & Magic

yeh that old PC style dungeon crawling & graph paper mapping is so addictive to me
the guy who came up with the Cubic Ninja exploit has released a simple hack that enables region free gaming on any 3DS with no modding required, just tried it out and it works! https://github.com/smealum/regionthree/

at this point, I just want the ability to play any ds or gba cart. Its the only way we're ever going to be the english translations of certain Fire Emblem titles or Mother 3.

Lord Help Me but if any of you have any 3ds nintendo club serial #s you can't be arsed to register, feel free to mesg me with them. I get a kick out of the credits.

Sorry kingfish: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-01-20-nintendo-to-close-club-nintendo-later-on-this-year

Rats. I dug being able to get gameboy sequels that I never would have ever spent dosh on

Online Gore Magala got me all https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=txa19VilQpk

if anyone has an extra NA monster hunter demo code i'd appreciate it

They seem to be liberally distributed on neogaf

Bibimbap felyne

http://i.imgur.com/9nHQ6c0.jpg

Haha that's cute, what game is it from?

I bought a used DSI XL offa Craigslist just to play DS games, and I'm glad I did. I didn't have a handheld after selling my DS lite in mid-07 during unemployment, so I've missed out on a lot of games. The shitty pixel magnification factor on the 3ds blurred everything out and made look horrible.

Now I just need to find a way to play fan-translated roms on there and run Fire Emblem 12.

Say, whatever happened to G-kit? He post here anymore?

fwiw the pixel magnification can be turned off by holding select or something during startup

for fan translated roms etc you'll need a flashkart, i used a cyclods back in the day on my ds-lite and currently use a dstwo on my 3ds and would recommend them both

Oh I know, but the dot pitch is so tight that the image is too small to really enjoy. The dsi xl works out better.

I think the DStwo is sold out everywhere, possibly due to a new version about to arrive.

Feels like Nintendo is angling to keep the DStwo out along with the New 3DS XL, since there's no "medium" size version of the New 3DS in the States

The regular n3ds will come to the US when they've shipped off their existing models.

xxxxp MH4U Korean special content

so i have two extra codes for tokyo crash mobs that club nintendo accidentally sent me, i dont know if they work or not but ILXmail me if you wanna try

also loving my new new nintendo 3ds xl

Sent!

The monster design in MH4 is out of this world. I fought an acrobatic monkey-like creature swinging on vines and a creepy crawly web slinging spider clad in the remains of another monster, the Gypceros, which I'd also fought earlier. The fights are wildly unpredictable now, all sorts of verticality going on.

Yeh a few hours in to MH4, excellent stuff so far and improves on nearly every aspect of MH3. Initially wasn't sure about that new nub thing but now grudgingly appreciating it as a camera controller - can't see it being much use for anything that requires more accuracy tho.

Yeah, the new hardware is pretty much just for one game, isn't it

still waiting for my MH4 in the mail! =|

Damn you snow storms!

using nub thing feels seamless now, funny how quick you can adapt to things. had an amazing fight against the 4 star spider monster, the verticality of the stages & mounting adds so much to the fights. totally hooked again dammit!

has anyone else felt that the nub doesn't work too well with the downward motion when their uh hands are a bit sweaty?