NINTENDO 3DS

tbh i hardly use the 3D
2 new Laytons out already & the Layton/Phoenix Wright crossover sometime in 2014
Mario 3Dland v good, i thought NSMB2 was boring tho.
new Zelda best one since Wind Waker imo, no tutorials or annoying helper, can explore & tackle dungeons in pretty much any order.
i mainly play RPGs, Atlus games have been excellent & Squares Bravely Default is basically a modern FFV/FFVI so far (about 5 hours in)
Fire Emblem probably my GOTY, great strategy RPG with v funny dialog
Pushmo/Pullblox a really interesting puzzle game by Nintendo
oh and Streetpass games are secret best feature!

ah, so the 3d thing is mostly just a gimmick? sounds so ace though, damnit. will read up on those games you mentioned, thanks man

eh ymmv, i think the 3D is kinda pointless and no game really needs it as such
for me 3DS is an upgraded DS with less overall software, like Vita is a fancy PSP with (a lot) less software

Personally I love the 3d but I know I'm very much in the minority. And I've been a sucker for any artificial 3d ever since my first viewmaster.

ooh jimd saying what i want to hear, what do you reckon are the killer 3d games?

Mario 3D Land, Zelda OoT, Pilotwings, Luigi's mansion. And the built in video player which auto-downloads a new 3d video clip every few days is often great too, though the fact you can't choose to permanently keep any of them is frustrating sometimes.

Oh and Mariokart.

Bravely Default is sooooo good, every part of it is so well thought out e.g. tapping on the right of dpad during a battle speeds it up, tap again it goes even faster with a >> sign like you are fastforwarding through a video. tap left to slow down or pause ||. little conveniences like this really add to the experience.
one of those Directs in 30 mins btw, hoping for an EU SMT4 date to be finally announced :/

I caved. I return to the DS fold.

Question: so should I go out and get a 32GB SDHC card right now? I think my system comes with M&L pre-installed, but I don't know if it's on the system memory or the included card yet. Am I going to have to go through any weird transfer hassles?

if you intend to buy full games digitally then yes buy a 32GB card. transferring from one SD card to the other on the same machine is just copy & paste via yr PC. make sure you create a NNID & link to Club Nintendo before buying any games though.

thanks, will do. i was afraid that would be some kind of DRM-restriction in transferring stuff to a new card, assuming I pick one up in a few weeks. I'll definitely be picking up some of the DSiWare and download-exclusive stuff like Phoenix Wright

the only restriction is the NNID being tied to the hardware, so you can't sign in on someone else's 3DS. you can transfer the lot between machines, but if your 3DS gets lost/stolen you have to call them up to unbind your NNID so you can bind it to a new machine & get your digital games back - at least that's the theory, hope i never have to find out :/

so i can't transfer the games between 3DS systems, but I can backup my card and just recopy the files over as long as I dont lose my original system?

you can transfer everything in one lot to another system, which wipes the original system.
but yes keep a backup of your cards contents on your PC, also best to take a note of the 3DS serial number!

ohhhhh weird. thanks dude!

dammit face hunters thing, i am not an infant!

Know it's mostly me, but Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate in the west early 2015 - seems to only be on 3DS and not WiiU this time. Full online of course.

yeh its a long wait but i'm just glad they announced it, put 150+ hours into MH3U so will be looking forward to MH4U immensely
just finished Bravely Default, much better than any recent Final Fantasy but without going into spoilers i have some serious reservations how they handled the second half of the game. still, a lot of positives (battle & job systems, all the customization while still keeping a sense of balance, a real sense of challenge!), hopefully they structure the next game a bit better.

very tempted. really should play that demo before it comes out here in a week.

all the Level 5 Guild games are currently on sale for $2.99/£2.69/€2.99
would recommend Attack Of The Friday Monsters, its a short (2-3 hrs) game set in a small 70s Japanese town where you run around talking to people and occasionally playing a card game, sort of like a visual novel but with more agency. its super charming and atmospheric, makes you nostalgic for a childhood you never even had (unless you are Japanese and grew up in the 70s i guess!)

gonna grab that + Liberation Maiden, maybe some more

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wm8-DsVqHE

Steamworld Dig is 50% off on the eShop - will probably grab it, heard good things

It's ok, didn't really grab me at first but once you start unlocking useful equipment it gets enjoyable.
Reminded me a little bit of obscure UK PC game Repton, which I'm surprised to discover was originally developed by a 15 year old! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repton_(video_game)

obscure?!

never heard of it

The amount of time I spent dicking around with the Repton 3 level editor probably, well it probably doesn't rival the amount of time I've spent dicking around on ILX, but you get the idea. I have a clear memory of 14 year old snoball sitting indoors on a sunny summer's day, making Repton 3 levels with custom sprites etc. instead of going outside and hanging with my friends. Because I had no friends. But that's beside the point.

There's a Repton Road not far from here, was very excited when I found it. There were no big round boulders for me to push along it though, sadly.

Quick yay or nay req:
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Mario Kart 7
Super Mario 3D Land

Mario Kart 7 is the only one of those I've played but it is a yay.

3D land also a definite yay. AC was my goty last year but it's hard to recommend without qualifications. Have you played and liked an AC before?

got obsessed with the original AC way back on GameCube, haven't played any of them since then.
i will probably get one or more of these in the next week; New Leaf and MK7 are on sale at BB, all three are eligible in for the free Pokemon X/Y promo
thx for your input guys

Yeah if you're into the basic idea then New Leaf is a great version of it.

Are y'all ready for this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcmx4kC0tiU

bout it bout it

omg

that trailer is... AMAZING

https://twitter.com/xtina/status/454416668983173120

http://www.gameskinny.com/9a743/tomodachi-same-sex-relationships-and-human-relations-that-become-strange

19th Century Phoenix Wright game is a good idea!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OxK20bOl-ag

i'm down

Thought I didn't care for game golfing anymore but the mario golf demo is doing it for me. Feels like the golf gameplay is deep. Anyone got the full game?

Is it generic Mario Golf (i.e. the GameCube/Wii versions) or is it the RPG-style version Mario Golf (the old GBA game)?

I loved the RPG style Mario Golf on the GBC & GBA. I would totally buy the new one if it's in that style.

I was thinking about getting that but then Everybody's Golf on Vita turned out to be one of this month's PS+ games. It's by the same people and is apparently pretty much the same game minus the nintendo skin.

i've been playing it and it's been fun so far with loads of content. basic game has 4 more normal 18 hole courses and 6 more wacky 9 hole courses, more 18 holers available via DLC. its part typical Mario Golf (GC/Wii), part kind-of-rpg mode where you use the castle clubhouse as your Mii and play against others online while buying equipment to change basic stats (e.g. you might buy a club that lengthens your range but tightens the sweetspot of the hit mechanic). you can compete with other people thru regular tournaments you either set up yourselves as a community or ones that Nintendo run (you can also just search thru a list of ones that people have set up). the Nintendo run tournaments give you equipment for entering (e.g. the one at the moment gives a full set of NES themed clothes) and are both regional and worldwide, have a set date that they finish on & leaderboards. when you play online you see the ghosts of other peoples balls flying around the place. basically the online modes are really well done.
only annoyance so far is the inability to switch off voices, hearing Mario way "wahoo" every 10 seconds drives me up the wall so i'm playing it with the sound off already :/

Sounds good, think I'll get it. Right mix of relaxing and challenging.

its the perfect game to play while sport is on the TV, gonna play it a lot during Giro!
Hotshots is a perfectly good golf game, prefer the PSP version to the Vita game and not a big fan of the overall visual aesthetic personally but they are both v solid, if you want a golf game to play around with then a free PS+ HSG works fine.

^^ sub in Everybody's Golf for HSG as per yr region :p