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Post by Samface on Mar 9, 2011 18:52:49 GMT
It's out in a couple of weeks, don'tchaknow. So here's a general thread that doubles as a poll. Excitements.
I'm certainly picking one up sooner or later - Professor Layton vs. Ace Attorney sold me all on its lonesome. A new Resi is a welcome bonus. I'll probably have one before we ring in the new year.
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Post by Moo on Mar 9, 2011 19:03:35 GMT
I'll likely get mine for my birthday/Christmas, so Winterish. I have enough in the way of games to occupy me until I'm 50, so I need to make my way though those before I even consider something with the magnitude of getting a new console.
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Post by ShayMay on Mar 9, 2011 19:11:23 GMT
Getting it on launch, not playing until I learn to drive. By my own ruling.
I see myself in handcuffs a few years down the line. The Police won't be involved.
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Post by Zerolus on Mar 9, 2011 19:51:47 GMT
I'm kind of undecided at the moment. No matter how many features Nintendo are throwing at me, I'm just not impressed. Guess it'll depend on what games will come out for it though. So far only Kid Icarus intrigues me, while the Star Fox and OoT remakes are only a remote interest.
... Ah, hell. Who am I kidding. As soon as Nintendo announce a brand new Metroid game for it I'll probably go nuts for the damn thing.
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Post by Arch on Mar 9, 2011 19:57:22 GMT
Never. It just doesn't interest me. With the lines completely blurred between handheld and home consoles now, I don't see the appeal. Definitely not the 3D, although I haven't properly seen it in action yet. Barely got any games for the original DS, anyway.
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Post by Nam on Mar 9, 2011 22:00:02 GMT
Probably will, eventually, but there's nothing that's making me go "Why yes, I do think that's most certainly a viable purchase that makes perfect sense given the current industry climate, and it's robust selection of provocative and interesting games" yet.
But then I never buy games consoles straight away, only when the stream of new gaes for an old console has near completely dried up and the new ones have moved past that initial "good for a launch title, but we won't call it one of the consoles must-have games by the time this console has ceased being supported" hump. Not to mention by then it'll be cheaper, and, for a portable, won't be such a high risk of people potentially stealing it.
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Post by Alex on Mar 9, 2011 22:06:09 GMT
Launch day 'cos I like new things and my DS Lite is semi-knackered.
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Post by Blizz on Mar 9, 2011 23:17:05 GMT
I'm waiting for Mario Kart, Paper Mario or a decent price drop.
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Post by Samface on Mar 10, 2011 10:12:38 GMT
the new ones have moved past that initial "good for a launch title, but we won't call it one of the consoles must-have games by the time this console has ceased being supported" hump. That's an interesting point: has any console ever had a launch game that was considered one of the machine's all-time classics after its life was over? I'm racking my brains... ...Oh, wait, Mario 64. Oh, and Super Mario World was a SNES launch game, wasn't it? So I can come up with a grand total of two.
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Post by rj on Mar 10, 2011 11:36:00 GMT
Getting one at launch. Not entirely into the 3DS itself, but my Lite has been broken for a year and a half now and I decided it would be stupid to get a new one so close to the release of the next gen.
So this is more or less going to be a much shinier (figuratively+literally) DS Lite, for my money.
The 3D and new games and all that is basically just bonus content, at least until they come out with a TWEWY sequel.
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Post by Alex on Mar 10, 2011 12:23:47 GMT
the new ones have moved past that initial "good for a launch title, but we won't call it one of the consoles must-have games by the time this console has ceased being supported" hump. That's an interesting point: has any console ever had a launch game that was considered one of the machine's all-time classics after its life was over? I'm racking my brains... ...Oh, wait, Mario 64. Oh, and Super Mario World was a SNES launch game, wasn't it? So I can come up with a grand total of two. The NES also launched with Mario. There's a pretty good reason the launch line up for the 3DS is so poor - aside from the fact that the majority of launch line ups are crap (after all, they're by definition the games that took the shortest amount of time available to make - it doesn't lend itself to greatness). That reason is that the 3DS was not meant to be out this month. By the lack of some on-board features until an update in May, a noticable lack of big Nintendo players in the software and the quite rushed worldwide release just in time for the new financial year, it's pretty clear that the 3DS was probably due more for the summer time (where Zelda's release currently resides) and that they bumped it forward simply because they needed some good news on the books after a pretty slow year for the Wii and DS. It's probably also why Pokemon B/W managed to sneak a worldwide release this month too. By doing this, Nintendo can buoy up their 2011/12 financial year and keep investors happy. After that, they'll pretty much for certain have the Wii's successor to carry on the rest. So, yeah, a poor launch line up due to some pretty overt business manoeuvres. But, still, at least it won't have the drought of software that the DS had. It took well over 6 months for any real games to show up there, and it was well over a year before the system really started to show its potential. I think there's more than enough already slated in for the 3DS this year to put the DS' first year to shame. Incidentally, I'm picking up Street Fighter, Lego Star Wars and Nintendogs+Cats with my system. Street Fighter 'cos it's the best game available on the system at launch - hands down - Lego Star Wars 'cos it's one of the few complete games that actually seems interesting and Nintendogs+Cats because I got to play it last month and KITTIES ARE CUTE. The system really starts for me when Resi Mercs and Zelda hit, though.
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Post by Ringo (2015 Edition) on Mar 10, 2011 12:46:11 GMT
Preordered mine from GAME on 9th February. Attending the midnight launch they have set up. Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition and Pilotwings Resort are my two main pick-ups.
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Post by Spudiator on Mar 10, 2011 20:34:21 GMT
the new ones have moved past that initial "good for a launch title, but we won't call it one of the consoles must-have games by the time this console has ceased being supported" hump. That's an interesting point: has any console ever had a launch game that was considered one of the machine's all-time classics after its life was over? I'm racking my brains... ...Oh, wait, Mario 64. Oh, and Super Mario World was a SNES launch game, wasn't it? So I can come up with a grand total of two. I'd add the Dreamcast to that, which had both Soul Caliber and Sonic Adventure, now granted the latter hasn't aged well, but it was still groundbreaking for the time, and nobody could argue with the credentials of the former, easily one of the best games the console ever saw (not that it ever had that many games anyway).
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Mar 10, 2011 21:38:11 GMT
I reckon the 3DS is going to be another sad, short-lived gimmick that will boast a small number of games and then fade away into memory. Just you wait.
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Post by rj on Mar 10, 2011 21:56:42 GMT
I reckon the 3DS is going to be another sad, short-lived gimmick that will boast a small number of games and then fade away into memory. Just you wait. like the ds and the wii I know man it's a sad thing when these sort of things happen
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Post by ShayMay on Mar 10, 2011 21:59:16 GMT
I reckon the 3DS is going to be another sad, short-lived gimmick that will boast a small number of games and then fade away into memory. Just you wait. lol
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Post by Calisto on Mar 10, 2011 22:03:35 GMT
X has a very good point. The 3DS _will_ sell, and it will have games that will sell, even if the launch games are laughable.
Nintendo have become well known for family friendly consoles and handhelds, they have that reputation to help them here. Sure, they'll lose out on sales from people who can't see the 3D, don't like the 3D, or if it makes them sick, at the beginning. But, I'm assuming that there'll be others like me, unable to see the 3D properly, but waiting for decent games and a much lower price to even consider getting it.
Whether the 3D aspect will carry on into future consoles is another matter, I know that a large library of games on the PC are able to play in 3D, for computers that can handle it. It may stick around, I for one am hoping it won't. It should be an option; I know there's a toggle slide on the 3DS, but the price is still stupidly high if you're not going to use the 3D.
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Post by Devo DrakeFox on Mar 10, 2011 22:07:25 GMT
Oh, you laugh now, but by the end of the year, 3DS will go the way of the Lynx, the Jaguar and the 32X. At least that's what I reckon. If I'm wrong and it succeeds, I may invest in one. But right now, it's offering nothing to make me want to buy it.
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Post by Alex on Mar 10, 2011 22:42:20 GMT
You're wrong. It's just not going to happen, man. The 3DS has already sold close to 3million units in just the time its been available in Japan. The 2.5million 3DS due for the rest of the world are all expected to be sold on pre-orders alone and there's just no way that after the success of the DS and Wii that people aren't going to pick this up just because it's the latest Nintendo product.
Also, anyone who watched the unveiling at E3 would also know that although the launch line up may not be great, the level of developer support in general is really high (meaning they all have games in the works). Higher than I can actually recall being announced for any system. This is as compared to the rather tepid support for both the DS and Wii initially and should translate into a pretty strong level of content throughout the next year.
I'm quite enthused about this fact alone. The software support for the 3DS promises to be very, very strong - and on the back of the strong library of DS software, I think that should add up to be a really great system in time. I don't disagree with any of the reasons to not pick up a 3DS right now - or even for the next year really - but the idea that the 3DS is going to fail after a couple of months on the market? It's just completely laughable.
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Post by Calisto on Mar 11, 2011 9:29:02 GMT
Oh, you laugh now, but by the end of the year, 3DS will go the way of the Lynx, the Jaguar and the 32X. At least that's what I reckon. Did you even look at _any_ news of the 3DS before writing that? I mean, an opinion is an opinion, but at least make it an informed one. Oak tells the truth, it's sold a load in Japan already, and preorders are going crazy over here. You remember the Wii, how there wasn't enough for everyone at the start? That same thing will most likely happen here as well.
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Post by Balls on Mar 12, 2011 8:46:14 GMT
Oh, you laugh now, but by the end of the year, 3DS will go the way of the Lynx, the Jaguar and the 32X. At least that's what I reckon. If I'm wrong and it succeeds, I may invest in one. But right now, it's offering nothing to make me want to buy it. Kinda like that time the DS basically failed and no one bought one. Apparently Nintendo made another console called the "Wii" or something similar. I can't remember as I literally know no one who had one, and it's unlikely I ever will.
Do you really think it's possible in any way that this will be unsuccessful and forgotten about by the end of the year?
Like, even ignoring all the stuff Oak mentioned, it's the successor to the [censored]ing DS. It would sell on that alone, regardless of software support or Japanese sales figures.
I genuinely can't see how you came to that conclusion. At all. And I'm not being a fanboy- it's very unlikely I will ever pick up a 3DS (partly because I'm not a fan of portables and partly because the NGP interests me more).
It's impossible for it to fail. Even if it doesn't sell as insane an amount as the DS, it'll still sell loads.
Reminds me of when people would constantly claim that "no one's going to buy a PS3" because of price and a bunch of reasons that they either made up or don't make sense. It was surprising how little it sold in comparison to the PS2 (or its current competitors), but its PlayStation name alone has still given it tens of millions of sales and it continues to succeed.
Like, this is literally the silliest thing you have ever said.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Mar 12, 2011 9:04:13 GMT
I played a 3DS the other day. I was a little card game thing I played where the 3DS scanned the card and a moster popped up and I had to tap it on certain segments to win. I asked where the 3D slider was and found it was already on max. Didn't really notice the 3D. And the blue colour looks Turquoise in the flesh.
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Post by Alex on Mar 12, 2011 12:17:14 GMT
The 3D doesn't work with the AR game, really. You can't move the 3DS AND keep the 3D effect going. So, yeah, I'd imagine that they didn't put much work into the 3D pop and zing for it. When I tried it, and when it worked, it was pretty cool but not even remotely as noticeable as in most of the other games.
The best use of it in my opinion, so far, is Resi Mercs. Which makes it a huge pity that it won't be available for launch.
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Post by Baron Canier on Mar 12, 2011 18:09:55 GMT
Oh, you laugh now, but by the end of the year, 3DS will go the way of the Lynx, the Jaguar and the 32X.
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Post by Mambo's Here! Look Busy! on Mar 12, 2011 18:38:28 GMT
Sounds kinda cool to me. I would get one if I had the funds. My office has a promotion giving away three of the blimming things - I of course am not eligible and don't get to have a play!! Boooo!!
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