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Post by madhair60 on Mar 25, 2011 13:14:49 GMT
Who's talking about Rabbids?
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Post by ShayMay on Mar 25, 2011 13:17:43 GMT
He means the Rayman 2 port. Which had a much better analogue-bottom-screen-thingy than Mario 64 DS, but suffered from horrible lighting, IMO.
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Post by Moo on Mar 25, 2011 13:18:36 GMT
Same franchise, I assumed you meant that since theres no actual Rayman game on the 3DS that I know of.
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Post by madhair60 on Mar 25, 2011 13:23:48 GMT
Rayman 3D?
Which is effectively Rayman DS, but 3D.
Class game though.
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Post by Samface on Mar 25, 2011 13:49:08 GMT
So, wait. Rayman 3D is Rayman 2. In 3D.
But they've already ported Rayman 2 to the original DS with Rayman DS?
And here was me thinking Sega was pretty shameless in their Sonic 1 porting.
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Post by ShayMay on Mar 25, 2011 14:02:55 GMT
They also ported it to the iOS, and the PS2 (under the name Rayman Revolution), and the original game was out for the N64, Dreamcast, PC and original PlayStation. So yeah, it's a bit of a [censored]*, Rayman 2, but it's a fantastic game. * didn't know this was censored. Rhymes with door.
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Post by Arch_one_zero_one on Mar 25, 2011 15:26:06 GMT
Damn you Nintendo for releasing this on payday!!!
So, yeah, I relented and bought one, with Rayman 3D. Would have been nice if Ocarina had been available from launch though :/
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Post by Ringo (2015 Edition) on Mar 25, 2011 17:55:26 GMT
My friend code is 1032 1214 3305. I would love to whoop you at Street Fighter.
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Post by Retro on Mar 26, 2011 3:40:46 GMT
So, day 1 retail feedback, from my perspective at work, of course.
It's selling well, very well in fact. Obviously I can't mention specific numbers (I had to sign a contract afterall) but the 3DS is taking off extremely fast. It's primary (in retail) buyers seem to be mother and child combos. Most of them opting for either Pilotwings, Pro Evo or sometimes Nintendogs.
The price seems to make many of them go "eeerrrgghhh" as they pay, however it's not disuading them from doing so.
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Post by ShayMay on Mar 26, 2011 12:19:29 GMT
Went in to get me mine today. Got a case with it as well, and despite my best efforts at declining, Rayman 3D.
"You can get a game for £25." "I don't particularly want any of those games." "YEAH BUT THEY'RE £25 ARE YOU MENTAL" "Nah, I'll wait for a game I'm actually interested-" "GAAAMMMEEZZZZ"
So I just got Rayman. It'll be nice to see the 3D, anyhoo.
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Post by Ringo (2015 Edition) on Mar 26, 2011 12:36:53 GMT
My first impressions of the 3DS so far are this:
Pros:
+ Awesome display + Great control setup + Aqua Blue colour is fraking lovely + Usage of backwards compatibility
Cons:
- Short battery life - Have to wait for the e-Shop until May - No Internet browser till a new update comes through
Other than these things, overall it's a truly amazing bit of kit. Waiting in line for 40 mins altogther at the midnight launch was worth it.
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Post by Alex on Mar 26, 2011 16:19:54 GMT
After using mine extensively yesterday, I can't really say that the battery life was a problem for me. Admittedly, I was 80% playing inside where I could plug it in and 20% playing it on the coach, but since that hour and a half on the coach is really going to be the longest I need the thing to be playable outside, I can't say it was an issue at all.
Plus, the reports of the '3 hour battery life' are at the highest end of sucking power from it: full volume, full 3D, full brightness, 3DS game. There are plenty enough options to extend that life further if necessary.
I hope everyone else is doing the same as I am with my 3DS while out and about: leaving it in sleep mode with Street Pass set up. I managed to come across one Mii yesterday on my way to Manchester (which was kind of impressive, given that the system had been available for less than 12 hours), and I'm hoping I'll not have to wait long to start picking up more people. I'm definitely going nowhere without this thing now.
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Post by ShayMay on Mar 26, 2011 16:50:37 GMT
After a fiddle about, thoughts: 1) Mii Maker, street view, all the built-in stuff has been optimised. Except possibly that card thingy, have no idea what that's about. 2) 3D showed up as 2 images. I was crestfallen. After fiddling with the dials and position, I now have excellent 3D without eye strain (after half-an-hour), very impressed. 3) The charging station is ALIEN TECHNOLOGY. D: How does it even charge?! 4) Sleek, sexy, high-def cameras... unf. 5) CONNECTS TO THE INTERNET. Thank [censored]ing God, you choose a router, put in the password, Wi-Fi away. None of the bull[censored] with the original DS. 6) Rayman 2 is still as fun as ever. I have one problem with the whole thing, and that is that the game line-up just now is a bit weedy. 10/10 for the console, 'Tendo, now release some games. Friend Code: 0989-1726-3045 Don't suppose anyone knows how to get rid of things off the menu? I don't really want to have an entire slot dedicated to a Health and Safety warning.
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Post by Ringo (2015 Edition) on Mar 26, 2011 17:49:14 GMT
I haven't worked out how to get the icons you don't want to vanish. If I work it out Shay, I'll let you know. I'll add your friend code too, but you must get Street Fighter, it's a blast.
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Post by Alex on Mar 26, 2011 17:52:47 GMT
So far, you can't remove items from it. I'm guessing that even if you could, you may never be able to remove the safety warning anyway, though. It could be legally messy otherwise.
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Post by rj on Mar 30, 2011 23:45:02 GMT
the [censored] i have used the camera a lot, and as lovely as it is (looking at 3D pictures of friends: the new hot thing?!?!) they are sub-cellphone quality. anyway, don't have any games yet for it; as mentioned, it's essentially a replacement for my busted lite until some titles that aren't just Street Fighter are out for this thing.
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Post by ShayMay on Mar 30, 2011 23:55:03 GMT
... Okay, you got me there, WTF was I smoking?
Seriously, I was never under any misconception that it was a HD camera, and tbh, the camera was never a particular point of interest. The console itself isn't HD either, and again, I never thought it was.
Crazy fool.
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Post by madhair60 on Jul 30, 2011 14:39:31 GMT
So the 3DS has failed. Discuss.
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Post by Juliett. Bravo. Alfa. on Jul 30, 2011 15:02:29 GMT
Its like the reverse Wii.
Played Street Fighter on it I think my eyes are [censored]ed because I couldn't really see it. Dont think its the 3DS's fault because its kinda the same thing with Mortal Kombat PS3.
I think its because Nintendo promoted games like Zelda: OOT and MGS33D and they weren't for launch. So you look at the current 3DS shelf and its Ridge Racer and Street Fighter and Dead or Alive. And that's pretty much it. Zelda: OOT has only just been released and pfft.
Plus I dont think the market for the DS/DSi had died really. Its like "Wow, this console is selling really well!" "I know lets make a new one with THREE DEE and release it with no stand out games on release."
I mean the Wii is dying a slow gradual death, so it makes sense to hype up Wii U now.
The DS had carved its niche and I dont think its going to go any where for a while still.
In short: Nintendo released a console that no one really wanted with nothing people wanted to do/play with. They gone done [censored]ed up.
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Post by Balls on Jul 30, 2011 19:20:54 GMT
This could be another PS2 to PS3 scenario. PS3 basically failed at first and people held on to their PS2s (or bought 360s), but it's really picked up in the past couple of years.
3DS could do the same and only time will tell. It just hasn't had the same market smashing impact the DS and Wii had.
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Post by Baron Canier on Jul 30, 2011 19:36:50 GMT
So the 3DS has failed. Discuss. So, I was right to make that sacrifice to Chernabog.
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Post by Alex on Jul 30, 2011 21:02:55 GMT
This could be another PS2 to PS3 scenario. PS3 basically failed at first and people held on to their PS2s (or bought 360s), but it's really picked up in the past couple of years.
3DS could do the same and only time will tell. It just hasn't had the same market smashing impact the DS and Wii had. It's also the exact same as the DS' release too. It lumbered around very slowly for its whole first year, and it took well past its first anniversary for many real titles to start appearing for it. And that is anything but a failure. The difference here is that it wasn't a rocketing success when Nintendo, seemingly, was expecting it to be. They balanced the phasing out of the Wii and DS against it and it didn't pay off. The price cut and the games out at the end of the year, though, will make it a hit at Christmas. For sure. Anyone that can't see that is blind.
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Post by madhair60 on Jul 30, 2011 22:16:50 GMT
PSP Go
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Post by Balls on Jul 31, 2011 3:22:03 GMT
dont make me explain how thats entirely different you [censored]
the censored word was the c word
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Post by Moo on Jul 31, 2011 15:11:49 GMT
More like PSP no amirite.
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