HHmm MonkeyBall looks pretty good until I saw the racing. Main game looked good though. I just want to know how it compares to other games in the series. Is it more like 1, 2, or Wii version?
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Got around to a Best Buy after my class tonight. (For anyone in Arizona, the San Tan Mall Best Buy out in Gilbert has the demo unit in) and figured I'd give my impressions:
First off: The look. The thing looks sleek, theres no doubt about it. Also, god damn is it small. Pretty sure its a bit smaller than the DSLite. I doubt we'll be seeing a smaller revision, at most we'll see a 3DS XL, but I highly doubt that we'll end up with 4 different versions like we did this time. Anyways, as for the color, I'm glad I stuck with Black, the blue is absolutely atrocious looking. Some people may like it, but the sea-green-blue look just looked awful to me.
Controls: The Slide Pad felt great, And probably the best possible solution without having a full on stick, while still being better than the shitty psp nub. It'll be a pleasure playing 3d games with that as opposed to a dpad this time around. The buttons were all nice and clicky, much better than the god awful mushy buttons of the DS Lite. I actually didn't bother with the Stylus at all so I can't really comment on that.
The Graphics and 3D: Its about gamecube quality, though there was some disappointing aliasing around some of the models. Overall though, Wuhu island looked fantastic, and honestly far closer to its wii counterpart (in terms of graphical fidelity) than I expected. As for the 3D Its both different, yet better than I was expecting. To reiterate whats been said already, its like looking into a window. Took an initial adjustment period of 30 seconds or so before it really just clicked with my eyes. For the sweet spot in terms of viewing angle, I was disappointed as hell. You can't move it nearly as much as I expected without distorting the 3D. Not that it will really make that much of a difference since its a handheld and I'm going to have it in more or less the same position relative to me no matter what, but still, a lot smaller than I was expecting.
I kept the 3D on half for about 5 minutes, before ramping it up to full. Despite what people have said, I thought Pilotwings on full 3D was fantastic, and I can't imagine playing it at any level of 3D besides that, though 2D looked great too. Looking down at the bottom screen, up at the 3d screen and even at my surroundings and didn't have any weird issues adjusting between anything. I may end up playing some games in 2D mode when I feel like it, either way it looks absolutely fantastic. I played for about 20 minutes total, and walked away without feeling any Eye strain whatsoever, and I repeat this was after Pilotwings on Full 3D for 15 minutes, which many people have complained about. I did have probably the weakest and most pathetic "headache" ever, but it was almost nothing, and subsided after just a few minutes.
That being said, while the 3D effect is something else, It's not really the selling point for me, so yah.
Yeah, awkward is the best word to describe it. Once the gals leave, Jeff's demeanor basically becomes ok, now we can actually create a compelling video.
I'm still riding on Rayman 3D and we haven't heard anything on it. But today Kotaku posted pictures of the game coming with the 3DS they received so here's hoping for some insight.
Yeah, I've seen sadder. That was not as advertised!
1UP and other sites appartently got the same treatment too. And I kind of have to wonder just how many of these unboxing videos we really need. Its not that compelling.
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HHmm MonkeyBall looks pretty good until I saw the racing. Main game looked good though. I just want to know how it compares to other games in the series. Is it more like 1, 2, or Wii version?
No Monkey Target would be sad.
There's no Monkey Target, for some reason they've abandoned that particular game for years now. They dropped the "tons of minigames" thing and now there's just two that they put a little more effort into, the Mario Kart clone and the Smash Bros. clone.
Yeah, awkward is the best word to describe it. Once the gals leave, Jeff's demeanor basically becomes ok, now we can actually create a compelling video.
Which he failed at by acting like an idiot the entire time. "Name my system Sony NGP hurr hurr, read warnings out loud, wave the system around because it's threeeee deeeee!!!!"
I'm still riding on Rayman 3D and we haven't heard anything on it. But today Kotaku posted pictures of the game coming with the 3DS they received so here's hoping for some insight.
A guy who played it was posting about it over at Neogaf, he said it's Rayman 2, for better or for worse. Dreamcast assets, or perhaps slightly better, some random framerate drops but nothing hugely disappointing. It should be a nice decently long adventure if you don't have anything against the game.
Destructoid has one where a baby opens it. I'd kind of like to subvert or otherwise parody the whole thing when I get mine; any suggestions? Simple stuff, preferably; operating off a small, small budget.
Maybe I can get my cats to open it (after breaking the tape first, of course)... though they're more likely to just poke around it with their noses for a while before actually trying to get in.
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Destructoid has one where a baby opens it. I'd kind of like to subvert or otherwise parody the whole thing when I get mine; any suggestions? Simple stuff, preferably; operating off a small, small budget.
Maybe I can get my cats to open it (after breaking the tape first, of course)... though they're more likely to just poke around it with their noses for a while before actually trying to get in.
Do the opposite of unboxing it.
Record a normal unboxing video and then play it in reverse, maybe record a new audio track for the reversal. "And here's the manual, back in the box you go..."
Or you could pull out the 3DS, have everyone expecting an unboxing video, but instead you put it in a series of other boxes, wrap it up and put it on a shelf, and the video ends with you sitting at a coffee shop drinking a latte for 5 minutes.
Personally, I'd like to see two things for whoever gets a 3DS. First, how does the MP3 player work (Is it a substitute for a iPod) and secondly, how does the video player look? I seem to recall it having a movie player, but I could be mistaken.
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Personally, I'd like to see two things for whoever gets a 3DS. First, how does the MP3 player work (Is it a substitute for a iPod) and secondly, how does the video player look? I seem to recall it having a movie player, but I could be mistaken.
The music player is about the same as on DSi. As such, it's built more for fun than for serious iPod style music playing.
You choose your music from a folder list, I don't know if it has selection by artist, album, any of that. Then it just plays with one of several cool visualizations, you can apply a few goofy audio filters to it, add sound effects, play it fast/slow/high pitched/low pitched.
As far as convenient listening though, from what I've read you can close the system and it will keep playing through the headphones, and you can cycle through tracks with L and R. Don't quote me on that, though.
I don't think the 3DS plays movies by default. They're still working on a 3D video creation/editing program and Netflix won't be coming until summer.
The first Japanese firmware update included this video, however - by itself, no real interface, just a taste of things to come:
One really minor and stupid thing that I don't like about the DSi is that the alarm clock can't play full songs, it can only play those little ten second clips that you make. Unless I simply can't figure out how to set it up.
I don't own an alarm clock so I wake up via DS, and it would be cool if the first thing I hear in the morning is Eridan's Theme or something.
One really minor and stupid thing that I don't like about the DSi is that the alarm clock can't play full songs, it can only play those little ten second clips that you make. Unless I simply can't figure out how to set it up.
I don't own an alarm clock so I wake up via DS, and it would be cool if the first thing I hear in the morning is Eridan's Theme or something.
My alarm clock plays a (n awful midi recreation) of the Super Metroid opening.
Yeah, awkward is the best word to describe it. Once the gals leave, Jeff's demeanor basically becomes ok, now we can actually create a compelling video.
Microsoft Kinect E3 party? Nope, doesn't top that.
Anything involving Homefront? Not even close.
It would've been better if anyone at Giant Bomb knew how to talk to a woman.
Also Monkeyballs mini games just look Sega tried to beat people to the system with Mario game clones.
Norfair, thanks for making me not feel like the only one here getting Lego Star Wars with my 3ds. I also got a pittance minibonus from work (Hurray pittance!) so I can grab another title or two at launch. I think I'm going to get Steel Diver, just to support Nintendo doing a new IP. For the other (now 3rd) game, I have no idea. I have never enjoyed Street Fighter... so that's pretty much out, unless I get my hands on a demo that changes my mind. Ghost Recon Shadow Wars could be interesting. Samurai Warriors could also work... Then again, I may just wait for things to go on sale.
Monkey Ball missing the mini games killed it for me. I always loved Monkey Bowling and played that more than the main game so its not worth buying without it to me.
That said only Zelda is a must buy so far, everything else I will rent. Seems pretty clear I will mostly be playing DS games on it for a while, but then its a huge upgrade from my DS Phat so well worth it. At least I have all the built in toys to play with.
Even if it is lacking in depth, I'm still getting Pilot Wings on release as a good way to show off the 3D to people. Until OoT hits I'm comfortable with my purchase essentially being a rich man's toy so I can try and impress people :P
It's not like there aren't enough games already announced to make me sure I'd be inevitably getting the system sometime very soon (New Mario, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, Professor [strike]Mario[/strike] Layton.)
...I just envisioned an alarm clock with a midi sequencer built into it where you can punch in tunes by touch.
I'm ok with this idea. Contact ThinkGeek; they'll get right on it.
But, no. The fact that it's recognizable is about all I care about. My phone is far too ancient (and my will to get a new one far too low) to support playing the remastered tracks.
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I'll either be getting New Super Mario Bros. or Samurai Warriors Chronicles. I'm not sold on any of Nintendo's offerings, the SFIV ad unsold it for me, and I'm not interested in racing, football, or soccer, or The Sims.
When OoT comes out though...
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On a side note, just heard some info that the PSP2 will have two versions, one with 3G one without, and the prices (apparently) are gonna be 250/350. Not sure how real those numbers are, but if they managed to get it to match the 3DS, this will get interesting.
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On a side note, just heard some info that the PSP2 will have two versions, one with 3G one without, and the prices (apparently) are gonna be 250/350. Not sure how real those numbers are, but if they managed to get it to match the 3DS, this will get interesting.
Just to clarify, the rumor comes from a survey conducted by Ubisoft that tells you it's $250 and asks, "would you purchase the NGP, now that you know its retail price?" And it goes on to ask whether you'd buy the 3G version for $350.
Really, if the NGP would just announce a price/release date before the 3DS launch, I'd probably hold off on one for sure. But as it is, I just don't trust Sony not to fuck it up.
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On a side note, just heard some info that the PSP2 will have two versions, one with 3G one without, and the prices (apparently) are gonna be 250/350. Not sure how real those numbers are, but if they managed to get it to match the 3DS, this will get interesting.
Just to clarify, the rumor comes from a survey conducted by Ubisoft that tells you it's $250 and asks, "would you purchase the NGP, now that you know its retail price?" And it goes on to ask whether you'd buy the 3G version for $350.
Not sure if I'd feel compelled to get an NGP over a 3DS even at the same pricepoint. In my eyes they both suffer from the exact same problem, no games worth owning on the system.
On a side note, just heard some info that the PSP2 will have two versions, one with 3G one without, and the prices (apparently) are gonna be 250/350. Not sure how real those numbers are, but if they managed to get it to match the 3DS, this will get interesting.
Just to clarify, the rumor comes from a survey conducted by Ubisoft that tells you it's $250 and asks, "would you purchase the NGP, now that you know its retail price?" And it goes on to ask whether you'd buy the 3G version for $350.
Not sure if I'd feel compelled to get an NGP over a 3DS even at the same pricepoint. In my eyes they both suffer from the exact same problem, no games worth owning on the system.
Advantage goes to NGP there, simply due to the fact that it'll have access to PSN games. And if they can patch some of the PS3-exclusive ones to work on the system, it'd be an insta-buy for me.
Being able to play Shatter or Thongs of Virtue or Flower on a portable would be the best thing ever.
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If I had to choose between the 3DS and the NGP at $250, I'd still choose the 3DS, but it would certainly make it seem overpriced.
That's why I think if Sony knew, with 100% certainty, that the NGP was going to be $250, they'd want to announce it soon. Make as many people as possible re-think their 3DS purchase, right?
Personally I think it's just Ubi judging the market - if everyone says they'll buy it for $250 and it comes out at $400, they won't put as much effort into supporting it. But who knows!
I just don't think Sony would tell developers how much it's going to cost this early before telling the public. If they knew it'd be $250 now, they'd tell it to the world prior to 3DS launch. "Wait, everybody! Save those dollars for us!"
My guess is $300 with $350 or $400 for the high end model. $250/$350 just seems strange; it'd surely be a loss on the hardware, but then you charge $100 for the 3G to recoup some of the cost on the data plan?
If I had to choose between the 3DS and the NGP at $250, I'd still choose the 3DS, but it would certainly make it seem overpriced.
That's why I think if Sony knew, with 100% certainty, that the NGP was going to be $250, they'd want to announce it soon. Make as many people as possible re-think their 3DS purchase, right?
Not really, announcing the price point that far in advance would give Nintendo the opportunity to make a counter-strategy. First of all, the price of the 3DS probably could be dropped. Second of all, even if they didn't want to drop the price, they could start bundling it with Mario Kart or another piece of 1st party software at the same price to make it more attractive.
Cheap or expensive, Sony has every reason to hold back on announcing the price of the NGP.
EDIT: Look at it from Nintendo's perspective. If they knew in January that the NGP was coming to the market at $250, do you think they would have tried to sell the 3DS at the same price, or have attempted to find a way to undercut Sony?
Maybe Sony wouldn't assume this, but Nintendo would never drop the 3DS's price that quickly. They might have a nice bundle by the time NGP releases but I think even that would be a long shot. They just aren't reactionary like other companies are.
Sony and Microsoft scramble to get motion control into their systems, while Nintendo lazily glances over at Live and PSN and says "eh."
UncleSporky, that's a good point, didn't know it was Ubisoft. I'll bet they are seeing how much intrest there is, and I'll bet the price point is gonna be the higher one. There's just no way they can sell the PSP2 for 250 with all that tech unless they're taking an UNGODLY loss for every single one. And they may, they might be depending on PSN games to make up any kind of margin, but if it's selling at a $100 loss or more, that's gonna be tricky.
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Really, if the NGP would just announce a price/release date before the 3DS launch, I'd probably hold off on one for sure. But as it is, I just don't trust Sony not to fuck it up.
If the NGP price is <$300, Sony will likely announce a price in the days/same week as the 3DS release to deflate some of the momentum.
In my eyes they both suffer from the exact same problem, no games worth owning on the system.
You must have rather shitty eyesight then. The likes of Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, and Naughty Dog have already presented some really good offerings.
Yeah. The NGP is what's seriously making me consider canceling my 3DS pre-order. I mean, I'm going to have to pick one up--there's just no way I will miss out on an Uncharted game, so long as it is even remotely decent.
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Got around to a Best Buy after my class tonight. (For anyone in Arizona, the San Tan Mall Best Buy out in Gilbert has the demo unit in) and figured I'd give my impressions:
First off: The look. The thing looks sleek, theres no doubt about it. Also, god damn is it small. Pretty sure its a bit smaller than the DSLite. I doubt we'll be seeing a smaller revision, at most we'll see a 3DS XL, but I highly doubt that we'll end up with 4 different versions like we did this time. Anyways, as for the color, I'm glad I stuck with Black, the blue is absolutely atrocious looking. Some people may like it, but the sea-green-blue look just looked awful to me.
Controls: The Slide Pad felt great, And probably the best possible solution without having a full on stick, while still being better than the shitty psp nub. It'll be a pleasure playing 3d games with that as opposed to a dpad this time around. The buttons were all nice and clicky, much better than the god awful mushy buttons of the DS Lite. I actually didn't bother with the Stylus at all so I can't really comment on that.
The Graphics and 3D: Its about gamecube quality, though there was some disappointing aliasing around some of the models. Overall though, Wuhu island looked fantastic, and honestly far closer to its wii counterpart (in terms of graphical fidelity) than I expected. As for the 3D Its both different, yet better than I was expecting. To reiterate whats been said already, its like looking into a window. Took an initial adjustment period of 30 seconds or so before it really just clicked with my eyes. For the sweet spot in terms of viewing angle, I was disappointed as hell. You can't move it nearly as much as I expected without distorting the 3D. Not that it will really make that much of a difference since its a handheld and I'm going to have it in more or less the same position relative to me no matter what, but still, a lot smaller than I was expecting.
I kept the 3D on half for about 5 minutes, before ramping it up to full. Despite what people have said, I thought Pilotwings on full 3D was fantastic, and I can't imagine playing it at any level of 3D besides that, though 2D looked great too. Looking down at the bottom screen, up at the 3d screen and even at my surroundings and didn't have any weird issues adjusting between anything. I may end up playing some games in 2D mode when I feel like it, either way it looks absolutely fantastic. I played for about 20 minutes total, and walked away without feeling any Eye strain whatsoever, and I repeat this was after Pilotwings on Full 3D for 15 minutes, which many people have complained about. I did have probably the weakest and most pathetic "headache" ever, but it was almost nothing, and subsided after just a few minutes.
That being said, while the 3D effect is something else, It's not really the selling point for me, so yah.
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Yeah, awkward is the best word to describe it. Once the gals leave, Jeff's demeanor basically becomes ok, now we can actually create a compelling video.
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1UP and other sites appartently got the same treatment too. And I kind of have to wonder just how many of these unboxing videos we really need. Its not that compelling.
If they do it a third time, you can go ahead and sue them for false advertising.
By the way, not the only place it's happening.
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There's no Monkey Target, for some reason they've abandoned that particular game for years now. They dropped the "tons of minigames" thing and now there's just two that they put a little more effort into, the Mario Kart clone and the Smash Bros. clone.
Which he failed at by acting like an idiot the entire time. "Name my system Sony NGP hurr hurr, read warnings out loud, wave the system around because it's threeeee deeeee!!!!"
A guy who played it was posting about it over at Neogaf, he said it's Rayman 2, for better or for worse. Dreamcast assets, or perhaps slightly better, some random framerate drops but nothing hugely disappointing. It should be a nice decently long adventure if you don't have anything against the game.
Maybe I can get my cats to open it (after breaking the tape first, of course)... though they're more likely to just poke around it with their noses for a while before actually trying to get in.
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Do the opposite of unboxing it.
Record a normal unboxing video and then play it in reverse, maybe record a new audio track for the reversal. "And here's the manual, back in the box you go..."
Or you could pull out the 3DS, have everyone expecting an unboxing video, but instead you put it in a series of other boxes, wrap it up and put it on a shelf, and the video ends with you sitting at a coffee shop drinking a latte for 5 minutes.
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The music player is about the same as on DSi. As such, it's built more for fun than for serious iPod style music playing.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_AULE3nFR-k
You choose your music from a folder list, I don't know if it has selection by artist, album, any of that. Then it just plays with one of several cool visualizations, you can apply a few goofy audio filters to it, add sound effects, play it fast/slow/high pitched/low pitched.
As far as convenient listening though, from what I've read you can close the system and it will keep playing through the headphones, and you can cycle through tracks with L and R. Don't quote me on that, though.
I don't think the 3DS plays movies by default. They're still working on a 3D video creation/editing program and Netflix won't be coming until summer.
The first Japanese firmware update included this video, however - by itself, no real interface, just a taste of things to come:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySaBb1ZiWpc
I don't own an alarm clock so I wake up via DS, and it would be cool if the first thing I hear in the morning is Eridan's Theme or something.
My alarm clock plays a (n awful midi recreation) of the Super Metroid opening.
Microsoft Kinect E3 party? Nope, doesn't top that.
Anything involving Homefront? Not even close.
It would've been better if anyone at Giant Bomb knew how to talk to a woman.
Also Monkeyballs mini games just look Sega tried to beat people to the system with Mario game clones.
That said only Zelda is a must buy so far, everything else I will rent. Seems pretty clear I will mostly be playing DS games on it for a while, but then its a huge upgrade from my DS Phat so well worth it. At least I have all the built in toys to play with.
It's not like there aren't enough games already announced to make me sure I'd be inevitably getting the system sometime very soon (New Mario, Mario Kart, Paper Mario, Professor [strike]Mario[/strike] Layton.)
I'm ok with this idea. Contact ThinkGeek; they'll get right on it.
But, no. The fact that it's recognizable is about all I care about. My phone is far too ancient (and my will to get a new one far too low) to support playing the remastered tracks.
When OoT comes out though...
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Just to clarify, the rumor comes from a survey conducted by Ubisoft that tells you it's $250 and asks, "would you purchase the NGP, now that you know its retail price?" And it goes on to ask whether you'd buy the 3G version for $350.
I'm actually really hoping they make a 3DS cartridge with a collection of Virtual Boy games.
Not sure if I'd feel compelled to get an NGP over a 3DS even at the same pricepoint. In my eyes they both suffer from the exact same problem, no games worth owning on the system.
Advantage goes to NGP there, simply due to the fact that it'll have access to PSN games. And if they can patch some of the PS3-exclusive ones to work on the system, it'd be an insta-buy for me.
Being able to play Shatter or Thongs of Virtue or Flower on a portable would be the best thing ever.
That's why I think if Sony knew, with 100% certainty, that the NGP was going to be $250, they'd want to announce it soon. Make as many people as possible re-think their 3DS purchase, right?
I just don't think Sony would tell developers how much it's going to cost this early before telling the public. If they knew it'd be $250 now, they'd tell it to the world prior to 3DS launch. "Wait, everybody! Save those dollars for us!"
My guess is $300 with $350 or $400 for the high end model. $250/$350 just seems strange; it'd surely be a loss on the hardware, but then you charge $100 for the 3G to recoup some of the cost on the data plan?
Not really, announcing the price point that far in advance would give Nintendo the opportunity to make a counter-strategy. First of all, the price of the 3DS probably could be dropped. Second of all, even if they didn't want to drop the price, they could start bundling it with Mario Kart or another piece of 1st party software at the same price to make it more attractive.
Cheap or expensive, Sony has every reason to hold back on announcing the price of the NGP.
EDIT: Look at it from Nintendo's perspective. If they knew in January that the NGP was coming to the market at $250, do you think they would have tried to sell the 3DS at the same price, or have attempted to find a way to undercut Sony?
Sony and Microsoft scramble to get motion control into their systems, while Nintendo lazily glances over at Live and PSN and says "eh."
You must have rather shitty eyesight then. The likes of Nintendo, Capcom, Konami, and Naughty Dog have already presented some really good offerings.
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If the NGP price is <$300, Sony will likely announce a price in the days/same week as the 3DS release to deflate some of the momentum.
Yeah. The NGP is what's seriously making me consider canceling my 3DS pre-order. I mean, I'm going to have to pick one up--there's just no way I will miss out on an Uncharted game, so long as it is even remotely decent.