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Nintendo 3DS Thread: Super Mario 3D Land less than a month away!
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Completely agree - if they're trying to pull in premium money, they have to offer a premium service and premium games. They're certainly never going to be competitive in price with iPhone games, so they should focus more on courting high-end indie devs for downloadable platform exclusives.
Shantae is a completely stupid price in the UK (£11, which is more than what I paid for Dragon Age 2 and Mass Effect 2 combined a month ago) but is one of the few titles on the store that is a genuinely premium experience - better than any retail 2D Metroidvania I've played on DS, and something that I cannot buy on iPhone even if I wanted to.
The problem, as stated, is that all of the non-shoddy stuff on offer is completely out of impulse purchase range, and doesn't offer the depth and length that would justify these price tags. Except Link's Awakening, and even that's on the outer limits. I do think demos are too much to hope for given Nintendo's attitude on them in the past, though.
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I love both of them, but, man, c'mon. One is a freeware game, and one might as well almost be retail.
That and the fact that it is almost impossible to find anything in the estore.
I'm feeling kind of the opposite; I was hoping for more third-party announcements to catch my eye, but so far the only new games that's really got me intrigued are Heroes of Ruin and Rolling Western, and I don't even know if that's first- or third-party. I do have plenty of games lined up to buy this year -- Super Mario, Mario Kart, Bit.Trip Saga, RE: Mercenaries, probably Kid Icarus -- but a lot of Nintendo's bigger heavy-hitters just don't do anything for me, including OoT, Paper Mario, Luigi's Mansion, and Animal Crossing. Starfox is a potential pickup, but probably only when it's cheaper.
I'm fine being patient -- the DS took a while to really get going, too -- but I was hoping for more surprises. Here's looking to TGS, though! And I'm currently working through Link's Awakening, so I'm happy for the time being.
So is this just a 3D Professor Layton, or...?
I think that this is the best suggestion for the system. Would have saved me from wasting $1.99 on Treasure Hunter X.
Also this site, where you can see it has a 5/10 rating.
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Just on this point, it may be too much to ask (and I'm generally understanding of the fact that a demo takes time and money), but it's the simplest example I could think of to make them deserve the premium they charge. Hell, most iOS games have demos or free versions, so even then it's only playing catch-up with the cheapest, bottom-of-the-barrel part of their competition.
According to a Japanese Iwata Asks, there will be six, at least initially. Japan got both Excitebike and Xevious.
This is the list of 3D demos that were showcased at E3 2010, though some were little more than screenshot mockups:
http://ds.ign.com/articles/109/1098405p1.html
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and I'd love to see how they'd do 3D Zelda
In other words, I'd buy it, even if I have the original cart already.
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It seems to throw in a bit of turn based combat, but is otherwise indeed more than a little 'inspired' by everyone's favourite consummate gentleman.
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What hoops do you have to jump through to get it?
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Are they still doing the updates on Monday? Joystiq seemed to think they weren't posting them until later in the week now...
Wii Shop still updates on Mondays (I think), but there hasn't been anything on that yet.
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Joystiq said everything is coming out Thurs now (including WiiWare/DSiWare), though who the hell knows if that's accurate.
Well, I'm on their media email list and I haven't gotten anything today (I always do), so maybe that really is the case.
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They are supposed to do the press release on Monday's with what the coming update is supposed to be.
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I had also heard that they were going to announce what the games were ahead of time... maybe that detail got lost?
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no dice, and according to the quick start guide it was supposed to be inside the system's holder, which was totally empty
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I think a lot of people would hate that, though. Get all excited for a game and you can't buy it for three days, at which point you've forgotten about it or thought better of your purchase. It's bad for Nintendo too, it takes away a bit of the impulse buy mentality.
I do think Thursday is a better day though, because more people have time to play their new games on the weekend.
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I doubt it, but yeah, stylus placement on 3DS is retarded. DSi was perfect.
Actually, I like it a lot better. With the DSLite, I was always paranoid that the stylus would snag on my pants while taking it in or out of my pocket. I don't worry about that at all with the 3DS.
On that note, is the game a remake with DS functionality, or is it just a port from the GBC/GBA?
So people were talking about the stylus, I got a question too - does anyone else use it in its short mode rather than extend it? I do it all the time, sort of in the interest of saving time but I also like how it feels. I was also that weird kid in school who used 2 inch long pencils sharpened at both ends.
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Nope. And given recent comments from Nintendo execs, nothing's ever going on sale.
Nope. Trust us, it's awesome and worth every penny.
Also is it weird to really like the e-shop music?
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