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Nintendo 3DS Thread: Resident Evil The Mercenaries 3D awarded "best box art" so far

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  • plufimplufim Dr Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Jintor wrote: »
    plufim wrote: »
    Jintor wrote: »
    I already said this in the Game Industry thread, but Australian retailers (EB and Game) have pre-orders set at Aus$348 and Aus$388 respectively. While we're not yet certain if those are still placeholder prices that haven't yet been updated or not, one thing's for certain: we're going to get reamed.

    Game is struggling at the moment, I wonder if that $388 is going to be some forced bundle bullshit. EB are the recommended retail price specialists, so I'd go with $350 being the RRP. That said, given that the US price converts to ~$251.50 before tax, and therefore ~$276.50 after GST, we're paying an additional ~$75 (a markup of ~27%). It has been worse for us, but it still sucks.

    Also, compared to the Japanese price (25000 yen), the markup is 14%, assuming the japanese price includes tax.

    edit: Europe are no doubt having a much higher % markup than Australia is.

    I think I could stomach around $300 with no game, but $350 is just out of reach without a pack-in. That said, I'm still glad not to be in Europe, but I think they might have a wider variety of choices of retailers to go to. That that said, we haven't seen our Department stores come out with a price just yet, so...

    I reckon we'll be able to get it for ~$320 from JB, if $350 is really the RRP

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  • iMattiMatt Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Kworn wrote: »
    £229 way to much

    Amazon £219

    http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=3ds&x=5&y=19

    I really cant afford that....damn

    Just spotted that - you beat me to it :)

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    plufim wrote: »
    Jintor wrote: »
    plufim wrote: »
    Jintor wrote: »
    I already said this in the Game Industry thread, but Australian retailers (EB and Game) have pre-orders set at Aus$348 and Aus$388 respectively. While we're not yet certain if those are still placeholder prices that haven't yet been updated or not, one thing's for certain: we're going to get reamed.

    Game is struggling at the moment, I wonder if that $388 is going to be some forced bundle bullshit. EB are the recommended retail price specialists, so I'd go with $350 being the RRP. That said, given that the US price converts to ~$251.50 before tax, and therefore ~$276.50 after GST, we're paying an additional ~$75 (a markup of ~27%). It has been worse for us, but it still sucks.

    Also, compared to the Japanese price (25000 yen), the markup is 14%, assuming the japanese price includes tax.

    edit: Europe are no doubt having a much higher % markup than Australia is.

    I think I could stomach around $300 with no game, but $350 is just out of reach without a pack-in. That said, I'm still glad not to be in Europe, but I think they might have a wider variety of choices of retailers to go to. That that said, we haven't seen our Department stores come out with a price just yet, so...

    I reckon we'll be able to get it for ~$320 from JB, if $350 is really the RRP

    The sad thing is I know that I'm getting one eventually, I'm just fairly certain I won't be getting one at launch.

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  • CZroeCZroe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    "400 pixels are allocated to each eye to enable 3D viewing."

    Shouldn't that be 400 COLUMNS of pixels?!

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  • CZroeCZroe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Though CSI-like analysis of Nintendo World Report's video of Ocarina of Time 3D, I have concluded that it runs at 30fps. Probably.

    Maybe.

    Did you zoom and also enhance?
    If you're actually interested, you can tell just by looking at the way the frames are blended together from (in-game) motion blur effects or the camera's exposure time. If it ran at 60fps, every frame of the 30fps camera video should include two unique frames blended together, but they don't.

    It could just be a badly encoded video, though. Who knows?

    Uhh... no. If your eye would only see one image from that perspective, the camera will only see one image. The frames aren't being displayed alternately because it isn't for shutter glasses.

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  • agoajagoaj Top Tier One FearRegistered User regular
    edited January 2011
    CZroe wrote: »
    "400 pixels are allocated to each eye to enable 3D viewing."

    Shouldn't that be 400 COLUMNS of pixels?!

    It's 3d on a one dimensional field

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  • TayaTaya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    They are really playing it safe with the launch colours. Remember when you could only buy a Gamecube in purple? And look at these awesome gadgets:

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    I have no idea if all of those colours were available at launch though.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I'd pay a small amount of money for a clear plastic 3DS

    Or hell, a Green and Gold 3DS. Oh man, when Nintendo Australia actively did things that were kind of Australian. I still have my Aussie GBC somewhere.

    /edit I can't find any images, anybody here know what I'm talking about?

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  • Ghostly ClockworkGhostly Clockwork Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Ahh, I had that purple transparent one. Good times :)

    Anywho, that Street Pass thing sounds pretty neat, I always liked the idea that you could be sitting somewhere and start playing a game with a random person just because they happened to be close, and this seems to take it to the next level.

    On another topic, are the AR cards individualized? It looked like they were all the same, just the orange "?" box, I didn't see any kind of identifying marks like a bar code or something.

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  • Squirrel RancherSquirrel Rancher Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I'm honestly disappointed that they're not launching with the orange 3ds. I can settle for the blue one, though.

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    This?
    ozzie_10.jpg

    I'm not really bothered about the colour, as I'll probably get a case eventually. My DS Lite has been sporting a Mario shell ever since I got it.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    That's the thing. Lookaddat. Beautifully hideous.

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  • TayaTaya Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    The green and yellow dinosaurs make that picture.

    The colour of a system doesn't really matter but it would be nice if you could have a choice. I love my orange iPod Nano.

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  • mntorankusumntorankusu I'm not sure how to use this thing.... Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    CZroe wrote: »
    Though CSI-like analysis of Nintendo World Report's video of Ocarina of Time 3D, I have concluded that it runs at 30fps. Probably.

    Maybe.

    Did you zoom and also enhance?
    If you're actually interested, you can tell just by looking at the way the frames are blended together from (in-game) motion blur effects or the camera's exposure time. If it ran at 60fps, every frame of the 30fps camera video should include two unique frames blended together, but they don't.

    It could just be a badly encoded video, though. Who knows?

    Uhh... no. If your eye would only see one image from that perspective, the camera will only see one image. The frames aren't being displayed alternately because it isn't for shutter glasses.

    What are you talking about?

    I'm not talking about 3D. 3D is turned off in these videos.

    I'm talking about the frame rate that the game runs at.

    The number of frames displayed on the screen per second.

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  • Jam WarriorJam Warrior Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Put in my Amazon.co.uk order yesterday during the conference when I saw that pre-orders had gone up. I assume this happened during the conference? I hope this means I good place in the queue.

    Though how is Amazon with that? I think I remember hearing that when you placed your order can mean nothing with Amazon and they send them out at random rather than in any kind of logical queue.

    I don't think I actually want any of the listed launch day games. Pilot Wings maybe? Still there's plenty coming up I know I'll want so given the expected difficulty of getting ones hands on a system when released I'm happy to buy one at launch and amuse myself with the built in software until Zelda/Mario/Animal Crossing come along.

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Yeah, I think most of my time in the first week or so will be spent making Miis from people's pictures and turning my desk into an AR dinosaur reserve.

    Plus, assuming the store is up and running, I have all of the DSi stuff I've been missing out on, plus my DS games. I still need to finish Yoshi's Island and Apollo Justice, and Ghost Trick is just begging to be picked up.

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  • JintorJintor Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Damn though, I keep thinking about the 3D camera they have.

    Think it records video? :T

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    It does indeed look like shortages will once again be an issue for awhile after launch.

    Not entirely unexpected, but it alreadly looks to be a guaranteed thing.

    Japan Lines Up For 3DS . . . To Pre-Order It
    It has begun! Japan has begun forming up lines for the 3DS, and over a month early, too. Have our fellow gamers in the East finally gone nuts?

    The 3DS is still over a month away, but the hordes of hardcore Japanese gamers have already tied their laces and prepped their legs for another aching season of waiting in line. But are Japanese Nintendo fans so hyped for the 3DS that they’re willing to wait in front of stores for several weeks before launch?

    Actually, it turns out they’re lining up to pre-order the handheld; Today, Nintendo had officially given the thumbs up for stores across Japan to start taking in pre-orders for the highly demanded handheld. Lines had formed as early as 7:00am in Japan time, with an estimate of over 200 people in front of one shop alone (the Akihabara Yodobashi Camera store, to be exact).

    But why so much hoopla on the first day of pre-orders? The reason is that there’s a good chance the handheld will be under-shipped, as recent reports from retailers suggest no more than 400,000 3DS units will be available on February 26th, Japan’s official launch date. Even though Nintendo claims to have 1.5 million units shipped domestically by the end of the fiscal year (March 31st), past experiences have proven that even the Big N tends to underestimate how quickly their products sell.

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  • CheesecakeRecipeCheesecakeRecipe "Should not be allowed to post in the Steam Thread" - Isorn Squalor Victoria, Squalor Victoria!Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    This?
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    I'm not really bothered about the colour, as I'll probably get a case eventually. My DS Lite has been sporting a Mario shell ever since I got it.

    That is the most beautifully awful thing I have seen, though I'll always have a soft spot for the Playskool style of GBC I upgraded to from my fading gameboy all those years ago:

    gbc4.jpg

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Jintor wrote: »
    Think it records video?

    It will at some point it seems, but not immediately.

    From Iwata Laughs:
    Miyamoto: But Iwata-san also wants to include 3D video in the future! (laughs)

    Iwata: I think it will be fun if we're able to include video recording capabilities with future updates.

    Itoi: I have no idea, but when you take 3D photos and videos, is there some kind of capacity limit?

    Iwata: An SD card goes in this slot.

    Itoi: Oh, an SD card! Like two gigabytes?

    Iwata: It comes with a 2-gigabyte card, but you can, for example, use a 32-gigabyte one as well.

    Itoi: Oh, okay, I see. So you seriously can take as many as you want.

    Iwata: Yes. Long videos, lots of photos, they'll fit.
    Taya wrote: »
    They are really playing it safe with the launch colours. Remember when you could only buy a Gamecube in purple?

    Thing is, the more colors you have available at launch the less colors you can introduce later to whip people into a frenzy because "whoa, green 3DS!" and then reap in even more sales. Then you have colors with revisions sometimes too after said revision has already been out for awhile.

    Nintendo knows that some of their loyalists will buy anything and they take advantage of that when they can. What is even more awesome for them is that people thank them for it too. Thats the cynical viewpoint of course though, sometimes things do really need fixing. The "you can't see what you're playing" factor with the GBA and the fuck ugly exterior and form factor of the first DS are prime examples. And hell, I owned every version of the original DS except the DSi at one point or another.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I'm not trying to be a jerk or anything, because sometimes people just plain can't afford things for one reason or another, and I respect that. People gotta eat and pay bills. But I agree with what somebody else said about this - if you really want a 3DS, but $250 is just $50 too much and you're planning on waiting a year or more, you should honestly think about that decision. $50 is not a lot. About 5 hours of work at most jobs, the price of a single game in exchange for not owning a console for an entire year. This isn't a 599 US dollars situation where you should have to get a second job, we're talking about buying five less pizzas.

    I guess a lot of people will probably crack anyway though, once it's in the wild. Particularly the ranting GAFers.

    Obviously if you are not from the US or Japan then it appears you are getting reamed and I feel sorry for you and you should probably put serious thought into importing.

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    €250 isn't that bad when you consider there's close to a 20% tax in a lot of countries. Plus, wage differences and such.

    Not that I've decided to get one at launch. The only thing I'd do is fiddle with the 3D. I didn't get a DS at launch since no games really impressed me. Give it a year and the quality games should arrive to persuade me. And hopefully a revision.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Kotaku on Kid Icarus for lefties:
    In the course of the six minutes here, you'll also see me, a lefty, grapple with seemed to be controls created for right-handed gamers. I had no choice but to use the stylus in my right hand, since I had to use my left thumb on the 3DS' analog-stick-style circle pad. The discomfort was fading just a few minutes in. It was odd, but I can get used to it.

    I wondered if that might be the case. After all, I do use the mouse in my right hand with no trouble. Here's hoping the game won't be that much of a problem.
    Chen wrote: »
    €250 isn't that bad when you consider there's close to a 20% tax in a lot of countries. Plus, wage differences and such.

    Not that I've decided to get one at launch. The only thing I'd do is fiddle with the 3D. I didn't get a DS at launch since no games really impressed me. Give it a year and the quality games should arrive to persuade me. And hopefully a revision.

    Yeah, nothing wrong with waiting for a revision if that's your thing. Personally I keep in mind that there will be at least two revisions, so I get the original system and skip that first remodel.

    Also, I was thinking about the XL, and how some people want an XL version of the 3DS...I'm not sure that it would work well. Wouldn't you have to be relatively further away from the screen for the 3D effect to work? I hope this doesn't hold Nintendo back from making one.

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  • CatshadeCatshade Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    A revised 3DS will probably be more than $250, though... :|

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  • carmofincarmofin Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Whhh? Rumor has it that the new Pikmin is coming to the 3DS...
    If that is the case then R.I.P. Wii... The Wii had a strong year 2010 imo, but considering neither Xenoblade, nor Last Story are being localized right now it seems like it's over for that console.

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  • CZroeCZroe Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Taya wrote: »
    They are really playing it safe with the launch colours. Remember when you could only buy a Gamecube in purple? And look at these awesome gadgets:

    *snip*

    I have no idea if all of those colours were available at launch though.

    That's not nearly all of them and, no, there were only a couple available at launch.

    As for the GCN: Jet and Indigo were available at launch. Purple was never the only color.

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  • plufimplufim Dr Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    carmofin wrote: »
    Whhh? Rumor has it that the new Pikmin is coming to the 3DS...
    If that is the case then R.I.P. Wii... The Wii had a strong year 2010 imo, but considering neither Xenoblade, nor Last Story are being localized right now it seems like it's over for that console.

    New Zelda game.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    plufim wrote: »
    carmofin wrote: »
    Whhh? Rumor has it that the new Pikmin is coming to the 3DS...
    If that is the case then R.I.P. Wii... The Wii had a strong year 2010 imo, but considering neither Xenoblade, nor Last Story are being localized right now it seems like it's over for that console.

    New Zelda game.
    Plus quite a few other games that ought to be high quality including some multiplatform ones like You Don't Know Jack, de Blob 2 and the new Rune Factory, and there's still some great Wiiware coming like La Mulana and the game shown in Tycho's news post.

    Also, read the news, Pikmin's not coming to 3DS just yet.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    We may have the base UK price:
    I got talking to a representative from one of the major supermarket brands in the UK, who told me that Nintendo is selling 3DS units to him at a base price of £173.

    Which is an equivalent of $276. That is (possibly) the minimum price, with retailers making no profit at all.

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  • ShenShen Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I recently damaged my DSlite top screen and was looking to replace it with a 3DS, but with a £220 price tag and region locking that is completely out of the question. I could get a 360 with Kinect for that kind of money!

    I'd import but seeing as I got slapped with a £15 customs charge for Etrian Odyssey III on top of game and shipping costs, it'd probably end up being more expensive after just a couple of games.

    E: £170 base price is pretty crazy, that's more than the XL retails for. Guess that means no price drops for a long, long time.

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  • King RiptorKing Riptor Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    carmofin wrote: »
    Whhh? Rumor has it that the new Pikmin is coming to the 3DS...
    If that is the case then R.I.P. Wii... The Wii had a strong year 2010 imo, but considering neither Xenoblade, nor Last Story are being localized right now it seems like it's over for that console.

    Pikmin isn't a critical success for nintendo.
    I don't think it not coming to the wii is going to murder the system

    I last story will dwefinitely come out here I think they want to see how japan takes to it first .

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I checked with the Gamestation I preordered with today, and they don't have much more information. Their guesstimate of the price was around £230. If major supermarket chains decide to price them lower, however, it could all change.

    They have around 10 pre-orders so far, which is enough to make me nervous - especially as they won't be having a midnight lauch for those numbers, so I'd have to take the day off work to ensure I'd be first in the queue.

    Which might be a plan...

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    To be honest, competition between retailers will probably stabilize into an inflated-but-decent price soon. Hopefully. I think LewieP or Jam Warrior was linking a pretty good deal yesterday that included a bundled game.

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  • RehabRehab Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I guess a lot of people will probably crack anyway though, once it's in the wild. Particularly the ranting GAFers.

    Tax returns. Seeing demos of games, videos in person, and the game ons and everything word of mouth related that can be expected here or course too, but I swear Nintendo launches handhelds in the spring because they know that a sudden influx of income for people will cause them to buy the cool new shiny toy that they desire.

    Of course there are also things like the release of a new Mario Kart to consider. Anyway, I agree with everything you said in that post. While it would obviously be cool if the 3DS was cheaper (or hey, Nintendo should give them all away because they love their customers so much!), its price is really more then fair. This isn't a situation like when the PS3 or iPhone first came out. To me its more like "$250? Oh, okay then." And I guess that while I am excited for it, I don't feel like I absolutely have to buy it at launch too. If circumstances require that I have to wait a few months (which they might) its not the end of the world or anything.

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Keep going back and forth on this (the fact I'm getting about 1,800 in income tax return doesn't help). Outside of SFIV I'm meh about every launch game but the tech and price are really attractive.

    Then I remind myself that I hardly ever play portable games and traded in my DS and my PSP Go is just gathering dust. Though I'm going to Comic Con this year and this would be nice to have.

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  • KadokenKadoken Giving Ends to my Friends and it Feels Stupendous Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I'm glad that the price is lower than I thought it would be. However, I'm going to wait for the next iteration because of the low battery.

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  • Rhesus PositiveRhesus Positive GNU Terry Pratchett Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    At this point I've come to terms with the price, as I know I can budget £100 from each paycheck between now and the release (I'll just eat rice and beans for a few more meals rather than buying a sandwich), so any lower than the worst case scenario will be a bonus :)

    The Gamestation staff seemed pretty confident that they'd have enough units to cover demand, though, as it isn't a prime location - they apparently had Wiis for a week or so after launch.

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  • ChenChen Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    I do think Pokémon Black/White will compete with the 3DS coming Spring. Maybe not as clever on that front. But like you say, early adopters will buy the initial 4 million shipment and word of mouth will spread. Enough time for the holiday period.

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    It seems a bit pricey for a handheld even though its only 50 bucks more then what I paid for my DS fat which has served me well.

    Im sure I'll change my mind once that must have game comes out. Just not sure yet which one that would be for me.

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  • JaveJave Registered User regular
    edited January 2011
    Good news everyone!

    Nintendo talks about battery life:

    http://www.gamerzines.com/ds/news/nintendo-talk-3ds-battery-life.html
    "Actually, if you have the 3D, Wi-Fi and other functions off it's longer than five hours," said Yarnton talking to Eurogamer.
    I'm guessing the various times will be similar to DSi. Hopefully this can put all the battery complaints to rest.

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