I dislike buying digitally because A. You don't actually own the game you own a conditional liscense for it's use and B. because I like filling up my 18 game card case.
You have less than 18 3DS games? o.O
Do you need recommendations? There's plenty.
Got my first 3ds in December (best xmas present ever) and I've already got the case half full. But sure, I could always use more recommendations. I have:
FE: Awakening
MH4U
MM3D
OoT3D
ALBW
Smash
Alpha Saphire
Ace combat
phoenix wright vs prof layton
I like strategy, arpg, fighting games, not big into puzzle games althoufh I liked PW V PL and lumines back in the day. I ussd to think Twtris was a game where you tried to build a building and didnt understand why blocks kept dissapearing. So go ahead suggest away.
Codename steam in 2 days, give the demo a shake
Already have, love it.
Oh and Shovel Knight. I've got shovel knight. I had Fantasy Life and ended up trading it to a friend. I do plan on getting it back though.
I dislike buying digitally because A. You don't actually own the game you own a conditional liscense for it's use and B. because I like filling up my 18 game card case.
You have less than 18 3DS games? o.O
Do you need recommendations? There's plenty.
Got my first 3ds in December (best xmas present ever) and I've already got the case half full. But sure, I could always use more recommendations. I have:
FE: Awakening
MH4U
MM3D
OoT3D
ALBW
Smash
Alpha Saphire
Ace combat
phoenix wright vs prof layton
I like strategy, arpg, rpg,fighting games, not big into puzzle games although I liked PW V PL and lumines back in the day. I used to think Tetris was a game where you tried to build a building and didnt understand why blocks kept dissapearing. So go ahead suggest away.
Let's see what I can think of via a combination of off-hand recollection and very very lazy gamefaq category scanning.
I see a distinct lack of Bravely Default. I would fix that.
If first-person dungeon crawlers are your bag, you can also check out Etrian Odyssey: Untold(as mentioned several times in the thread already), or SMT: Soul Hackers.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is a must-get. The 3DS "remaster" of Devil Survivor 2 is coming out in about two months, keep an eye out for that.
Shin Megami Tensei IV is also very solid(doing post-game stuff will drive you up a fucking wall though).
Mario and Luigi: Dream Team is a good choice. It's solid as you can expect from a Mario/Luigi RPG to be, but keep in mind that the story does run quite a bit longer than it really needs to - it can run you up to 50 hours. (can't say you won't get your money's worth though)
I hear Grinsia finally had all of the crash bugs patched out so it may be something to look at. (eShop only title)
If the Harvest Moon games were ever your interest, Story of Seasons comes out at the end of the month. It's the newest Harvest Moon made by the same group, just with a different name because blah-blah licensing issues. (one company holds the rights to the name Harvest Moon, and another company has the actual team that made Harvest Moon. And they don't get along right now.)
If you also like simple Solomon's Key style floor-to-floor puzzle platformers, Witch's Cat is a good one (and is also criminally adorable)
Once I get a 3DS, I am happy that it seems that most of the games I want have been released digitally. Not a fan of ye olde days when some games got low print runs.
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Mario and Luigi Dream team is really good. I never finished the story because yea it's super super long butI put 30 hours into it and that was well worth the investment. I actually still go back to it maybe a couple times a year and play it for an hour or so. I've always loved the mechanics of the M&L games.
Wow, I think I have to get this! I didn't much care for Bravely Default when I first played it because I wanted it to be exactly like an SNES-era Final Fantasy game, but I should really give that another try, too.
Well, here's my personal 3DS game list. I still need to grab Majora's Mask, Codename: Steam. and perhaps convince myself to get Rune Factory 4 sometime. The new Etrian Odyessey will be a sure pickup as well.
Action:
Adventure Time
Code of Princess
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Resident Evil: Revelations
Senran Kagura: Burst
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Zelda: Orarina of Time 3D
Fighting:
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Smash Bros 4
Hunting:
Monster Hunter 4
Platformer:
Super Mario 3D Land
ARPGs:
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
RPGs:
Bravely Default
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Inazuma Eleven
Pokemon Y
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Tales of the Abyss
DRPGs:
Etrain Odyessey 4
Etrian Odyessey Untold
Persona Q
SRPGs:
Devil Durvivor Overclocked
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Project X Zone
Codename Steam interested me with the idea of steampunk, but having my soldiers be literary characters of books I hated having shoved down my throat sunk all chances of me playing it. Also locking the FE characters to the Amiibos, without bringing out those NFC cards, is not doing it any favors.
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Oh yea and mario kart 7. I knew I was leaving one out. I have that too.
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edited March 2015
There have been rumblings around the interwebz that a Nintendo Direct is imminent. Also apparently there is a ghost link on Gamestops website for a LE Xenoblade N3DSXL. Allegedly it's an xl version of the faceplates recently announced in Europe. Grains of salt and all that but this is exciting news for those holding out for a LE system.
There have been rumblings around the interwebz that a Nintendo Direct is imminent. Also apparently there is a ghost link on Gamestops website for a LE Xenoblade N3DSXL. Allegedly it's an xl version of the faceplates recently announced in Europe. Grains of salt and all that but this is exciting news for those holding out for a LE system.
Oh fuck. If thats true argh after havingto replace my 3ds
There have been rumblings around the interwebz that a Nintendo Direct is imminent. Also apparently there is a ghost link on Gamestops website for a LE Xenoblade N3DSXL. Allegedly it's an xl version of the faceplates recently announced in Europe. Grains of salt and all that but this is exciting news for those holding out for a LE system.
Oh fuck. If thats true argh after havingto replace my 3ds
Maybe you could return it? This is all rumor at this point, maybe Gamestop will do a trade in program like it did at release? Who knows it may not happen at all. I guess we'll know for sure the closer it gets to release. If it does happen I feel your pain. I bought a Smash bros edition 3ds 15 days before the new was announced for NA.
I dislike buying digitally because A. You don't actually own the game you own a conditional liscense for it's use and B. because I like filling up my 18 game card case.
Techncially, even if you have a physical copy you own a conditional license as well.
Personally, I now prefer digital for the reason you like physical. I don't want to carry a case around with me. Pocket space is already at a premium. With digital, I can pop my 3DS into my pocket and have all my games on tap.
Digital and physical tend to share the same price because if digital was cheaper, without being on sale, then retailers would throw a tantrum and refuse to stock it. Contrary to popular opinion, many people do not have great Internet to be capable of downloading a many GB file in a reasonable amount of time. I know I sure didn't prior to upgrading my Internet. A lot of people don't have that option. So they'd be unable to play the game at all.
Retailers should eat it. There's a cost associated with manufacturing and distribution that doesn't exist with digital. Those savings should be passed along to the consumer and one of these days, hopefully soon, a class action lawsuit will make that so.
It's been a while, but I think I remember a PSP game that was released to retail with various bonuses included-- not even pre-order bonuses, just stuff that came with it-- for less than the bare bones digital download.
As for me, I prefer physical unless it's a "long tail" sort of game that I might play a little bit of per day before playing something else, like your Animal Crossings or Tomodachi Lifes. Anything with a quicker pick-up-and-play factor, really. Longer, more involved games that I'll probably put down for a good while after finishing, I prefer physical.
Unfortunately, I'm often at the mercy of whatever the publisher gives me for review stuff, and guess what they're going with more and more? It's a move that was easy to predict, but it's eating away at my 32GB 3DS storage like no tomorrow-- at least my Wii U is abundant for now. As for 3DS, you can get a 64GB microSD for it, right? You just have to format it on a computer?
That aside, I don't entirely mind... I find I'm more likely to go from game to game like I did as a kid when they're all loaded on a system... probably because Game Cards are really small and discs are really delicate, so just letting them sit around for a while until I can properly put them away never seems like a good idea.
Like Mega Man Legends? Then check out my story, Legends of the Halcyon Era - An Adventure in the World of Mega Man Legends on TMMN and AO3!
Physical and digital have such an amazing synergy, only a goofball would want to turf one for the sake of the other. You have the flexibility of the physical format, being able to do whatever you want with it. And in the situation where you can't find a game physically, rather than be completely screwed out of the game, you've always got digital as a backup.
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Physical and digital have such an amazing synergy, only a goofball would want to turf one for the sake of the other. You have the flexibility of the physical format, being able to do whatever you want with it. And in the situation where you can't find a game physically, rather than be completely screwed out of the game, you've always got digital as a backup.
And until someone figures out a way to prevent physical resale in a way that doesn't make people flip out, we're stuck with paying twice if we want all of the advantages.
Physical and digital have such an amazing synergy, only a goofball would want to turf one for the sake of the other. You have the flexibility of the physical format, being able to do whatever you want with it. And in the situation where you can't find a game physically, rather than be completely screwed out of the game, you've always got digital as a backup.
You're right. By not devoting to one form over the other, we get benefits of both. Maybe not all the benefits, but most.
Its like a thread I read on Reddit about ending daylight saving time. They were talking back and forth about how DST is advantageous during this time of year, but not during this time of the year. They were basically going in circles about sunlight hours.
I just wanted to chime in: so you guys are suggesting we should shift the time of day by about an hour some months of the year?
I just started playing last night. i assumed i shouldn't play on the easiest setting, so i bumped up one. i went with casual rather than classic because it seems everyone save scums anyway, though. i'm not totally sure how to set it up.
I also wasn't sure what to do with stats. went with speed up, defense down.
They don't save scum, they replay the entire level from the start.
Well, kind of the same thing. The only difference is in how much you have to replay. :P
Technically correct.
But normally you think save scumming means saving with intention to reload right before a fight, choice, or action taken if you don't like the results. We're talking seconds to possibly a few minutes at most being redone precisely so you don't have to redo an entire level/game.
Sorry, I was trying to solicit opinions on what settings to play with. My thought on classic versus casual is that people rarely let their favorite characters die in an impactful way. There are no FF7 levels of event, because you can use the save feature, with a time penalty, to retry. If there isn't a real difference except time cost, classic didn't speak to me personally.
I'm not sure whether I did right by bumping up difficulty or not.
Sorry, I was trying to solicit opinions on what settings to play with. My thought on classic versus casual is that people rarely let their favorite characters die in an impactful way. There are no FF7 levels of event, because you can use the save feature, with a time penalty, to retry. If there isn't a real difference except time cost, classic didn't speak to me personally.
I'm not sure whether I did right by bumping up difficulty or not.
There is no real difference. If characters die, then it turns out they actually didn't, and they are available to use in the next battle as if they hadn't died. It's like Shining Force.
I'd say you made a fine choice. The only sacrifice is your save file is tagged "casual" if you care about being branded. :P
Regardless you should play and enjoy the game! It is very good, lots of strategery and character interaction and leveling up and class changing. Forget about the death stuff and have fun.
There is one real difference when playing though. Probably the most important thing the permadeath does is it changes how you approach fights, especially when leveling characters since you can't have them fight unbeatable odds knowing they will still gain some experience out of it and be ready to fight in the next level. You might end up spending more time checking ranges to ensure you don't make any careless mistakes that get people killed, and overall it adds a lot of time spent on levels and restarting if the dice hate you or you make a mistake.
Having played through all of Fire Emblem including lunatic, I'm kind of hoping FE:IF will have the option of both Casual and Fixed Stat growth. Lately I want to spend less time fighting RNGesus and more time playing Tactician/Match Maker/God Builder.
There is one real difference when playing though. Probably the most important thing the permadeath does is it changes how you approach fights, especially when leveling characters since you can't have them fight unbeatable odds knowing they will still gain some experience out of it and be ready to fight in the next level. You might end up spending more time checking ranges to ensure you don't make any careless mistakes that get people killed, and overall it adds a lot of time spent on levels and restarting if the dice hate you or you make a mistake.
Having played through all of Fire Emblem including lunatic, I'm kind of hoping FE:IF will have the option of both Casual and Fixed Stat growth. Lately I want to spend less time fighting RNGesus and more time playing Tactician/Match Maker/God Builder.
Exactly, your approach to battle definitely changes when you don't have to worry about one mistake costing you one unit forever.
Still, if you're new to the series, not playing on Classic is a solid choice to ease into it.
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Already have, love it.
Oh and Shovel Knight. I've got shovel knight. I had Fantasy Life and ended up trading it to a friend. I do plan on getting it back though.
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Let's see what I can think of via a combination of off-hand recollection and very very lazy gamefaq category scanning.
I see a distinct lack of Bravely Default. I would fix that.
If first-person dungeon crawlers are your bag, you can also check out Etrian Odyssey: Untold(as mentioned several times in the thread already), or SMT: Soul Hackers.
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked is a must-get. The 3DS "remaster" of Devil Survivor 2 is coming out in about two months, keep an eye out for that.
Shin Megami Tensei IV is also very solid(doing post-game stuff will drive you up a fucking wall though).
Mario and Luigi: Dream Team is a good choice. It's solid as you can expect from a Mario/Luigi RPG to be, but keep in mind that the story does run quite a bit longer than it really needs to - it can run you up to 50 hours. (can't say you won't get your money's worth though)
I hear Grinsia finally had all of the crash bugs patched out so it may be something to look at. (eShop only title)
If the Harvest Moon games were ever your interest, Story of Seasons comes out at the end of the month. It's the newest Harvest Moon made by the same group, just with a different name because blah-blah licensing issues. (one company holds the rights to the name Harvest Moon, and another company has the actual team that made Harvest Moon. And they don't get along right now.)
If you also like simple Solomon's Key style floor-to-floor puzzle platformers, Witch's Cat is a good one (and is also criminally adorable)
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Resident hybrid/flap cover expert.
Haven't played it myself
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Not bad looking, but are those Zelda assets I see in that trailer? The chest is definitely the same.
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Wow, I think I have to get this! I didn't much care for Bravely Default when I first played it because I wanted it to be exactly like an SNES-era Final Fantasy game, but I should really give that another try, too.
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But with platforming! Pushmo is delightful, abit super easy for the first hundred levels.
Adventure Time
Code of Princess
Kid Icarus: Uprising
Resident Evil: Revelations
Senran Kagura: Burst
Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Zelda: Orarina of Time 3D
Fighting:
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Smash Bros 4
Hunting:
Monster Hunter 4
Platformer:
Super Mario 3D Land
ARPGs:
Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance
RPGs:
Bravely Default
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Inazuma Eleven
Pokemon Y
Shin Megami Tensei IV
Tales of the Abyss
DRPGs:
Etrain Odyessey 4
Etrian Odyessey Untold
Persona Q
SRPGs:
Devil Durvivor Overclocked
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Project X Zone
Racing:
Mario Kart 7
Rhythm:
Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy & Curtain Call
eShop:
Pushmo + Crashmo
Mighty Switch Force 1 & 2
Liberation Maiden
Crimson Shroud
VVVVVV
Shantae + Shantae: Risky's Revenge
(Some Virtual Console)
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Oh fuck. If thats true argh after havingto replace my 3ds
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Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
I thought it was back in stock already. It's down again?
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Hmm damnit i was just about to order it. Oh well I guess I'll just wait till it shows up in stores. That shipping tax is cray cray anyways.
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Maybe you could return it? This is all rumor at this point, maybe Gamestop will do a trade in program like it did at release? Who knows it may not happen at all. I guess we'll know for sure the closer it gets to release. If it does happen I feel your pain. I bought a Smash bros edition 3ds 15 days before the new was announced for NA.
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It's been a while, but I think I remember a PSP game that was released to retail with various bonuses included-- not even pre-order bonuses, just stuff that came with it-- for less than the bare bones digital download.
As for me, I prefer physical unless it's a "long tail" sort of game that I might play a little bit of per day before playing something else, like your Animal Crossings or Tomodachi Lifes. Anything with a quicker pick-up-and-play factor, really. Longer, more involved games that I'll probably put down for a good while after finishing, I prefer physical.
Unfortunately, I'm often at the mercy of whatever the publisher gives me for review stuff, and guess what they're going with more and more? It's a move that was easy to predict, but it's eating away at my 32GB 3DS storage like no tomorrow-- at least my Wii U is abundant for now. As for 3DS, you can get a 64GB microSD for it, right? You just have to format it on a computer?
That aside, I don't entirely mind... I find I'm more likely to go from game to game like I did as a kid when they're all loaded on a system... probably because Game Cards are really small and discs are really delicate, so just letting them sit around for a while until I can properly put them away never seems like a good idea.
Like Mega Man Legends? Then check out my story, Legends of the Halcyon Era - An Adventure in the World of Mega Man Legends on TMMN and AO3!
And until someone figures out a way to prevent physical resale in a way that doesn't make people flip out, we're stuck with paying twice if we want all of the advantages.
Just had to look this up myself, as my 64GB card came in today, found this halfway down the first page of this thread:
Edit: Christ, this format is taking a LOT of time...
Does it turn yellow after a few years?
But it was pretty kept in a bag then in a box when it was not used
You're right. By not devoting to one form over the other, we get benefits of both. Maybe not all the benefits, but most.
Its like a thread I read on Reddit about ending daylight saving time. They were talking back and forth about how DST is advantageous during this time of year, but not during this time of the year. They were basically going in circles about sunlight hours.
I just wanted to chime in: so you guys are suggesting we should shift the time of day by about an hour some months of the year?
Well, that finally finished and... formatted in exFAT. Bah.
I just started playing last night. i assumed i shouldn't play on the easiest setting, so i bumped up one. i went with casual rather than classic because it seems everyone save scums anyway, though. i'm not totally sure how to set it up.
I also wasn't sure what to do with stats. went with speed up, defense down.
Huh. It took less than a minute for me to format a 32gb microSD to FAT32.
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Switch: SW-5185-4991-5118
PSN: AbEntropy
Well, kind of the same thing. The only difference is in how much you have to replay. :P
Technically correct.
But normally you think save scumming means saving with intention to reload right before a fight, choice, or action taken if you don't like the results. We're talking seconds to possibly a few minutes at most being redone precisely so you don't have to redo an entire level/game.
I'm not sure whether I did right by bumping up difficulty or not.
There is no real difference. If characters die, then it turns out they actually didn't, and they are available to use in the next battle as if they hadn't died. It's like Shining Force.
I'd say you made a fine choice. The only sacrifice is your save file is tagged "casual" if you care about being branded. :P
Regardless you should play and enjoy the game! It is very good, lots of strategery and character interaction and leveling up and class changing. Forget about the death stuff and have fun.
Having played through all of Fire Emblem including lunatic, I'm kind of hoping FE:IF will have the option of both Casual and Fixed Stat growth. Lately I want to spend less time fighting RNGesus and more time playing Tactician/Match Maker/God Builder.
Exactly, your approach to battle definitely changes when you don't have to worry about one mistake costing you one unit forever.
Still, if you're new to the series, not playing on Classic is a solid choice to ease into it.
Well, followed the instructions at the following page and everything's now super-groovy:
http://popcultureblog.dallasnews.com/2015/02/how-to-transfer-3ds-sd-card-data-and-use-high-capacity-bigger-than-32gb-microsd-cards-on-the-new-nintendo-3ds-xl.html/
Feels good to digitally stretch out in this thing, was feeling claustrophobic.