3DS Handheld Game for PAX Prime 2013? (Animal Crossing New Leaf)

Xarthan

What do you think will be the most popular handheld game this year at PAX for the 3ds? Fire Emblem?

I remembered a couple years ago it was Dragon Quest IX and I enjoyed swapping maps and meeting everyone's characters at the INN.

One of the kick I get at PAX is getting at many tags as I possibly can, must leave PAX with an army of PAXMIIERS!

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Animal Crossing - Cherry

revenile

I would love to see Animal Crossing have a bit of a presence there. But the one I want to really be the big one, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. When in a line where the wait is about an hour... hmm sounds about right for a couple good party hunts.

sterbacblu

revenile wrote: »

I would love to see Animal Crossing have a bit of a presence there. But the one I want to really be the big one, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. When in a line where the wait is about an hour... hmm sounds about right for a couple good party hunts.

Really enjoyed having Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate during East this year. I'm thinking that Animal Crossing is going to be the big game for Prime. Kinda sad that the Link to the Past sequel won't be out until after PAX though. I'd love to see a chart with every PAX and the handheld game associated with it, cause it certainly always seems like there is one.

bloatedhippo

I'm going to say Animal Crossing, with Monster Hunter as well. Imagine if Pokemon XY was out by then!

sterbacblu

Looking at releases this year, the other possibilities for popular handheld games at the show would probably be Shin Megami Tensei IV and Mario & Luigi: Dream Team. Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D seems like it'll be out a little too early for mass amounts of people to still be playing it at that point. Still, my vote for most popular handheld game at PAX will probably be Animal Crossing.

JEFFCHAZ

People seem to pop in games where they benefit from street pass the most. Last year I brought FF theaterhythm and it was an awesome way to unlock all the challenge music fast. Assuming you can pass on skill cards, compendium demons, items, etc. SMT4 would be pretty neat and I'm sure Animal Crossing will also have a feature where streetpass shares items or clothing patterns. That being said... realistically the most popular game will be Find Mii (2) like it always is. People just want hats.

Linkavich

I'm looking forward to Find Mii street passes. I'm so far behind on getting hats to unlock Find Mii (2) because I live in BFE. What are some older games everybody is likely to be playing? I picked up Street Fighter for the 3DS last week for $3 because I remember hearing it had some sort of street pass ability.

I also have Kingdom Heart 3D (haven't started it yet because I'm backlogged on games) and Mario Kart 7. I'm considering getting Monster Hunter before PAX, but I've only seen it played once and that was back on PS2 so I'm not sure if it's something I could get behind. I'd love to hear some thoughts on good games to bring/buy as none of my friends have 3DS systems.

YoungFrey

Having spent a lot of time playing Find Mii at Prime 2012, I'll share a little math. The game is not designed for a billion level 1 Miis. To put some scope on it, all the enemies in Find Mii 1 have a combined 534 HP. That is roughly 123 Miis needed. If you can do 10 Miis in 3 minutes (which I think is a low estimate), that is 53 minutes. And you need 2 runs of Find Mii to open up the Find Mii II where the the hats start to get good. Find Mii 2 has something like 785 total HP, with more status effects you have to deal with. And it has to be run 3 times to get everything. So no less than 4 hours to get through that. And this is ignoring armored foes and such. Then it opens Secret Quest which is even more work than 2.

My advice, try as much as possible to only street pass when you have nothing else to do. Waiting in line, taking a break, eating, etc ...

As for actual games, there was a Monster Meetup last year on the PSP. So I'm sure there'll be some serious hunting parties going on in the handheld area in addition to any improv fights from lines.

Linkavich

YoungFrey wrote: »

Having spent a lot of time playing Find Mii at Prime 2012, I'll share a little math. The game is not designed for a billion level 1 Miis. To put some scope on it, all the enemies in Find Mii 1 have a combined 534 HP. That is roughly 123 Miis needed. If you can do 10 Miis in 3 minutes (which I think is a low estimate), that is 53 minutes. And you need 2 runs of Find Mii to open up the Find Mii II where the the hats start to get good. Find Mii 2 has something like 785 total HP, with more status effects you have to deal with. And it has to be run 3 times to get everything. So no less than 4 hours to get through that. And this is ignoring armored foes and such. Then it opens Secret Quest which is even more work than 2.

I was under the impression that to unlock Find Mii 2 you had to get all of the hats in Find Mii. Is this incorrect?

sanovah

sterbacblu wrote: »

revenile wrote: »

I would love to see Animal Crossing have a bit of a presence there. But the one I want to really be the big one, Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate. When in a line where the wait is about an hour... hmm sounds about right for a couple good party hunts.

Really enjoyed having Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate during East this year. I'm thinking that Animal Crossing is going to be the big game for Prime. Kinda sad that the Link to the Past sequel won't be out until after PAX though. I'd love to see a chart with every PAX and the handheld game associated with it, cause it certainly always seems like there is one.

But we'll have the Oracle's in time for PAX =D

But I'll agree fire emblem is probably going to be the big one. So much stuff to do

Xarthan

Linkavich wrote: »

YoungFrey wrote: »

Having spent a lot of time playing Find Mii at Prime 2012, I'll share a little math. The game is not designed for a billion level 1 Miis. To put some scope on it, all the enemies in Find Mii 1 have a combined 534 HP. That is roughly 123 Miis needed. If you can do 10 Miis in 3 minutes (which I think is a low estimate), that is 53 minutes. And you need 2 runs of Find Mii to open up the Find Mii II where the the hats start to get good. Find Mii 2 has something like 785 total HP, with more status effects you have to deal with. And it has to be run 3 times to get everything. So no less than 4 hours to get through that. And this is ignoring armored foes and such. Then it opens Secret Quest which is even more work than 2.

I was under the impression that to unlock Find Mii 2 you had to get all of the hats in Find Mii. Is this incorrect?

Kinda, you basically have to do Find Mii twice which basically gets you all the hats, so i guess yes

edgeofblade

I'm pushing for PWN: Combat Hacking, but that's iOS. If it were adapted to 3DS as a download title, it could be a huge game If the community just took some time to realize its depth.

Traitorious

Fire Emblem was huge at East. Got too 99 streetpass hits the first day, but I was too distracted by the MiiPlaza to get through too many of that 99 to make room for another 99. EO4 wasn't as big as I thought it'd be, but it came out closer to the con than FE did.

As far as Prime, I'm gonna assuming Animal Crossing will be big. FE might still have some legs, and SMT4 could be noisemaker if it has streetpass elements.

sanovah

Not sure what kind of street pass it will have but we will get LoZ: ages and seasons with all its extras and codes

sterbacblu

Seems the SMT4 StreetPass functions are mostly just "hey, check out my demons." Hope that isn't the case, but that's all the information I'm finding...

As for the Oracle games having StreetPass, I'd be shocked, but also delighted, if Nintendo would extend StreetPass into Virtual Console games.

YoungFrey

Linkavich wrote: »

I was under the impression that to unlock Find Mii 2 you had to get all of the hats in Find Mii. Is this incorrect?

To open up Find Mii 2, you have to do Find Mii twice. This gets you several hats. Then you do Find Mii 2 thrice, and you will have unlocked another set of hats. This also opens Find Mii 2 Secret Quest. That has even more rooms and more hats. I'm not even sure of how many runs you need to that to get all its hats, but I'm pretty sure it's at least 4.

Short answer, there is a lot of content in Find Mii and even the botomless supply of PAX miis isn't enough to make it trivial.

Kaoken00

I am very excited about this! I got a my 3ds a month ago and it's been hard getting other Mii's on street pass. How many Mii's can you queue up at the gate is there a limit?

wunderbar

You can get 10 at a time, which is both a blessing and a curse. Basically at a place like PAX, you'll have 10 every time you look at your DS, even if you just went through the previous 10 a minute ago. But having to go through 100 at a time would be more of a chore, so I don't know what's better/worse.

I'm hoping to play some Fire Emblem, but know that Animal crossing will be *the* game likely. I've actually been saving FE and Luigi's mansion for two cross contient trips that I'm taking over the course of 3 weeks in may and june. I've played about 3 hours of each, and love them. FE at PAX could be pretty win.

sterbacblu

Kaoken00 wrote: »

I am very excited about this! I got a my 3ds a month ago and it's been hard getting other Mii's on street pass. How many Mii's can you queue up at the gate is there a limit?

Pretty sure the limit is 10. Honestly having to keep up with it is what turned me off from playing the game.

Xarthan

Hmm wonder what I should name my town in Animal Crossing.

michaeldemoss

This is our first PAX and one of the first things we did after ordering our badges was to buy us each a 3DS. We are slowly assembling our arsenal of games to take with us. Can't wait to play with everyone! So far we have Fire Emblem, New Super Mario 2, & Pokemon Mystery Dungeon. We plan on picking up Luigi's Mansion, Mario Kart, and Monster Hunter next.

Kaoken00

aawww mario kart i need to get that one. What is the main game that will be played the most?

Sharkey1337

Mario Kart 7 is awesome, but I'm really wanting to get some coop ghost busting done in Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, it's without a doubt my favorite 3DS game now.

Kaoken00

Sharkey1337 wrote: »

Mario Kart 7 is awesome, but I'm really wanting to get some coop ghost busting done in Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, it's without a doubt my favorite 3DS game now.

Yes i just bought that game and its awesome

late_rose

revenile wrote: »

I would love to see Animal Crossing have a bit of a presence there.

Same here. I'm also bringing my Harvest Moon: A New Beginning. I don't have any multi-player games besides those two, or rather, games where interacting with others enhances the experience.

JulieL

I am hoping to see a lot of Monster Hunter at PAX Prime as well as Animal Crossing.

Yuri from Capcom mentioned last PAX Prime that they hoped to have an official meet-up at PAX Prime this year and which I will most definitely attend. I'm also looking forward to seeing other people's house designs in Animal Crossing. And of course collecting all of the puzzle pieces.

revenile

Heh, there should be a scheduled "official" Great Hunt event on one of the days for Monster Hunter fans to meet up, go on a couple hunts, and just chill from the broad expanse of running around the convention center/annex.

NgocDT

wunderbar wrote: »

You can get 10 at a time, which is both a blessing and a curse. Basically at a place like PAX, you'll have 10 every time you look at your DS, even if you just went through the previous 10 a minute ago. But having to go through 100 at a time would be more of a chore, so I don't know what's better/worse.

Lol in 2010 my girlfriend went down an escalator. At the top, as she got on, she realized she had 10 street passes. She cleared them out on the way down, and by the time she hit the bottom, she had 10 more. It was pretty awesome.

hyrulehero96

Hoping to see alot of animal crossing @ prime. Events like this are perfect for trading and making sure you have every fruit you need!

Komi

I can definitely see Animal Crossing being a pretty big deal. Monster Hunter was pretty big at east, and considering there was a monster hunter meetup last year at prime... I can imagine it'll really thrive this year now that we have an up to date handheld version of the game.

ctiwolf

For every one getting real excited about your 3ds at pax, my batteries really only allowed me to get a couple hundred streetpasses before i was out of juice (was seriously ocd about the first days). When i played pokemon during the pax pokemon league i had to plug in but ended everyday on critical battery life so if your playing games find an outlet or plan on running out before the end of the day. Hope to see your miis soon

adias.angel

ctiwolf wrote: »

For every one getting real excited about your 3ds at pax, my batteries really only allowed me to get a couple hundred streetpasses before i was out of juice (was seriously ocd about the first days). When i played pokemon during the pax pokemon league i had to plug in but ended everyday on critical battery life so if your playing games find an outlet or plan on running out before the end of the day. Hope to see your miis soon

The extended battery is worth the money. I think I only charged mine once the whole weekend and I was street passing constantly.

wunderbar

what I've done for my 3DS is I bought a cheap USB-->3DS power cable from ebay, cost me like, $5 shipped from god knows where in China. I then have one of those external battery packs that takes USB, and I can charge the 3DS (and my phone, and anything else that can charge from USB) from that.

Those external battery packs that input and output via USB power are among the greatest inventions known to man. Mine is 10,000 mAH, so it simply doens't die in a single day. I could charge both my 3DS and Nexus 4 twice each in a day and that *might* kill it.

TwinDad

There was a recharging station last year in the main lobby, just to the South of the PAX Shirt table and I was able to use a USB cable there to charge my PSP Go and Cell phone. I hope it makes a repeat visit.

I suspect Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter to be big, but I secretly hope for some Luigi action too.

wooperz

So excited that Animal Crossing will be out.

Linkavich

I've never played an Animal Crossing game. (braces for impact) What's the big deal?

bloatedhippo

Linkavich wrote: »

I've never played an Animal Crossing game. (braces for impact) What's the big deal?

Think of Sims, lots of stuff to do, fish farm fossil hunt now you're the mayor, custom clothes hats umbrellas fabrics. It's like a life sim game but with cute animals.

YoungFrey

I expect a lot of Luigi's Mansion action at PAX. Not only is it good, but it's PA endorsed. Like The World Ends With You.

bloatedhippo wrote: »

Linkavich wrote: »

I've never played an Animal Crossing game. (braces for impact) What's the big deal?

Think of Sims, lots of stuff to do, fish farm fossil hunt now you're the mayor, custom clothes hats umbrellas fabrics. It's like a life sim game but with cute animals.

This, and for me it was a "little bit each day" kind of game. Not something I'd play for 8 hours at a stretch. More like some fun WoW dailiy quests, but doing them accrues furniture and clothes you use to customize your world. Also tons of cute animals with (mostly) fun personalities. And the game changes with the seasons, and has special holiday events.
Pretty much all the AC games have been nearly identical, and each person's first is their best. So don't be too surprised if you love it.
Also, KK Slider.

wunderbar

Yea, Animal Crossing is one of those games that you can play for 15-30 minutes a day. Most days you really don't "need" to play it more, with an extended session every so often.

I'm pretty sure I played the DS one at least for a few minutes every day for 6 months or so. Just a great little game to putz around in, and doing it on a portable system with the standby/sleep settings is pretty much perfect for it.

Mighty

NgocDT wrote: »

wunderbar wrote: »

You can get 10 at a time, which is both a blessing and a curse. Basically at a place like PAX, you'll have 10 every time you look at your DS, even if you just went through the previous 10 a minute ago. But having to go through 100 at a time would be more of a chore, so I don't know what's better/worse.

Lol in 2010 my girlfriend went down an escalator. At the top, as she got on, she realized she had 10 street passes. She cleared them out on the way down, and by the time she hit the bottom, she had 10 more. It was pretty awesome.

If i recall correctly, the 3DS can hold 50 passes at once, and gives them to you at a rate of 10 at a time. I walked around for a minute and cleared my buddies 3DS pass list every time i stopped in a line. by the end of the con, i had around 900 passes or so. If only i had owned my own 3DSXL at the time, I'd be already done with puzzle swap and find MII

Traitorious

No way it holds 50 for MiiPlaza. Had it happen multiple times where I knew I had 10 and there were definitely more than that 10 to be had with streetpass, but was busy with something else and didn't get around to checking my 3DS until I was away from whatever con/party I was at. After clearing out that first 10, there sure weren't another 10 waiting.

As soon as you check the front gate, you can get another 10 lined up though immediately.