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MNC Dover

Welcome to the Nintendo 3DS thread!

This is the thread for general 3DS discussion. To keep the conversation from getting too busy, try to look for other threads before posting about something in here. For example, the eShop Thread is a good place to talk about Nintendo digital store. Big game releases like Mario Kart or Zelda also tend to have their own threads. There's no hard rule against discussing those games in here, but this is a nice place to talk about smaller titles that would be unable to sustain their own threads, and obviously those larger games can easily crowd everyone else out. Finally, don't be discouraged from making game-specific threads if you feel it warrants attention. This is sort of a catch-all thread.


Games, Games, Games!


Great 3DS games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Cave Story
Super Mario 3D Land
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
Super Street Fighter 4 3D
Resident Evil: The Mercenaries 3D
The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D
Star Fox 64 3D
Shinobi
Nano Assault
Sonic Generations
Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked
Mario Kart 7
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Resident Evil: Revelations
Tekken
Tales of the Abyss
Kid Icarus Uprising
Rhythm Thief
Kingdom Hearts: Drop Dream Distance
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy
Paper Mario: Sticker Star
Mario Tennis Open
New Super Mario Bros. 2
Harvest Moon: A New Beginning
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon
Monster Hunter 3: Ultimate
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow: Mirror Fate
Devil Summoner: Soul Hackers
Etrian Odyssey 4
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask
Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D
Animal Crossing: New Leaf
Mario & Luigi: Dream Team
Shin Megami Tensei 4
Pokemon X/Y


Upcoming games to look out for in the future:

Monster Hunter 4
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Rune Factory 4
Mutant Mudds 2
Mario Golf: World Tour
Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Yoshi's New Island
Mario Party
Ace Attorney 5
Scram Kitty on his Buddies on Rails
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy


eShop, Virtual Console, DSi, and Club Nintendo games


The Nintendo eShop

Plenty of games, movies, and apps to be found here. Download Virtual Console and DSi games, movies trailers, demos, or try out some new 3D remakes of classic games. For a complete list of games available, click on this link.

Download Full Games!

With the release of New Super Mario Bros. 2, Nintendo has finally stepping into THE FUTURE and offering their "full" retail games as digital downloads. Just slap in an SD card, and you're good to go. Death to the cartridge!

Great eShop games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Twin Bee
Mighty Switch Force
Pushmo
Crashmo
VVVVVV
Zen Pinball
Mutant Mudds
Kid Icarus
Sakura Samurai
Liberation Maiden
Excitebike
Bomb Monkey
Kirby's Adventure
NightSky
HarmoKnight
Dillion's Rolling Western
Dillion's Rolling Western: The Last Ranger
Unchained Blades
Picdun 2
Gunman Clive
Cave Story
Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move (eShop)


Virtual Console games

You can download older games on the 3DS. Classic portable systems such as the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, Game Gear, and the TurboGrafx-16 and NES. For a complete list of games available, click on this link.

Great VC games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

Super Mario Land (GB)
Donkey Kong (GB)
Super Mario Land 2: 6 Golden Coins (GB)
Metroid II: Return of Samus (GB)
The Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX (GBC)
Blaster Master: Enemy Below (GBC)
Tetris (GB)
Gradius (NES)
Ghost and Goblins (NES)
Wario Land (GB)
Goemon (GB)
Mole Mania (GB)
Mario Golf (GBC)
Kirby's Dream Land (GB)
Castlevania (NES)
Megaman 1-3 (NES)
Legend of the River King (GBC)
Super Mario Bros (NES)
The Legend of Zelda (NES)
The Legend of Zelda: The Adventures of Link (NES)
Donkey Kong Jr. (NES)
Punch Out!! (NES)
Ninja Gaiden (NES)
Mighty Bomb Jack (NES)
Super Mario Bros: Lost Levels (NES)
Super C (NES)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages (GBC)
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons (GBC)
Shantae (GBC)



DSi games

Older DSi games are also available for download on the 3DS as well. There are plenty to choose from and, to make everyone's life easier, our own UncleSporky has created a list of some of the best games to get. Here is a site that reviews DSiware games.The only site I know of that reviews every DSiware game

Great DSi games that you should totally own (in no particular order):

The Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Adventure
Shantae: Risky's Revenge (amazing platformer)
Art Style: AQUITE/AQUIA (puzzle game with a neat aesthetic)
Art Style: PiCTOBiTS (pixel puzzle game)
Dark Void Zero (old school platformer)
X-Scape (first person space shooter thing)
Dr. Mario Express (classic puzzle game)
Puzzle Challenge Express (classic puzzle game)
Photo Dojo (simple but hilarious 2 player fighting game)
Rayman (classic 2D platformer)
Mighty Flip Champs! (platform puzzler)
Alphabounce (long, extensive brick-breaking RPG)
Soul of Darkness (quality Castlevania knockoff)
Inchworm Animation (full featured animation studio)
Ivy the Kiwi? Mini (weird little platform puzzler)
Mighty Milky Way (gravity-based puzzler from the Shantae people)
Dragon Quest Wars (tiny strategy game)
Mario vs. Donkey Kong: Minis March Again! (great puzzler)
Castle of Magic (action platformer)
Little Red Riding Hood's Zombie BBQ (just...what)
Chronos Twins (interesting dual screen mechanic action game)
Plants vs. Zombies (duh)
Puzzle Quest: Challenge of the Warlords (if you haven't played it yet)
Viking Invasion (tower defense)
Gaia's Moon (side scroller action)


Free games via Club Nintendo:

Nintendo is now allowing players to buy download games for their Wii, DSi, and 3DS via the Club Nintendo website. All first party games, and some third party titles, offer codes that you can enter on the official Nintendo website. Fill out a survey and earn coins (and an additional follow-up survey for extra coins). The coins can buy a variety of posters, cases, and various neat stuff. But the games are where it's at. Every month, Nintendo is offering up four games to download.


Featured Applications:

Nintendo Video: A free download app that randomly adds short 3D movies to watch. Blue Man Group, College Humor, and Dreamworks have all contributed.
SwapNote: A free download app that allows you to send notes, pics, and sound clips to friends via Street Pass or Spot Pass.
Netflix: Link your account to your 3DS to watch (2d) movies on the small screen.
Hulu Plus: Just like Netflix, link your account to watch TV shows on the go.
3D movie recording: Record up to 10 minutes of 3D footage and upload it to youtube.
Game demos: Download demos of upcoming 3DS releases.
System Transfer: Transfer information from an existing DS, DSi, or 3DS to a 3DS. Great for when the inevitable redesign hits the scene.
A full list of additional built-in software can be found on Nintendo's 3DS site.


Other final things to do/know as a 3DS owner:


Connect with fellow PA people

Sir Ultimos has created a friend code matching system for us to easily connect with each other. Check it out: Sir Ultimos web site and friend code matcher.


Transferring data from the installed SD card to a bigger one


Description:
Step by step instructions on how to transfer data from one SD Card to another SD Card.


Important Note!

Need: Two compatible SD cards or SDHC cards
Need: An SD Card slot on a PC or Mac or a commercially available SD card reader/writer
Do Not: Alter, move, or erase files in the Nintendo 3DS folder.
Do Not: Overwrite data by recopying to the same SD card.

What to do:
Insert the SD card with the Nintendo 3DS data into the SD card slot or the SD card reader/writer.
Open Windows Explorer (for PC) or Finder (for Mac) and access the SD card.
Highlight the data and drag it to the desktop.
Eject the first SD card.
Insert the second SD card into the slot or reader/writer.
Using Windows Explorer or Finder, locate and access the SD card again.
Drag the data from the desktop to the second SD card.


Hat guide by day for the Mii Plaza.

Our good friend UncleSporky decided to focus his anger at the GFAQ hat list and reorder it by date:

Day 01 Super Mushroom Hat
Day 01 1-Up Mushroom Hat
Day 01 Fire Flower Hat
Day 01 Super Star Hat
Day 02 Isabelle Hat
Day 02 Wedding Veil
Day 02 Jack-o'-Lantern Hat
Day 02 Santa Hat
Day 03 Cowboy Hat
Day 03 Bovine Skull Hat
Day 03 Lion Hat
Day 03 T. Rex Hat
Day 04 Link's Costume
Day 04 Princess Zelda Wig
Day 04 Sheik Mask
Day 04 Chicken Hat
Day 05 Rhythm Monkey Hat
Day 05 Strawberry Hat
Day 05 Pineapple Hat
Day 05 Moai Hat
Day 06 Donkey Kong Set
Day 06 Diddy Kong Hat
Day 06 Barrel Hat
Day 06 Palm Tree Hat
Day 07 Meta Knight Hat
Day 07 Captain Falcon Hat
Day 07 Ice Hockey Hat
Day 07 Spartan Helmet
Day 08 Mario Set
Day 08 Luigi Set
Day 08 Green Shell Hat
Day 08 Red Shell Hat
Day 09 Tom Nook Hat
Day 09 Elephant Hat
Day 09 Whale Hat
Day 09 Bird's Nest Hat
Day 10 Olimar Hat
Day 10 Rupee Hat
Day 10 Treasure Chest Hat
Day 10 UFO Hat
Day 11 Goomba Hat
Day 11 Cheep-Cheep Hat
Day 11 Spiny Hat
Day 11 Lakitu Hat
Day 12 Ice Climber Hat
Day 12 Eggplant Hat
Day 12 Glove Hat
Day 12 Windmill Hat
Day 13 Yoshi Set
Day 13 Yoshi Egg Hat
Day 13 Peach's Castle Hat
Day 13 Apple Hat
Day 14 Doctor's Hat
Day 14 Caffe Latte Hat
Day 14 Black Tea Hat
Day 14 Tomato Pasta Hat
Day 15 Demon Doctor's Hat
Day 15 Sushi Hat
Day 15 Geisha Hat
Day 15 Castle Hat
Day 16 Falco Hat
Day 16 Wolf Hat
Day 16 Steak Hat
Day 16 Baguette Hat
Day 17 Waddle Dee Hat
Day 17 King Dedede Hat
Day 17 Yarn Kirby Hat
Day 17 Fluff Hat
Day 18 Tanooki Mario Set
Day 18 Bowser's Doomship Hat
Day 18 Frog Hat
Day 18 Pyramid Hat
Day 19 Tingle Hat
Day 19 Fried Chicken Hat
Day 19 French Fries Hat
Day 19 Curry Hat
Day 20 Fox Luigi Set
Day 20 Wiggler Hat
Day 20 POW Block Hat
Day 20 Goal Castle Hat
Day 21 Gamecube Hat
Day 21 Nintendo 64 Hat
Day 21 SNES Hat
Day 21 Super Famicom Hat
Day 22 Nintendo DS Hat
Day 22 GB Advance Hat
Day 22 Virtual Boy Hat
Day 22 Game Boy Hat
Day 23 Disk-kun Hat
Day 23 R.O.B. Hat
Purchasing Streetpass Battle Monarch's Castle Hat
Purchasing Streetpass Force Mii Force Helmet
Purchasing Streetpass Garden Floral Headdress
Purchasing Streetpass Labyrinth Smiling Spook Hat
Registering 20 Flowers in the Notebook in Streetpass Garden Flower Master Hat
Updating to ver. 3.0/3.1 Pixel Mario Hat
Completing Floor 50 in Streetpass Labyrinth Daemon King Hat
Completing stage 5-3 in Streetpass Force Squad Leader's Ship
Conquering 20 countries in Streetpass Battle Emperor's Crown

Maz-

Alas, poor old 3DS thread, we hardly knew ye.

By the way, something that I believe wasn't mentioned in the old thread: http://www.joystiq.com/2013/06/05/harvest-moon-a-new-beginning-cropping-up-in-europe-in-q3/

So probably in August or September..that'd be ideal since there aren't any games being released in these months that I'm interested in.

..unless I'll be getting The Wonderful 101 after all. Gonna have to do some soul-searching on that.

skeldare

Hello new and improved 3DS thread XL.

skeldare

Is it weird that I really want to play Ecco the Dolphin on 3DS?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-Eaeb9mDNA

Lindsay Lohan

Has there been any update on us getting Ecco 3D over here in the US?

skeldare

Lindsey Lohan wrote: »

Has there been any update on us getting Ecco 3D over here in the US?

Haven't heard anything. Though we haven't gotten any of the 3D Genesis games yet.

shoeboxjeddy

Beat Donkey Kong '94 finally. Mostly a great game, occasionally made me want to split the 3DS in half though... Too bad Nintendo is (inexplicably) not selling GBA games, I would totally buy Mario v Donkey Kong right away if they were.

Next up, went back and finished off Liberation Maiden. Nice ending, really transitions well to the visual novel. :rotate: If any of you have this what are the attack "variations" exactly? I've used all three weapons, what am I missing here?

astronautcowboy3

I still don't understand how Zenonia makes it's into the OP each time. That game is so bad. So, so bad.

skeldare

shoeboxjeddy wrote: »

Beat Donkey Kong '94 finally. Mostly a great game, occasionally made me want to split the 3DS in half though... Too bad Nintendo is (inexplicably) not selling GBA games, I would totally buy Mario v Donkey Kong right away if they were.

Next up, went back and finished off Liberation Maiden. Nice ending, really transitions well to the visual novel. :rotate: If any of you have this what are the attack "variations" exactly? I've used all three weapons, what am I missing here?

Funny, I was just playing Mario vs Donkey Kong on my 3DS the other day.

TimFiji

Mmmmm Echo.....in 3D

MNC Dover

astronautcowboy3 wrote: »

I still don't understand how Zenonia makes it's into the OP each time. That game is so bad. So, so bad.

You know what? You're absolutely right. Fixed!

initiatefailure

Wow that recommended game list has gotten huge since the last time I've looked.

I've played so few of them

skeldare

Actually, why isn't Ace Attorney 5 in the Upcoming Games list?

astronautcowboy3

Can you add some information about the end region locking campaign as well? You know, so you guys can play Layton vs Ace Attorney and I can play Adventuretime.

DaveTheWave

Why is Game & Wario listed in the upcoming titles in the OP? I haven't heard anything about a 3DS version.

skeldare

DaveTheWave wrote: »

Why is Game & Wario listed in the upcoming titles in the OP? I haven't heard anything about a 3DS version.

No. Simple mistake.

Though it makes me wonder why we haven't seen a 3DS Warioware (or Wario Land) game.

shoeboxjeddy

skeldare wrote: »

shoeboxjeddy wrote: »

Beat Donkey Kong '94 finally. Mostly a great game, occasionally made me want to split the 3DS in half though... Too bad Nintendo is (inexplicably) not selling GBA games, I would totally buy Mario v Donkey Kong right away if they were.

Next up, went back and finished off Liberation Maiden. Nice ending, really transitions well to the visual novel. :rotate: If any of you have this what are the attack "variations" exactly? I've used all three weapons, what am I missing here?

Funny, I was just playing Mario vs Donkey Kong on my 3DS the other day.

BOOOOO. You know what's a great idea? Making the smallest part of your audience feel slightly superior in a way that ALSO costs you a great deal of potential profits. GENIUS

DaveTheWave

shoeboxjeddy wrote: »

skeldare wrote: »

shoeboxjeddy wrote: »

Beat Donkey Kong '94 finally. Mostly a great game, occasionally made me want to split the 3DS in half though... Too bad Nintendo is (inexplicably) not selling GBA games, I would totally buy Mario v Donkey Kong right away if they were.

Next up, went back and finished off Liberation Maiden. Nice ending, really transitions well to the visual novel. :rotate: If any of you have this what are the attack "variations" exactly? I've used all three weapons, what am I missing here?

Funny, I was just playing Mario vs Donkey Kong on my 3DS the other day.

BOOOOO. You know what's a great idea? Making the smallest part of your audience feel slightly superior in a way that ALSO costs you a great deal of potential profits. GENIUS

What's that? I can't hear you, the volume is turned up on Warioland 4.

RockinX

It's impossible to disagree with the thread's title.

skeldare

Apparently there's a Japanese eShop Nintendo Direct and they just announced a 3rd Denpa Men game and a new Chibi Robo.

skeldare

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGc4UmkeFE

Rami

If I put photos taken with my regular camera onto my 3DS SD card, I will still be able to draw on them/use them in swapnotes and all that jazz right?

skeldare

Kroenen

Boo. My R-Button is only responding to a very firm press. Replacement of a launch unit that had a bad frame scratch(which this one still has). I've been eyeing a 3DSXL for a while and trying to hold out for a sale someday soon. Any chance they're bringing any more colors over here?


Sorry, any more that aren't strangely designed?

Gutterkisser

Has anyone mentioned how great it is now having a portable Trials clone, aka Urban Trial Freestyle? It's got some serious jank, but if you've got a dormant crack-like addiction for Trials (as I discovered) you could do a lot worse.

Zetx

Does Urban Trial Freestyle have multiplayer? Reading that there were plans for it, but I'm curious if it's come to fruition.

Gutterkisser

I haven't seen the option for live multiplayer. There's some basic friend/global leaderboard features, though they don't seem very well implemented*.

But you sure can accelerate, brake and lean (and watch sketchy physics send your rider to his doom) and that's about all I needed!

*I should clarify that there are options for displaying ghosts, but I don't know if that extends beyond your own records.

MNC Dover

skeldare wrote: »

Actually, why isn't Ace Attorney 5 in the Upcoming Games list?

Added and removed the Game and Watch from the list. I meant to add it to the WiiU thread that I oversee...

All the Nintendo threads are belong to me!

ArcSyn

I gave a ring to a girl last night.

wait, I should correct that.

I gave a virtual ring to a virtual girl last night in a video game. Yeah, Harvest Moon.

Why did I become so nervous about it? It was such a strange feeling. I was nervous and excited, and actually happy when it was happening. I haven't had a game connect to my emotions like that in a while. So weird though. It's not even like it was the blue feather, it was just the ring which starts the dating relationship.

Anyway, been playing lots of Harvest Moon (comparatively to my other games, not compared to you guys and your hundreds of hours into games) and been enjoying it. Stuff like this makes me wish there was a screenshot tool for the 3DS though so we could share game moments.

Riokenn

Does this thread still count as a NDS thread?
If so I just bought my 85th DS game.
Yay!

ben_bot

Just picked up a 3DS XL (blue) a couple weeks back. Already filled up the SD card with Zelda, Luigis Mansion, and DK: 3D. Really digging DK and Luigi's Mansion, the 3D really shines on those two titles. Already ordered a 32GB SD card to replace the 4GB one that came with it!

Lanrutcon

ben_bot wrote: »

Just picked up a 3DS XL (blue) a couple weeks back. Already filled up the SD card with Zelda, Luigis Mansion, and DK: 3D. Really digging DK and Luigi's Mansion, the 3D really shines on those two titles. Already ordered a 32GB SD card to replace the 4GB one that came with it!

Good man. Consider getting Fire Emblem, btw. It's probably the slickest game on the 3DS right now.

And whatever you do: don't buy Animal Crossing. Just don't. People will say "yeah, ben_bot, buy it!", but don't. Do not join the cult of Animal Crossing. Don't get involved in running your own town of furries. Don't engage in any of the minigames, or multiplayer. And for the love of all that is good, never ever ever shake the trees.

Never shake the trees.

Stormwatcher

The DS is a fucking best.
I was looking at a "decent" game list for it.
It's endless. And the good thing about being a portable, not a "main" system,

ben_bot wrote: »

Just picked up a 3DS XL (blue) a couple weeks back. Already filled up the SD card with Zelda, Luigis Mansion, and DK: 3D. Really digging DK and Luigi's Mansion, the 3D really shines on those two titles. Already ordered a 32GB SD card to replace the 4GB one that came with it!

Did you get a Class 10 / UH1 card? The faster ones are really awesome on the 3DS, you load games in fractions of seconds.

Riokenn

Do you have that list handy at the moment? I'd like to reach 100 sometime before the rare quality DS games skyrocket in price.
(Waited forever for Devil Survivor to reach an affordable price on Amazon.)

ben_bot

Stormwatcher wrote: »

Did you get a Class 10 / UH1 card? The faster ones are really awesome on the 3DS, you load games in fractions of seconds.

Nah. I just found one on Amazon prime and ordered it. 20 bucks! Should work well enough for me.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007JRB0RE/ref=oh_details_o01_s00_i00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Zephiran

Did anyone here catch the Japanese commercials for Dream Team?

Because they're pretty baller.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySax_0QG9Ho

Also, entirely unrelated to the above, new fucking Chibi Robo is some real hype shit I tell you what.

Renzo

The new Chibi Robo is a photography game. Don't expect 1) it to get localized and 2) to play like the other ones.

But it does look fun.

Insanity

Stormwatcher wrote: »

Did you get a Class 10 / UH1 card? The faster ones are really awesome on the 3DS, you load games in fractions of seconds.

Apparently not:
http://nintendoconnect.com/2012/03/22/class-2-class-10-which-sd-card-is-fastest-in-my-3ds/

BronzeKoopa

I've heard that having a faster class SD would at least make your game/app icons on the home screen load faster when you power on the 3DS. I notice that when turned on, all built-in icons and the game card appear first and everything else a second or two later.

Zephiran

I've read some Chibi Robo Demo impressions and it does seem there's more to it than a mere AR/ Photography game. There at least seems to be some missions and platforming gameplay present.

SirUltimos

The only game that can break me out of Animal Crossing is, surprisingly enough, Dr. Robotnik's Mean Bean Machine. I've put a lot of time into that game and I've only had it about a week.