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MNC Dover

Welcome to the Nintendo 3DS thread!

Behold the New Nintendo 3D!



The "New Nintendo 3DS" has been announced. Short, but sweet details below:

Slimmer design

Faster CPU

Wider field of view for 3D

Micro SD Card slot

Better quality screens
new Nintendo 3DS has custom faceplates (the XL does not)

And here's a quick video to prove it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1cwg6mUhAg


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
Rune Factory 4
Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
Mario Golf: World Tour
Yoshi's New Island
Mario Party
Bravely Default: Flying Fairy
Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy
Professor Layton VS Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney
Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call
Tomodachi Life
Kirby: Triple Deluxe
Fantasy Life
Monster Hunter 4
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Super Smash Bros
NES Remix
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask


Upcoming games to look out for in the future:
Persona Q
Fire Emblem x Shin Megami Tensai
Bravely Second



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)
Ace Attorney 5
Mutant Mudds 2
Azure Strike Gunvolt
Mighty Gunvolt
Shovel Knight
Scram Kitty on his Buddies on Rails
Kirby Fighters Deluxe
Squids Odyssey
Picross E1-4
Weapon Shop De Omasse
Steel Diver: Sub Wars
Steamworld: Dig


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)
Castlevania III (NES)



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.
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

MNC Dover

It's that time again, please help me update the OP with games that are out and worthy of purchase (retail or downloadable). Also any upcoming games I may have forgotten about as well. Thanks!

Peewi

New thread for New 3DS?

I played a few levels of Kid Icarus Uprising and I'm not sure how I put up with the controls long enough to finish it the first time. It sure isn't suited to playing for long stretches of time.

Renzo

If you ask me, 2014 hasn't been a great year for the 3DS so far. Compared to 2013, anyway. But feel free to take that as a challenge and list a bunch of games.

Well okay I'll throw Curtain Call in the ring even though I haven't played it yet.

THEPAIN73

Smash Bros and new Pokémon is enough for me to call it a great year.

Emperor_Z

MNC Dover wrote: »

Upcoming games to look out for in the future:

Monster Hunter 4
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
Super Smash Bros
NES Remix

Is there really so little on the horizon? I mean, you can add Fantasy Life and the Ruby and Sapphire remakes to that list as well, but it's still quite small

Renzo

I was thinking more along the lines of games that are available right now. 2014 so far.

Warlock82

For eShop games you can list Azure Striker: Gunvolt and Shovel Knight :P

Renzo

Oh good lord yes Shovel Knight.

And Bravely Default came out this year, though it got a pretty varied reception.

THEPAIN73

Shovel Knight was such a pleasant surprise.

I went into it knowing very little and will soon be coming back to play it again soon.

skeldare

Kirby Triple Deluxe came out this year, so that makes 2014 pretty great to me :P

Brainiac 8

Honestly, Nintendo could just release Pokémon and SSB and that would be enough. I mean, those will last the rest of the year for me.

Speaking of new games for the 3DS, I just started Layton/Phoenix Wright last night. I wonder where in the Layton games this falls. Obviously after the Azran Quadrilogy and possibly after the Curious Village.

So after Curious Village and before Diabolical Box. That works, I'll just assume it falls there.

Talith

It's about time for a new strategy game for the 3DS dammit. Give me an Advance Wars, a Fire Emblem, some kind of Pikmin game, an FFT style game, whatever.

Lindsay Lohan

Pokemon is the one game that we don't wait until birthdays/holidays to pick up. My son and I preorder them somewhere and spend the next few weeks devouring them, trying to see who can finish the story mode first. It's become a tradition in our house since he was old enough to play - I did White/2/Y, he did Black/2/X. I think I'm Sapphire this time. On X and Y he finished 20 minutes before me so I have to beat him this time.

skeldare

Fire Emblem X Advance Wars

I'm surprised this hasn't happened.

Brainleech

What is the order of Layton games? story wise?

Pailryder

make it a challenge of not who can finish first, but who can finish the lowest level

skeldare

Brainleech wrote: »

What is the order of Layton games? story wise?

Just play in release order. It would be tough to go back to Curious Village after all the more recent games.

Riokenn

Where's my Advance Wars: Duel Strike 3 Nintendo?
It'll be so epic, it skips over Duel Strike 2.

Talith

skeldare wrote: »

Fire Emblem X Advance Wars

I'm surprised this hasn't happened.

MNC Dover

Talith wrote: »

It's about time for a new strategy game for the 3DS dammit. Give me an Advance Wars, a Fire Emblem, some kind of Pikmin game, an FFT style game, whatever.

If you're looking for a surprisingly good strategy game, get Squids Odyssey. I recently played the 3DS version and found it to be quite a bit of fun. It's a story of squids fighting against some infectious goop that makes other sea life bad. Charming look and goofy style, very kid friendly, and not too heavy on the strategy so you won't worry about pulling out hair. A fun action/rpg mash-up that flew by everyone's radar.

Seriously, look it over, it is quite fun and SUPER long.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPmw_F4wOm4

El Fantastico

Recently updated the router at home. Due to work reasons, the router has to be set up on a WPA secure access, which it turns out there are no workarounds for.

This means my 3DS can no longer access the net for stuff like digital downloading, unless I reset my router to WEP.

Anyone have any ideas on this? Other than the obvious reset, I mean? Its also super frustrating that due to Nintendos lack of investment in technology, the consumer really suffers for it. Not that it hasn't been the case for the last 3-4 generations of consoles.

Donnicton

Talith wrote: »

skeldare wrote: »

Fire Emblem X Advance Wars

I'm surprised this hasn't happened.

Interestingly enough, the first Advance Wars actually had a tactician who was represented by the player character. The COs even talked to you as though you were a part of the team. I was kind of bummed they ditched that for later titles - they don't even acknowledge that you ever existed.

I like to think that it's because your character was court martialed and eventually imprisoned or executed as a scapegoat for all of the casualties incurred by the first War, and they don't like to talk about you.

Renzo

Oh yeah, I remember seeing a video review about that game. Looks really cool.

urahonky

Has there been any good RPGs released lately? The last game I picked up was Bravely Default but never finished it. I would LOVE a console version of that game.

Talith

So it's Angry Birds Squids Tactics

UncleSporky

Warlock82 wrote: »

For eShop games you can list Azure Striker: Gunvolt and Shovel Knight :P

Also The Keep! I really liked it. Even though it just came out I doubt it will gain any traction at all and will forever be consigned to being an unknown hidden gem.

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darren66

Just noticed that they moved the volume slider on the New 3DS. That's enough reason for me to want an upgrade.

MNC Dover

Talith wrote: »

So it's Angry Birds Squids Tactics

Yeah, only really really good.

Neurotika

Zavian wrote: »

has there been any news at all on the US release of the new 3DS besides the vague "2015"? I've never owned a DS, so there's a massive backlog I want to get to, but since the new 3DS was announced I've decided to just wait it out for it to be released

Unfortunately, no. The only concrete thing we've heard is "definitely not 2014."

UncleSporky

El Fantastico wrote: »

Recently updated the router at home. Due to work reasons, the router has to be set up on a WPA secure access, which it turns out there are no workarounds for.

This means my 3DS can no longer access the net for stuff like digital downloading, unless I reset my router to WEP.

Anyone have any ideas on this? Other than the obvious reset, I mean? Its also super frustrating that due to Nintendos lack of investment in technology, the consumer really suffers for it. Not that it hasn't been the case for the last 3-4 generations of consoles.

Huh? The 3DS supports WPA. Even DSi supports WPA though most DS games did not.

https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20111208120719AAdXEAL

Peewi

El Fantastico wrote: »

Recently updated the router at home. Due to work reasons, the router has to be set up on a WPA secure access, which it turns out there are no workarounds for.

This means my 3DS can no longer access the net for stuff like digital downloading, unless I reset my router to WEP.

Anyone have any ideas on this? Other than the obvious reset, I mean? Its also super frustrating that due to Nintendos lack of investment in technology, the consumer really suffers for it. Not that it hasn't been the case for the last 3-4 generations of consoles.

The 3DS supports WPA. It's the original DS that only works with WEP.

Neurotika

What's the third light on the n3DS, next to the (presumably) charging and power? The wireless?

Dirty

Cave Story 3D isn't on the eShop, right?

ForceVoid wrote: »

What's the third light on the n3DS, next to the (presumably) charging and power? The wireless?

I would say so.

Zetx

@MNC Dover‌, you can change "Theatrhythm Final Fantasy" to "Theatrhythm Final Fantasy: Curtain Call" as it just came out this week and is amazing.

Stormwatcher

El Fantastico wrote: »

Recently updated the router at home. Due to work reasons, the router has to be set up on a WPA secure access, which it turns out there are no workarounds for.

This means my 3DS can no longer access the net for stuff like digital downloading, unless I reset my router to WEP.

Anyone have any ideas on this? Other than the obvious reset, I mean? Its also super frustrating that due to Nintendos lack of investment in technology, the consumer really suffers for it. Not that it hasn't been the case for the last 3-4 generations of consoles.

As the other guys said, the 3DS certainly supports WPA

agoaj

Dirty wrote: »

Cave Story 3D isn't on the eShop, right?

ForceVoid wrote: »

What's the third light on the n3DS, next to the (presumably) charging and power? The wireless?

I would say so.

If it's not it's coming soon, they posted to miiverse about it.

SilentRoughWater

I love Fire Emblem but I would be way more excited to hear some news about the next Advance Wars. Those were my go-to games for my original DS. So good!

Dirty

agoaj wrote: »

Dirty wrote: »

Cave Story 3D isn't on the eShop, right?

ForceVoid wrote: »

What's the third light on the n3DS, next to the (presumably) charging and power? The wireless?

I would say so.

If it's not it's coming soon, they posted to miiverse about it.

Good. Hopefully they price it reasonably. For some reason, I can't bring myself to buy physical if it's incomplete, and a complete copy of CS3D is too expensive. Hell, even the cartridge-only prices are more than I'd want to spend on this game.

Looking at Amazon now
cartridge: $29
w/ case & manual: $64
& the slip cover: $79

Maz-

Talith wrote: »

It's about time for a new strategy game for the 3DS dammit. Give me an Advance Wars, a Fire Emblem, some kind of Pikmin game, an FFT style game, whatever.

Code Name STEAM is coming out next year, which should be pretty great.

Also @MNC Dover‌ Persona Q is coming out in November, you can add that to the list in the OP.

Also Bravely Second I guess, which is all but guaranteed to get a western release, given its sales numbers.