Zorua said:
The 3DS itself is not the problem when referred to as a "fluke", it's the support that the 3DS has going for. The 3DS's initial lineup was very poor, and hasn't seen many great releases since. In my opinion, the only "good" games for the 3DS are Street Fighter 4 3D, The Legend of Zelda; Ocarina of Time, Pokemon Rumble Blast, Mario Kart 7 and Super Mario 3D Land. Note, these are all first part titles spare Street Fighter. Nintendo also hasn't released information on any major titles coming out this year, so the 3DS still doesn't have any of those "I bought this system just for this game" titles.
Honestly, I bought the 3DS on launch day for the original $250, and I don't feel like I've gotten my money's worth yet. Even the whole Ambassador Program really doesn't make up for that. At $180 though, I feel like the 3DS is very reasonable, has a few decent games here and there, but has the same chance of flopping this year, or making a huge impact.
Woah, hold on there. I understand that the launch was a complete disaster, and threw Nintendo into an imaginary small ditch, but they fixed that. I was extremely angry at first, until I realized that the GBA games were worth the price drop. Remember, Ninty didn't have to do
anything for us, but they did this to
prevent us from selling our stuff, and keep us chained to them forEVER!!! keep us all on pretty equal terms. I too bought the 3DS Launch day, I called it my 3D brick for months, I got the 20 games, Mario Kart 7, and I knew that this was an amazing system. Speaking of MK7 I know plenty of people who bought the system for the game. The idiots who use the Maka Wuhu glitch may utterly wreck your Online experience, but only for a few minutes, then you can leave, and find a better room. (sarcasm on the utterly wreck, though I did want to scream after my fourth Maka in a row...)
Apollo the Incinermyn said:
Yeah, like Zorua mentioned, the 3DS's game selection is kind of bad aside from a few good titles, hence why it's consider a fluke that it's done as well as it has. Personally, I wanted it because it was an upgrade from my DS Lite, which was the last good system in the DS series because it still could play GBA. Likewise, DS gameplay on the 3DS is fairly good in my opinion; however, unless you're getting it for the reason of upgrading to the next-gen Nintendo handheld like I did, you may not want to get it.
The thing is, those good titles make it worth it already. I can tell you weren't the biggest DSi fan just from what you said, but did you ever try the thing? The i/XL was a vast improvement over the DS Lite, keep your GBA/SP for your older games. The DS may not look the best, but it's survivable.
ForeignDude said:
So I'm looking at the IGN page for 3DS game release dates and what do I see? Rayman Origins releases 1 week after Kid Icarus. Man Ubisoft has been making terrible release date decisions with this game. The PS3/360/Wii were a financial disaster and sadly this one will probably be one too.
Financial disaster? From what I've seen the game has been getting perfect 10/10, and it's considered one of the best games of 2011. I'd think for a Platformer game which was overlooked because of games like CoD/Battlefield and Skyrim, that's pretty good, wouldn't you say?
The Aura Is With Me 8 said:
3DS Games I own: Pokemon Rumble Blast (reccomended it if you liked Rumble), Super Mario 3D Land (GET IT GET IT GET IT!), Tetris Axis (if you like Puzzle games, get it), Mario Kart 7 (this game is a must for 3DS owners) and Super Street Fighter 4 3D.(I don't care for this game that much my self, but I got it for $20 off of someone who bought it and didn't like it)
The above games are all proof that the 3DS isn't a complete failure like many seem to think. Yes, Mario Land is easy to gamers, but it's a Mario game, it was an amazing financial success. (Now if only Japan would bring Monster Hunter over. This would make the 3DS easily the best handheld ever. It may not be as big here as it is in the east, but the game single-handedly made the 3DS CRUSH PS Vita in Japan. I wouldn't skip an opportunity like that..)
catutie said:
Stop....saying...get....Mario...3D....Land....If you want a game that a 6 year old can beat in about 2 days then get it...if you want an actual challenge or good fun game...I actually would say pass it up. It's just too easy, I went and played it over again...12 hours...ya THAT'S IT (now I didn't go and get all the gold flags and beat it with M and L but still...) WAY TO EASY. Easiest Mario game I have EVER played.
It definitely was easy, but it's hard enough for Casual Gamers, and as I already said in this post, it was a huge commercial success. I would definitely recommend kart over it though.
catutie said:
Ya I know it's a Mario game and people are going to say it's good no matter what but the more I play it the more I don't like it. It's like the Galaxy games for me. I beat it then go "Well...that was fun" and then get rid of it because I don't care about it any more. It gives me no reason to replay it or to even 100% it because who cares...it would be the same game a second time with Luigi...
The Galaxy games were definitely better though. At least they posed a nice few challenges. I really do think that 3D Land was more for the casual crowd. Though if you play with Galaxy limitations on 3D Land, that is, without a Tanooki Suit, the game becomes extremely challenging... I actually never did this but in two levels, but let me tell you, those two levels were the funnest in the whole game.
Lucky Fire said:
So I'm wondering why they deleted the awesome items in Mario Kart: Double Dash. That was the best Mario Kart game of all time.
Nowdays they seem to get worse. ;_; ex., Mario Kart 7 has wings, but no special items from DD.
Because the special items were the "gimmick" (A good one, but yeah, keep reading) of Double Dash. Ever Mario Kart has something new/different about it, and that was one of Double Dash's.
Now, for a non-quote-reply sentence... I can't wait for Tales of the Abyss 3DS.
