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Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by Tepix » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:45 PM UTC

DCKing wrote: post #58

The 3DS, in particular the "New" models, I think are really recommended to pick up cheap. They are well built devices that are supremely hackable with access to lots of fun games. The 3DS library is good despite somewhat lacking in diversity. But the 3DS also has native compatibility with the entire excellent DS library, and after hacking it can also run the entire great GBA library without emulation (like Matroshka…

Personally I think the PS Vita is just as good, if not an even better value. You can get lightly used ones for around 80-100€ and they have a very nice OLED and a fast CPU. They can emulate pretty much anything up to PS1/N64.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by ck425 » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:49 PM UTC

komali2 wrote: post #126

komali2 wrote: post #75

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Yes! Don't forget you also get GameBoy Color and GameBoy games. IMO this massive library (N3DS, 3DS, DSi, DS, GBA, GBC, GB, SNES, NES) has at least 10 "must play before death" games in them (for people that care a lot about videogames, anyway). Of course all of this can also be achieved on a PC with a simple 10$ amazon controller and free emulators, if you're comfortable pirating games.

Edit: You're right, that was rude of me lmao. This is an UNORDERED LIST: 1. Super Mario Bros 3 2. The Legend of Zelda (1986) 3. Super Metroid (1994) 4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 5. Super Castlevania 6. Pokemon: Silver/Gold 7. Advance Wars: Dual Strike 8. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (tecccchnically an n64 game though) (Majora's Mask would make this list if the DS version wasn't a butchered shadow of…

Don't forget Fire Emblem. I bought my 3DS entirely for Fire Emblem.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by mintplant » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 7:57 PM UTC

DCKing wrote: post #58

The 3DS, in particular the "New" models, I think are really recommended to pick up cheap. They are well built devices that are supremely hackable with access to lots of fun games. The 3DS library is good despite somewhat lacking in diversity. But the 3DS also has native compatibility with the entire excellent DS library, and after hacking it can also run the entire great GBA library without emulation (like Matroshka…

It also still supports the entirety of the original DS homebrew scene, including my favorite flashcard: the SuperCard DSTWO [0], which includes an onboard CPU and RAM for running software that's more powerful than the host DS! You could feel the chip bulging out underneath the label, and the cartridges went into the slot with an odd "squish" because of that. A ridiculous yet beautiful piece of engineering.

[0] http://eng.supercard.sc/

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by Sulamitachica » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 8:03 PM UTC

northern-lights wrote: post #120

lghh wrote: post #104

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Here's my rough list of games that you can play on a 3DS that are not necessarily 3DS games that I think are "must play" type games. Does not include all games that should be on the list. 1. LoZ: Ocarina of Time 2. Super Mario 64 (ds version) 3. Donkey Kong Country Returns 4. LoZ: A Link To The Past 5. Shin Megami Tensei: IV (maybe not "must", but you should give it a shot) 6. Earthbound 7. Super Mario World

And a few Pokemon ones too with Emerald at the top of that list.

Oooh yes i remember playing emerald and it being my favorite, among sapphire

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by evan_ » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 8:05 PM UTC

echelon wrote: post #99

GhostVII wrote: post #95

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Chess is not a game based around collecting a fixed number of items.

Pokemon isn't based around collecting a fixed number of items. There's strategy to pick an ideal team. To ev/iv farm if you're really into it. There's a story, you can battle friends, you can make trades. Pokemon isn't pog collecting.

Can you understand how one might believe that the franchise with the slogan "Gotta Catch 'Em All" might be about collecting a fixed number of items?

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by coldpie » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 8:13 PM UTC

perardi wrote: post #132

mikepurvis wrote: post #112

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The Wii U had a pretty natural default though, with the touchscreen on your lap as the lower screen, and TV as upper screen. That whole model was (rightly) tossed for the Switch, so now any games which really depended on it are a bit of a dead end.

Yup, that's what I'm getting at. It's not an easy 1:1 translation. It was nice for games like Pokémon; easy access to the inventory, little mini-games on the touch screen, stuff like that. It obviously blew right up in their faces with the Wii U, but it worked for a certain class of game.

Yes, but the Wii U DS eShop emulator supported showing both screens on your TV. They could do the same on Switch. See about 0:40 in the video I linked.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by jcranmer » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 8:19 PM UTC

eezurr wrote: post #137

bfieidhbrjr wrote: post #72

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here it is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MGjFKs9bnU great video

Voice over sounds like George Carlin, but the accent is slightly heavier. He did a lot of voice over work though (e.g. thomas the tank engine). It's hard to tell, but that room seem really loud Edit: I'm always more amazed at old mechanical technology than modern technology. Thanks for sharing Last edit: "Sign language is used, among the many deaf printers". HA!

> Last edit: "Sign language is used, among the many deaf printers". HA!

People with disabilities historically had very few job opportunities. Printing was latched onto in the late 20th century as the major trade career for the deaf--essentially every deaf trade school was teaching it. The noise of the printing machinery making spoken conversation difficult was probably a motivating factor, but it also appears that there was generally little issue with printers not being able to listen ([1] lists that most deaf printers in 1923 used written communication for tasks and their employees generally found deafness no handicap).

[1] https://www.jstor.org/stable/44462325?seq=4#metadata_info_ta...

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by simlevesque » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 8:21 PM UTC

jldugger wrote: post #140

komali2 wrote: post #126

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Edit: You're right, that was rude of me lmao. This is an UNORDERED LIST: 1. Super Mario Bros 3 2. The Legend of Zelda (1986) 3. Super Metroid (1994) 4. The Legend of Zelda: A Link to the Past 5. Super Castlevania 6. Pokemon: Silver/Gold 7. Advance Wars: Dual Strike 8. Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time (tecccchnically an n64 game though) (Majora's Mask would make this list if the DS version wasn't a butchered shadow of…

So many questions. Like, do you really need pokemon to live? And why specifically Super Castlevania, which is regarded as kind of a garbage castlevania (the player sprite is bigger so you get less of a heads up on whats ahead, and it's not part of the "metrovania" pantheon). Why Fusion and Super Metroid? Does the original LoZ hold up as well as say Link's Awakening? Why are there only 3 companies represented on this…

Metroid Fusion in my opinion was the king of Metroidvanias for a really long time. It achieved perfection.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by zargon » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 8:25 PM UTC

optimuspaul wrote: post #2

seriously?! I just bought one now after putting it off for years

I've been meaning to get one forever too and now I go looking and they're quite difficult to find (new, retail). I guess Nintendo hasn't shipped any new stock in some time.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by causality0 » Thu, Sep 17, 2020, 8:29 PM UTC

Ever since the 3DS launch I found myself hoping for an upgraded version that would render at a higher resolution. 400x240 has always looked terrible to me for 3D graphics.