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Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by ndesaulniers »

echelon wrote: post #84
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.

> has at least 10 "must play before death" games Could you make some recommendations? I'd be very interested in your list.

For GBA:

1/2. Metroid Fusion & Zero Mission

3/4. Advanced Wars 1 & 2

5/6. Golden Sun 1 & 2

7. Final Fantasy Tactics Advanced

8. Kirby and the Amazing Mirror

9. The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

10. Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga

There were also 3 great Castlevania's, 3 great Sonic Advanced, 2 or 3 Fire Emblems, I enjoyed the 3 Dragon Ball Z RPGs, I enjoyed the newer Pokemon Emerald and throwback FireRed (QoL improvements). Final Fantasy 6 is available.

Really, a flash cart was very much a worthwhile investment (and a larger capacity battery) for my gameboy micro. Would recommend EZ-Flash IV.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by fiblye »

rootsudo wrote: post #130

3DS is an excellent platform to learn Japanese games. I fully recommend it. I think it's an amazing time, and the games will stand the test of time just like the original mario series because the content is rich and great vs having to fall back on pushing systems & I/O to the max. Nothing recently has given me as much joy as to replay N64 classics on the 3DS with better graphics, added gameplay and 100% solely in Jap…

The 3DS is also region-locked. If you're on a non-Japanese system, you likely won't legally be playing most games in Japanese.

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Post by bitwize »

JohnBooty wrote: post #78
bitwize wrote: post #67

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My mom had the same reaction upon seeing a 3D movie with polarized lenses for the first time. For years she was like "I don't see 3D, I only see 2D." Then she actually tried it and... wow! My guess is your situation is similar to hers: you have a "lazy eye" and the artificial 3D stimulus somehow provides enough feedback to allow your brain to focus your lazy eye in a way the natural world does not. The eye and brain…

It's something like a lazy eye. It actually tracks along with my other eye, it's just that the vision in there is quite bad. There's no lens in there; I had a catarct removed in the early 1980s before lens transplants. Then I got a new prescription and was a bit disoriented at how flat the world seemed, to my mind it was "like a PlayStation game". What had happened was, my brain had trained itself to use blurriness a…

Yes, it's a bit like those people in an experiment who went around for weeks in glasses which inverted the image to their eyes. Eventually they adapted, and began to see things upright, but when the glasses came off, their vision was inverted!

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by InertBrake »

coding123 wrote: post #135
mixedCase wrote: post #91

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> I suppose that price is still worth it - not really Either it is, or it isn't. From there you can determine whether you should spend your money there or not. Nintendo isn't stupid, if people stop buying their consoles and manifest wanting just the game for another platform they will eventually do just that; but their large customer base is saying that the price of the console is worth it and Nintendo deems it bette…

But if I'm already teetering on whether $135 is worth it, AND you have the long delay between games, then the reality is I'm saying f--- no to a $360 Zelda right now. (for example) If I already have a PS5 (not out yet, but which is already purchase worthy) then I would say f--- yes to even a $100 Zelda (were it available).

Evidently not enough people have reached the point you are at yet.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

Fej wrote: post #190
city41 wrote: post #107

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If picking up a 3DS, I highly recommend a "New" model. They include cameras that track your eyes, making the 3D effect much better. It's true the 3D effect is just a gimmick, but it's a very neat one. Games like Metroid Samus Returns are much better in 3D IMO. The game feels like an actual mini diorama is in front of you.

The New 3DS/2DS enhancements don't stop at the camera & eye tracking - very few people, I think, ever understood the massive leap in specs. It's like the jump from the Game Boy to the Game Boy Color, except perhaps even bigger. - CPU got double the ARM11 cores (now 4, was 2) at triple the clock speed (exactly) - RAM doubled from 128 MB to 256 MB. - VRAM upped by 2/3 to 10 MB, was 6 MB (which sounds like not a lot, wh…

> very few people, I think, ever understood the massive leap in specs.

Because it was only ever used by a handful of games!

When the New 3DS launched, I expected it to be something of a stealth new console generation. The trajectory would been like the Gameboy Color; at launch, games could still be played in Black & White on the original gameboy, but it didn’t take long for games to drop that support so they could truly make use of the GBC’s superior internals.

But of course, this did not happen.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by gonehome »

city41 wrote: post #181
gonehome wrote: post #155

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I was confused by this article because the 3DS has been unavailable for months now (except for random editions from Amazon sellers for above MSRP). The main change seems to be them removing the 3DS page from the Nintendo website? My impression was that they stopped making them long ago and were only making new versions of the 2DS (which kind of defeats the entire purpose of the device). They also don't make enough Sw…

Friend codes and generally Nintendo's online service being poor is a conscious decision. They really don't want players chatting with each other, as they want it to be a safe place for children.

This is just an excuse for bad design.

You can make good online services that are still safe for children (and they wouldn't have friend codes).

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

Tiktaalik wrote: post #114
city41 wrote: post #107

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If picking up a 3DS, I highly recommend a "New" model. They include cameras that track your eyes, making the 3D effect much better. It's true the 3D effect is just a gimmick, but it's a very neat one. Games like Metroid Samus Returns are much better in 3D IMO. The game feels like an actual mini diorama is in front of you.

Yeah some titles use the 3D much better than others. Some early launch windows titles kind of do it weirdly and poorly. Pilotwings for example feels too strong. Some of the best would be yeah Metroid and Luigi's Mansion 2. The 3D gives a real "diorama" feel.

Pilotwings looks great in 3D if you actually make use of the 3D slider to adjust to your comfort level, instead of just pushing it all the way up.

I think later games realized people weren’t actually going to do that, and effectively optimized their visuals for the highest setting.

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by [deleted] »

Gengar wrote: post #162
Tepix wrote: post #141

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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.

PS Vita game library is nowhere near as strong though. It is another cool cheap device for homebrew.

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Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by Wowfunhappy »

lghh wrote: post #104
echelon wrote: post #84

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> has at least 10 "must play before death" games Could you make some recommendations? I'd be very interested in your list.

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

> Donkey Kong Country Returns

Pretty please, play the Wii version of this! You can use Dolphin if you want.

The 3DS port halved the framerate from 60 fps to 30 fps, and it makes a big difference! At 30 fps, the game is much too difficult—unless you play on the "adjusted" difficulty they added, and I'm pretty sure I know why they adjusted it.

Also, while I'm here I'm going to add on Kid Icarus: Uprising. I know the controls were divisive, but if you can adapt, it's a really unique and well-done action adventure. From the creator of Smash Brothers!

Re: Nintendo 3DS discontinued after almost a decade

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Post by fomine3 »

x87678r wrote: post #54
gambiting wrote: post #29

I always try to imagine what the final production run looks like at a factory for one of these. Is there usually some sort of ceremony for the very last unit rolling off the line? Or does it just run towards the end of the shift as normal, everything gets boxed up and shipped to retailers as normal, there just....isn't another shift after that? What happens with all the manufacturing hardrware?

Probably after lunch, Foxconn worker bees switch to making iPhone 14.

Switch to Switch.
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