The 3DS Thread - The Bear and Badger

Moot_Geeza

EvilRedEye wrote:

The 3DS port has a free demo if you want to try before you buy.

I should've done that tbh but I pulled the trigger on a repackaged Amazon warehouse deal.

retroking1981

Moot_Geeza wrote:

retroking did say it's decent in single player

It's by far the best Yoshi platformer since the sublime SNES original.

Didn't like what they did with Story on N64 and Island DS felt a bit off.

Like all Yoshi games though the A-B can be quite mundane, especially early on. They come into their own trying to 100% each level and your rewarded with some truly excellent unlockable levels.

It just comes down to if you enjoy the collecting. I hate it in some games myself but I think the Yoshi games strike the balance well enough that I'm not overwhelmed.

I was tempted with New Island on 3DS but the reviews really put me off.

Moot_Geeza

I'll probably just A to B it, that's why I knew I wouldn't get on with it in the first place. It's not really for me though, so if I enjoy it it'll be a bonus. I'd forgotten how easy on the eye the big brother version was, it's probably even more of a looker than Crafted World.

mistercrayon

The difference between A-B and 100%completion is so wide that I can’t even consider A-B as Anything more than a token level of completion in the original Yoshis Island. The problem it brings though (for me, I’m sure it’s good for kids) is that 100% can be unecessarily fiddly and boring in how it structures itself. The way things are hidden, the one chance to get some things. It’s more annoying than fun imo.

regmcfly

Theres about 5 of us left huh

cosmicjellybean

I almost bought the animal crossing 2DS XL today as it’s still £99 on simplygames.

I have the new 3ds (smaller version) and would like to play some of the backlog on something a bit bigger.

Like radiant historia, strange journey, Etrian odyssey mystery dungeon... dragon quest 8, Pokemon ultra sun, 4 warriors of light... Etrian odyssey nexus, rhythm paradise megamix...

Ok I might buy it

hylian_elf

Keep asking my daughter if she wants a [New] 2DS [XL]. And she keeps saying no. Why can’t she just say yes so I can complete the collection?!

Nina

Keep hoping there will be a decent new 2DS XL offer here, haven't seen on yet. So much I want to catch up on and just can't buy right now. Walmart had NSMB 2 (or whatever it's called, the golden coin one) for $5,-. Was hard to resist.

Vela

We are starting to see some clearance sales on 3ds in aus now. Not quite fire sale but it's very close. Only game listed as coming soon is kirby. Which is often a swansong game for any nintendo hw.

Blue Swirl

NSMB 2 for $5 is a steal. I probably would have bought it even though I still have it.

EvilRedEye

Kirby's Extra Epic Yarn got 9/10 from Nintendo Life. Who needs a Switch???

regmcfly

Yussss

cosmicjellybean

So... I bought a 2DS XL today from CEX by trading in an old boxed iPad I found in the loft.

I now have a fun evening ahead of transferring from my other 3DS.

I remember from last time... absolutely nothing, only that it took forever and wasn’t as easy as it should be. It’s the same SD card so should be better this time. Maybe.

Blue Swirl

God speed you. You'll need all the luck in the world. Transferring data when it comes to Nintendo systems is always (in my experience) a complete ball ache.

cosmicjellybean

Actually, once I found a good step by step it wasn’t that bad at all.

I mean, I read everything 4 times and I needed a fucking guide, but once it was going it was all done in 30 minutes. Just took the old SD card out and put it in the new one once the Pikmin finished their thing, and all was good.

Think Radient Historia will be the first thing I start on there. Its weird in that everything is obviously a bit blurrier than the smaller 3DS, but I had a hard time reading the text in some games on the smaller one, so the extra screen is much more comfortable.

Lovely console too, only thing that bothers me is the loose top screen, but that’s always a thing with most DS/3DS models.

cosmicjellybean

So I'm actually quite interested in playing a Yo-Kai watch game, wondering whether to get 2: psychic thingys, or jump into 3?

It would mostly be about pottering around town and story etc as I understand the battles aren't all that? (I may be wrong).

EvilRedEye

I think 3 is supposed to have a different, better battle system. 2 is probably a better jumping on point with the story tho cos it was kind of a reboot what with a lot of people getting into the series through the anime.

cosmicjellybean

Ah OK cool, thanks for the info. I ended up buying 3 just in case, as it seems sold out everywhere, whereas the other was going pretty cheap. Also if the battles are as 'passive' as I've heard, then maybe 3 is the way to go...

Also you can play as two different characters in 3, with two completely different storylines. Which seems cool.

EvilRedEye

Did almost mention that 3 might be best for selling out reasons. I need to get my copy!

cosmicjellybean

Yeah everywhere had it sold out/not at all. Shopto was cheapest (still £28 though). At least if I really hate it I can just sell it anyway.

Was more interested in playing in faux-japan over faux-Texas, so thought about 2 way more before I looked into it. However apparently you play in both towns anyway in 3 (character specific), so win-win.

cosmicjellybean

I’m enjoying this so much I might buy 2 as well, to play that through first then move onto 3 after.

It’s kind of really good it turns out.

Raiziel

You’re...enjoying the battle system?

EvilRedEye

[Gasp!]

cosmicjellybean

To be honest, in over 1 1/2 hours I’ve maybe battled 2/3 times.

I just love the world and storytelling an awful lot. It also looks really nice. It’s quite funny how they localised it though, as in the original games the kid lives in ‘an American city’, even though it’s clearly Japan. But the new game has you going abroad to live in America and not understanding the language... so they make it ‘Texas’ and you can’t understand the accent. But at the same time you’re in the old town as another character going through Akihabara finding anime figures.

They wrote themselves into a bit of trouble through previous localisations.

Moot_Geeza

Up to the middle of world 2 on Woolly World. It seems like a solid port, big thumbs up for some of the music.

acemuzzy

Wedding in Oxford later, so some nice train time to crack though some more of Metroid Returns. Hope I can remember what I was doing.

cosmicjellybean

That was loads of fun to play, might get that out again at some point to 100% it maybe. The map also guides you to the next objective so you should be fine.

I also haven’t picked up my switch since I started Yo-Kai 3, it’s really very very good. The battles are also fine, and if you’re expecting Pokemon I guess you would be annoyed. If you were slightly tempted I would urge you to pick up whilst you still can. It’s that combination of limited release + genuinely great RPG.

Heard the reason it’s so limited is because they couldn’t put more than one language on the cart, as it combines 2 games already and there’s quite a bit of dialogue. So basically you can’t import a French/German etc version and play it in English, and they had to obviously press for each country separately rather than just change the cover/rating.

EvilRedEye

I caved and bought Yo-kai Watch 3 because I got scared.

Raiziel

I should probably cave too because now I feel left out.

regmcfly

Living in the past I've just bought Hey Pikmin and Miitopia for the combined price of £20

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