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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #30 on: May 29, 2014, 05:22:36 am »
Bump.
I just wanted to share my opinion now that I have been playing with a 3DS for some months.

It is indeed great!
After seeing ridiculous DS games (seriously, Pokemon on DS were flat sprites in battle and in Transformers, you have like 20 polygons on the screen and that's all), I was afraid that the 3DS would also have cheap graphics, but it absolutely doesn't. Of course, it's not the same as playing on 1080p on my computer, but that's what my computer is for, while the 3DS is for playing outside or for playing games with interesting gameplay (and not with a keyboard and a mouse all day long), like Ocarina of Time 3D in which you use the gyroscope to aim.

Games that I got and my opinions on it:
  • Pokemon X. Well, Pokemon :P .
  • Super Mario 3D Land: I got it for free with my 3DS and Pokemon X, but I never played it.
  • Kirby Triple Deluxe: I already played previous iterations of Kirby and I was afraid that this one would just be "yet another one", even with better graphics. But no, Nintendo seems to know how to innovate and you now have passages where you have to move Kirby around with the buttons while moving a cube with the gyroscope at the same time for example O.O so it's really interesting. There's also that "Kirby fighters" part (or whatever it's called in English) that I find interesting (because I like Super Smash Bros :P). And of course, all of that with better graphics than in previous iterations.
  • Ocarina of Time 3D: People told me that if I never played OoT, I had to be ashamed :P . I said that I never had any console and they said "you have a PC that can run Wii games and you use that as an excuse ?" so I tried OoT on a n64 emu (just tried, not played so ok it's illegal but I now bought it on 3DS and no longer play on emu) and I found it awful. Mainly because of the graphics. Triangles with dull colors everywhere (you even see triangles on the ground). People then told me "OoT is not about the graphics, it's awesome because of it's story, etc". I know that it was 10 years ago but I couldn't play that. So I bought the remake on my 3DS. And... wow. Graphics are still not PC worth, they don't stun you in awesomeness but they don't stun you in awfulness either as the n64 version did, they are more than good enough. So I could enjoy the game without being annoyed now and I have to agree, it's awesome :D .
  • Lego City Undercover: Don't ask me why I bought that :P. This one is the only bad game I have for now on my 3DS. Graphics are great, but the story is too short (and predictable but it's a Lego video game) and the loading times are too long.
So yeah, I posted that in case someone was wondering what happened to the person who asked for opinions about the 3DS, well that person now has a 3DS and a very good opinion of it :D.
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #31 on: May 29, 2014, 05:36:52 am »
I might buy a 3DS one time.
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #32 on: May 29, 2014, 07:26:02 am »
Nice. I am considering one too.
The DS was a joke in front of the PSP, but the PSP sucked in it's way too.
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #33 on: May 29, 2014, 12:30:40 pm »
I think it's definitively worth the purchase. The DS had some games too but most notable ones were Mario Kart, the Zelda games, Nintendo 64 ports or SNES ports and not all of them were particularly impressive. Other than that, the DS focused heavily on educational games for a while and the Pokémon games were not technically impressive. The 3DS library seems to be more diverse in terms of actual games, except maybe hardcore FPSes, and it pushes graphics further. The PSVita is not so expensive either but it seems mostly aimed towards JRPG fans nowadays because that's pretty much all that comes out for it, while the 3DS has both JRPGs and many other classic franchises.

I would recommend the 3DS for sure.


As for the PSP it was fun for a short while, because it had plenty of great RPG remakes (Star Ocean series, Ys series, Final Fantasy series) and some other interesting games, but the problem is the UMD proprietary format which isn't compatible with anything else and when the PSP came out it was like $400-500 compared to the $250 PSVita, not to mention all the technical issues the PSP had. After most PSP games came out on PSN, available for play on the Vita, as well as Steam, this pretty much rendered most PSP consoles useless and mine hasn't been used for over a year.
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #34 on: May 29, 2014, 12:33:54 pm »
Well, there were many more SNES remakes on the GBA than on the DS. :P
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #35 on: May 29, 2014, 01:00:17 pm »
True, but what I mean is that for the DS, they didn't seem to do that much effort for graphics when porting games. Rather than porting Nintendo 64 games like they did with Super Mario 64, they just ported older games. It's like if they decided to re-release Final Fantasy VII for the PS Vita but with zero graphical updates and just an extra bonus dungeon.
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #36 on: May 29, 2014, 06:33:00 pm »
You do get the original experience that way, though, which is cool if you don't have the original hardware.
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #37 on: May 29, 2014, 08:53:08 pm »
It's totally worth it for Super Smash Bros 3DS, in my opinion.
I got one for Christmas two years ago (anticipating Pokemon X and Y) and I never dreamed of a portable SSB game, but now it's here!
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #38 on: May 30, 2014, 12:59:13 am »
Bleh, SSB4 is gonna be better on the WiiU. :P
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #39 on: May 30, 2014, 02:23:29 am »
I agree with the fact SSB4 is going to be better on the Wii U. But I don't have a TV, Wii U+TV is a lot more expensive than just 3DS, a 3DS can be bought without your parents knowing, you can play the 3DS in a train and as I said, for HD games I have my PC. So I'd say that indeed, as 123outerme said, SSB on 3DS is going to be worth it (except if they make it Brawl-like and not Melee like).
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #40 on: May 30, 2014, 09:03:56 am »
There will be a GC pad adapter for the U. So the home version is definitely gonna rock ass. :D
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #41 on: May 30, 2014, 09:12:55 am »
Quote from: Streetwalrus on May 30, 2014, 09:03:56 am
There will be a GC pad adapter for the U. So the home version is definitely gonna rock ass. :D
This doesn't defeat the "I have my PC for that" argument.
And who says there will be no adapter for the 3DS ? :P
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #42 on: May 30, 2014, 09:23:04 am »
Lol GC pad on the 3ds. :P
Also, on the PC you only have Melee, Brawl and PM.
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #43 on: May 30, 2014, 09:28:37 am »
Yeah, I don't really believe on GC pads on 3DS, but that would be awesome :P
Maybe they could do something like the Circle Pad but with all the GC buttons ?

And yeah, on PC, I have those 3, but PM is still developped, will always be developped and has all the features everybody wants such as wavedashing which is impossible in Brawl and will probably be unavailable in future iterations too so I "only" have the best ones ;)
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Re: Is the 3DS worth it ?
« Reply #44 on: May 30, 2014, 10:03:57 am »
Butbutbut SSB4 WiiU has better gfx. :(
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