i'm not that girlie, joe! i'm a little boy scout!!!!
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i'm not that girlie, joe! i'm a little boy scout!!!!
I did not hack my 3DS but I did buy one of those flashcards which emulate several things - mainly DS, GBA and SNES games.
It works pretty well except for Golden Sun: The Lost Age which tends to slow down and freeze occasionally. I had it freeze once at the nightmarishly long Magma Rock dungeon and several times at the Mars Lighthouse which set me back hours. dd
It works pretty well except for Golden Sun: The Lost Age which tends to slow down and freeze occasionally. I had it freeze once at the nightmarishly long Magma Rock dungeon and several times at the Mars Lighthouse which set me back hours. dd
There's actually some great games super cheap right now which is nice, even if the selection should have been way larger. I think I'll grab Soul Hackers and Devil Summoner 2 at 4€ each since they're both SMT games I haven't played yet. Shame the first Persona Q is the only one on sale, because I would have bought the second. Culdcept Revolt, one of my favourite/most played 3DS games is heavily discounted too, I'd definitely recommend that to anyone who likes strategy games/card games/board games/RPGs (it's basically a mix of all of that, a very unique and hugely enjoyable game), and Stella Glow to the J/SRPG girls
PSA: Nintendo has been unlocking one course per day in Super Mario Run for free, leading up to the Super Mario Bros. movie, and I’ve managed to play most of the retail package that way in the past couple of weeks. Is it amazing? No. Is it much better than I gave it credit for when it first came out? Certainly. Now that I’ve played more of it I see why they designed it the way they did, and there are some occasional clever moments in the later stages. It’s worth giving a try, given that they’re basically giving it away right now.
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TBH, the Wii U was kind of ass. It had a few absolute classics on it but the tablet controller was not well thought out and the library was tiny. That's not even getting into the disastrous branding.
Thankfully, the Switch has been nothing but a serve. They really nailed it.
Am I the only one who finds the Switch somewhat uncomfortable to hold and play on compared to the Wii U?
I actually find the Switch a bit uncomfortable to hold and play too (but I feel the same about the Wii U tablet; I always used the traditional controller). It's more the way that the handheld mode is activated (docked versus undocked) that's a serve. It makes so much sense and it works in such a simple and not convoluted way. And while I do play my Switch on the TV more, it's really nice to have the option to play the Switch anywhere away from your TV instead of only being able to take the tablet controller into another room before the connection doesn't work. I mean, what was even the point of the tablet besides some kind of cool but ultimately cosmetic control options? And, unless I'm mistaken, can't you use a controller in handheld mode on the Switch?
The way that Nintendo went from abysmal third party support since the N64 up until the Wii U (even the Wii had pretty bad third party support for such a popular console) to an absolute ocean of it with the Switch is nothing short of miraculous. EVERYTHING seems to be on the Switch.
But yeah, I agree that Switch itself is not super ergonomic and there are a number of games that don't run well on it. Can't have everything but the system in general does so much right whereas the only thing the Wii U did right is having a few fantastic games. And it looked nice aesthetically.
The way that Nintendo went from abysmal third party support since the N64 up until the Wii U (even the Wii had pretty bad third party support for such a popular console) to an absolute ocean of it with the Switch is nothing short of miraculous. EVERYTHING seems to be on the Switch.
But yeah, I agree that Switch itself is not super ergonomic and there are a number of games that don't run well on it. Can't have everything but the system in general does so much right whereas the only thing the Wii U did right is having a few fantastic games. And it looked nice aesthetically.
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Wii U was lots of fun. Sure the tablet was poorly implemented but it felt better than the handheld Switch does. And I don’t even have giant man paws.
I'll always love the Wii U for being the ultimate Zelda machine since it can run every game from Zelda I to Breath of the Wild. And even though the Switch is finally starting to catch up, the amount of retro games in general the Wii U had available via Virtual Console was pretty insane (and you actually owned them rather than paying for a subscription that only allows you to rent them... and only for as long as Nintendo Switch Online is going to exist). There's still quite a lot of exclusives, including Super Mario RPG and Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky. And dare I say... if the Wii U hadn't flopped as badly as it did and thus Nintendo hadn't been able to just port over pretty much every game minus Xenoblade X and the two HD Zeldas I think the Switch's library would look a lot more dire.
I already bought pretty much every game I care about over the last few years, so the 3DS and Wii U eShop closing doesn't really affect me much. But of course that still didn't stop me from double- and triple-checking that I actually have everything I need dd. I have my Virtual Console and download-only games (hi DuckTales Remastered!), I have Pokémon Crystal that comes with the Celebi event, I have Pokémon Bank + Transporter so that I'll still have compatibility between DS/3DS/Switch games in the future, and I have downloaded all updates and DLC I care about. So I should be fine, right?
I already bought pretty much every game I care about over the last few years, so the 3DS and Wii U eShop closing doesn't really affect me much. But of course that still didn't stop me from double- and triple-checking that I actually have everything I need dd. I have my Virtual Console and download-only games (hi DuckTales Remastered!), I have Pokémon Crystal that comes with the Celebi event, I have Pokémon Bank + Transporter so that I'll still have compatibility between DS/3DS/Switch games in the future, and I have downloaded all updates and DLC I care about. So I should be fine, right?
Crystal is probably the one game I will download this week on my spare 3DS. I mean I hope those Pokémon games appear on NSO at some point but it’s the only one I’m not sure will.
So I just checked out My Nintendo again for the first time in forever and it turned out I still had exactly 1000 platinum points left. I decided to exchange them for that Zelda Picross game – that's probably gonna be my final 3DS eShop download ever. Not sure if I'm ever actually gonna play it but I suppose it can't hurt to have it.
I never have more than 20 platinum points and anytime I remember to check it’s about 0. What even is the system dddd.
I'm up to the first third chapters in Octopath 2 now (though I'm going through things in order of level, so I haven't completed all second chapter routes yet) and I have to say they've really done a great job at fixing pretty much all of the first game's weakest points. The stories are just way better, the world is a lot richer and more varied (I love how each town actually feels unique, a lot of the ones in the first game just kinda blended together), and there's plenty more to do aside the story chapters and sidequests, between the job guild tasks, the merchant quests, the crossed paths chapters, etc. This all adds up to the game feeling way more engaging all around. The first one took me ages to beat because, while I enjoyed it a lot, the structure was quite repetitive, which meant it worked better in short sessions, but I'm not getting that on this one at all, I can play for hours straight without getting bored in the slightest.