This device is..... Lacking. I just bought it for my Wife because she said she wanted one. And, I am greatly unimpressed with it. I'm really hoping she'll enjoy it since she's a entry level gamer. But, for me just starting it up and getting it going was severely bland and then the e-shop is Baron as hell. I thought I would go in there and get a robust archive of classic snes/nes titles and well if you own one then you already know the offerings.
I am just underwhelmed right now. rant ended
i know what you mean. the interface is nintendo style bare bones. not much techy "wow" stuff to fancy. if you compare it to the vita it fails to impress but to me it is the better console - or...at least just as good, they are different. i love the 3ds for it´s games already. it´s a great device for a very fair price. so many awesome games already and so much more are coming in the near future! you should really give it a second chance. i got mario kart7, super mario 3d land, pilotwings, super street fighter IV, ocarina of time, RE revelations, kid icarus uprising and some e-shop games on it. they are all awesome. i also have some great original ds games. my girlfriend is totally into the layton games atm. she´s not a gamer at all tbh. not even casual or entry level (she is damn good in street fighter button mashing though....that freaks me out;-) but she played layton for about 6 or 7 hours last weekend and was totally hooked. she wants me to borrow her the 3ds now for a trainride so she can play layton when she visits a friend next weekend. take care that your wife wont enjoy it too much.
Baron? predictive text?
I'm guessing barren was the intended word.
I traded my 3DS in for a Vita, personally didn't get on the the game selection on the 3DS, though lots will. Getting much more play out of the Vita because it fits in more with what I want as a handheld. There is a catalog of decent games out there now if they are your thing.
One thing I would say is if you haven't got one and want one, then wait for the inevitable redesign. Even without the cock-up of the extra analog stick the current design is nasty, cheap and horrible. After the Wii and recent DS designs this was a massive step back for Nintendo.
polygem for me all the games you listed aren't fun anymore. They're nostalgia games to me and i just don't get far with mario games. I also already have the a.E collection of ssfiv on my console so buying a portable thats not up to date on frame data and combos just doesnt work for me. I need console parity for my fighters on the go. The only games i want are tales of abyss and kid icarus the rest i can wait for a price drop. I just bought my wife sims 3 though thankfully she likes it.
Are we really going to try and be grammar nazis? I am going through enough with that in my classes as we speak. I think i earned a pass
Drdamn your right it really just doesnt fit my taste. Thats why im really hoping my wife gets enough out of it so that when she grows bored then my son can find amusement in it. I honestly want to see this e shop improve . If it doesnt then it is just showing me the potential wii us network shop will have and at this point in the game they cant afford to be this far behind.
it´s a matter of taste sure. i can fully understand that some will enjoy the vita more. it definiteley has more "wow" and the games are much more like ps3 and 360 games. not saying that this is bad, not at all, but i for one can´t see why i should buy a vita YET. i believe sony will come up with some "vita unique" stuff pretty soon for sure, they have to.
i like the games on the 3ds because they are different in many ways. it´s stuff you wont get on your ps3´s and 360´s. mario kart alone would probably be reason enough for me to buy one. these games just make me happy. i don´t feel like i really miss out on not playing uncharted golden abyss or another resistance game on the vita...don´t get me wrong, i really like those franchises but i just don´t have the time to play ALL that stuff. so the 3ds is giving me just the diversity in gaming that i need to stay hooked...and man, then there is a game like luigis mansion 2 just to name one. that, to me really is awesome stuff. i get just as excited for a 3ds game like this as for the last of us or halo 4...
that said: i don´t need a second analog stick on the 3ds. wouldn´t mind one but the games i love the most on the 3ds really do not need one. i´d prefer a 3dsxl kind of thing and a better battery.
Well to me the 3DS is a great console, and this is coming from a guy that didnt like 3D at all, well until now, i think the 3D aspect of the console is great it adds a lot stuff to the gameplay, i didnt think it will be such a key aspect to games as it is, and it is glasses free, one of my big qualms with the 3D issue, the graphics of the console are great, it has a ton of third party support, and a good price point right now, therefore to sum things up, i think is a great console that do a lot of things right.
I wasn't blown away by it either to be honest. I picked one up a couple of months after launch, and I really only did so because a GAME store manager offered me a "return in 30 days for your money back" deal that he shouldn't have. Which I did, after about two weeks.
I just felt like it was still an old system. The graphics and the software on the machine itself did not blow me away at all and the games on offer were lacklustre.
Personally, I would have maybe recommended getting a Vita if your wife wouldn't mind what console she got. At least that way there's more of a chance you could both enjoy it.
...the games on offer are anything but lacklustre! you might not like them but there are some awesome, polished games on offer.
lacklustre is just an all wrong way to describe MK7´s or Super Mario 3d lands awesomeness really.
@polygem, I was talking more about the time when I had it which was quite early on in its life. I probably should have made that clearer. My bad.
At that time the games I had to pick from were Ridge Racer, some Ghost Recon game and that's about all that really jumped out at me. I ended up getting Ridge Racer and Pokemon.
I'm actually tempted to get a really cheap (but decent) DS and Pokemon as that's about the only game that interests me. ;)
i got a vita though, rite now i own both and for me vita is just killing the 3ds. im going to go pick up kid icarus or tales of abyss along with tales of graces f. but im honestly just not feeling the 3ds right now nothing jumped out at me because im really not into the nostolgia of nintendo with mario and zelda games anymore. i will just give the device time. my wife will enjoy it and ill enjoy vita. the gaming market shall be pleased at the end of the day
@viralshag: ok then. you´re right- mentioned you picked one up shortly after launch. i got it.
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