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Do you still play your 3DS?
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Mine had been used regularly from launch until last Spring when I finished Etrian Odyssey Nexus. I haven't touched it since, but that's still 8 years of use, which was more than I'd had out of any portable since the Game Boy. For most of the time I used them, I swapped back and forth between Vita and 3DS, endless timesinks on my commute.
Yep, I'm currently going through both Xenoblade Chronicles 3D (since this november in fact) and more recently Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate (I finally beat the low rank Gore-Magala fight that made me drop the game a few years ago).
You may be thinking: "Why the 3D version as your first with the DE on the horizon?"
Well, I actually had bought my copy roughly 3 years ago, but never actually played it.
So I finally was in the mood to play it back in November, and let me just say, it has been a treat, what a cool-ass game, honestly.
I'm also having some major nostalgia for M&L Dream Team right now, so I'll probably re-play it after XC.
You may be thinking: "Why the 3D version as your first with the DE on the horizon?"
Well, I actually had bought my copy roughly 3 years ago, but never actually played it.
So I finally was in the mood to play it back in November, and let me just say, it has been a treat, what a cool-ass game, honestly.
I'm also having some major nostalgia for M&L Dream Team right now, so I'll probably re-play it after XC.
Strange thing happened last year: I stopped with current gen (Switch, xbox and Vita) and got totally addicted to the Nintendo DS and Nintendo 3DS and I don't see this changing the coming years.
Nintendo DS is fast, focused, no nonsense fun. It's amazing living in a world without patches and unneeded logo's/loading/intro's
Nintendo 3DS is unique. The 3D is mind blowing on new 3DS and is something we will never see again.
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Nintendo DS is fast, focused, no nonsense fun. It's amazing living in a world without patches and unneeded logo's/loading/intro's
Nintendo 3DS is unique. The 3D is mind blowing on new 3DS and is something we will never see again.
<3
Haven't played mine in well over a year. Sold almost all the games I bought for it.
Even if I wanted to play on right now, it's extremely difficult because the HOME button is broken. I can't play without the system plugged in, because the battery can't stay on for some reason.
Man, I hate the 3DS hardware so damn much. The features are worthless gimmicks, the screen and specs were insufficient from day one, and I've had button failures and other issues on two separate devices.
I put up with because of the many great games on the system. I had some wonderful experiences with games like the Etrian Odysseys, SMT IV, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, and Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate.
I do regret not playing a few of the games I sold, including SMT IV: Apocalypse and Dragon Quest VII, but I'm done with 3DS and never going back!
Even if I wanted to play on right now, it's extremely difficult because the HOME button is broken. I can't play without the system plugged in, because the battery can't stay on for some reason.
Man, I hate the 3DS hardware so damn much. The features are worthless gimmicks, the screen and specs were insufficient from day one, and I've had button failures and other issues on two separate devices.
I put up with because of the many great games on the system. I had some wonderful experiences with games like the Etrian Odysseys, SMT IV, Animal Crossing: New Leaf, Kid Icarus: Uprising, Fire Emblem Fates: Conquest, and Monster Hunter 4: Ultimate.
I do regret not playing a few of the games I sold, including SMT IV: Apocalypse and Dragon Quest VII, but I'm done with 3DS and never going back!
I hadn't in all of 2019, but Three Houses made me pick up every 3DS Fire Emblem so I'm planning on going through all of them this year. I'm almost halfway through Awakening I think so it's gonna get a lot of use this year
Bought a New 3DS XL last year and play with it once in a while. I don't carry my Switch around, but only the 3DS and PSP Go. They don't need much space in my backpack.
3DS has native compatibility with GBA games if you hack it (like Wii U does with Gamecube). It's not software emulation. The resolution scaling isn't great but the games play flawlessly. I'll keep my 3DS for a long time thanks to native compatibility with three generations of Nintendo hardware.
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Still do as i got a huge backlog of JRPGS i play it at least once in awhile
Just bought the last 3 main series Ace Attorney games during that New Years sale, so I've been playing it a bunch since. Still a great system, but it ain't no DS Lite!
I basically have zero desire to ever touch my 3DS again at this point after owning a Switch. It feels so puny & ugly in comparison. I guess maybe if I felt like playing Fire Emblem Echoes again? Maybe I finally decide to beat Fates just to say I gave it a fair shake? Unlikely though.
Which one is this? I loved Picross 3D on the DS, is it similar?Still enjoying the console immensely. It still has one of the best Picross games ever made.
I pretty much stopped playing it once I got my Switch, aside from playing Samus Returns in 2017. I ended up trading it in during the summer of last year.
Every day. Badge Arcade + Tetris Axis. Just bought a second New 2DS XL from Japan, actually; my 5th 3DS family device (OG, New 3DS XL US, New 3DS JPN, New 2DS XL US, New 2DS XL JPN).
Was playing Picross 3d 2 and then Started Aliens infestation a week or so ago.
The DS (and to a lesser extent the 3ds) is a goldmine of unique gameplay and ideas
The DS (and to a lesser extent the 3ds) is a goldmine of unique gameplay and ideas
I just started playing OoT on it and bought Majora's Mask and Chrono Trigger. So yes and I'm still enjoying it next to my Switch.
Yes, it's the most durable and easily portable device to leave in a bag or lying around in my car so there's lots of opportunities to play it since I don't really like the idea of carrying a Switch around. I'll have several more years working through the library at least and the BC with DS games is nice as well, currently I'm playing Ghost Trick for the first time!
It has mostly only seen occasional use since getting my Switch. However a couple of weeks ago I got Yo-kai Watch 3 and I've been enjoying it so much that I'm over 30 hours in already. The presentation of this game is wonderful. They're put so much detail into the environments and it's lovely to look at in 3D.
I haven't played it in about a year for any substantial period of time. I always loved the library on the thing but I was never a big fan of the console itself. I'm not a huge handheld gamer, but I do appreciate being able to play in bed from time to time, so when the Switch came out I was all over it. I just hope that some of those great 3DS franchises do eventually make their way to Switch as well.
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I just prefer its form factor and it's an incredible library. Also some GOATS like chrono are on it.