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The Iron Rose posted:Just got Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars and I know nothing about it. It isn't really hard to figure out. Just remember that stealth is broken as hell.
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The Iron Rose posted:Just got Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars and I know nothing about it. It's a bit more like the Ogre and Military Madness type strategy games in that the terrain you're on has a much higher effect on things than in Fire Emblem. So rather than being on the offensive, it's better to treat it like X-Com (Actually one of the directors of X-Com and Rebelstar designed this game if I remember right) and find a good place for your guys to dig in. The return fire and they bonus attacks from the game's support system will do most of the damage for you. Hide out and ambush people.
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Feb 27, 2013 00:33
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Mr.Trifecta posted:So I dug out my 3ds after buying it purely for Mario Kart. Man my hands get cramped playing after just one or two games. Does the XL help out in that retrospect? My hands are not giant or anything, they just hurt after a bit. Maybe I am getting old. I find the XL much easier to hold than the dslite (never had the vanilla 3ds) so yeah it's possible that an XL will help you. My hands are pretty small come to that.
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Feb 27, 2013 01:27
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I just got an XL and I don't cramp up nearly as bad as I did on the original. It's much nicer to hold for extended periods of time.
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The Iron Rose posted:Just got Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars and I know nothing about it. My favorite 3DS game, I think. I always dump every point possible into banshee because she really is a murder machine. Plus if you keep pumping points into her, you can keep upgrading her knife enough that she'll almost always be able to one-shot enemies. Theres usually a mission or two where she isn't able to, but then after the mission you'll be able to give her 2 more and shes back to stabbing like a pro. 
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Captain Hair posted:My favorite 3DS game, I think. I always dump every point possible into banshee because she really is a murder machine. Plus if you keep pumping points into her, you can keep upgrading her knife enough that she'll almost always be able to one-shot enemies. Theres usually a mission or two where she isn't able to, but then after the mission you'll be able to give her 2 more and shes back to stabbing like a pro. By endgame Banshee is broken as hell. Once you build up her gauge and let her use the ability that gives two attacks with one move, you can have her take out two people which fills up her gauge again, then use the points to give her another turn in the same round and take out 4 more guys. If you set everything up right she can eliminate an entire enemy platoon in one round.
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Okay, I have been trying to back up my sd card for a while, but no matter what my computer cannot read the sd card. The card reader works fine, and it works in my 3DS just fine. I can't find anything useful on google because most of the hits are about the 3DS not recognizing sd cards. Edit: Nevermind, I think it is specifically a problem between the SD card and the reader. Raften fucked around with this message at 06:53 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Feb 27, 2013 05:22
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Nintendo Japan just announced two new standard 3DS colors: Light Blue and Gloss Pink. The price will remain the same at 15,000 yen, but with a larger SD card (4GB instead of the old 2GB). Coming March 20.  
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I almost got excited since for a second I thought those were XL colors. Then I realized that even if they were on the XL, they still never would have made it out of Japan.
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Feb 27, 2013 06:12
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Doug Dinsdale posted:Nintendo Japan just announced two new standard 3DS colors: Light Blue and Gloss Pink.
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Feb 27, 2013 06:28
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I guess I don't get the point of releasing the system in multiple different colors. Is that really a selling point to people? Like, if they can't get it in a certain color or design, they just won't buy the system?
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Haraksha posted:I guess I don't get the point of releasing the system in multiple different colors. Is that really a selling point to people? Like, if they can't get it in a certain color or design, they just won't buy the system? For some people? Probably; people are weird. You also lose sales from people who would consider buying a new system for a new color to replace an older or outdated model.
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Feb 27, 2013 07:35
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It'd be pretty silly in this day and age for Nintendo not to release a handheld in a bunch of colors. It's tradition at this point. Also, there will definitely be a few people who were on the fence about purchasing it before who will see one of those colors and say "I absolutely must have this RIGHT NOW!"
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Feb 27, 2013 07:52
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I absolutely love that Nintendo releases a bunch of eye catching colors. Everything else is jet black or ipod white. It got old pretty fast. Hell, I'd love a 90s desktop computer beige or 70s style wood-paneling.
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Feb 27, 2013 07:56
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My 22-year old daughter refused to buy one until the inevitable pink.
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I'm fine with my standard 3DS until Nintendo decides to make a Purple XL. Well, that, or if the eventual Pokemon X/Y XLs look nice. Hell, I'd probably have a Midnight Purple 3DS if I didn't get the used Ambassador one I got using SA-Mart.
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Feb 27, 2013 08:33
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I just wish the limited edition type handhelds were more common. Release them as standalone rather than always having them be a game-pack in thing or something. I would seriously consider buying a 2nd 3DS if it was easy to get a Triforce branded one or something.
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Feb 27, 2013 08:50
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If it's designs you want you know you can just put decals on them... right? As far as simple stuff like a Triforce goes, anyway.
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With every single Nintendo handheld, I've sprung on it before a special edition came out and I kick myself - not in a GODDAMMIT way, but more of a AW SHUCKS way. And when I saw all those XL editions in Japan & Europe, I knew that this time, I would have to wait. And then Etrian Odyssey IV came out. Hello, Generic Blue. Goodbye, Inevitable Awesome Edition.
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Caitlin posted:If it's designs you want you know you can just put decals on them... right? As far as simple stuff like a Triforce goes, anyway. A Triforce and "regal" looking trim wouldn't look nearly as good on my blue system as the official Zelda one though. That and I have a serious compulsion against modifying/decorating my own stuff. My wife put some little bedazzled thingies on her Roku remote and it makes me irrationally upset when I see it. Dunno why, but I just don't like the idea of doing my own deco work. jivjov fucked around with this message at 09:07 on Feb 27, 2013 |
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Yeah but I mean car-window style decals that are removable and look great as long as you can apply, say, a screen protector. http://img.gawkerassets.com/img/18d8q5w49bwtojpg/original.jpg Huge example but really it looks fine. If you got one cut out of metallic gold vinyl it'd look pretty great, I think.
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Volfogg posted:I'm fine with my standard 3DS until Nintendo decides to make a Purple XL. Well, that, or if the eventual Pokemon X/Y XLs look nice. Hell, I'd probably have a Midnight Purple 3DS if I didn't get the used Ambassador one I got using SA-Mart. You realize you can buy the Midnight purple one and transfer your Ambassador certificate to that system and have both, right? 
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Volfogg posted:I'm fine with my standard 3DS until Nintendo decides to make a Purple XL. Well, that, or if the eventual Pokemon X/Y XLs look nice. Hell, I'd probably have a Midnight Purple 3DS if I didn't get the used Ambassador one I got using SA-Mart. If there is a Pokemon themed XL, I'm upgrading to it, no questions asked, day 1.
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Quidnose posted:You realize you can buy the Midnight purple one and transfer your Ambassador certificate to that system and have both, right? Well, of course I could, but I'm not gonna upgrade my 3DS TWICE when I could just need to do it once.  Seriously, I'm cool with the Aqua Blue one I have, but would love to upgrade to a Purple XL. Also, the fact that I'm not made of
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Haraksha posted:I guess I don't get the point of releasing the system in multiple different colors. Is that really a selling point to people? Like, if they can't get it in a certain color or design, they just won't buy the system? I'd been dying for a 3DS since they came out, but wanted to wait for the inevitable hardware upgrade because there were too many problems with the original for my taste. Then the XL came out, but I sort of hate the red and blue colors they chose. So for as excited as I had been to finally get a 3DS XL, I might have waited until another color came out. Luckily they released pink in time for Christmas so I got that, but yes, multiple colors is a selling point for me. If it only ever came in one color, I probably wouldn't have held out, but that's part of why I love Nintendo. I like color. In other news, Amazon finally decided to ship my Etrian Odyssey pre-order today. I only bought from them because I had a credit, but I didn't know they were so bad with pre-orders.
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If they came out with a green 3DS that was anything other than the original 3DS I would buy it in a second. I need to continue my tradition reaching back to my green, brick Game Boy.
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Unoriginal posted:I'd been dying for a 3DS since they came out, but wanted to wait for the inevitable hardware upgrade because there were too many problems with the original for my taste. Then the XL came out, but I sort of hate the red and blue colors they chose. So for as excited as I had been to finally get a 3DS XL, I might have waited until another color came out. Luckily they released pink in time for Christmas so I got that, but yes, multiple colors is a selling point for me. If it only ever came in one color, I probably wouldn't have held out, but that's part of why I love Nintendo. I like color. They're generally not. Amazon rules, but if they don't specifically list it as "release-day delivery", it's not gonna be there on day of release.
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Not necessarily. Sometimes if you get two day shipping, they'll get it to you on launch. There wasn't any option for release date shipping and I still got my EO4 yesterday.
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Volfogg posted:Well, of course I could, but I'm not gonna upgrade my 3DS TWICE when I could just need to do it once. I don't get the urge to upgrade. I still play DS games on my day 1 launch fat DS. Didn't pick up a 3DS until the Zelda special edition one came out. Even if I did upgrade at this point I don't think I'd be able to sell it because I just like looking at the drat thing sitting in its cradle on my desk. A Majora's Mask XL though MIGHT just do it... Shame I wouldn't be able to use both with the way accounts are set up for digital purchases.
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zerox147o posted:I don't get the urge to upgrade. I still play DS games on my day 1 launch fat DS. Didn't pick up a 3DS until the Zelda special edition one came out. Even if I did upgrade at this point I don't think I'd be able to sell it because I just like looking at the drat thing sitting in its cradle on my desk. A Majora's Mask XL though MIGHT just do it... Shame I wouldn't be able to use both with the way accounts are set up for digital purchases. So you don't want to get a system with better screens and ergonomics but you're swayed by a system with decals on it? I'm not gonna judge other people's spending habits but it seems really obvious why someone would want a DS Lite over a DS phat or a 3DS XL over a 3DS.
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So what's the difference between this color and the one that the 3DS launched with? Fake edit: Oh, it's monotone, how fun.
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Japanese sales chart for Feb 18 - Feb 24:code:Biggest news is that the U is now selling less than the Vita (9.495 vs 11.669 units). This appears to be due to some stores lowering Vita's price ahead of the announced date, but other factors are likely present. The 3DS sold 74.184 units in this specific week.
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madeupfred posted:So what's the difference between this color and the one that the 3DS launched with? Unless you're seriously color blind, the new light blue isn't much like the original aqua green (basically turquoise).
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alg posted:So you don't want to get a system with better screens and ergonomics but you're swayed by a system with decals on it? I'm not gonna judge other people's spending habits but it seems really obvious why someone would want a DS Lite over a DS phat or a 3DS XL over a 3DS. Mostly that they play the same games so why would I buy it twice? I found the DS fat just fine to play on and was never compelled to upgrade. The only reason I would be tempted by a good looking XL system is that the 3DS is pretty tiny and I do get a bit cramped if I play it too long.
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Doug Dinsdale posted:Unless you're seriously color blind, the new light blue isn't much like the original aqua green (basically turquoise). He's just being a negative Nancy. Speaking of special editions, how much do you reckon the Shin Megami Tensei IV special edition 3DSXL will cost when it comes out in May? I couldn't find a MSRP but does 20,000 Yen sound reasonable?
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I had a transparent pink GBA and it ruled.
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Endorph posted:I had a transparent pink GBA and it ruled. Hell yeah Fushia see through GBA for life! 
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toxicsunset posted:They're generally not. Amazon rules, but if they don't specifically list it as "release-day delivery", it's not gonna be there on day of release. Ah, thanks. I'll look for that in the future on games where it matters. I didn't necessarily expect for it to arrive yesterday, but it would have been nice if they didn't wait until the day after release to ship.
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Just in case any of you still had hope that Nintendo would do some neat stuff with their Gameboy Virtual Console The door on the right only opens on a GBA. They didn't take the time to make it work in VC.
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Great work there Nintendo, can't even be assed to flip a single bit somewhere. Doesn't that mean this game is impossible to 100% now? I can't think of any other way to get the Advance Ring, at least. I mean, it's a really minor thing all things considered, but still.
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