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Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

So, this is kind of a surprise. Nintendo is considering localizing Tomodachi Collection.

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8-bit Miniboss
May 24, 2005

CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY :filez:
C'mon Reggie....Star Tropics, it needs a revival too. :negative:

Panic Restaurant
Jul 19, 2006

:retrogames: :3: :retrogames:



Pork Pro
Gimme Mach Rider and Mole Mania, Reggie.

The REAL Goobusters
Apr 25, 2008

Yes. God yes I've been hearing about this game a lot and it totally sounds up my alley.

Saoshyant
Oct 26, 2010

:hmmorks: :orks:



No loving way. I'm shocked they are even considering it and have no idea how the Western market would welcome it, but drat, if it isn't good to see them trying to bring more games here.

Project X Zone, Project Diva, Tomodachi Collection, Toro's Friend Network? Japanese CEOs are finally thinking the rest of the world may want their crazier titles. And thank heavens they do. Back in the day I never thought Seaman would leave Japan, either.

Wowporn
May 31, 2012

HarumphHarumphHarumph
Hello, dumb question because I am a dumb person, is it bad for my battery to leave my 3DS in the charging cradle all the time when not in use?

The last time I had a handheld was when they still used AA batteries, so I"m kinda stupid about this sort of thing.

Thuryl
Mar 14, 2007

My postillion has been struck by lightning.

Regy Rusty posted:

Yeah the spider bosses are bullshit because they completely remove the interesting part of the game's combat system by taking up the whole field. However, all the spider bosses, including the super secret hardest boss in the game, are actually really easy to render completely effortless if you use the right strategy. I would tell you what this is, but I can't remember it. I do know I looked it up at the time and you can basically cheat the game's system to render them totally non-threatening.

The spider bosses are all vulnerable to the Poison status, so if you have a way to inflict poison you can focus purely on staying alive while its health ticks down and then finish it off once it's down to 1 HP.

Ruin Completely posted:

Hello, dumb question because I am a dumb person, is it bad for my battery to leave my 3DS in the charging cradle all the time when not in use?

The last time I had a handheld was when they still used AA batteries, so I"m kinda stupid about this sort of thing.

Nah, it'll be fine.

8-bit Miniboss
May 24, 2005

CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY :filez:

Ruin Completely posted:

Hello, dumb question because I am a dumb person, is it bad for my battery to leave my 3DS in the charging cradle all the time when not in use?

The last time I had a handheld was when they still used AA batteries, so I"m kinda stupid about this sort of thing.

You're fine. Lithium-Ion batteries have circuitry that prevent overcharging.

Policenaut
Jul 11, 2008

On the moon... they don't make Neo Kobe Pizza.

Saoshyant posted:

No loving way. I'm shocked they are even considering it and have no idea how the Western market would welcome it, but drat, if it isn't good to see them trying to bring more games here.

Project X Zone, Project Diva, Tomodachi Collection, Toro's Friend Network? Japanese CEOs are finally thinking the rest of the world may want their crazier titles. And thank heavens they do. Back in the day I never thought Seaman would leave Japan, either.

I am so, so happy that it appears the market is finally shifting back to the PS2 generation's bravado of just accepting anything and everything overseas. We got so much weird poo poo on the platforms in that generation and it makes me smile to see it happening again.

MonsterEnvy
Feb 4, 2012

Shocked I tell you

CyclicalAberration posted:


I haven't played any of these games. Which is a good place to start?


Another good SMT game is the Devil Survivor series. I recommend the 3ds ones for the extra content.

Nephzinho
Jan 25, 2008





Did anyone else have trouble with the jump height in DKCR? Played it over the weekend and overall thought that the levels were awesome, a lot of great moments, and the black/white/red levels were all amazing. But there were a handful of minecart levels that got frustrating for me as the height of jumps was very hard for me to get down for some reason. Like, you'd need to tap A lightly to make a short jump in time to make another jump, but I always seemed to go flying over the short gap, over the platform, and into the next pit. Did anyone else have trouble with this/know what I'm talking about?

That game is worth playing for the soundtrack, intro/boss/ending movies, and the black/white levels alone.

Wowporn
May 31, 2012

HarumphHarumphHarumph
Sweet, thanks.

Policenaut posted:

I am so, so happy that it appears the market is finally shifting back to the PS2 generation's bravado of just accepting anything and everything overseas. We got so much weird poo poo on the platforms in that generation and it makes me smile to see it happening again.

Yep, the PS2 era was really the last time I got interested in anything like that; the 3ds is probably the first thing to get me back into Japanese stuff in the past decade.

Commissar Ken
Dec 9, 2006

Children STILL love me, dammit!


MonsterEnvy posted:

Another good SMT game is the Devil Survivor series. I recommend the 3ds ones for the extra content.

This, i'm starting out on Devil Survivor 1 (DS not the 3DS one unfortunately) and it doesn't hold your hand too much but you can pretty much figure out how things work.

Policenaut posted:

I am so, so happy that it appears the market is finally shifting back to the PS2 generation's bravado of just accepting anything and everything overseas. We got so much weird poo poo on the platforms in that generation and it makes me smile to see it happening again.


Also this. I really like what i'm getting on 3DS and i'm kinda half hoping Nintendo goes whole hog with the WiiU with the Platinum stuff and that SMTxFire Emblem. I'd love it if it turned out to be the Nippon box. Keeping my eye on the PS4 to see what gets there.

Commissar Ken fucked around with this message at 23:56 on Jun 17, 2013

Hamsterlady
Jul 8, 2010

Corpse Party, bitches.

Detective No. 27 posted:

I got stuck at that Desert Spider thing or whatever it is. I think I'd be willing to sit down and finish the game if I knew a strategy against it.

Make your party Stocke (of course), Raynie, and Marco. Aht and Eruca are very fragile and are difficult to keep alive in this battle, and since it takes up all 9 squares, Aht can't use traps so her usefulness is severely limited.

Have Marco cast Magic Up on Raynie, and poison the spider with either Raynie's Poison Strike or with a Poison Wing item. Focus mainly on keeping yourself alive (the poison will eventually get it to 1 HP if you wait long enough). Whenever you feel comfortable attacking, try to strategically change turns and use Mana Bursts to give you a large combo, then have Marco use all of his turns casting Trans-Turn with Raynie, so that only Raynie and Stocke get turns (if Raynie's buff has worn off, have Marco recast at the start of the combo). Alternate between G-Fire with Raynie and Double Slash with Stocke, and you can deal quite a bit of damage, which will make the fight go much more quickly than waiting for the poison to get its HP to 1.

Here's a video of it I made awhile back. I made a few mistakes, but it might help anyway.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMjlc8Qrwj0

Steinuh
Nov 17, 2011

It just occurred to me that the thumbnail on the side of the game cases are the same icons in the ingame menu

Balobam
Apr 28, 2012

I didn't even know I had thumbnails on my cases. Time to shelf them!

How is Paper Mario btw? Played TTYD and Super Paper Mario but haven't got round to the one on the 3DS

Regy Rusty
Apr 26, 2010

Balobam posted:

I didn't even know I had thumbnails on my cases. Time to shelf them!

How is Paper Mario btw? Played TTYD and Super Paper Mario but haven't got round to the one on the 3DS

It's good but different. It's not much of an RPG and more of a puzzle solving adventure game with a pseudo-RPG battle system. The story is pretty lacking, but the levels are well designed and most of the bosses are fun.

Admiral H. Curtiss
May 11, 2010

I think there are a bunch of people who can create trailing images. I know some who could do this as if they were just going out for a stroll.

Steinuh posted:

It just occurred to me that the thumbnail on the side of the game cases are the same icons in the ingame menu

Most of them are, but I've seen at least one box now (German Tales of the Abyss box) where the icon is different from the menu one, for some reason.

Balobam
Apr 28, 2012

Regy Rusty posted:

It's good but different. It's not much of an RPG and more of a puzzle solving adventure game with a pseudo-RPG battle system. The story is pretty lacking, but the levels are well designed and most of the bosses are fun.

So it's more of a buy it when you've already got everything else you want kinda thing? probably stock up on regular DS games first then

crazkylo
Dec 20, 2008

Set the world aflame!
So I'm noticing on my XL (had it for about a month or two) that there are marks on the top screen where it sits on the lower screen when closed. I don't know if they are scratches or just dirt pressed up against it, I tried wiping it off with a small cloth but it just stayed. Is there a way to clean the screen safely to see if it will come off?

I have a screen protector on its way in the mail, Along with a protective case to hopefully keep it in decent condition.

8-bit Miniboss
May 24, 2005

CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY :filez:

crazkylo posted:

So I'm noticing on my XL (had it for about a month or two) that there are marks on the top screen where it sits on the lower screen when closed. I don't know if they are scratches or just dirt pressed up against it, I tried wiping it off with a small cloth but it just stayed. Is there a way to clean the screen safely to see if it will come off?

I have a screen protector on its way in the mail, Along with a protective case to hopefully keep it in decent condition.

It's a design flaw that affected the original 3DS more, it's the bezel of the touch screen rubbing against the top screen. It's scratches. The problem is lessened on the XL but as you can attest, it still happens. I have marks on my top screen as well, but at least it's on the screen protector I put on the day I got my XL.

Vegastar
Jan 2, 2005

Tigers will do anything for a tuna sandwich.


crazkylo posted:

So I'm noticing on my XL (had it for about a month or two) that there are marks on the top screen where it sits on the lower screen when closed. I don't know if they are scratches or just dirt pressed up against it, I tried wiping it off with a small cloth but it just stayed. Is there a way to clean the screen safely to see if it will come off?

I have a screen protector on its way in the mail, Along with a protective case to hopefully keep it in decent condition.

Same thing happened to me. As best I could tell they were scratches. I went ahead and kicked myself for not spending 9 bucks for screen protectors. Then I spent 9 bucks on screen protectors.

crazkylo
Dec 20, 2008

Set the world aflame!
:negative: Lesson learned. If I recommend the XL to any friends I'll tell em to get on buying a screen protector ASAP. Maybe if I'm lucky and a special edition XL I want comes out I can just pick that up and transfer my data over.

Viewtiful Jew
Apr 21, 2007
Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!

Hope it won't get labeled as the "Game that had gay marriage and m-preg patched out" game if it comes out here in the states.

Also guys I don't want to alarm you but the latest 3DS firmware update just released and I think they just came out with a bunch of apps for Streetpass that bring new hats with them. They're only appearing in the EU update though so I don't know when they'll appear in the US.

Edit: Holy poo poo it's not just hats!

quote:



OK, we're done. New features:

Two kinds of games in a "bigger" Mii Plaza - ones you've already, plus ones to purchase!
We've now got a Shop, and Exchange Booth, a Check for Updates button and a new Play icon, along with a new second screen menu.
New games - Streetpass Squad, Streetpass Garden, Streetpass Battle, Streetpass Mansion.
New game selection section.
Games are bought with real money, as in eShop purchases.
Streetpass Squad is like Streetpass Quest. Takes place in space. Battle the Gold Bone Gang. Costs £4.49.
Streetpass Garden. You move in to a house in Leafington and try to become a Master Gardener, under the tutelage of Mr Mendel. Grow flowers and decorate your garden. Costs £4.49.
Streetpass Battle. Game of strategy and luck. Rule a remote country in a wartorn land. Your butler, Wentworth, helps you build an army via Streetpass to battle other generals. Ultimate goal to conquer the world! Costs £4.49.
Streetpass Mansion. Spooky paranormal investigation. You're a detective trying to solve the mystery of a haunted house, helped by your assistant Ella Mentree. You work to uncover truth with the help of people you meet inside. Battle enemies to reach the top floor. Costs £4.49.
Exchange booth is locked. Clicking on it doesn't do anything yet.

quote:

It's outfits now, not just hats. 172 pieces in all.

Also, XENOBLADE STREETPASS PUZZLE.

Viewtiful Jew fucked around with this message at 01:33 on Jun 18, 2013

Sodium Chloride
Jan 1, 2008

Oooh Streetpass update for Europe! Paid DLC with new hats.

e: £4.50 each. Yikes.

I got a Skyward Sword puzzle piece.

Sodium Chloride fucked around with this message at 01:41 on Jun 18, 2013

homeless snail
Mar 14, 2007

No wonder they're doing that Streetpass relay thing, loving Streetpass plaza DLC :laffo:

PaletteSwappedNinja
Jun 3, 2008

One Nation, Under God.
You can buy 'em as a bunde for €14.99, too.

I'd be more inclined to pay if any of those outfits/hats were visible in other games and not just the StreetPass Plaza (not that many games even support Miis, but whatever).

Astro7x
Aug 4, 2004
Thinks It's All Real
Haha, and just as I thought I could do all I could do with Street Pass they do this. Way to go Nintendo, I'll probably drop some cash on more street pass mini games, they're a blast! Because I was seriously considering leaving my 3DS at home since I had no motivation to get more street passes...

Raserys
Aug 22, 2011

IT'S YA BOY
A Streetpass RTS?!? Is this how it's felt to be European for all these years? :negative:

Champeenship
Oct 9, 2012
So I update Mii Plaza, go into the first option in the shop...

And it crashes. :colbert:

Viewtiful Jew
Apr 21, 2007
Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!

Champeenship posted:

So I update Mii Plaza, go into the first option in the shop...

And it crashes. :colbert:

I'm gonna laugh if they accidentally sent out the wrong updates to the EU and JPN 3DS systems ahead of time and it wasn't supposed to go out until next week or the week after around the time of the annual shareholder meeting.

So is it better or worse that they're charging for new Streetpass games instead of just individually selling the hats and outfits?

Viewtiful Jew fucked around with this message at 01:59 on Jun 18, 2013

bpc908
Jan 27, 2013

Kacho of My own little gaming world
Wonder why Nintendo hasn't pushed the streetpass update to the US :negative:

RMZXAnarchy
Sep 9, 2011

*Insert Sailor Jupiter joke here*

bpc908 posted:

Wonder why Nintendo hasn't pushed the streetpass update to the US :negative:

NoA will probably get it to us a month from now. They do seem to be adopting the "One month after Europe" trend with retail releases after all. Who says they can't do it for digital as well?

Rirse
May 7, 2006

by R. Guyovich
The only thing I can see it being delayed if it being rolled into the patch that adds support for the cache system being placed at McDonalds and Starbucks.

Viewtiful Jew
Apr 21, 2007
Mench'n-a-go-go-baby!
This is the real tragedy of the update.

All those heroines but no Daisy? (Or Samus?)

Maybe they appear once the puzzle is done in the background or to the side when you move the camera around like how the 20 years of Kirby puzzle hid Marx and Magalor.

bpc908
Jan 27, 2013

Kacho of My own little gaming world

Viewtiful Jew posted:

This is the real tragedy of the update.

All those heroines but no Daisy? (Or Samus?)

Maybe they appear once the puzzle is done in the background or to the side when you move the camera around like how the 20 years of Kirby puzzle hid Marx and Magalor.

What game has Daisy been in lately that was not a sports game?

Laser Spider
Jan 28, 2009

bpc908 posted:

Wonder why Nintendo hasn't pushed the streetpass update to the US :negative:

Because all four of those new games will be barren wastelands in America.

Edit: Nintendo definitely pushed out some sort of system update here. I just had System Settings open so I tried updating for the hell of it, and now I'm on version 6.0.0-11U. Of course, NOA says on http://www.nintendo.com/3ds/system-update that America's latest version should be 5.0.0, so maybe they hosed up somewhere.

Laser Spider fucked around with this message at 02:20 on Jun 18, 2013

Admiral H. Curtiss
May 11, 2010

I think there are a bunch of people who can create trailing images. I know some who could do this as if they were just going out for a stroll.

Rirse posted:

The only thing I can see it being delayed if it being rolled into the patch that adds support for the cache system being placed at McDonalds and Starbucks.

I don't see why that would require a client update at all.

TechnoSyndrome
Apr 10, 2009

STARE

bpc908 posted:

What game has Daisy been in lately that was not a sports game?

What game has Pauline been in lately period.

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bpc908
Jan 27, 2013

Kacho of My own little gaming world

TechnoSyndrome posted:

What game has Pauline been in lately period.

Mario and Donkey Kong: Minis on the Move

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