Gaming It Printed Money! In 3D! The Nintendo DS/2DS/3DS/N3DS/Mobile Discussion

Tough to even make a short, non-Zelda, list, heh.

3DS: Fire Emblem Awakening, Azure Striker Gunvolt (eShop but I think there's a physical release too- either way, it makes for a nice little Mega Man X itch scratcher. Maybe a little easy but interesting mechanics), Metroid: Samus Returns. There's also the array of Nintendo keystones (Mario Kart 7, Smash Bros, Mario 3D Land, etc). Haven't had a chance to play my copies yet but Luigi's Mansion and Kirby Planet Robobot got good word of mouth too.

DS: Advance Wars Dual Strike, Henry Hatsworth and the Puzzling Adventure, ChronoTrigger, Contra 4, Metroid Prime Pinball (if you're in the mood for a pinball game), Tetris DS (really good collection of Tetris modes), Retro Games Challenge. Mario Kart DS is still one of my favorite versions of the series.

There's a small DS title called Trace Memory that's sort of a point and click adventure but it's not heavy on the gameplay yet I found myself attached to it. It's worth checking out at least one Phoenix Wright game for something different, though I think there are collections available on other platforms that might be more cost effective.

The Mario & Luigi RPG series stretches across both platforms as well. Partners in Time, Dream Team, Bowser's Inside Story. Superstar Saga (GBA) also got a 3DS remake recently.

Just note that online modes/gameplay are no longer available for DS games, so take that into account (ie: Mario Kart, Tetris DS vs modes, etc).

 

So, continuing on with my @Ramza -influenced return to my dozen-years-old save file for Harmony of Dissonance on the GBA Castlevania 2-pack that started in the Smash thread, I've miraculously made progress!

After swapping from my OG DS to the GCN GBA Player and a Wavebird (notable that this is the first time I'm really actively using it as my primary controller, as GBA games [with a couple specialty cart exceptions] don;t have rumble so I don't have to worry about losing that aspect of the games and can enjoy the wireless benefit instead), and being able to much more easier see the smaller details of the map, I found one little nook I hadn't accessed that wasn't behind a locked door or double jump obstacle.

That led me to the Skull Cave and the Skull Knight boss to acquire the feather needed to give me the double jump ability I've needed. Presumably this will lead me to the keys i need. Still, one bug step in the right direction given how stalled out this playthrough has been for over a decade despite almost constantly being in the GBA port of my DS for all those years.

One thing i'm curious about is when the series turned so heavily into being an RPG. Granted, I only played the first 4 games and a little bit of C64 prior to these GBA titles, so I skipped over SOTN and others. Was it a gradual transition or did one of them just make the hard break and add those systems?

 

So valuable.



I do love Juste's disbelief at the absurdity of the merchant opening up shop inside the castle. All the "What are you doing here? Why would you even open up shop?" comments sorta poke fun at the merchant's game mechanic existence in a way. I kinda feel like that's how any of us would react if a game mechanic suddenly manifested itself in the real world before us.

Reminds me of this a little:



"Cake isn't naturally occurring".

Then again, we're in a series that originated with a whip-wielding barbarian warrior finding pork chops inside of walls, so...

 

Freaking Konami. I was watching some videos of the older games yesterday and, man, that little chime and white screen flash before Super Castlevania... that used to mean something, sigh...

 

Well, all that needs to happen is a massive, sudden pachinko crash followed by a buy-out of Konami and... sigh...

 

I assume they'll just have new packaging for any Smash line rereleases. We have confirmation that all new/returning characters will get amiibo (so Snake, Ice Climbers, etc) and we've already seen the Ridley, Wolf and Inkling Girl Smash amiibo. I suspect the Rathalos amiibo will get NA releases now that he's a boss in Smash Ultimate. Only wild card might be new outfit variations for a couple characters (or a new subset tied to the rumored "Spirit" mode- Ghost Luigi, for instance).

Although I'm curious if they keep the same packaging size or shift the Smash series over to the smaller packaging that the subsequent lines have used.

On top of that, you have the Octoling 3-pack, the Shovel Knight 3-pack, Dark Souls Solaire & Mega Man 11- all this year.

 

In 2 hours from the time I'm posting this, there'll be a Mobile Direct focused on the JRPG-inspired Dragalia Lost, Nintendo's first original IP mobile title, which hits on 9/27. Apparently developed by Cygames who were Nintendo acquired back in May.

EDIT- While having more features to it than I expected, there doesn't seem to be a lot here to really distinguish it from any generic mobile RPG. I do like that if you summon a hero with a lower star rating that you can use in game resources to upgrade their rating instead of trying to "reroll" like people were doing for FEH. But that's not an entirely new idea, either.

 

I've never used one for a portable system, sorry.

 

My body is not ready.

End of an era.