Nintendo 3DS

[BIG EDD]

With Bee.com's instore offer still being a 3DS with Zelda for ?169.99 it seemed rude not to pick it up after the sale of my car went through. I've not tried Zelda yet but a quick fiddle around with the system reminded me what a brilliant piece of kit this is.

Welcome to the club we're are a minority but our club is slowly growing LOL

[abigsmurf]

Yeah, I've had a real problem with the d-pad. It's so tiny but also, with where it's placed, it seems to put a lot of strain on my thumb. Wanted to use it for SFIV and it felt fine for a while, but it began to hurt and it wasn't long before I just couldn't use it any more and had to move to the circle pad.

I'd go so far as to call it the worst d-pad of a (significant) console I've ever played. The mushy Master System one, the original PS1 pad... both better.

[Mr M0by]

Even the Amiga CD32?!

well it was significant to me at the time.

[abigsmurf]

These were clearly the best Amiga controls:



(not the most popular Amiga joystick but they were godlike for track and field type games and it fit perfectly into my kiddy hands at the time)

[BIG EDD]

Hi folks there are more 3d videos on the European e-shopkid icuras,luigi's mansion,animal crossing,metal gear and paper Mario

[Dogg Thang]

Ooh, thanks for the heads-up. They really should send emails out or something. I'd never think to check.

Also, I totally want Animal Crossing. Any idea if that's out soon?

[koopatroopa90]

Quite like how if you streetpass someone and they are playing a game your system hasn't it'll come up with a message asking if you want to view the games videos on the eshop.

[Dogg Thang]

Weird how there isn't just a video player bit on the 3DS. They all have to be listed separately and going to another video has to go through the 'close suspended software' bit.

The 3D on Luigi's Mansion looks excellent. Hoping that turns out great. 3D on MGS3 was, on the other hand, really hard on the eyes and I found it difficult to focus.

I totally want Animal Crossing. Swimming looks nice but, aside from that and the proportions of the humans, it does look perhaps all too familiar. I really hope they add to it, revise it or expand it to justify its existence.

[Brad]

This is nintendo. You get swimming. Nothing more! And you'll be happy! Lol

[Rossco]

I like how you can change the streetpass message to a personal one if you meet the person several times! Quite cool.

But yeh, I'd say the D-Pad itself is fine, but it's placement is bad. Or is it just that the console itself is too small. I always get terrible cramp playing it even for short periods.

[KusoGaki]

http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/07/06/urban_champion_3ds_classics/

Urban champion 3D is going to be released to the JPN 3DS store next week, still wondering when we are getting Xevious 3D on the UK store though.

[importaku]

You honestly expected nintendo europe to pull their finger out?? Some of the stuff they have held back is shocking, there was no reason to hold off the e3 vids till this late yet they did, expect to be shafted over the life of the 3DS as they never change.

Wish the 3D classics were of games i actually wanted to play, as excitebike is well quite frankly crap, xevious is so basic it's dull to play & urban champion is another snoozefest. Get SMB or the first zelda in 3D then i'll buy, in fact the only thing thats good of the 3D classics so far is every time ones released game centre CX do a 3D episode of the show to cover them, i look forward to that more than the games. Just wish it wasn't streamed as i know it's not going to be on there forever

[abigsmurf]

Urban champion 3D... Of all the games they could've done they chose that?

Even if they were going for an easy task there are dozens of simple games they could've done instead.

[importaku]

LOL exactly, the famicom has a wealth of games & they seem to be choosing the rubbish ones.

[Ouenben]

You may not enjoy excitebike (I don't either for the record) but it's not seen as a crap game in the general consensus, unlike urban champion.