Nintendo 3DS (thread twooooo)

[Dogg Thang]

Well After Burner 2 is coming to the Japanese eShop very shortly so I would take that as a good sign.

[VR46]

3DS eShop stuffs this Thursday, Look forward to playing Streets of Rage. Few Xmas sale prices too

(copy and paste from Nindendolife.com)

3DS eShop
3D Streets of Rage (SEGA, €4.99 / ?4.49) — This sidescrolling beat-'em-up is likely to be familiar to many gamers of the early '90s, with its sequel also being memorable. The act of walking the streets and beating up any and all thugs in the way is self explanatory but can certainly be fun; we'll see whether this does the original justice in our review.

3D Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master (SEGA, €4.99 / ?4.49) — It's more sidescrolling action, but this time around with some jumping and ninja moves thrown in. The Shinobi franchise is certainly a retro favourite for Sega fans in the Nintendo Life team, and the company opts to bring us the third in the series for this 3D remake. We'll summon our inner ninja to bring you a review.

Akari by Nikoli (HAMSTER, €4.99 / ?4.49) — Rather like Sudoku, yet rather than fill grids with numbers it's all about creating rows of light. This arrived in North America in July 2012, so if you need to know more you can check out the recommendation in our Akari by Nikoli review

Banana Bliss: Jungle Puzzles (Teyon, €3.99 / ?3.59) — This looks like a rather cheerful puzzle game in which you navigate your character (Morris the monkey) through plenty of quick-fire, short levels to rescue his "beloved sweetheart" Molly. There are apparently over 300 levels, so we'll swing into action with our review.

Winter Sports 2012: Feel the Spirit (Teyon, €9.99 / ?8.99) — Originally released way back in January 2012 as a retail title, this arrives on the download store still sporting its original 2012 name. No doubt released to capitalise on buzz for the Winter Olympics early next year, this lands at a reduced price and earned a reasonable recommendation in our original Winter Sports 2012: Feel the Spirit review.

101 Penguin Pets 3D (Selectsoft, €4.00 / ?3.59) — Having pet penguins is never really a possibility unless you happen to be an eskimo, and even then it's tricky and morally dubious. Thankfully the wacky world of 3DS eShop pet sims has got you covered, though we considered this to be fairly average — considering the fun premise — in our 101 Penguin Pets 3D review.

3DS Virtual Console
Life Force (Konami, €4.99 / ?4.49) — The fondly remembered Konami shooter arrives on the 3DS Virtual Console, so you can now take this slice of classic NES action on the go. We'll blast through the enemies to bring you a new review, but in the meantime you can check out our Wii Virtual Console Life Force review.

3DS Retail Download
Nintendogs + Cats (Nintendo, €44.99 / ?39.99) — The launch game finally hits the eShop in three varieties: Golden Retriever, French Bulldog and Toy Poodle.

3DS eShop Temporary Discounts
Rising Board 3D (Odenis Studio, €1.49 / ?1.29 until 2nd January, normally €1.99 / ?1.79)

Art of Balance TOUCH! (Shin'en Multimedia, €5.99 / ?5.45 until 2nd January, normally €6.99 / ?6.29)

Mutant Mudds (Renegade Kid, €4.49 / ?4.00 until 2nd January, normally €8.99 / ?8.09)

Sweet Memories: Blackjack (CIRCLE Entertainment, €2.99 / ?2.69 until 9th January, normally €3.99 / ?3.59)

Brunch Panic (CIRCLE Entertainment, €2.99 / ?2.69) until 9th January, normally €3.99 / ?3.59)

Swords & Soldiers 3D (CIRCLE Entertainment, €4.99 / ?4.49 until 9th January, normally €6.99 / ?6.29)

Wakedas (CIRCLE Entertainment, €1.99 / ?1.79) until 9th January, normally €2.99 / ?2.69)

Witch & Hero (CIRCLE Entertainment, €1.99 / ?1.79) until 9th January, normally €3.99 / ?3.59)

World Conqueror 3D (CIRCLE Entertainment, €3.99 / ?3.59 until 9th January, normally €4.99 / ?4.29)

Real Heroes Firefighter 3D (Zordix AB, €4.99 / ?4.49) until 30th January, normally €9.99 / ?8.99)

3DS eShop Demo
Brunch Panic (CIRCLE Entertainment, free)

World Conqueror 3D (CIRCLE Entertainment, free)

[Nu-Eclipse]

Well After Burner 2 is coming to the Japanese eShop very shortly so I would take that as a good sign.

That's a damn good start and a day one purchase if/when it drops on eShop over here.

Hopefully OutRun and Power Drift follow - no more ****ty MD ports or Sonic for the billionth time, please.

http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/12/3d_after_burner_ii_is_jetting_towards_the_japanese_3ds_eshop

[kryss]

https://twitter.com/Reggie_NOA/status/412681102004723713

[The Mole]

Some very good looking games coming for 3DS early next year. Both Kirby and Yoshi are looking like must buy games as is Layton vs Phoenix

[Neon Ignition]

Trailer for Chibi Robo: Photo Finder

[MisterBubbles]

Nintendo are offering 3DS owners a free game if they link their WiiU or just set up an account, http://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...load_in_europe

[Nu-Eclipse]

Nintendo are offering 3DS owners a free game if they link their WiiU or just set up an account, http://www.nintendolife.com/news/201...load_in_europe

1999's Super Mario Bros. Deluxe for the GBC, which is basically just SMB1 & SMB2 Japan AKA SMB Lost Levels.

Personally, I already downloaded the original NES versions from 3DS VC a while ago so I'm pretty much meh about it, but its nice of Nintendo to offer it all the same.

[VR46]

Is a nice incentive, but not something I'm interested in personally so my code will be given away once it arrives.

[fishbowlhead]

Can't even get my club nintendo account to work, or even get into it, to register for my free Mario 3d land. Even when they give stuff away it doesn't work properly

[nakamura]

Just checked out the 3D Sega classics. Holy moly they look good!

[Si Man 87]

Some very good looking games coming for 3DS early next year. Both Kirby and Yoshi are looking like must buy games as is Layton vs Phoenix

A yoshi game would be cool if they could make it 3d. Layton vs Pheonix would be amazing (if it actually happens) after playing through Layton's most recent release which should be coming my way at Christmas....... *crosses fingers*

[SUMIRE]

Don't understand why the original coin-op port of Altered Beast wasn't used for the 3D classics edition instead of the dire MD/Genesis port.

No matter - Altered Beast is pure sh1te anyway so I won't be wasting eShop credit on it. Same goes for Sonic 1 (not pure sh1te but I've played it to death at this point).

I've said it before: I would love to see the remaining Sega Sprite Scaler coin-ops (OutRun, Power Drift, After Burner, etc.) be released on the 3DS this way but I'm not holding my breath for them.

In regards to Altered Beast, in the interview, they said it was chosen as the arcade version didn't have parallax scrolling, although I would have preferred it as when you hit the zombies, they kind of exploded in 3D towards the screen.

[SUMIRE]

The Interviews are below. I must admit, I didn't realize they took so much work, I thought they just put them through a machine and pressed a "3D convert" button lol. Very interesting read.

Shinobi 3

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/12/17/sega-3d-classics-%e2%80%93-3d-shinobi-iii-interview-with-developer-m2/

Galaxy Force 2

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/12/12/sega-3d-classics-%e2%80%93-galaxy-force-ii-interview-with-developer-m2/

Ecco the Dolphin

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/12/10/sega-3d-classics-%e2%80%93-3d-ecco-the-dolphin-interview-with-developer-m2/

Altered Beast

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/12/05/sega-3d-classics-%e2%80%93-3d-altered-beast-interview-with-developer-m2/

Sonic the Hedgehog

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/12/03/sega-3d-classics-%e2%80%93-3d-sonic-the-hedgehog-interview-with-developer-m2/

Super Hang-On

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/11/27/sega-3d-classics-%e2%80%93-3d-super-hang-on-interview-with-developer-m2/

Space Harrier

http://blogs.sega.com/2013/11/25/sega-3d-classics-space-harrier-3d-interview-with-developer-m2/

[zeroboo]

I think it's great that they do interviews like these to let people know how much time effort and work they put into these remakes. Before I read the interviews I had zero interest in purchasing the remakes but now I think support should be given.