I call it "epileptic portable lovechild of Wii and NDS"

[taotrooper]

What? It IS.

Remember my nerdgasm over the Zelda-themed 3DS pack? I BOUGHT IT. It arrived yesterday morning and fdhjsgfssdfg.

I also bought Tales of the Abyss whose European release date, incidentally, was also November 25th. So now I have the pretty console and a very nice 25th Anniversary of Zelda golden poster with several Links, Ocarina of Time, and this one, which makes the early Christmas present well justified.

U MAD, AMERICA? |D *puts sunglasses and trollface on*

It's a little sad that the only things I really needed to buy this otherwise useless gadget were ports of favorite games of mine. Nintendo needs to hurry up with the good new games.

So, the software that comes with the Wii-- I mean 3DS, is interesting but a one trick puppy. Once I played the AR games twice, I kinda lost interest. I've never watched a movie in 3D, but I like the 3D mode in this thing... as long as it's in a very soft setting, just enough to make the objects and characters pop. To the max it's just a fucking blur to me. But one milimeter is cool.

The battery is as dreadful as I was told. I remembered last night, when it died on me, that one of the reasons I was waiting for a lite version was a better battery life. Nothing I can do, I guess.

I'm in the middle of Lord Jabu Jabu so I'm finishing with young Link soon. In Abyss I'm in the Cheagle Woods. It really makes me happy to be able to play again these games that meant so much to me, in new ways. Hell, I'm just glad I can actually PAY for Abyss as I had to play a pirated NTSC PS2 copy (this statement probably makes me a bad Latina). Of course Spaniards are whining and not buying it because it's in English, which is no surprise at all.

But yeah, Ocarina is fun and even pretty in 3D. There's still not much of a point for Abyss being 3(DS) yet, but then again I still can't set shortcuts on the touch screen. But fuck that, I love both games.

Comments

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

So, do you think 3DS is worth getting?

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Unless you don't mind playing ports of old games, some fighting games, and Mario stuff? Absolutely not worth it for the average person. At least not right now.

[ayasugi-san.livejournal.com]

Ports of old games are good, especially ports of console games. But maybe I should wait a bit for more variety and/or the price to drop.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

There's no variety in the ports anyway. I was checking the e-shop for the downloadable games, and the selection was pretty lame even including the DSi ones.

[lunelight.livejournal.com]

Congrats! :D Out of curiosity, what's the best battery life it's given you?

It's a little sad that the only things I really needed to buy this otherwise useless gadget were ports of favorite games of mine.

Totally not sad, I was telling myself I'm leaning toward the Vita but that's definitely in question now that they announced the pink 3DS for the States. >_>;; I've been eyeing Ocarina of Time since I've never actually played the original, and I'd probably pick up Abyss, but most of the other games I'm interested in haven't been confirmed for release outside of Japan.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

I can't really say for sure because I haven't been counting it. I have to interrupt my happy play time a lot so I close the console, and I have no idea how much power that stand-by thing spends. I can tell it's less than my DS, though.

I'm a little unsure about reccing Ocarina to someone who's never play it, and that's because a lot of us have nostalgia-tinted glasses. It's kinda like FFVII, which I think it's boring but a lot of people love it because they grew up with it. I honestly have no idea if OoT holds up well or if it's heavily hyped. I have fun playing it, so I suppose it aged well to me, but no idea if it's truly as quality as it's said to be. Don't expect a lot of depth in the characters, though. It is a classic and the only way to know if you like it is by trying it :D