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Hello. Have some tea, take a cookie *), tell us something.
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How did you get your DS/3DS handheld? (If you’ve only played one on a trade show, or are only thinking of maybe getting one, that’s cool too.)
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Your favorite game?
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An underrated game or one everyone should try?
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Any particular memories?
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Playing anything at the moment?
*) Yea ok you can have another. Keep in mind they’re virtual.
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I like 3D. I don't know why it gets so much flak. True, the whole industry jumped onto it without figuring out the details and just wanting to sell sell sell... Which didn't work. But the idea isn't bad.
I personally have 2 N3DSs (1 USA, 1 JPN model) & a DS Lite. I got the USA model from a local shop (it wasn't in great condition, but everything works, the C stick drifts badly though.) I got the Japan model from a lovely retro game shop on eBay, it's in really good condition, except for the screens (they were yellowed, but otherwise flawless.) I got the DS Lite from the same local shop as my 3DS, it's a beautiful red/black model in decent condition.
My favorite game is probably a tie between Rocket Slime, Club Penguin: Elite Penguin Force, and Fire Emblem: Awakening. I admit, nostalgia plays quite a lot in my opinion lol.
Out of the games I've recently played, I'll throw in any of the Shantae games — they're soo good. I think the 3DS game was only available on the eShop though.
I'll give you all a quick sob story. When I was like 6 or 8 years old, or something, I had brought my DS with me to the store, and when I going back into my grandpa's truck, I had dropped my DS. I picked it back up, but what I didn't realize was that the racing game I was playing had popped out, because, for some reason, I didn't have a case on my DS. To this day, I'm still not 100% sure what racing game it exactly was, but I quite liked it when I had it, lol.
Currently, Rocket Slime 3, Bravely Default, Advance Wars 1, and a bunch of others depending on my short attention span lol.
Ok, I want to let my fanboysm down and not mention Jump Ultimate Stars game in almost all the points, so here we go:
DS, It was gifted for me from a sister, I had a GBA advance at the time, and the touchscreen is what it sold me, I don't remember any game in particular, maybe Mario Kart or any first party game tbh.
Although I mentioned JUS it is really a though question, I enjoyed a lot the AA Trilogy in my DS and Metroid Prime Hunters online multiplayer as well as Mario Kart, I still think JUS is better because it is so niche and it hasn't yet a proper sequel unlike almost every other famous DS game.
JUS ;) and Time Hollow and Hotel Dusk (I know they have their fanbase, but I don't remember hidden gems for now).
Well, DS online gaming was peak online gaming for me, although it wasn't perfect I preferred it over, let's say Call of Duty on PS3, It really hit me when Nintendo closed their servers, gladly the community picked up right after with custom servers, and they keep working fine for most popular games.
I'm playing JUS online with the folks that want to play nowadays shamelessly sharing Discord group. but I'm also playing Chrono Trigger for first time ever.
Online DS huh? That's interesting
It is hard to achieve nowadays because you need a WEP capable router or set it passwordless, you can use your cellphone as a hotspot as well.
And you can even use it with an emulator, although I'm not very experienced on that field.
Sounds like a drag. Any idea if that is the case with DS games on 3DS as well?
Maybe we could do a DS/3DS multiplayer thread to get people together...
It is, only DS games suffer from this, 3DS games still have functional servers, I can't talk for all the games for sure.
Phantasy Star on DS? Well who knew, I certainly didn't.
Well, I started with Nintendo handhelds in '89 with the Gameboy and played the living heck of that, but over the years moved to primarily TV-based consoles. Recently though, in my old age, I picked up some of the portables I never had and have a reshelled DS and a Hyrule 3DS XL. The 3DS is right behind my PS5 as favorite system of all time, mainly since it's hacked and I can run all the games of my youth from all systems.
It's certainly due to when I was most active in gaming as a kid but any Mario sidescroller will forever live in my heart. Pick a flavor, any system, if it has a plumber and he runs and jumps, it's my favorite
I don't really have any niche games on the DS systems these days, but if you want something really silly and esoteric, grab Penguin Wars for the Gameboy. It's one-dimensionally terrible, annoying and utterly delightful.
Hi, all!
Hi :)
So lemme start...
I needed some entertainment in a car when I started taxi driving (when waiting or resting). Vita didn't appeal to me much and was too pricey. I bought a New 3DS and a New 2DS XL, intending to return one of them (couldn't afford both and I didn't know how to choose). It was haaaard but I kept the XL for the larger screen.
GTA Chinatown Wars and Xenoblade Chronicles. I just have a thing for large, open world games.
I think Monster Hunter World doesn't get enough love. Ace Combat: Assault Horizon Legacy (+) is also pretty neat.
It was quite fun buying 2nd hand games. Although honestly I was disappointed with a lot of the most popular ones.
I still haven't hacked my XL, I need to get around to it.
Honestly I did like the 3D quite a bit - in general I actually do like 3D. Was thinking of buying a 3D monitor for the NVidia glasses thingy, but the monitors never were too good image quality-wise, and nobody except one company was making polarized 3D, only the flickering stuff... I'd still have taken one I think except it was clear that nobody else cares and it's gonna die soon.
Also, the small 3DS build quality was amazing. I love when things are well made. The 2DS XL feels really flimsy and I kinda hate it honestly, even tho I realize it only feels like that and it's not so bad.
Also the screen is kinda crap. Yea I know I'm shitting all over the 2DS XL... But at the end, I needed the bigger screen, and the 3DS XL was too expensive.