Zero Punctuation: Nintendo 3DS

[necromanzer52]

Aw. I was looking forward to portal 2.

 

[subtlefuge]

I'm sorry, but Majora's Mask and Wind Waker =/= Ocarina of Time.

 

[Shameless]

Every time they have a success it is followed by a failure? Which was the last failure? I didn't think the Gamecube did that bad, especially with Metroid Prime.

It was the least selling Nintendo console, which is probably the reason that made Nintendo change it's direction towards casual players.

 

[Rotting Corpse]

Funniest episode since Metroid, keep up the good work Yahtzee.

 

[qbanknight]

The jokes involving the kids had me laughing my ass off

 

[ZZoMBiE13]

Damn you, we want Portal 2!

I was actually hoping more for Mortal Kombat. He'll probably like Portal 2 despite it's being a sequel. And there's nothing less fun than watching a Yahtzee video where everything is peachy.

I was hoping he'd hit MK and then make fun of everything having a letter K instead of a letter C. Ah well, maybe in 2 weeks.

 

[Xman490]

Dammit, Yatzee! Not only do you hold off on Portal 2 (not a surprise, really, with your 2-week schedule), but you tease us by mentioning ARGs, "The Cake is a Lie", and the moon!

 

[SckizoBoy]

Surprised he didn't make comments to the effect of 'literal head-fuck'.

Less than an hour on 3DS = splitting headache... not impressed.

Oh yeah, and, holy shit, that flying game was Aus$60?!

 

[yourbeliefs]

Maybe as with most Nintendo products, the second version will be the one actually worth buying. I have little use for handhelds in general though since I see no real reason to play a device with a screen that small when I have 3 modern consoles attached to a 50" Plasma, and because on long trips I'm always the one doing the driving unless I've become blindingly inebriated.

 

[ColdBlooded]

I actually think he could be quite funny even praising a game like protal 2. Then again, I'm hopelessly optimistic.

 

[roostuf]

Oh come on! why cant i go on the big chair, you're not going to gloat enough for it.

 

[Mxrz]

The best thing about the DS was the cheaper development costs, I wonder if that'll be true for the 3DS. - Beyond that, 3D just doesn't work for some people, and even gives some headaches. I hate the idea of having to pay extra/more for a game because of a gimmick that doesn't work for me.

 

[JoJo]

I guess YC won't be reviewing Homefront considering that its now been weeks since it was released, but perhaps that was to be expected seeing as Homefront is basically just a 6 hour long CoD clone.

He might just be waiting until there's a spot where not much else has come out, Fable 3 took a couple of months for a ZP review to appear.

 

[FiveSpeedf150]

They should really just give up and re-release the N64, and the entire library of N64 games, with modern graphics. Maaaaybe improve the AI a bit, but I doubt they could do that without being tempted to meddle with the shit that made the games fun in the first place.

I'd buy it, which is more than I can say for any other nintendo product.

 

[Eternal_Lament]

Good review! BTW I think this is your first official console review unless you count the retrospective from 2007.

Also, yeah I don't think I'm going to get a 3DS either (this video didn't influence me, but it did touch on points that make the system not worth it for me). For one thing, it says something about how useful the main feature actually is when the company says that it wont be a necessary feature to play games. Which begs the question: whats the point for paying extra money for a feature that has no bearing on gameplay? And yeah, while I would say any console has a bad launch line-up, at least other consoles had some (not all) of the things people were interested in come out close to about 2-3 months after launch, not 8 months to a year (also, does anyone else notice that the most anticipated games for the system are remakes?)

 

[Trogdor1138]

Good job Yahtzee, I was surprised that you were doing a system review and it was the first one in ages that genuinely made me laugh out loud a few times. I haven't been hearing much on the 3DS due to nobody around here giving a shit about it. I was just curious to how their glasses-free 3d worked and wanted to test it out, I'm in no rush though and I will not be buying one until there's a substantial library of good games and the price drops significantly.

 

[AlissaX70]

Portal 2? I don't give a shit, I'm joining the "where-the-hell-is-the-Portal-2-review" bandwagon. Mostly because it's the perfect paradox: a Portal game, but a sequel.

As far as this review goes... at least he called out Nintendo; we don't want another gimmick, we want more games! And I don't mean "more Mario or Zelda" games. The Nintendo 3DS sounded stupid anyway, it makes sense that it doesn't have any groundbreaking (or even good) games yet...

 

[AssassinJoe]

Oh my, Yahtzee having critiques with a gaming device made by Nintendo? That's new!

 

[NightmareTaco]

Every time they have a success it is followed by a failure? Which was the last failure? I didn't think the Gamecube did that bad, especially with Metroid Prime.

It was the least selling Nintendo console, which is probably the reason that made Nintendo change it's direction towards casual players.

I guess Virtual Boy didn't make it onto your list of Nintendo consoles? Lol.

I think the 3DS will be a good purchase... next year. For now I'm excited for their silly ports.

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

And this is why you don't buy a console at launch.