I got it simply for the point of getting the "getting of it" over with. I knew I'd be getting it sooner or later and price drops likely won't happen for at least a year, and I didn't feel like risking the chance of it being the next sliced bread and being impossible to find. Obviously that didn't happen, but whatever.
Zero Punctuation: Nintendo 3DS
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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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.Jamaicob5 said:
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.
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?!
Less than an hour on 3DS = splitting headache... not impressed.
Oh yeah, and, holy shit, that flying game was Aus$60?!
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.
I actually think he could be quite funny even praising a game like protal 2. Then again, I'm hopelessly optimistic.
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.
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.
I'd buy it, which is more than I can say for any other nintendo product.
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?)
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?)