The 3DS Appreciation Thread

gsk

Karasu Wow, thanks for mentioning the collection and helping me realize that it was finally released in North America! The last I had checked (several years ago) I was considering picking up a copy along with a Japan region 3DS while I was in Tokyo. It’s also good that the price is pretty low so I won’t feel bad for picking it up now to exclusively to get Power Drift since I own all the rest as standalone releases!

There were three of those collections and only the second one made it overseas, so you’ll still have to go digital and/or import to get everything, and there are certain games that are only on the physical collections and vice-versa. It’s a drag.

Karasu

coreywilliams Outrun in general is such a joy for me so I’m glad that it’s gotten such deluxe and lovingly crafted ports to both the 3DS and the Switch. I used to work overnight at a place when I was at university that had an Outrun cabinet, so it’s one of the few games where I can mentally reproduce the entirety of its soundtrack in my head., pretty much guaranteeing I’ll buy ports of it over and over. Do you hear that Sega?

gsk Yeah, it stinks that they handled it that way– but I’m just happy to be able to get Power Drift! I’ll worry with the other two someday!

coreywilliams

tomjonjon I was just playing Outrun 3D this morning before work to clear my head. Even on the screen of the regular size N3DS, the combo of perfect gameplay, music and stereoscopic 3D makes it feel so immersive, it’s one of my favorite things on the system.

beets

I was looking through the 3DS eshop and found this game in the new realeases. It’s only on ‘new’ 3DS so I can’t play it but I really want to. Here’s some more details if you want to see the screenshots. It’s possibly a parody of some of the shovelware on the 3DS, though the computer system and binary make it seem like its got something more up its sleeve.

There’s also a sequel called Harold Returns.

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beets I need to play that game…
I recently hacked my New 3ds so I’m gonna do some googling to determine if its safe to buy something on the eshop, or if there’s a risk of my 3ds getting banned, If it’s safe to do so I will buy it… and report on it

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beets I found .cia files for Harold’s Walk and Harold’s Return somewhere online (im sorry mom (and developer too))…
and they are wild, I finished the first one and I’m currently half way through the sequel, and they are actually good in a very weird way, the controls are good and solid, but the level design is all over the place (in a sort of good way), they have a lot of soul in them, but a soul that has been chewed by a chihuahua and then thrown into a sale bin (also in a good way)

I kind of want to write something about these games, maybe I will!

rejj

For me, the DS and 3DS have blurred together. I have very fond memories of playing Phoenix Wright, Layton, and Picross games but would struggle to tell you which was on what system without looking it up.

TWEWY was another game from this era that I loved.

I think I bounced off of all the other common classics. I hated Mario 3D world and New SMB, I really hated Spirit Tracks, Animal Crossing was not my thing.

I did have fun with Tomodachi Life for about a week, however!

By the end of its run with me, the (3)DS was exclusively a Picross machine. Lordy I love those games

Kimimi

I really bounced off the 3DS on launch - it felt like another OK-ish handheld that would once again be replaced by the model they should’ve made the first time around in a few years time and so I struggled to invest in it, financially or emotionally. The new! 3DS is another story entirely, and I love that thing to bits even if it is region locked.

Can I also mention EX Troopers here? Only one of the best games of the last generation in my opinion, and as much of a joy on 3DS as it is on PS3 :D

treefroggy

Now that 3DS is truly dying, I think I have a new tolerance for it….
Because I’m halfway through Mario 3D World + Bowsers Fury and enjoying it, I’ve downloaded Mario 3D Land to play while I sit and watch my friend play Elden Ring.
For posterity I’m downloading all the etrian odyssey and mystery dungeon games I’ve still yet to play, as well as many other games I may want to play in the future….. I had a hardcopy of Persona Q in the past for some reason, but now I’ll DL it cause in retrospect it could be something I’d wanna play someday.
It was the retronauts episode this week that got me thinking about 3DS stuff again.
Though, not sure why they said “never play Triforce heroes even for a moment”… maybe because of some politically incorrect thing it did? But the soundtrack and graphics look amazing, and I remember when it came out, everyone on tumblr was really into it and the idea you can make link wear girl clothes now.
So as usual I disregard retronauts’ opinion, I really wanna play triforce heroes, too bad I never will, because I have no friends! The majority of my time in TH was in the online lobby, smacking the music ball for hours waiting on just 1 person to play with.

coffeentacos

treefroggy I’m not sure what the deal is with them saying that. The game is quite fun, though it’s annoying that it restricts you to either 1p or 3p. I’ve been trying to get people together to play it for years at this point because I found it kinda boring single player. Having to swap between the 3 Links slows it down quite a bit.

Punzai

treefroggy I finally got round to playing a bit of Triforce Heroes recently at work but we really didn’t enjoy it. I think it just ended up being being needlessly fiddly. Plus there were many moments when either 1 or 2 players are just doing nothing aside from standing on another’s head. I really wanted to love it as I enjoyed Four Swords and the costume stuff looks fun, but it’s all too much of a faff. YMMV.

treefroggy

coffeentacos I’m down for it, it’s on my 3ds still, so let’s find one more person lol

LoBFCanti

treefroggy I’d like to try it at least once. I’ll install it too.

treefroggy

LoBFCanti wow it’s canti the lord of black flames. I’ll start a DM chain and we can get the ball rolling! awesome

gsk

I forgot to link it here (or I forgot that I linked it here, either one) but that Sega 3D Classics rundown I may or may not have promised here has been online for a minute: https://retronauts.com/article/1864/sega-3d-classics-the-rundown

treefroggy

gsk I was reading your dsi list yesterday, didn’t know there are retronauts contributors here still! Jolly good show, I have most of the classics on my 3ds and glad to see DSiware is preserved on archive.org now

◉◉maru

gsk Great stuff, thanks. I assume there are zero differences (except maybe in terms of market value on the collector’s market) between the Fukkoku Archives 1&2 bundle and the Fukkoku Archives 1&2&3 bundle?

One note about Galaxy Force II:

AM1’s colossal showcase for both the Y Board arcade hardware and the R360 rotating cabinet

I am pretty sure GF/GFII was not operated on the R360 which released two years later (at least natively by Sega – maybe there were unofficial conversion kits?). It had its own super deluxe arcade machine that relied on piston-chambers.

And eventually received a mid-range version which converted the deluxe Thunder Blade cabinet.

gsk

treefroggy np, I plan to put up Wii U & 3DS lists as soon as I can find the time to put them together—3DS in particular has a lot of edge cases that I ought to brush up on.

gsk

◉◉maru Great stuff, thanks. I assume there are zero differences (except maybe in terms of market value on the collector’s market) between the Fukkoku Archives 1&2 bundle and the Fukkoku Archives 1&2&3 bundle?

One note about Galaxy Force II:

I am pretty sure GF/GFII was not operated on the R360 which released two years later (at least natively by Sega – maybe there were unofficial conversion kits?).

Ah, you’re right, I was reading an old history piece on the R-360 at the time and had images of an old, pre-R360 bespoke rotating kit in my mind, my bad.

re: 1&2 and 123, I’m quite sure they’re not only identical but both essentially repackaged versions of recalled/surplus stock.

sabertoothalex

I will share some 3DS appreciation: a CFW 3DS is definitely my favorite travel console! It has a small form factor and charger(vita charger is so stiff and blocky). I have mine loaded up with all the 3DS, DS, GB/C/A, SNES, and Genesis stuff I could ever want to play.

Last time I traveled with it I finished up TWEWY! This time I’m definitely going to beat Chrono Trigger and then who knows! So much possibility. It’s so easy to pick it over the Vita and Switch.

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