The 3DS is here

[A Black Falcon]

Anyone getting one anytime soon? While I'd like to, I won't be soon because the thing is on the expensive side, and there aren't many games for it yet...

[EdenMaster]

I did. I had some extra money and was impressed with it at PAX so I picked it up on launch day.

If you think it's expensive, wait till Sony unveils what theirs is gonna cost.

[Dark Jaguar]

Yeah, it's probably going to be like $400, unless Sony decides to take a huge hit just to get them in people's hands.

[Dark Jaguar]

So whatever you may say about Nintendo's glacial pace in improving their online support, I have to give them credit. They aren't "giving power to the players" with stupid Gamestop "exclusive content for preorders", and that's something we can all be glad about.

[Great Rumbler]

My brother got a 3DS so I played it a bit. It's neat, but not worth $250.

[Dark Jaguar]

As I said in the already existing 3DS thread (thunder successfully stolen ABF), I won't be picking this up just yet. It'll be a bit.

You know what this $250 does though? It lets them ride out the current price point on the DSi (and DSi LL) for as long as they want.

[etoven]

As I said in the already existing 3DS thread (thunder successfully stolen ABF), I won't be picking this up just yet. It'll be a bit.

You know what this $250 does though? It lets them ride out the current price point on the DSi (and DSi LL) for as long as they want.

There just sitting on the shelf at my local Walmart. They have a hole shit load of them..

[Dark Jaguar]

Yes, yes I imagine so.

[A Black Falcon]

I saw some 3DS games in the store, several had holographic covers (PES 2011 (soccer), SSFIV 3D), which is cool. On the negative side, something like 60% of the back of many games is taken up with large warning boxes in two or three languages, which leaves very little room for the actual description... I've been noticing on the Wii how much more common two and three language case backs are than they have been before, which is kind of annoying because it means shorter descriptions, and the larger amount taken up by warning boxes, but the 3DS takes it even farther. I understand that that "do not use in 3d mode if under 6" warning is needed, but it's too bad those warnings have to take up so much space...

[Dark Jaguar]

Well actually those warnings aren't really needed per say. There's really no evidence yet that it will interfere with mental development. (Personally I suspect that it'll turn out that mentally learning to combine fake 3D will stack just fine with real world 3D in a similar way to learning a second language not interfering with learning the primary language. However this is just an uneducated suspicion until further studies are in.) Nintendo's past regarding rulings that require big warnings for epilepsy are really just making them nervous.

As for numerous languages, yes it is a little odd. I'm sure you're with me on this, but supporting growing spoken languages in the U.S. isn't really a bad thing. That said, these games themselves weren't translated into different languages, so it is a little odd to bother translating the manuals into other languages. At the very least, they should simply put a warning in other languages that the game itself isn't in those languages.

Translation of games is a lengthy and expensive process that, in the case of recorded dialog, also requires a significant amount of additional storage space, so I'm not really complaining about them not translating the game into Spanish (let's say) as well as English for it's initial release. Putting so much work into translating manuals is a little weird though. As for the backs of boxes, it does reduce the room for descriptions, but I'm not too concerned about that since I tend to find out what I need to know about a game before I ever get to the store. I usually never even bother looking at them, since for the most part the backs of those boxes aren't exactly visually appealing to begin with. If they wish to attract the larger groups of alternative languages in the US though, then so be it. It's just odd to attract them to games that aren't in their language anyway. I personally would wait until they do eventually translate it into Spanish (usually around the time the European release happens) and simply bring those translations to the US that way. They'd probably only find a large market in specialty stores on "that side of town" but it would certainly be catering a lot better.

[alien space marine]

Does it have a built in Geiger counter, I hear that's all the rage in japan right now ?

[Dark Jaguar]

For the record, that map is a complete fabrication with nothing backing it up.

[alien space marine]

For the record, that map is a complete fabrication with nothing backing it up.

[lazyfatbum]

750 rads? Big deal. I can eat twice that and not have to worr..... oh shit I was thinking of calories. That's ALL SHE WROTE, GAME OVER MAN, GAME OVER, WERE IN SOME PRETTY SHIT NOW AWE FUCK, I DON'T HAVE THE YELLOW SUIT OR THE GUMPTION TO ACQUIRE SUPER POWERS. THIS IS FUCKED.

[lazyfatbum]

I'M GETTIN THE BIG GODDAMN GUNS

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[etoven]

That was record time for this thread to do a complete 180.. :)