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Nintendo eShop update officially released [New Update: Fixes Ridge Racer 3DS issue]
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shadyspace
Banned
On the 3DS? Already?Big One said:
DidntKnowJack
Member
This may be an odd question, but I was wondering if anyone was in the same boat as me.
I have a 3DS (obviously) but I also kept my beautiful, gorgeous, "omfg I love this thing" DSi XL, and just can't bring myself to transfer my e-shop stuff to the 3DS. I mean, I really can't think of a reason to, other than having the ability to log the hours spent playing. Which I really don't care about.
I guess this was a silly question, but I was getting ready to do the switch and asked myself wtf I was doing...
I have a 3DS (obviously) but I also kept my beautiful, gorgeous, "omfg I love this thing" DSi XL, and just can't bring myself to transfer my e-shop stuff to the 3DS. I mean, I really can't think of a reason to, other than having the ability to log the hours spent playing. Which I really don't care about.
I guess this was a silly question, but I was getting ready to do the switch and asked myself wtf I was doing...
lunchwithyuzo
Banned
I'm in the no transfer club too. Limited transfers and resolution mismatches means I'm waiting.
sfog said:
What I don't get about the 3ds eshop design is the lack of persistent tabs on the bottom screen. The search bar is persistent and that's great. But there should be a persistent tab for new releases, best sellers, recommended for you, and stuff like that. Right now shopping takes way too much scrolling.
WiiRevolution1
Member
^ Yea it is quite low.
But like you said the only reason to transfer is the Activity Log. (and having it all on one system) Which is why I did transfer. I love counting playtime stats. Acording to my 3DS I've played over 180 hours total D:
Well if you want to have your games on the big and beautifull XL screens then yea no reason to transfer.DidntKnowJack said:
But like you said the only reason to transfer is the Activity Log. (and having it all on one system) Which is why I did transfer. I love counting playtime stats. Acording to my 3DS I've played over 180 hours total D:
GeekyDad said:
I remember those days, that was nearly four years ago. Good times, they closed them the minute I went to college. I had a lot of fun on them. Whew, starting to feel slightly old considering I'm not in college now but rather I work as a healthcare admin and I'm about to start on my masters. Son of a gun, that really does feel like yesterday though...
I digress, they have a Facebook page now, they just opened it up a few weeks back. Not quite like a blog though.
the androgyne
Member
womp said:Yeah the SGB version would be fantastic...
Sorry for the crappy quality...I couldn't get the lighting right (Probably have the backlight up too high). Either way, day one purchase. It was always one of my favorite GB titles.
Even though i'll probably buy it again for 3DS, i recently bought a DK'94 cart while in japan, and have been playing it on my GCN Game Boy Player..... anyone know if you can get it to display the full colour version as above? I'm only getting GBColor shades by default.
MrDanger88
Member
Am I able to transfer DSiWare back to the DSi? Yeah I don't see the point of transferring it to them other than the activity log. The battery is pretty bad on the 3DS compared to the DSi and the DS games dont look as good on them.
Sammy Samusu
Member
Cute, my 3DS was in SpotPass mode and the blue light turned on, now it's asking me to start a new system update ("it's not necessary to connect to the internet.")
Also, have you guys noticed how Game Notes has borders since the 2.0 update?
Also, have you guys noticed how Game Notes has borders since the 2.0 update?
WiiRevolution1
Member
? I dont notice and borders in game notes. Just checked + I used it alot in Link's Awakening and did'nt notice any borders.Sammy Samusu said:
Its cool that this update was downloaded automaticly. I'll have to purposly not update next time to see how that works since I manually did it. Seems like it doesnt auto update to a couple hours after the update hits. But its still good.
ShineALight
Member
How do you use the borders in the game notes?
So, is there any info on what today's update does -- if anything? I assume it's "behind the scenes" fixes for the Ridge Racer glitch and such, but it would be nice to know.
What do you mean by "borders," exactly? I ask as I haven't noticed anything different.
Sammy Samusu said:
What do you mean by "borders," exactly? I ask as I haven't noticed anything different.
PigSpeakers
Member
I think the borders thing might be that it originally was just solid white on the entire screen, but now it's got some kind of gray border around the outside. I've only used game notes once so far, and that was to draw a big, multi-pieced whale using each of the game notes panels.
iamaustrian
Member
am I the only one who thinks that certain dsiware games look actualy better on 3DS?
i.e.: Soul of Darkness on my friends 3DS shits all over mine on my DSi.
i.e.: Soul of Darkness on my friends 3DS shits all over mine on my DSi.
Annoying Old Party Man
Member
wh-where is the update? the new content?..
flipswitch
Member
wrowa said:
It's in the topic heading.
DavidDayton said:
Yeah, I was kinda hoping for some more details, too... the site that I first read about it on just said that it included the normal "general stability and performance fixes". I was kinda hoping to hear that the Ghost Recon freezes had been patched away, too! (Or maybe that was fixed in the previous update... I haven't played in a while!)
metsallica
Member
Whoa whoa whoa, it's the Super GameBoy version?! AWESOME! DK '94 is one of my all-time faves! Fantastic game, shame so few remember it.womp said:Yeah the SGB version would be fantastic...
Sorry for the crappy quality...I couldn't get the lighting right (Probably have the backlight up too high). Either way, day one purchase. It was always one of my favorite GB titles.
Xscape seemed to look a bit better, but could just be my mind playing tricks.iamaustrian said:
Fernando Rocker
Banned
I love how the firmware update was downloaded automatically during the night... nice feature...
The eShop still needs a lot of work thought.
The eShop still needs a lot of work thought.
Cheesemeister
Member
womp said:Nintendo is officially releasing it on eShop today though and I urge everyone to snag it - utterly fantastic game.
I doubt Nintendo is including the awesome SuperGameboy support though.
Forget it, I'm not buying it without Super Game Boy support.
the lack of Super Game Boy colour support is really upsetting. It's upsetting on the game boy player too, and upsetting on the Game Boy Color... but it's even more disappointing here where they're selling it as a standalone product.
I bought DK94 just a couple of months ago to play on my gameboy player, but I am glad to buy it again to have a portable copy.
It really feels like Nintendo purposely insulting hardcore fans by ignoring Super Game Boy support. I appreciate that it's important for them to get a Mario and a Donkey Kong game on the system ASAP, but it would have been so nice to have Super GB colour support.
edit: and womp is breaking hearts with his misleading photo ;_;
I bought DK94 just a couple of months ago to play on my gameboy player, but I am glad to buy it again to have a portable copy.
It really feels like Nintendo purposely insulting hardcore fans by ignoring Super Game Boy support. I appreciate that it's important for them to get a Mario and a Donkey Kong game on the system ASAP, but it would have been so nice to have Super GB colour support.
edit: and womp is breaking hearts with his misleading photo ;_;
GeekyDad
Member
My main disappointment is that we still don't have a 3DS original downloadable title. 3D Classics are great and all, but shouldn't the eShop have launched with at least one original title for 3DS? Nintendo give the impression they're a mom-and-pop developer with the way they build a corral around wild horses, but come on, this is one of the biggest companies in Japan -- in the world. That bare-minimum shit's gettin' old.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
Teknoman said:
I'm with Teknoman; I thought it was way quieter than the rest. Too bad, nice music.ciD_Vain said:
Don't think so. Game Boy Color and Game Boy Advance also ignored SGB palettes, and Game Boy Player is pretty much a screenless GBA.the androgyne said:
All the pictures at Nintendo.com show full gray.womp said:That is a pic I took of it being run on an emulator via my 3DS. Nintendo is officially releasing it on eShop today though and I urge everyone to snag it - utterly fantastic game.
I doubt Nintendo is including the awesome SuperGameboy support though.
Well, a card to do similar things yourself would only set you back the price of a few VC GB games. Though admittedly, staying COMPLETELY above-the-board and ripping your own cartridge would be a bit more trouble.dock said:
The Japanese eshop had 6 original 3DS titles from launch, 7 counting Pokedex 3D which launches tomorrow.GeekyDad said:
They also have an extra 3D classic over everyone else.
http://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/eshop/software/index.html
I think the excitement I had, such as it was, over the eShop is just gone now. Figured it would happen as it happen with the Wii Shop Channel, Xbox Live, and PSN. Just glad I never let that excitement go to my head. Always remind myself never to make purchases during that phase so I've still have yet to make a purchase. However with Zelda:OoT coming soon I think Link's Awakening can wait. I just hope releases aren't boring and slow like the Wii Shop/DSiWare/WiiWare. Though I assume they will be. If so then checking weekly for what is added might not be worth it. Checking monthly on the other hand or every two months might be the better way of going about it.
AndyMoogle
Member
It doesn't seem like this update fixes the glitch where the charge light never turns off while charging in the cradle.
demonturkey
Member
NoE must have heard us as there's an abundant amount of trailers up on the E-Shop now, for Asphalt 3D, Sports Island 3D and Sodoku. And none of them are actually in 3D.
PigSpeakers
Member
So hey. What exactly is Donkey Kong 94? I hear GAF talk about it all the time, but what's its deal? Why is it so good? It's up on the eShop for $4 today and I dunno if I want to go for it or not.
digita1alchemy
Member
I wish Nintendo would stop releasing games I already own. I only have Links Awakening DX, Donkey Kong, and Metroid II for my GameBoy Color. So, obviously, the next GB release after DK will be Metroid II.
shadyspace
Banned
It's not Nintendo's fault you own the three good Game Boy games.digita1alchemy said:
AndyMoogle
Member
Tetris, Tetris DX, Qix, Kirbys Pinball Land and Mystic Quest are also good. Not to mention all the Pokemon games.shadyspace said:
EDIT: I forgot a few... Super Mario Land 2, Wario Land, Tetris Attack. Probably some more I'm forgetting.
JoshuaJSlone
Member
It's not as unique now as it was in 1994. Now we've seen many updates on classic games, and even the continuation of this type of game in the Mario vs Donkey Kong series.PigSpeakers said:
Basically, it takes the idea of the original Donkey Kong and greatly expands it. The first four stages are even shrunken-down Game Boy versions of the original four arcade stages. But Mario's got a much greater number of moves. Things like backflips, swinging around ropes and jumping up, crossing from rope to rope like in Donkey Kong Jr. It gets more puzzly past those recreation stages. There'll be a key you'll have to find a way to get to the keyhole. Have to avoid/kill/move enemies, use items that do things like create short-lasting bridges or ladders, use switches to control conveyor belts. Every several stages there will be a boss stage that's more about just surviving hazards and reaching Donkey Kong/Pauline, at which point he'll run off again. 100 stages total.
EDIT: This video of what you get pressing nothing at the title screen shows off the new moves. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcHwhb98LWU