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What are some of the best eShop titles on the 3DS?
- Thread starter Dominator
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i'd personally take a Vita version over 3DS any day of the week since I never play in 3D, so I'm still going for that one, but thanks for the info.
3DS version has phenomenal 3D. Some of the best on the system.
GoldCrusader
Member
Azure striker Gunvolt is my favourite eshop title!(about 35 hours)
I recommend it to anybody who likes to aim for perfect scores and good platformers.
I recommend it to anybody who likes to aim for perfect scores and good platformers.
Are there a lot of good ones? Definitely will check any recommendations out.
I heard so much praise for Adventure Bar Story, but can not report myself because Germany is such a special place when it comes to indie games... (meaning no indie in their right mind wants to pay our stupidly expensive rating system)
Anyway: Try The Keep and Adventure Bar Story, and be thankful that you can.
Anyway: Try The Keep and Adventure Bar Story, and be thankful that you can.
RelentlessRolento
Member
Denpa Men can be fun if you like streamlined traditional RPGs and weirdness.
Tokyo Crash Mobs is also simple but uniquely weird enough that it's charming.
The gladiator game (I forget name) is better than it ought to be. If you like punch out I'd recommend it.
Tokyo Crash Mobs is also simple but uniquely weird enough that it's charming.
The gladiator game (I forget name) is better than it ought to be. If you like punch out I'd recommend it.
pixelpolygon
Member
Steel Empire if you like old school horizontal shmups, but only if it is on sale
. Great graphics, and good use of 3D as well.
or if you are a millionaire
panama chief
Member
ban this man....my feels. I want football club so bad!! but NoA wont give it to me.
on topic: Hazumi and 50 Pinch Barrage
A Kappa's Trail is a great touchscreen controlled platformer made by some Mother 3 staff. It gets difficult though.
Pictobits is a fantastic puzzle game with a ton of nintendo fanservice.
Starship defense is my favorite tower defense game (made by the same guys who did pixeljunk monsters)
Boxlife is another great puzzle game in the artstyle series.
There's a lot of other good-to-great stuff, but they're mostly score attack games or similar stuff is available on other platforms. These four are pretty substantial, unique offerings.
It's a fun little puzzle/platform game. All the levels are quick, the at style is charming (I think) and the music is pretty good. Worth the $5, IMO. Most the levels are easy, but you will probably come to one that will make you think for a minute.
The ArtStyle games are pretty good. My personal favorite is PictoBits. The music alone is worth it. You move pixels on the bottom screen, and when they are removed they make a picture on the top screen, a scene from an NES game. The music is all remixed songs from old NES games.
Cave Story (available everywhere, I know, but the 3DS version is fantastic)
1001 Spikes
Outdoors Unleashed Africa 3D is a fun, but very stupid, safari game.
I Am An Air Traffic Controller Airport Hero Hawaii: ugly graphics, but there is something so weird and charming about this game. It was $20 when I bought it, but there is a demo.
Bike Rider DX 1 and 2
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is brilliant
VVVVVV
Another World
Crimson Shroud
There's so much good stuff on the eShop. I counted all of my 3DS downloaded games yesterday, and was shocked to find 160! That includes DSi Ware, Ambassador games, and 3DS retail games, but there's a ton of really awesome stuff to play.
1001 Spikes
Outdoors Unleashed Africa 3D is a fun, but very stupid, safari game.
I Am An Air Traffic Controller Airport Hero Hawaii: ugly graphics, but there is something so weird and charming about this game. It was $20 when I bought it, but there is a demo.
Bike Rider DX 1 and 2
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is brilliant
VVVVVV
Another World
Crimson Shroud
There's so much good stuff on the eShop. I counted all of my 3DS downloaded games yesterday, and was shocked to find 160! That includes DSi Ware, Ambassador games, and 3DS retail games, but there's a ton of really awesome stuff to play.
AcceptableGhost
Member
this
AcademicSaucer
Member
That game would have made a killing last year during the world cup, but NOA NOA'ed it
Art Style: Pictobits
Dark Void Zero
Starship Defense
Bird & Beans (if you don't somehow already own it through one of various wario titles)
TheGreatMightyPoo
Banned
Go Go Kokopolo! is the best shop game but I don't think it's available anymore and it's DSiWare.
If the sequel actually gets finished, grab it.
If the sequel actually gets finished, grab it.
axisofweevils
Holy crap! Today's real megaton is that more than two people can have the same first name.
Another vote for Steamworld Dig.
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball and Nintendo Pocket Football Club are both amazing but which one you can buy is limited by region.
Rusty's Real Deal Baseball and Nintendo Pocket Football Club are both amazing but which one you can buy is limited by region.
Naked Snake
Member
This! Seriously, these have elevated my love for the 3DS to a whole new level.
Erin S Kittens
Member
Came here to post this, thinking no one else would. Glad to see this underappreciate classic getting some recognition.
Naked Snake
Member
I'll add another vote for VVVVVV and Shovel Knight.
Zen_Arcade
Banned
You should buy some of the Sega 3D Classics. If you're a Sega fan you'll recognize a lot of the names right off the bat, and every one I've bought so far has been great. I'd recommend Outrun and Fantasy Zone.
QuixoticNeutral
Member
Pushmo/Pullblox and Crashmo/Fallblox are both essential for anyone who appreciates cerebral block puzzles that rely more on logic and experimentation than on quick reaction time. I found them both on the easy side (rather, the difficulty takes a long time to ramp up) but they are nevertheless highly rewarding to play.
Shovel Knight is masterful, and more evocative of classic Mega Man than Mega Man himself. I played it on Wii U (better D-pad) but it's a game worth acquiring on whatever system is available.
I'd personally like to hear more about the Dillon's Rolling Western games or MvDK: Minis on the Move, as I'm considering picking them up as Club Nintendo rewards with my remaining points.
Shovel Knight is masterful, and more evocative of classic Mega Man than Mega Man himself. I played it on Wii U (better D-pad) but it's a game worth acquiring on whatever system is available.
I'd personally like to hear more about the Dillon's Rolling Western games or MvDK: Minis on the Move, as I'm considering picking them up as Club Nintendo rewards with my remaining points.
Akiyama_AE
Member
No Shovel Knight??? I'm really dissapointed it's one of the best games I grabbed from the Eshop.
I didn't know Shovel Knight had come out yet but I just did some googling (because that's ridiculous, it's a popular game):
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-05-shovel-knight-is-finally-out-in-europe-on-3ds-and-wii-u
Apparently came out near the end of last year.
IIRC you have a vita and it comes out in a few days if you can wait...unless EU actually gets screwed again. Pumped for it myself after all the positivity surrounding it.
Sir_Crocodile
Member
Off the top of my head:
Crimson Shroud
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Picross E1
Picross E2
Picross E3
Picross E4
Picross E5
Mutant Mudds
Weapon Shop De Omase
Azure Striker Gunvolt
The Denpa Men
The Denpa Men 2
The Denpa Men 3
Hana Samurai
Mighty Switch Force
Mighty Switch Force 2
Nintendo Pocket Footbal Club
Steamworld Dig
NightSky
Yumi's Odd Odyssey/Sayonara Umihara Kawase
Retro City Rampage
Kokuga
Gunman Clive
Gunman Clive 2
Good but maybe wait for a sale
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Code of Princess
Liberation Maiden
The Starship Damrey
Aero Porter
Bugs VS Tanks
Not tried yet but apparently good
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Dedede's drum dash deluxe
Kirby Fighters Deluxe
Zombie Incident
A-Train
3D Classics
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3D Galaxy Force 2
3D Shinobi 3
3D Fantasy Zone
3D Fantasy Zone II
3D Out Run
3D Space Harrier
3D After Burner
VC
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Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Shantae
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2
Super Mario Land 3 : Warioland
Warioland 2
Warioland 3
Donkey Kong (this is the brilliant Donkey Kong '94)
Lufia : The Legend Returns
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
DSiware
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Can't remember too much dsiware now, but Shantae: Risky's Revenge was awesome
Crimson Shroud
Attack of the Friday Monsters!
Picross E1
Picross E2
Picross E3
Picross E4
Picross E5
Mutant Mudds
Weapon Shop De Omase
Azure Striker Gunvolt
The Denpa Men
The Denpa Men 2
The Denpa Men 3
Hana Samurai
Mighty Switch Force
Mighty Switch Force 2
Nintendo Pocket Footbal Club
Steamworld Dig
NightSky
Yumi's Odd Odyssey/Sayonara Umihara Kawase
Retro City Rampage
Kokuga
Gunman Clive
Gunman Clive 2
Good but maybe wait for a sale
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Code of Princess
Liberation Maiden
The Starship Damrey
Aero Porter
Bugs VS Tanks
Not tried yet but apparently good
------------
Dedede's drum dash deluxe
Kirby Fighters Deluxe
Zombie Incident
A-Train
3D Classics
------------
3D Galaxy Force 2
3D Shinobi 3
3D Fantasy Zone
3D Fantasy Zone II
3D Out Run
3D Space Harrier
3D After Burner
VC
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Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Seasons
Legend of Zelda: Oracle of Ages
Legend of Zelda: Link's Awakening DX
Shantae
Super Mario Land
Super Mario Land 2
Super Mario Land 3 : Warioland
Warioland 2
Warioland 3
Donkey Kong (this is the brilliant Donkey Kong '94)
Lufia : The Legend Returns
Bionic Commando: Elite Forces
DSiware
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Can't remember too much dsiware now, but Shantae: Risky's Revenge was awesome
TheMoon
Member
Isn't a number of Phoenix Wright games only available through eshop in NA? Get them all
You didn't even look at the OP's post, did you?
Chris Ticehurst
Member
Many great games on the eShop. I would vote for Gunman Clive and Gunman Clive 2 - two of the best cheap games you will ever buy.
Both of these games were announced for international release, so they won't be JP-exclusive forever, but Minna de Mammote Knight (Protect Me Knight 2) and Petit Computer 3 (SmileBASIC) are both both fantastic; PMN2 is a brawler/tower defense/RPG by Yuzo Koshiro's company Ancient, and Petit Computer 3 is an app that lets you make, play and share apps using BASIC programming language.
I bought this at launch, and have tried to enjoy it, but it's just so slow! Tim Rogers apparently likes it quite a bit, and I'm fond of that dude's opinions, but I just don't get it.
Has anyone played it and is there a secret to playing the game?
It's not a danmaku game, it's more about carefully aimed shots and learning when to use your powerups than your typical spray-and-pray game. There's no secret and nothing to get, you'll either appreciate it or you won't.
It also feels like the powerup/card system was designed with multiplayer in mind, with the idea that it randomises each player's role and forces them to employ different tactics when taking on bosses, but I don't think anyone has ever played Kokuga with other people so that aspect is gonna be lost on most people.
slick7rick
Member
I highly recommend the cheap but extremely fun title, Witch and Hero. It's around $2.79
Also, Gunman Clive 1 and 2. I also had fun with Shovel Knight and Pokemon Rumble World. Steamworld is fantastic if you haven't played it but it's very short. And pick up some 3D classics, they're great.
Also, Gunman Clive 1 and 2. I also had fun with Shovel Knight and Pokemon Rumble World. Steamworld is fantastic if you haven't played it but it's very short. And pick up some 3D classics, they're great.