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Nintendo 3DS European Launch
- Thread starter Cheesemeister
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Amazon prime delivery still a-waiting (Okamiden, Pokemon Black, Ridge Racer 3DS), but the van is moving about. Luckily I asked for it to be sent to my office which is just behind...
... HMV oxford street, where my black 3DS and Piloetwings is waiting for me (along with Crysis 2 which I'll try and sneak out of the midnight launch...).
What, just 12hrs until I've got everything, 6 of those hours I'm working, 4hrs I'm drinking. Not a bad day at all.
But you guys have got me depressed about the 3DS's DS emulation.... Is it really that bad? or if I haven't seen the game on the DS yet, will I still notice how bad it is?
... HMV oxford street, where my black 3DS and Piloetwings is waiting for me (along with Crysis 2 which I'll try and sneak out of the midnight launch...).
What, just 12hrs until I've got everything, 6 of those hours I'm working, 4hrs I'm drinking. Not a bad day at all.
But you guys have got me depressed about the 3DS's DS emulation.... Is it really that bad? or if I haven't seen the game on the DS yet, will I still notice how bad it is?
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
Grrr, still nothing on my expedited Amazon delivery. I'm starting to get antsy 
BGBW said:
Ok, I'm not sure what to expect, my sister assures me that Russell Cane is very funny and Plan B are good too. I'm just hoping that I get to play loads of 3DS games in a comfortable enivorment, I wanted to play Star Fox 3DS ever since I saw a video of it running at 3DS preview event in Feb.
Dabookerman
Member
Mine has arrived! From Tesco Ent
Only thing is, the receipt doesn't have a record of the discount...
What about you guys?
Only thing is, the receipt doesn't have a record of the discount...
What about you guys?
supermackem
Banned
Im not in on this launch but i still love a hardware launch, dont dissapoint gaf get those launch night pics up.
Shanadeus said:
If you live in the UK, it should get there tomorrow morning if its been picked by 5:30PM. It can obviously be delayed because of the post service, but amazon are quite good at getting it all out.
I remember that royal mail did a special service for Burning Crusade and the Wii, both of which were not picked up until 9-10PM. Don't fret (yet)
Eurogamer has an article on the UK pricing, but tbh, compared to Europe I'm not sure there's a lot of room for complaint.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-24-why-the-nintendo-3ds-costs-GBP230-article
More interesting is that it has info on the first estimated BoM for 3DS that I've seen, from UBM TechInsights. For whatever it is worth, they reckon a 3DS's components cost Nintendo $101.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-24-why-the-nintendo-3ds-costs-GBP230-article
More interesting is that it has info on the first estimated BoM for 3DS that I've seen, from UBM TechInsights. For whatever it is worth, they reckon a 3DS's components cost Nintendo $101.
SpacePirate Ridley said:Been playing Super Street Fighter IV and Pilotwings.
Manual of SSFIV is awesome, full of colour and fat, just as I like them. Thank god fonr Nintendo bring it in here (although I wanted the 3D boxart
Im a starter with Street Fighter (played SFII and SSFII on super nes when I was small and beat with two characters arcade in SFIV in PC) and Im not very good.
But I could beat yesterday the arcade mode with Guile and Vega, and Seth in normal. I remember Seth giving me a VERY hard time in SFIV (and I played that game in easy) but in this game I could beat it not easy, but it was not as difficult, have they toned it down? (it was more difficult to beat Ryu nearly at the end of the arcade path with Vega than Seth, fuck the hadoken spamming the cpu does). Also played fast fight in online, one with a spanish (becuase of the name) and the other with a japanese. It really works great, no lag and it connects very fast. The first time it was a guy woth Blanka spamming the rolling attack, he one the first one and I won the second one. The next fight with the japanese, he had lots of player points already and he beat the shit of me.
Great game, I really love the music, particularly in the rival stage (of course, the classic melodies are simply awesome) much better than vanilla SFIV shitty soundtrack and shitty commentator. The graphics and the 3D are incredible. There are even achievements.
Pilotwings is not easy guys. Well, its easy to beat the game, and very fast. But thats not what Pilotwings consist. Three stars is relatively easy, but the perfect score 3 red stars is difficult, in some missions REALLY difficult (when you see you score at the end sometimes you will ask how the heck is possible to do it perfect). Thats how you play pilotwings, trying to get the perfect score in all missions, and that feels great.
Music is REALLY good, reminds me of SimCity music.
THANK YOU! Those are the two I am undecided about. And I am in the same spot, haven't really played Street fighjter since the SNES. Could you give a final judgement? Which one is the better game in your opinion. No need to elaborate, just which one you had more fun with.
demonturkey
Member
My friend just received his 3DS from Amazon UK.
His dispatched a day before mine (Tuesday!) so I think I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow. And he pre ordered his later than me!
NO JUSTICE
His dispatched a day before mine (Tuesday!) so I think I'm going to have to wait until tomorrow. And he pre ordered his later than me!
NO JUSTICE
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
syoaran said:
I'm depressed with you man having tried a few games out :-(
Played in native resolution (which it's fair to say is pretty tiny) the games look great, better than my DSi in fact, but when scaled to the size of the screens (default option) they do look very poor. I have 7 DS games unplayed waiting to go too, so guess it's either keep a separate DS to play them on or get used to the tiny screens on 3DS which will allow me to use the (great) analogue. Hmmm.
supermackem
Banned
Dabookerman said:
Im reading that on other forums too mate, i wouldnt worry about it check your bank and or phone tesco just to make sure.
the androgyne
Member
Jo Shishido's Cheeks said:
What are the actual dimensions of the non-stretched DS game screens then?
Dabookerman
Member
Thanks. I credit carded it, and it's not shown up yet. Should be fine in that caseLinkified said:
supermackem
Banned
Hmmmm anyone waiting for a tnt to bring them there 3ds order better make sure they check it before signing for it. A lad on another forum had his opened nicked the contents of the box and sealed back up.
frankie_baby
Member
Britprog said:
Just in case anyone particularly wants to watch the launch party its being broadcast tomorrow night on sky 1 and sky 3d
Nicktendo86
Member
Similar story with my Amazon UK order here, Street Fighter 4 is 'despatching soon' while my 3DS not yet been despatched, god I hope it arrives tomorrow.
Cosmonaut X
Member
Ugh. Just got a Amazon email in my inbox, got all excited and rushed to read it only to see that it was just Pilotwings shipping. Still waiting on SSFIV and Nintendogs + Cats, and no sign of my 3DS on its way although all three are listed as "Dispatching soon". Of course, as I live in the Highlands I'm probably fooked for getting anything tomorrow now, even if it does all go in the next hour or two...
DeadRockstar
Member
I registered my system on club nintendo. How do I know if I get a shirt? I got 1000 points for it.
Neckbeard69
Neo Member
Belgium here: Just got a message on my phone that I can pick up my 3DS in the local gamemania shop.
Now howling at the door in the office like a dog in heat. Come on! End this working day already!
Now howling at the door in the office like a dog in heat. Come on! End this working day already!
Amazon UK have me raging. It could all turn out fine, but the system and games I preordered back in Feb are set to "Dispatching Soon", whilst the system and games that I preordered late last week on behalf of my mum (for dad) have already been dispatched.
I mean, isnt there some kind of fucking queue? Ill be pissed if his pitches up before mine.
I mean, isnt there some kind of fucking queue? Ill be pissed if his pitches up before mine.
Shanadeus said:
Thats fine, but it does mean that as long as it was not "lost" in transit, it can still arrive Saturday.
To further explain this:
This does happen when theres tons of parcels in one area and the local dispatch office can not get enough staff to cover the amount of deliveries. This is just a question of how many people have parcel deliveries that day, where you live, and how hard the staff work. In my experience, its normally ok - but I can understand the frustration - felt the same when the Wii came out (8AM the day of launch, for the record).
BillyG_3001
Member
SpacePirate Ridley said:Been playing Super Street Fighter IV and Pilotwings.
Manual of SSFIV is awesome, full of colour and fat, just as I like them. Thank god fonr Nintendo bring it in here (although I wanted the 3D boxart
Im a starter with Street Fighter (played SFII and SSFII on super nes when I was small and beat with two characters arcade in SFIV in PC) and Im not very good.
But I could beat yesterday the arcade mode with Guile and Vega, and Seth in normal. I remember Seth giving me a VERY hard time in SFIV (and I played that game in easy) but in this game I could beat it not easy, but it was not as difficult, have they toned it down? (it was more difficult to beat Ryu nearly at the end of the arcade path with Vega than Seth, fuck the hadoken spamming the cpu does). Also played fast fight in online, one with a spanish (becuase of the name) and the other with a japanese. It really works great, no lag and it connects very fast. The first time it was a guy woth Blanka spamming the rolling attack, he one the first one and I won the second one. The next fight with the japanese, he had lots of player points already and he beat the shit of me.
Great game, I really love the music, particularly in the rival stage (of course, the classic melodies are simply awesome) much better than vanilla SFIV shitty soundtrack and shitty commentator. The graphics and the 3D are incredible. There are even achievements.
Pilotwings is not easy guys. Well, its easy to beat the game, and very fast. But thats not what Pilotwings consist. Three stars is relatively easy, but the perfect score 3 red stars is difficult, in some missions REALLY difficult (when you see you score at the end sometimes you will ask how the heck is possible to do it perfect). Thats how you play pilotwings, trying to get the perfect score in all missions, and that feels great.
Music is REALLY good, reminds me of SimCity music.
Nintendo translated Ghost Trick. At least in Spain, and we didnt had hear any spelling mistakes. Which country are you talking about?
Thanks for sharing your experience. I too have ordered Pilotwings & SSFIV. Please can you let me know what the d-pad & the analog/slider pad are like when doing special moves such as sonic booms, dragon punches & fireballs etc. Is it a pleasant experience? I've read some reviews saying bad things about the d-pad & analog/slider pad. I really hope that they are good.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Fritz said:
Well, I played more yesterday night with SSFIV than Pilotwings (only becuase I didnt want to blow pilotwings in one setting, although as I have said, thats not how you play pilotwings, the fun is to get perfects, and thats not easy)
I had lots of fun with Pilotwings from what I played, but thats maybe becuase I really like Pilotwings (played more the supernes version). I need to play more though.
Played 3 hours of SSFIV, the game is awesome, too bad Im really not very good with it. Maybe with a little practice I have more fun. But yeah, it amazing, feels just like a big console fighter, with excellent graphics (static backgrounds dont bother too much, and look great in 3D), achievements, excellent internet play, lots of modes. Although the characters are unlocked and I thought that would be bad, I think now its for the better, every time you play with a character you can unlock stuff for him, like fun quotes for you as a player (Guile has one thats called "king of hairspray") and images for the avatar, and there are TONS to unlock.
Theres is a challenge mode were you can learn how to do moves for everyone, you can take it as training althought its not really that.
Had lots of fun (and some frustration) with SSFIV.
Hope that helps.
DeadRockstar
Member
dc89 said:
First 3000 people to register their 3DS on Club Nintendo will apparently gets a t-shirt with an AR card on it. I saw no indication I'd get anything when I registered mine though, so maybe they're all gone or something.
SpacePirate Ridley
Member
Well, as I have say im not a good Street Fighter player, but from what Ive played doing moves is a little tricky.BillyG_3001 said:Thanks for sharing your experience. I too have ordered Pilotwings & SSFIV. Please can you let me know what the d-pad & the analog/slider pad are like when doing special moves such as sonic booms, dragon punches & fireballs etc. Is it a pleasant experience? I've read some reviews saying bad things about the d-pad & analog/slider pad. I really hope that they are good.
Yesterday I played challenge mode with Ryu and at the end I could do Hadokens, Shoryukens and Metsu Hadokens with relative ease (without using the touch scren of course). The normal combo moves they made you do (fast kicks combined ith punches, etc...) are challenging and I couldn pull them, but it was the same when I tried to do them in SFIV in PC with keyboard (lol), and seems more that you need to be good doing combos than fault of the console.
War Peaceman
You're a big guy.
teeny said:
Hey, I pre-ordered, EXPEDITED delivery, on the very day Amazon made the 3DS available and it is still not 'preparing to be dispatched'. :<
Also, Dispatching soon means they will be dispatched on that day, so you should be fine.