Nintendo 3DS

[DJ]

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I finished the new Legend of Zelda. Loved it. So glad that game came into existence.

Now I'm playing Fire Emblem: Awakening.

Really like it as well though I'm still confused on a couple things that don't seem to be explained anywhere.

For instance: Sometimes when I attack someone, they get to attack me back. Sometimes they don't. Why?

Also: sometimes when I place two soldiers together they both attack a single enemy. Sometimes the other character simply jumps away. Why?

Is there no option to defend?

I'm far from a Fire Emblem expert, but I did finish the game (played with perma-death off to get a feel for things, will be playing again).

There is no option to defend. Your characters will automatically defend/counter-attack the opposition based on their abilities/ratings/class.

When you say jump out of the way, you mean like avoiding an attack, or leaving the battle all together? Jumping out of the way of an attack is the character's defense and sometimes they will respond with a counter after the CPU misses.

Pairing two characters together is an effective strategy as it can increase your attack/defense.

Glad to hear you liked Majora's Mask. I just picked that up, but need to play OoT first.

[AUChase]

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I didn't have an N64 as a kid (Had a Playstation), but all of my friends did. I barely played Zelda and when I was a kid I found it too difficult on the NES. My sister eventually got an N64, but just never picked up Zelda.


Will I be able to pick up Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, or the newest 3DS title and understand the story enough to appreciate it ?

My best friend of 20+ years loved it, but they had a 64 and played those games.

[CMH]

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I'm far from a Fire Emblem expert, but I did finish the game (played with perma-death off to get a feel for things, will be playing again).

There is no option to defend. Your characters will automatically defend/counter-attack the opposition based on their abilities/ratings/class.

When you say jump out of the way, you mean like avoiding an attack, or leaving the battle all together? Jumping out of the way of an attack is the character's defense and sometimes they will respond with a counter after the CPU misses.

Pairing two characters together is an effective strategy as it can increase your attack/defense.

Glad to hear you liked Majora's Mask. I just picked that up, but need to play OoT first.

Not Majoras Mask. Isn't that just a remake? I mean the sequel to A Link to the Past.

As for Fire emblem. Not jumping away to avoid an attack. Just jumping back.

It's sound strategy to place players next to each other. That I get. When you do that it increases the attack or hit chances, I believe.

But sometimes one player attacks and the other just jumps away (the enemy isn't attacking in this scenario). Sometimes both attack. I don't understand what determines if the other character next to the primary one will attack or not.

I'll look online.

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[DJ]

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I didn't have an N64 as a kid (Had a Playstation), but all of my friends did. I barely played Zelda and when I was a kid I found it too difficult on the NES. My sister eventually got an N64, but just never picked up Zelda.


Will I be able to pick up Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, or the newest 3DS title and understand the story enough to appreciate it ?

My best friend of 20+ years loved it, but they had a 64 and played those games.

Absolutely. I'd go with A Link Between Worlds to start. You don't have to follow one set path to finish the game, which is nice.

Not Majoras Mask. Isn't that just a remake? I mean the sequel to A Link to the Past.

As for Fire emblem. Not jumping away to avoid an attack. Just jumping back.

It's sound strategy to place players next to each other. That I get. When you do that it increases the attack or hit chances, I believe.

But sometimes one player attacks and the other just jumps away (the enemy isn't attacking in this scenario). Sometimes both attack. I don't understand what determines if the other character next to the primary one will attack or not.

I'll look online.

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Oh, you're more referring to dual attacks then. Most do, especially if they have a relationship (friendship or marriage) letter grade.

[Flawless]

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Wired UK: Yo-Kai Watch' could be Nintendo's secret weapon

One of Nintendo's E3 spotlights that just about slipped from notice was the first glimpse of Yokai Watch's English language release. Judging by social media buzz, many players have glossed over it but that could prove to be a mistake -- it's poised to be the kind of colossal hit that publishers dream of.

Yokai Watch -- or Yo-Kai Watch, as it's being subtly westernised -- is massive in Japan. We're talking almost Pokemon huge, selling a combined total of five million copies in its home country, across three iterations.

The RPG/monster-capturing hybrid, developed by Professor Layton studio Level-5, packs in over 200 different Yo-kai, each based on Japanese folklore. That's enough to trigger the "gotta catch 'em all" mentality in kids, and likely plenty of adult players too.

Combat is also similar to Pokemon, with up to six partners taken into each fight. Here though, only three are active, and must be literally rotated out when they've exhausted their energy. More powerful attacks can be unleashed by interacting with them using the stylus, tracing runes, tapping energy balls, or spinning them around to charge up attacks. Despite the kid-friendly charm of the game, it makes each battle unpredictable and keeps players on their toes.

If a surprisingly deep battle system and OCD-triggering collectormania wasn't enough to win over a new legion of western fans, there's also the small matter of this being a licensing extravaganza just waiting to drop. The first game hit Japanese shelves in 2013; since then, it's spawned comics, an ongoing anime series (75 episodes and counting), movies, and mountains of merchandise. Before Yo-Kai Watch ever lands in Europe or the US, there's already a marketing machine poised to strike.

Thankfully, the game itself is strong enough to justify the hard sell that's likely targeting unsuspecting parents' wallets already. Level-5's production quality is exceptionally high (as anyone who's played the fantastic Ni no Kuni can attest) and that remains the case with Yo-Kai Watch. It's a joy to look at and a delight to play, and anyone who overlooks it risks doing so at the cost of their own pop cultural relevancy.

10 Minutes of YO-KAI WATCH Gameplay:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6zk8-6s0EA

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Treehouse demo:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjPd-pVdL1k

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[ubernoob]

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My only thing, having played a bit of yokai and loving it... is I don't think it will "westernize" as well.

Not that I think it won't sell, because I think it'll sell just fine. I don't necessarily see it catching on though, as it loses a bit of it's meaning in translation.

We don't have anything in the West that are quite like Japan's "Yokai" - and the names will lose some of the play-on-words that they have. This game is super Japanese, through and through, unlike Pokemon. I still think it will be quite fun to play and worth picking up in English though.

[ESPNdeportes]

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Just picked up Fire Emblem: Awakening during the E3 sale, $30 with taxes.

Loving it so far!

[Cod]

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Just picked up Fire Emblem: Awakening during the E3 sale, $30 with taxes.

Loving it so far!

Hands-down my favorite game on the 3DS. Worth every penny!

[ESPNdeportes]

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Hands-down my favorite game on the 3DS. Worth every penny!

I am playing classic where the characters die. So far I lost the first guy with an axe (can't remember his name).

I love the balance of having new characters and wanting to level them up vs. relying on your tanks and high damage dealers. Also the character building and relationship you feel with the characters is top notch.

[bcruise]

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Dragon Quest creator Yuji Horii goes off-script at a Japan Expo in France to announce that DQ7 (a big remake from the Playstation original) and 8 are getting french localizations for 3DS. Perhaps a US announcement soon?

http://www.destructoid.com/reports-dragon-quest-vii-and-xiii-coming-west-295346.phtml

(that url is incorrect, it's obviously not 13 since that doesn't exist )

[Sandman42]

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Given that Zero Escape 3 was announced, I'll ask if anyone here has played 999 or Virtue's Last Reward?

The only visual novel I've ever played was Phoenix Wright, and I didn't really enjoy it that much. I know the Zero Escape games have a more mature tone, which may be up my alley since I grew tired of Phoenix Wright's world after a few hours.

[DJ]

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Given that Zero Escape 3 was announced, I'll ask if anyone here has played 999 or Virtue's Last Reward?

The only visual novel I've ever played was Phoenix Wright, and I didn't really enjoy it that much. I know the Zero Escape games have a more mature tone, which may be up my alley since I grew tired of Phoenix Wright's world after a few hours.

999 is an amazing experience. Definitely worth your time. I have put off playing VLR for too long and am hoping to get to it very soon.

Hotel Dusk is a visual novel worth checking out, imo. It's got a great Noire setting and if you're familiar with the Ah-Ha "Take on Me" music video, the characters in the story are drawn in a similar fashion. I'm playing through the sequel (was only released in Europe but you can play it on your DS/3DS) currently.

[bcruise]

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Given that Zero Escape 3 was announced, I'll ask if anyone here has played 999 or Virtue's Last Reward?

The only visual novel I've ever played was Phoenix Wright, and I didn't really enjoy it that much. I know the Zero Escape games have a more mature tone, which may be up my alley since I grew tired of Phoenix Wright's world after a few hours.

I'd say the Zero Escape games definitely have more mature themes than Phoenix - they're both rated "M" while Dual Destinies, the most recent PW game, is the only one to receive that rating (and with good reason). There's a much bigger sense of apprehension in these games because the participants are in a constant state of fear for their lives - by contrast Phoenix is usually (not always) detached from his client's fate.

I also found the puzzles more engaging than those of the PW games.

Would definitely recommend playing (or at least reading, via the iOS novel) 999 first. It's not 100% vital as I did play part of VLR first without knowing about 999 and still enjoyed it, but I missed a ton of plot connections and references to the first game.

[bcruise]

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It took a while and several sequences of starting to play it and stopping, but I'm finally really getting into Bravely Default and I don't intend to stop this time. On the end of Chapter 2 and loving it now that I actually have some choices for my party.

I've heard the end of the game is brutal but a) It's a long ways off and b) I don't think I can name an FF endgame that wasn't challenging. Assuming you weren't using broken, overpowered tricks, of course (and I'm sure this game has no shortage of them either).

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[H8ter2]

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Just picked up a New 3DS XL yesterday and got Mario 3D world with it and wow I must say it is a great experience, a pretty easy game so far but a great one nonetheless. I had to get my Nintendo fix as I have always been a Nintendo fan but the Wii U is still a little over priced IMO to justify the little support it gets where I can play tons of new and throwback games on the 3DS, for example I just picked up Chrono Trigger as well, never finished it many years ago when it was new but am determined to now, wow its still an amazing RPG all these years later, looking forward to scratching that Nintendo itch many more times now, great new system IMO.