That 2DS doesn't really look all that bad to me now. I'll probably get two of those as a Christmas gifts for my nephews, $129 price means you could probably pick one for £80 in Europe with a bit of luck and with the amount of games available for 3DS currently they're going to have amazing fun with it.
Gaming Nintendo 3DS vs PS Vita thread.
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Yeah, it's the perfect machine for the younger audience, definitely. However, the price isn't as low as I'd hoped (not that I'll ever be buying one). You're still looking at £100-110 on release in the UK, so the older audience is much better off buying the original 3DS for a similar price.
But yeah, no hinges to snap, it looks a lot more durable, the cost will be slightly cheaper... It all makes sense. Can't say I love the design or that I fully support the idea, but I at least understand it and the market makes sense.
Knowing me I'll probably still go out and buy one, explaining to myself that I really need it for some obscure reason (can't travel with 3DS XL because it'll get broken, don't want to waste time on opening it back and forth or something). To be fair to them they'll probably lower the price to $99 within a year at which point it's going to be great value for money.
Not to mention they've scheduled lots of new releases for the following months and seem to have plenty planned for 2014. They're neglecting the Wii-U and it looks like it'll be dead within 2 years but they've been doing a tremendous job in the handheld market.
Not to mention they've scheduled lots of new releases for the following months and seem to have plenty planned for 2014. They're neglecting the Wii-U and it looks like it'll be dead within 2 years but they've been doing a tremendous job in the handheld market.
You'll get a 2DS even though you already have a 3DS XL?
Just don't get one. You must have more money than sense.
Just don't get one. You must have more money than sense.
It was a 16gb but I already had an 8gb. I'm not that bothered about having every game I own installed at once, I just use the content manager to put them on my PC and if/when I need to free some space I can remove the ones I'm not playing. I've mainly played VLR so far since I posted, it's so engaging and suspenseful and I'm really enjoying it.
Downloaded Urban Trial Freestyle for my Vita just now, exactly the bloody same as those flash games on Kongregate and the like, but very clunky.
Killzone Mercenary has been released on PS Store ad midnight for those who got pre-orders, I think it's not available in UK and Ireland until Friday though. Great game, by far the best FPS experience on the go. It's basically PS3 quality, I haven't touched the campaign yet though.
Uncharted and Wipeout were very underwhelming experiences for me on my Vita I got couple of days ago. I will see Uncharted to the end though.
Also the pack came with an 8GB card and a code to download 10 games. They didnt even all fit on the fecking card.
Also the pack came with an 8GB card and a code to download 10 games. They didnt even all fit on the fecking card.
Interesting. Pokemon Bank allows you to store up to 3,000 Pokemon in the cloud, and you get the X/Y starter Pokemon from a 'friend' at the start of the game instead of the professor, and later on when you meet the professor you can get either Charmander, Squirtle or Bulbasaur from him. Charizard, Blastoise and Venusaur can also be mega-evolved.
Pokemon Bank is subscription based, so an annual fee will have to be paid to use it (rumoured to be $5/£3 based on the ¥500 confirmed fee for Japan).
I played the beta, absolutely incredible.
Shit, now I'll have to try and choose between Charmander and Squirtle
CHARIZARD I NEED IT NOW
Shit, now I'll have to try and choose between Charmander and Squirtle
Pick Squirtle, Froakie and the Torchic that will be distributed over wifi for complete typing to start the game off
But... Charizard
So with the cloud thingy, does that mean I can deposit my starter, then start a new game and have 2 starters? Then do the same and have all three?
Would be quite nice if they stopped with the Grass, Fire and Water starters.. its balanced between them but grass is generally weaker overall. (not to mention that good fire types are harder to find than the others)
Since they are giving us a fire/water/grass type already, this generation of starters could have been psychic/fighting/dark- would have at least been more interesting.
Since they are giving us a fire/water/grass type already, this generation of starters could have been psychic/fighting/dark- would have at least been more interesting.
They do it that way because its simpler for a new person to understand the strengths/weaknesses business. I have played pretty much all except the last pokemon games and couldnt tell you what would work best between psychic/fighting/dark
You're probably right
They are already giving the player a grass/fire/water type in this generation, so its easy for the new people to grasp. It could be easily explained by whoever gives you the starter that psychic beats fighting, fighting beats dark, dark beats psychic- it would just make choosing your starters this generation more interesting than 'which fire and water type do I want out of the four'- most people will choose either squirtle and the new fire type or charmander and the new water type probably based on which of the gen 1 was their fave
Personally, I thought Wipeout was/is excellent. Was really surprised by just how good it was, actually. Haven't played Uncharted yet as I still haven't finished #3 on the PS3 (I know they aren't directly related but still).
Also, I'd recommend anyone with a Vita (or 3DS) to get Virtue's Last Reward. I've been playing it for the past few days and it's just awesome.
Stealth Inc is the one I'm ploughing through, mighty game.
All Sony games are excellent to be fair. Uncharted was worse than PS3 but still very good, Wipeout is class and Killzone is probably the best game for Vita. Now hopefully Tearaway will do the trick although there's literally nothing announced for Vita for next year which is a worry, I still have so many games to play that I could probably live with that though. Jak & Daxter trilogy is 30 hours at least and then there's Sly Cooper, MGS etc.
Same here. Also playing Spelunky, Gravity Rush and Killzone beta as well as VLR. Still haven't played MGS3 HD or Little King's Story yet.
I still don't know exactly what Little Kings Story is, besides free, still, it's downloaded, need to have a look later.
Killzone is fecking incredible, shame they're probably not going to make another game of this quality for Vita unless sales go up with the release of PS4.
I'm somewhat considering getting a PS4 to go with my Vita, I'm completely in love with the idea of streaming PS4 games on to my Vita. Would get to play a proper Fifa 14 on it, seems that actual Vita 14 is another reskin. cnuts.
Yeah, this time they even admitted it beforehand, last year I almost bought it at launch. I got 13 for €15 a few months ago and will probably stick to it, no point spending €50 on the same game.
Yeah, I picked up 13 in a bundle of 2nd hand games with my Vita(also 2nd hand), incredibly enough, Gamestop done me a deal, one game free, and the sales guy went out of his way to pick Fifa, which was by far the most expensive one. Would have got the other one if there was copy of it, tbf, just out of cheapness.
Career mode is crummy in it, if they'd upgrade that I'd be happy. I just can't bring myself to finish a season in it.
Career mode is crummy in it, if they'd upgrade that I'd be happy. I just can't bring myself to finish a season in it.
It's impossible to go through 38 games without boring yourself to death and cup competitions are kind of poor too, you can create your own Champions League but it's pointless when you can't even make any transfers. Something like Master League in PES would be perfect.
Sly Cooper is great BTW. It's pretty funny and very good graphics wise. I'm going to finish it on my next trip to free up some space because I had to delete MGS HD Collection which I'd love to play (especially 2nd one as I finished 3rd on 3DS last year). 32 GB looks decent at first but when you consider that FIFA and MLB take 3 each and Killzone takes almost 4.5 while LittleBigPlanet takes over 1.5 and I cannot delete any of them then it isn't really that much.
Right now I have Rayman, Killzone, FIFA, MLB, WRC, F1, Jak & Daxter, LittleBigPlanet, Sly Cooper, Little King's Story, Wipeout, Velocity, Stealth, Motorstorm RC, Smart As, Gravity Rush, Unit 13 and Ninja Gaiden on my card with Virtue's Last Reward, Resistance, MGS HD Collection, Uncharted, Everybody's Gold a few indies and probably one or two more Vita titles as well as a few PSP titles, including Persona 3 that I really need to play, available for download. Best part is that of them all I only paid full price for Killzone, about 5-6 cost me around €10 and the rest was free. Vita with PS Plus must be the cheapest console to maintain. I basically have every single game available for it and it hasn't cost me that much. I only have 3 physical games left - Virtua Tennis, NFS and Assassin's Creed as they cost way too much digital.
Sly Cooper is great BTW. It's pretty funny and very good graphics wise. I'm going to finish it on my next trip to free up some space because I had to delete MGS HD Collection which I'd love to play (especially 2nd one as I finished 3rd on 3DS last year). 32 GB looks decent at first but when you consider that FIFA and MLB take 3 each and Killzone takes almost 4.5 while LittleBigPlanet takes over 1.5 and I cannot delete any of them then it isn't really that much.
Right now I have Rayman, Killzone, FIFA, MLB, WRC, F1, Jak & Daxter, LittleBigPlanet, Sly Cooper, Little King's Story, Wipeout, Velocity, Stealth, Motorstorm RC, Smart As, Gravity Rush, Unit 13 and Ninja Gaiden on my card with Virtue's Last Reward, Resistance, MGS HD Collection, Uncharted, Everybody's Gold a few indies and probably one or two more Vita titles as well as a few PSP titles, including Persona 3 that I really need to play, available for download. Best part is that of them all I only paid full price for Killzone, about 5-6 cost me around €10 and the rest was free. Vita with PS Plus must be the cheapest console to maintain. I basically have every single game available for it and it hasn't cost me that much. I only have 3 physical games left - Virtua Tennis, NFS and Assassin's Creed as they cost way too much digital.
It's the player rotation that does me in, so freaking sluggish swapping guys in and out. They grow like shit too.
Never looked at Sly Cooper, keep meaning to, looks a fun game. Agree with you on the 32GB, have a 16 full, and a 32 that's the well past half full. Not too bad though when you can delete and re-download for free. Had to do that with PES 2013 PSP. Nowhere near the gameplay as Fifa though, and the difficulty spikes crazy, Beginner is win by 5 every time, Amateur is Legendary on Fifa, as in feck you sideways.
Never looked at Sly Cooper, keep meaning to, looks a fun game. Agree with you on the 32GB, have a 16 full, and a 32 that's the well past half full. Not too bad though when you can delete and re-download for free. Had to do that with PES 2013 PSP. Nowhere near the gameplay as Fifa though, and the difficulty spikes crazy, Beginner is win by 5 every time, Amateur is Legendary on Fifa, as in feck you sideways.
I'd get another 32GB but it's so small it'd be difficult to carry around and I don't have a proper case for Vita, only a soft case made of some spongy material. I'm probably going to stick to a single 32 GB card and rotate games until they release a 64.
I bought Moto GP on PS Store sale today, it's pretty poor. Graphics are terrible, looking at Killzone and this I don't get how they managed to make it look so bad. It's a game that'd look pretty poor if it was made for PSP let alone Vita. It's also nigh on impossible to play, physics are way too realistic which makes it impossible to handle the bike
I'm thinking about getting Silent Hill as it's just £10 but from what I've seen it's pretty terrible. Why have they gone all Diablo with it?
I bought Moto GP on PS Store sale today, it's pretty poor. Graphics are terrible, looking at Killzone and this I don't get how they managed to make it look so bad. It's a game that'd look pretty poor if it was made for PSP let alone Vita. It's also nigh on impossible to play, physics are way too realistic which makes it impossible to handle the bike
I'm thinking about getting Silent Hill as it's just £10 but from what I've seen it's pretty terrible. Why have they gone all Diablo with it?
Sarni so do you rate MLB 13 highly on the Vita then? I know very little about baseball but I'm a big sports fan in general and I've enjoyed basketball games(nba 2K series) in the past without being too familiar with the sport. Seems pretty pricey at £23.99 but is it worth it?
Also, I mentioned how good Virtue's Last Reward is earlier, coincidentally it's gone on sale today (along with lots of other Japanese Vita/PSP/PS3 games) so I would definitely pick it up now if you don't own it!
Also, I mentioned how good Virtue's Last Reward is earlier, coincidentally it's gone on sale today (along with lots of other Japanese Vita/PSP/PS3 games) so I would definitely pick it up now if you don't own it!
I have one of them soft cases too, but have have a little hard case kept with it for games and cards. I'd probably wait for the bigger card in future too.
Shame about Moto GP, thought that'd be good. Was thinking of the RC Motorstorm game. Looks great, and I have the PSP Arctic one downloaded which is an immense, immense game.
Shame about Moto GP, thought that'd be good. Was thinking of the RC Motorstorm game. Looks great, and I have the PSP Arctic one downloaded which is an immense, immense game.
feck I need the blue 3DSXL Pokemon one. Ugggghhh.
As for getting one of the Kanto starters, I think this GIF sums up my feelings nicely.
As for getting one of the Kanto starters, I think this GIF sums up my feelings nicely.
Yeah, that new Blue XL is hawt.... why does everything awesome come out at once?!
I have 12 because it was on sale for £6 a couple months ago and it's very good. It's basically full console experience with proper graphics and game modes, season is a bit long and it's not easy to grasp it on anything other than the lowest level at first but it's pretty funny.
I've got Virtue's Last Reward for free in PS+ around March but haven't played it much so far. I've got it avalable for download but I don't have enough space right now so will have to wait until I finish something else.