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That's the part that makes it nice. I've bought a few download codes from GAME (got one for myself for Pikmin 3 when it got released early) and you get the full value of DDP points taken from the eShop RRP, despite paying less than the actual eShop price Makes some games quite a bit cheaper than their physical counterparts at time of release (SM3DW for instance would only cost £37.99 - while the physical version sells for £40+ online - Shopto are currently doing it for £39.99) Buying direct from the eShop is a total rip, but the download codes combined with the DDP can make the prices a LOT more competitive

Calling it now, the mystery Streetpass Plaza update shows the NNID Nickname of the person you pass by, allowing you to jump straight to their Miiverse profile from Streepass Plaza

Yup! Infinite transfers are go! Time to scour eBay for 3DS' with lots of download games to score...

Feels good being able to localisation beg for 3DS games too now Overall, I'm pretty happy with it. It's a bit slow, but it does the job. I'm just disappointed that there are so few communities right now - just a paltry 23!? Not even any VC game communities!? The hidden real megaton is the removal of the 3DS system transfer limit. I can now swap my games around across my devices however the hell I want! (and also pick up digital games on the cheap via ebay/system transfers )

Galaxy Force 2 3D will melt my eyes alive with its awesomeness! Can't wait!

No option for the US 60hz version? Too bad NOE. You ALMOST had my money...

OMG LOOOOL @ Cranky Kong! He looks hilariously boss! (And very reminiscent of Scrooge McDuck from the Ducktales games) Tier 1 Kong for sure! He is gonna sooo one-life-in-less-than-an-hour this mother! : peace: BTW, anyone who was honestly expecting them to show anything other than new DKCTF footage is about as smart as a monkey themselves :p

That's cause they're NOT the way to go. Dedicated handhelds (at least the 3DS anyway) are still thriving. People still want quality games on handheld devices and are thankfully still willing to pay for them, despite the mobile race-to-the-bottom prices. Problem is that the media by and large don't care about handheld gaming and are quick to jump on the handheld-gaming-is-doomed narrative bandwagon, because it damages this sector's image. Execs looking for quick cash and a quick share price increase to appease pissed off investors are also looking at the App Store lotto winners with envy and wanting a piece of that same pie, despite the damage that it does to their brands. They're all thinking short-term; while a select few still gaze off into the long term and realise that dedicated handhelds still have a bright future

Maybe not in the same form as with the Vita and PSP, but I do think they'll try again at least one more time next generation... Maybe as a tablet style device, maybe as a phone (with a phone less equvilent model ALA iPod Touch), but I don't see them giving up completely just yet... especially if the Vita does eventually get That-One-Game... (It could even be Minecraft itself! The only proper version of Minecraft on a handheld? Could be a system seller...)

Today's niche could become tomorrow's mainstream. The console is capable of producing decent sales numbers for the 3rd party games that it does get in Japan (like Toukiden) and as long as it does so, it'll keep getting support from those same developers. None of us expect it to become the next 3DS, but it doesn't have to for it to be a worthwhile endeavour for Sony.

Of course not! Vita is actually gaining a bit of traction now and has carved out a niche in Japan for itself at least (while in the west it's mainly an indie games machine with the occasional 1st party game). And of course, so long as it continues to chug away in Japan, there's always the chance of an out-of-nowhere game to come along and change its fortunes like Monster Hunter did for the PSP (hell it could even be an indie title that breaks out, like Minecraft did). So long as they keep supporting the system, they'll be set for any potential break-out scenario. Dumping it would do nothing for them or the Playstation brand though (in fact, dumping it would damage consumer confidence in Sony's capacity to support any future console that goes through a rough patch).

But that would de-value their software and encourage people to just wait for their games to go free. That's exactly the kind of scenario they're trying to avoid! Nintendo have nothing to gain from this; not like Sony did.

@Sheikah There's nothing wrong with PS+ - in fact, I think it's a great service for "light" gamers who don't buy all that many games or really care about building a large collection of games that they'll come back to years down the line. The point I was making is that Nintendo is not in a position where they can offer a similar service and that this kind of service would go against their business goals. Sony could do it because they saw the huge truckloads of cash that MS (as their most direct competitor) were raking in from XBL subs and wanted in on that income (and this was a good way to do just that) - Iwata however has continuously publically stated that they don't want to charge consumers to play online; though of course that doesn't mean that they aren't interested in other avenues of online payments & subscription (Iwata mentioned this before in a shareholder meeting last year) like you see with Wii Sports Club or Pokemon Bank. So something like PS+ simply doesn't fit in with Nintendo's way of doing business... It's not about it being good or bad, it just doesn't fit with what Nintendo wants to do, so it won't happen.

Yeah, it was a very clever move and it seems to have worked very well. But what worked for Sony would not work for Nintendo because they have very different goals in mind. For Sony, it was always a Trojan Horse to get people to pay to play online, but Nintendo don't want to do that... So such a programme is of no use to them...

It's funny that you have people screaming off the rooftops about how great value PS+ is when it was always just a means of getting PS3 owners ready for the concept of having to pay to play online games. Now you have legions of fans defending Sony's decision to charge for online play because they're "getting it for free" because they were paying for PS+ anyway - just as they originally hoped for when they started the programme in the first place Even if Nintendo wanted to implement a similar programme (which they wouldn't want to, because it devalues software and encourages people to "wait for it to go free on PS+" ), they couldn't without some sort of future ulterior motive that would subsidise the costs (both monitory and brand wise) involved. They don't want to implement a charge for online play, so they can't justify a similar programme. They don't want to devalue their software, so they can't justify a programme which actively discourages outright software purchases. They want everyone to get the same experience from the hardware, regardless of how they buy their games, so they don't want to implement a programme that would split their userbase. So it won't happen.

Even without the S3D, the 3DS version would still decimate the iOS version by virtue of having the one thing that undeniably destroys the competition... :awesome:

Got it! (And away in storage it goes until after Xmas, when I'll have time to play it...)

God! 3D Classics Sonic is SOOOO GOOOOOODDDD!!!! The parallax is great! And the spin dash integration is so seamless! It's just wonderful! Makes me want to buy Altered Beast and Ecco, even though I hate those games! We had better get Sonic 2 and 3&K in the next batch. Those are utterly screaming "MAKE ME THREE DEE!!!" Dat parallax! Dose Special Stages!! Those two along with Gunstar Heroes, Sonic 3D Blast, Ristar and Alien Soldier are probably THE MD games that would benefit the most from the 3D Classics treatment! MAKE IT HAPPEN SEGA/M2!

I think it's safe to say that I'm pretty certain about what he does...

I have to admit, I have been guilty of that recently But I'm cracking down on that right now - which is partially why I haven't started A Link Between Worlds, Bravely Default or Super Mario 3D World yet...

Nice. Kinda kooky to see someone keep folders for stuff and then not put 3DS stuff in them. My one hasn't changed much, except that I now have the Youtube App on the main screen and I now have a second 3DS Downloads folder (yes, I actually managed to fill a whole folder full of downloaded 3DS games - I'm putting that 64GB SD Card to good use!) So now the folders are numbered as such... 1 = DSiWare 2 = NES VC 3 = GB/GBC VC 4 = GBA VC 5 = 3DS Download Software (downloaded retail games are kept in there too) 6 = 3DS Download Software (downloaded retail games are kept in there too) 7 = Demos 8 = Game Gear 9 = Downloaded Videos and the Health & Safety app God I need folders on Wii U already!

The classification is definitely real and it's definitely the un-re-released SNES game in question. Whether or not it's gonna be released any time soon is a different matter entirely though...

No that's a separate game entirely just called Pop N' Twinbee. This is a completely different game called Pop N' Twinbee: Rainbow Bell Adventures. It's also a separate classification that was made earlier than this new one.

Holy shizballs! Good news!!! http://www.classification.gov.au/Pages/View.aspx?sid=JcQg82%2bUj6EpXlHM7Wt%252fMQ%253d%253d&ncdctx=FF9xWpivmSOiCzhbJdbsWng4w%252fVJHSEgIn%2bmoPa8trrnFisvGzKrxTNaA6aKhvkX Pop N' Twinbee Rainbow Bell Adventures just got rated on the OFLC website for a Wii U VC release! It's a Konami SNES game that never got released on the Wii VC in ANY region! That means that Konami are actually digging into their un-re-released catalogue for the Wii U VC!!! We can still get the likes of Dracula X, Sparkster, Super Bomberman 1-5, Sunset Riders and TMNT Turtles in Time on the VC! Of course, the fact that it was never released in the US means that it'll almost certainly be the original PAL version running at 50hz, but still! Good news!

Yeah they are - especially Space Harrier. If you like Starfox, you'll probably like Space Harrier (it's a lot simpler, but still very fun - it's also a lot faster paced; both factors making sense when you consider the game's arcade origins). Just don't infinite credit pump your way through the game. Set yourself a hard limit of no more than 3 max (ideally, you'd try and clear it on one credit - play it as if it were still an actual coin op machine!)