V. Amoleo

Even so, that's still suspending it in memory while the 3DS 'exit or continue' menu appears. If you start the DS games in original resolution mode you can see that the 'exit or continue' menu renders at the 3DS resolution and not the DS. That to me suggests that it is the 3DS software controlling the exiting and not a modification to the DS software. This is different to how the Wii handles Gamecube software.. @Burny is right about Nintendo though. Even if it were possible, I can't see them bothering. I hadn't even considered that the GBA games were simply running in the GBA compatibility mode of the DS. I wonder if the lack of a real software emulator will hold back the GBA VC for some time.

When you press home while in a DS game currently it does suspend the game. It's currently the same situation with the GBA VC games, though I'm hoping that will be changed when/if they're officially released.

That was my original thinking on the matter but the home button still works when playing DS games. It just brings up the close software menu instead of the actual home menu. So there has to be some 3DS functionality going on.

In Japan it's LL. Like with the DSi XL. Also, to the people moaning about the lack of second slide pad. If they'd have done that, it would have made the original 3DS obsolete. I honestly think that's a worse situation.

My thoughts mirror what @\-Dem0\- has said. If it's one thing that Namco can do, it's fighting games. They're also one of the companies which actually listen to the fans (they've spoken out against on disc DLC and brought games to the PC). I'm hoping that Nintendo will stop it from turning into a Nintendo x Namco game and keeping it generally in line with the previous games in the series. Also, having a different developer working on it will keep the series fresh hopefully.

Does anybody think we'll ever get the ability to use the Home menu with DS games? It would be quite handy to have the ability to use the notes app with them.

I doubt they're going to go back on it when it's out next month. I wouldn't be surprised if the reason they're not including one is because they wanted to push it out the door and having to wait for the different plugs we use would have taken more time. I'm also annoyed at having to find a new case for the 3DS XL. I'm using the one which looks like Mario's clothes. It was made for the DSi/Lite but it fits the 3DS really well and I like it! The Vita doesn't use an SD card and that was the problem. If they'd have used a standard memory card format you'd have heard no complaints at all about the storage.

I'm surprised we didn't get an EU release date for this today.

Thank you for the information. I have to keep a cloth between the two screens with my launch Cosmos Black 3DS and it doesn't stop it completely. Hopefully the minor revision you've informed me about carries through to the 3DS XL.

Do you mean this has been revised in the 3DS since the launch batch? Because the imprint the bottom leaves on the 3D screen is incredibly annoying and it'd be excellent to hear that Nintendo have realised that it's a fault in design.

I've pre-ordered the red x black version since we're not getting a single colour one. I'm hoping the price ends up being closer to £150 than the £180 I've currently got it down at but I doubt it. Like I've mentioned before though, I really wanted to pick up a DSi XL and had been considering purchasing one. So this 3DS XL has arrived at a good time for me.

If anything the 3DS XL is a sidewards-upgrade. Just like how the DSi XL wasn't a true upgrade to the DSi. So I wouldn't feel like the 3DS has been superseded.

Hmm... It's disappeared off of Play.com now. I hope that's not because they underpriced it. £180 is the very maximum I'm willing to pay.

Really if they didn't want to force the second circle pad on people they should have bundled a new version in with it. That way developers would be more likely to support it. As it is, there's not even a cpp available for the XL so there's less reason to support it. But then, they're not even including a charger so it would be far too much to ask! By the way: pre-orders are up.

Hmm. I've just realised that Europe isn't getting any single colour models. That's disappointing.

Really happy about this announcement. I'd been looking to pick up a DSi XL anyway. The extra battery life is a bonus too!

My biggest problem with this game is still the limited inventory. Usually, being able to collect all the different items adds some longevity to the game for me. I guess, for the reviews, it doesn't help that a Diablo-clone has come out in the year of Diablo III. I'm enjoying it and I'm glad I bought it. Though the daily quests were a bit of a let down. I was expecting new quests like those you get in the game with a boss fight at the end of them or even just the 'collect the items' quests.

3DS games which weren't mentioned? Perhaps Animal Crossing? Wii games. Hopefully that means a release date for Kirby 20th Anniversary.

Much like Hero-of-Time, I'm trying to go through the whole series. I own all of the main series in one form or another but I've only ever completed XIII, XIII-2 and now III. I enjoyed the game overall. All the mechanics felt right and while the story wasn't anything excellent, it did feel complete. The randomly changing difficulty which forces you to grind to gain levels was probably the only bad point. I do sort of wish it had a quest log. That way I could remember what I was trying to do the last time I played it but I understand that they were keeping true to the original game. I can't decide if I should move onto FF IV DS, play FF I Anniversary Edition on the PSP or go to FF VII on the PS1.

I completed Final Fantasy III DS the other day. Gah was the final level hard! An extra save point in it would have been helpful. If people are buying Theatrhythm, GAME have it for £23 the same as Amazon. So we have a choice of retailer.

I believe I was wearing red but I'm only level 7 or 8. I know the XP is shared for quests but not so sure for individual kills. Would like to find out. The way I see it is that if I'm joining someone's game it's up to them to accept/complete quests. It's their game, I'm just a guest. You could just set the game to be Online - Friends Only though if you wanted to avoid randoms altogether. My FC: 0259 - 0274 - 7266

I think I joined a game with you earlier I was an Alchitect. I didn't want to take your kill so I tried to distract the boss rather than kill him. Do we know if XP from kills is shared? Limited inventory space is really really bugging me now.

I think the only indication of which filter you're using is that the button you use to select it changes colour ever so slightly.

I'm an Alchitect and I can only carry 31 items. It doesn't seem to be getting any bigger as I level either. There's also nowhere to store items. So you can only have those which fit in your inventory. Online options are anybody near the same quest, friends or anybody on any quest. The options seem to be working for me.

I thought that part was really impressive. I'm noticing some slow down in the final game very occasionally but it's understandable really with how much is going on sometimes. The biggest problem I have with the game at the moment is that the inventory is so limited. I'm a hoarder! Make sure your inventory isn't full when you try to complete a quest else there's a chance you could lose the item reward.