3DS Games discussion/Collecting thread

[Rayne]

Does the 3DS XL mean we're likely to never see a 3DS with two thumbsticks?

I think Miyamoto was quoted as saying that. He suggested that the Gyro controls made up for the lack of a second stick.

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[adippm82]

If you guys haven't seen it yet, I'd recommend checking out Mutant Mudds on the eshop - it's a pixel art style retro 2d platformer with different 'layers' to jump in and out of. It reminds me a bit of Giana Sisters C64 but I'm not sure why. It's quite difficult as well.

has this been released yet? had my eye on it for a while now, looks spot on, defo be picking it up

I have been on the e-shop tonight, the sale was rather uninspiring IMO, really not much off the price of some good, but not brilliant games.

I was also interested in Mutant Mudds...until I saw the price, £8.10, no thanks, I can think of better ways to spend nearly ten quid.

Sony seem to be learning slowly from past pricing mistakes, there are some real bargains to be had in the PSN store, I do not know who is setting the prices on the e-store, but I am getting a bit fed up even looking briefly on there every week, only to see the occasional demo, and stupidly overpriced games, not downloaded anything since Pullblox.

I hope the upcoming Luigi's Mansion 2 lives up to my expectations, because after picking up Mario Tennis for £25, and being very disappointed with it, for many reasons, I am using the console less and less, and picking up the PSP more and more.

[ALK]

Apparently Nintendo of America will be doing a Deal of the Week promotion on 1 game every week on the eShop from now on. Really hope NoE have the sense to do the same thing.

[Morkin]

Seems to have been a few releases of late.

Kingdom Hearts
New Art Academy
Freakyforms Deluxe
Azada
Mensa Academy

Anyone tried any of those?

[Evermore]

I got New Art Academy with the XL recently - it does exactly what it says on the tine really well, but I'm not into drawing and painting in real life, so I don't know how long I will end up using it for.

[TheNewMonkey]

So i finally caved and downloaded Mutant Mudds from the 3DS Eshop last week for about 8 quid...

its brilliant, i would happily of paid full price for this on a retail cart, old skool rock solid retro platforming at its best!

Just managed to unlock the secret levels, i can see these taking a lonnnng time to get through, the secret Game Boy & Virtual Boy style levels that are hidden away on each regular level is also a nice touch

Theres also a demo up on the eshop for anyone whos thinking about getting it.

[ShadowMan]

So i finally caved and downloaded Mutant Mudds from the 3DS Eshop last week for about 8 quid...

its brilliant, i would happily of paid full price for this on a retail cart, old skool rock solid retro platforming at its best!

Just managed to unlock the secret levels, i can see these taking a lonnnng time to get through, the secret Game Boy & Virtual Boy style levels that are hidden away on each regular level is also a nice touch

Theres also a demo up on the eshop for anyone whos thinking about getting it.

I've been playing this as well but my enjoyment of it has sort of fizzled out a bit. The main levels look great, lovely use of the 3D effect. The later levels just feel a bit annoying - enemies that you can't see coming so I ended up dieing through little fault of my own. No health collectables in a level either really pissed me off on these levels as I hated redoing some of them. The 3D effect on the GB/VB levels disappoints me as well, I personally get loads of ghosting no matter what I do (I've tried fiddling with the 3D slider etc. and it still ghosts). That really annoyed me as the rest of the game looks so good. I really need to get the rest of the gems and finish the game...

[pratty]

Inazuma Eleven comp coming.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=486129

[Matt_B]

Has anyone else played the updated version of Mighty Switch Force yet? I thought the game was a bit lightweight before, but they've added some seriously hard levels to it now that I pretty much doubled my play time on it getting through them. Very nice of them to make it a freebie for those who had already bought it too.

[ShadowMan]

Has anyone else played the updated version of Mighty Switch Force yet? I thought the game was a bit lightweight before, but they've added some seriously hard levels to it now that I pretty much doubled my play time on it getting through them. Very nice of them to make it a freebie for those who had already bought it too.

I picked it up a couple of weeks back so I'm guessing I got the updated version by default? I'm really enjoying shooting for the fast times on each level, I'm about half way through it (Level 11 I think)

[Matt_B]

Has anyone else played the updated version of Mighty Switch Force yet? I thought the game was a bit lightweight before, but they've added some seriously hard levels to it now that I pretty much doubled my play time on it getting through them. Very nice of them to make it a freebie for those who had already bought it too.

I picked it up a couple of weeks back so I'm guessing I got the updated version by default? I'm really enjoying shooting for the fast times on each level, I'm about half way through it (Level 11 I think)

You'll be able to tell if you've got five bonus levels after level 16.

[ShadowMan]

Has anyone else played the updated version of Mighty Switch Force yet? I thought the game was a bit lightweight before, but they've added some seriously hard levels to it now that I pretty much doubled my play time on it getting through them. Very nice of them to make it a freebie for those who had already bought it too.

I picked it up a couple of weeks back so I'm guessing I got the updated version by default? I'm really enjoying shooting for the fast times on each level, I'm about half way through it (Level 11 I think)

You'll be able to tell if you've got five bonus levels after level 16.

Yep, I've counted at least 19 levels on my version so far which is good news

[TheNewMonkey]

So i finally caved and downloaded Mutant Mudds from the 3DS Eshop last week for about 8 quid...

its brilliant, i would happily of paid full price for this on a retail cart, old skool rock solid retro platforming at its best!

Just managed to unlock the secret levels, i can see these taking a lonnnng time to get through, the secret Game Boy & Virtual Boy style levels that are hidden away on each regular level is also a nice touch

Theres also a demo up on the eshop for anyone whos thinking about getting it.

I've been playing this as well but my enjoyment of it has sort of fizzled out a bit. The main levels look great, lovely use of the 3D effect. The later levels just feel a bit annoying - enemies that you can't see coming so I ended up dieing through little fault of my own. No health collectables in a level either really pissed me off on these levels as I hated redoing some of them. The 3D effect on the GB/VB levels disappoints me as well, I personally get loads of ghosting no matter what I do (I've tried fiddling with the 3D slider etc. and it still ghosts). That really annoyed me as the rest of the game looks so good. I really need to get the rest of the gems and finish the game...

i know what you mean about the enemies that you cant see, i does go a bit kid chameleonish on the later levels, ive mangaed to get 1600 gems or whatever they are and get all 3 upgrades but them space levels are getting rarther solid!

Mighty switch force is next on my list once im finished with mutant mudds

[Morkin]

£39.99 to download NSMB 2 from the eShop?

[ShadowMan]

£39.99 to download NSMB 2 from the eShop?

Ouch!No way will I be paying that much for digital downloads, I can get the same game from shopto for £30 (plus I have £10 worth of credit so I'll be getting it for £20, plus it'll have the box etc.) Hardly surprising though, same problem the Vita, PS3, Xbox 360 etc. has when it comes to digital pricing...

On the brighter side, I cleared Mutant Mudds at the weekend. The last 4 unlockable levels were ace (though I died so many times right at the end of the last level, through no fault other than my own!). I've now done everything in the game and all in all really enjoyed it bar the odd problem here and there. I then went back to Mighty Switch Force and cleared all the main levels on that under par, again great fun on the whole. I'm now on the bonus levels and the one thing thing that is really grating is the levels that are solely big area's that have a dozen or so launch pads that you have to successfully navigate to find all the prisoners. Bonus mission3 is like this and is pissing me off. Am I missing a trick or is there really no way to view a map or something of the whole level?

Otherwise I'm focusing on Kid Icarus and Resident Evil Revelations. I've spent loads of hours on RE now and as I'm still working through the brilliant Raid mode. Damn invisible hunters are evil though!