Nintendo 3DS

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I've had the "error has occurred" message and shutdown happen three times in the last month (this one, I think). Does anyone know if this is a software error or if the hardware is faulty? It's been happening during Zelda, which is annoying.

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Guru Meditation:

XID: 1047474116

Not had a Guru Meditation since the Amiga days!

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

"Please Understand"

[SMD]

Thinking of getting my kid a 3DS/XL/2DS for his birthday at the end of March. He'll be turning 6, enjoys stuff like the Lego games, racers, Skylanders etc and he's getting good at reading now as well. What are the top "family friendly" games I should be considering? Presumably Mario, Mariokart and...?

Animal Crossing!

[scottcr]

[laughs]

[Qazimod]

Probably posted elsewhere, but yesterday Capcom shared the first trailer for "Ace Attorney 123", a compilation of the Phoenix Wright games coming to Japan in April:

[Wiper]

Oh boy. I want to introduce my partner to the games, but have yet to rebuy the first DS game - this would allow me to instead have a single copy for all of them. Just have to pray for a UK release (digital or otherwise)...

[Massive Invisible Dog]

Do they have an iPhone? I would have thought that's the best way to play the first three games these days.

[Wiper]

They do not. And surely that loses the lovely dual-screen interface?

[Jack]

The iOS ports are really bad, the graphics are blown up from the GBA original with a smoothing filter and are missing half the animations. It's like a Flash remake made by a guy who had the original game described to him over a bad phone line. Avoid.

[Massive Invisible Dog]

I think in portrait mode it mimics having two smaller screens, no idea how landscape works.

The iOS ports are really bad, the graphics are blown up from the GBA original with a smoothing filter and are missing half the animations. It's like a Flash remake made by a guy who had the original game described to him over a bad phone line. Avoid.

Oh man, even that recent "HD" version they put out? I thought they'd improved them a lot since the original iOS versions.

[PaB]

I think in portrait mode it mimics having two smaller screens, no idea how landscape works.

Oh man, even that recent "HD" version they put out? I thought they'd improved them a lot since the original iOS versions.

The original was in portrait and mimiced two screen. But The Ace Attourney HD trilogy is in landscape as does a pretty good job of flipping between screens. It;s fine in terms of how it looks ( you can play the first two cases from the first game free, i think). And at £11 for the whole lots its pretty good value. Of course if they don't have an iDevice then wai tfor the re-release if it makes it over.

[therearerules]

It's about time.

[NEG]

Why didn't they include 4? Still semi-vital to understand 5 if you buy it, no?

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

Did they fix the iOS game yet? Last time I tried it, it would just crash to desktop on iOS7.

[Gigga]

I've just got a 3DS, I'm not really into Nintendo games ( boo, hiss ) so I don't have any interest in Mario, Zelda or whatever, I'm going to get Luigi's Mansion asap but what else should I be considering?

[Darren]

Fire Emblem. It's a Nintendo game but it's nothing like Mario or Zelda.

[deerokus]

Yep, Fire Emblem is the least Nintendo-y Nintendo game there is. It is also the Tetris of the 3DS. You could easily never buy another game for the system (you should, though).

[mdn2]

Bit. Trip. Saga. If only for Runner.

And Phoenix Wright off the eShop.

[deerokus]

STEAMWORLD DIG.

[Wiper]

As has already been said, Fire Emblem and Phoenix Wright are both brilliant, best games on the system by far - assuming you enjoy strategy RPGs and Phoenix Wright games*, respectively.

Castlevania is surprisingly nice too - a 2D entry into the series closer to the Super Castlevanias than the later affairs.

Once you've got through those, the smaller games on the eShop are worth a look - the Sega 3D Classics are particularly tasty if you like your arcade games, for example.

*which sounds like useless advice if you've not already played a Phoenix Wright game, but if you've not already played a Phoenix Wright game then you really ought to get a copy of the first DS game and play that first - both to see if you like the games, and if so to start you on the way through the series because the 3DS game definitely benefits from playing the earlier games first.

[SMD]

Fire Emblem

Pokemon

Ghost Recon Shadow Wars

[Massive Invisible Dog]

Pilotwings. Totally forgotten about, but really good. The biggest complaint against it was a lack of content, but you can surely pick it up for about £10 and it's easily worth that.

[TheSlugFormerlyKnownAsNap]

I thought Pilot Wings was pretty poor really. Uninteresting environment, only one island, time restricted free flight mode, short. As a launch title it was OK, but considering the library that's available now it wouldn't be on my shortlist for a new 3DS owner.

My first selection would probably be:

- Fire Emblem

- Phoenix Wright

- Pullblox

- Link Between Worlds (depending on the reason why you don't like Zelda; if it's for all the fluff and handholding and backtracking etc. you might like this anyway)

- Castlevania

- Ghost Recon Shadow Wars

- Luigi's 2

[joffocakes]

Pilotwings Resort is excellent. Needs more content; at least three times more, but what's there is wonderful.

[therearerules]

Virtue's Last Reward.

But then, I hated Luigi's Mansion 2.

[Wiper]

I keep forgetting that was a 3DS game first. Virtue's Last Reward is indeed great, though I'd get the Vita version if you have a Vita (simply to avoid the bugs).

[scottcr]

In order to satisfy my RPG craving, I'm returned to Fire Emblem on 3DS. What a game.

Anyway, since I'm playing it with perma-death, the whole 'recruiting' and renown stuff becomes more important. So, I lost a few good guys and I'm not quite strong enough to progress the story, so I've returned to the first island and now smacking wandering parties and risen all over the map.

[John0]

Yep! The best Harvest Moon, I think. First month is ridiculously slow, then it starts to open up and there is a lot to it. I've sunk 85 hours into it and, while a massive Animal Crossing fan, Harvest Moon has taken over since buying it.

If you've played HM before, it's kind of a repetition game in terms of the farm/economy - but there's loads more to it than that.

The best Harvest Moon you say?! This I have to play... thanks!

[Kramer]

Non Nintendo 3DS recommendations?

Ridge Racer 3DS

Dead or Alive Dimensions

Street Fighter IV

Monster Hunter

Resident Evil Mercenaries

Harvest Moon

PES 2013

Ace Combat Legacy

E shop:

Galaxy Force II

Sonic

Attack of the Friday Monsters

Korg M01

[Kramer]

Just about Ace Combat Legacy....

Never really a fan of Ace Combat, even though I've played 1 and 4 on PS/2.

But Legacy on 3DS is brilliant. Bite sized chunks of missions, loads of upgrades/unlockables.

You should all have it in your collection, really.