WiiU & 3DS eShops now closed. You are still be able to download purchased software 'for the foreseeable future'.

[Calashnikov]

23 hours ago, MW_Jimmy said:

Don't forget to check out the 3DS Themes shop - there are some excellent looks and the Hanafuda one has been my default for years now:

 

 

You’ve reminded me that I heard someone mention a Dreamcast theme for 3DS on a podcast I listened to over summer. I meant to look it up, any ideas? It had an audio sample of the distinctive DC disc whirring noise on there apparently  

[Ketchup]

There’s the Dreamcast one and I want to say Sonic one that plays the song from Sonic R.

[ZOK]

23 hours ago, Keyboard Koala said:

 

I played it back in the day, and loved it.

 

 

 

The novelty wears off after a while, but it's like a silly version of Animal Crossing which was just what I needed.

Cheers, I picked up an eBay copy for £16 which seems more palatable.

[Garwoofoo]

Goddammit, this is now turning into an exercise to complete my 3DS library before the prices skyrocket.

 

Picked up a copy of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia as everyone says it's either the best one on 3DS, or at least a good change of pace compared to the other two.

 

So I now have three Fire Emblem games on the machine (Awakening, Fates and Echoes) and there's a lot of DLC for each of them. I've got all three routes for Fates but is any of the other stuff essential? A quick Google suggests not but if anyone thinks otherwise I'd be interested to know.

[Popo]

13 minutes ago, Garwoofoo said:

Goddammit, this is now turning into an exercise to complete my 3DS library before the prices skyrocket.

 

Picked up a copy of Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadow of Valentia as everyone says it's either the best one on 3DS, or at least a good change of pace compared to the other two.

 

So I now have three Fire Emblem games on the machine (Awakening, Fates and Echoes) and there's a lot of DLC for each of them. I've got all three routes for Fates but is any of the other stuff essential? A quick Google suggests not but if anyone thinks otherwise I'd be interested to know.

There are two different Fates games! Birthright and Conquest. Open that wallet just a little wider. 

[Garwoofoo]

1 minute ago, Popo said:

There are two different Fates games! Birthright and Conquest. Open that wallet just a little wider. 

 

Yep, got all three routes - bought a copy of Birthright and that allows you to download Conquest and Revelations from within the game.

 

It's all the other stuff I'm interested in though, lots of extra stories and maps for all three games and it ain't cheap.

[Dig Dug]

Awakening has some story content DLC. If you’re choosy then avoid any DLC that involves quick level ups, extra gold etc.

 

The only DLC really worthwhile in Echoes is the Rise of the Deliverance prologue chapters.

[Popo]

48 minutes ago, Garwoofoo said:

 

Yep, got all three routes - bought a copy of Birthright and that allows you to download Conquest and Revelations from within the game.

 

It's all the other stuff I'm interested in though, lots of extra stories and maps for all three games and it ain't cheap.

Ohhh, I did not know this! Good tip. 

[gratuitous sax]

It’s worth also bearing in mind that DLC for some games cannot be accessed or purchased until you reach a certain point in the game, so there is a time investment to factor in on top of the financial investment.

 

So for FE Awakening you need to reach Chapter 4 to open up the part of the game through which you can purchase DLC. For Echoes you just need to complete the first battle and reach the world map. 

 

 

[JDubYes]

3 hours ago, Garwoofoo said:

 

Yep, got all three routes - bought a copy of Birthright and that allows you to download Conquest and Revelations from within the game.

One of my more extravagant (or elaborate?) gaming purchases of all-time; I was absolutely in love with FE Awakening, so after much searching I finally managed to source a copy of the FE Fates Special Edition from Germany when it first came out, which means I actually have all three on one cart.

 

I have, of course, never actually played it.

 

I still adore my 3DS. I’ve got a lot of the first-party games, as well as all the 3DS Fire Emblems and Monster Hunters on cart, and then have about as big an SD card in it as it’ll take. That has the Level 5 five on it, as well as all the SMT, Persona Q, Etrian Odyssey and Dragon Quest games loaded onto it, as well as a couple of others, just so that if the eshop does stop allowing downloads at some point I should still be good, fingers crossed.

 

That should basically keep me going forever, I figure. Such a lovely backlog to have.

[Xevious]

On 20/01/2023 at 23:01, Garwoofoo said:

The sixth Phoenix Wright game, Spirit of Justice, is better than Dual Destinies (which is #5) but they are both good - and neither of them got a physical release. 
 

Also, both games have DLC cases, with 5’s one being particularly good, so you might want to get on those too before the shop closes. 

 

Has anyone played the two short DLC cases for Spirit of Justice, called Asinine Attorney?  I have heard they are about half an hour long each, but no details whether they're actually any good.

[Garwoofoo]

4 minutes ago, Xevious said:

 

Has anyone played the two short DLC cases for Spirit of Justice, called Asinine Attorney?  I have heard they are about half an hour long each, but no details whether they're actually any good.

They’re silly and forgettable. Save your money for the “proper” DLC case. 

[Xevious]

11 hours ago, Garwoofoo said:

They’re silly and forgettable. Save your money for the “proper” DLC case. 

Thanks.  I've already got that (and am currently playing through it!).  If the others were £1 each I'd probably get them but there's basically no information anywhere on how good they are.

[LaveDisco]

Is there anyway to perfectly clone an SD card, so the DS can use either? I would prefer to make a back up on my digital files, what with the end times coming...

[Calashnikov]

DARK VOID ZERO | DSiWARE | £4.49 | (2 hours to beat)

 

This was originally intended as an April Fool's tie-in / promo-pisstake 8-bit style platforming de-make / prequel of the shite PS360 game Dark Void except it ended up apparently being quite fucking rad, since it was based on the conceit of being developed for a fictional 1980's two-screened arcade cabinet, as per 3/DS hardware.

 

It was marketed as a long lost Capcom game from the 8-bit generation and takes inspiration from 2D Metroid, Castlevania and Contra games of that era, complete with pixel graphics and chiptune music, all of which is obviously tropey in the extreme these days, but still, I'm on a mission to burn money on weirdo 3DS, DSiWare and maybe even Wii U games before the eShop closes, so it's on my fucking list 

 

 

Surely a decent enough wee dossaround for a couple of hours, fuck it. It's out on iOS as well not out on iOS anymore, but surely it needs dat dual screen hardware config to truly get the good of it? Last chance to cop and play it the way it was originally intended.

[Popo]

Good morning fellow eShopocalypse preppers. This is your reminder that there is now 2 months left until The Great Shutdown. 

 

 

Payday tomorrow, so I think I'll get Rhythm Paradise Megamix to celebrate. 

[Calashnikov]

It just occurred to me that the original GBA versions of Advance Wars 1 & 2 might be decent shouts for getting on Wii U Virtual Console, since the Switch remake is nowhere to be seen, and the GBA versions are relatively cheap compared to the no-doubt full price Switch version, if and when it ever comes out. Just a thought.

[Calashnikov]

Fuck. That thought has got me adding a whole load of Wii U Virtual Console GBA games to my fucking list now  And a bunch of DS games too while I’m at it, fuckit 🤦🏻‍♂️
 

The dual screen thing means that buying those on Wii U Virtual Console in the limited time we have left is likely the only affordable alternative to playing these games on anything other than original DS carts, and we all know how that’ll be going soon 📈

[chris on the moon]

I get the impression that if you try to buy a cartridge for the original DS it's almost certainly going to be fake. Nintendo seem to care so little about piracy on the system that you can just buy R4s loaded with pirated nintendo games from amazon. Amazon will even dispatch it themselves! https://www.amazon.co.uk/Game-Cartridge-Multicart-Super-Combo/dp/B09Y1PFNKZ/

 

[ZOK]

Has anyone tried one of these? They look brilliant - this one has got 510 games! 
 

ERE 510 in 1 Games DS / NDS Game Card Super Combo Cartridge for DS NDS NDSL NDSi 3DS 2DS XL New https://amzn.eu/d/bskZjvg

[Popo]

55 minutes ago, ZOK said:

Has anyone tried one of these? They look brilliant - this one has got 510 games! 
 

ERE 510 in 1 Games DS / NDS Game Card Super Combo Cartridge for DS NDS NDSL NDSi 3DS 2DS XL New https://amzn.eu/d/bskZjvg

 

I'd be well up for buying a reliable one of those. I bought a hooky copy of GTA Chinatown Wars once and it kept losing the save game data, I wonder if Hong Kong's bootleg boffins have now perfected the technology. 

[moosegrinder]

I got one off eBay a couple of years ago, it works fine. I backed up the folders on the sd card and then just left the things I want to play on there.

[Vorgot]

I've had one that works fine, some do have a "time bomb" thing on there that seems to corrupt after a different date, but I reformatted the SD card, installed the right SW and its been fine for a couple of years now

[Popo]

I was just reading the description of the eShop version of Fire Emblem Fates. It says you have to reach chapter 6 before you pick whether to download Birthright or Conquest. I guess buying the digital version gets you one download path for your money. Two questions. 
 

Do you later get the chance to download the option you didn’t go for?

I gather you can then go on to download Revelation - is that also gated behind X hours of play time?

 

Basically, if I want to download this shit before I can’t anymore, do I need to put in the hard yards now?

 

 

[chris on the moon]

I had the retail version, so that had its path hard-coded in to it. As far as I remember, after that point in the story where you'd make  your choice, the DLC shop opens.  So you can just buy the other paths then and you'd always have them. Revelations isn't gated behind any more hours, but yes, if you bought the download version now you'd need to get to chapter 6. Otherwise the game wouldn't work at all.

[Garwoofoo]

Yeah, if you’ve got a physical version it is already one specific route out of the box and you can buy the other routes straight from the main menu as soon as you boot it up. For the digital version it sounds like you need to get to chapter 6 as it has no “default” route until you choose one. 

[ryodi]

Reminder that due to this Fates is being removed from sale on the eShop a month before it shuts down.

 

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Sales of the game Fire Emblem Fates will end one month earlier, on 28/02/2023. DLC for Fire Emblem Fates, including story paths accessible after the completion of Chapter 6, will still be available until 27/03/2023.

 

[Vorgot]

I don't think it takes too long to get there though, in Awakening it was chapter 5 to reach the DLC point and that was very little time

[Vorgot]

There's actually something that seems a bit off here. Nintendo are presumable making a nice surge in earnings from the fact that they are removing things from sale. And people are now buying things in case they might want to play them, not because they want them right now. I think it's great for the publishers and devs, the ones that are still around, but it seems not quite right.

[Calashnikov]

LIBERATION MAIDEN | 3DS | £7.19 | (2 hours to beat)

 

The President has been kidnapped by ninjas murdered by mecha in this Suda51 shooter. Are you a Bad Enough Dude schoolgirl to pilot a mech and shoot fuck out of a whole load of invading mecha?

 

 

Always up for a bit of Suda51, so this eShop exclusive (!!!) definitely goes on the list before it's blasted off into space where it will explode forever