Nintendo 3DS

[ZenErik]

I'm seeing a lot of people in this thread who didn't grow up with the original Game Boy.

First portable I had was the translucent green GameBoy Pocket. But I certainly used the original one before then.

[RyaNtheSlayA]

My first portable was a Gameboy Color so there's that...

[Jmustang1968]

I'm seeing a lot of people in this thread who didn't grow up with the original Game Boy.

I hated it when I played it. The first handheld I ever actually owned was a DS lite. I liked how it could play some of the GBA games that intrigued me and the new DS games.

[Stark]

I'm seeing a lot of people in this thread who didn't grow up with the original Game Boy.

OG Game Boy in da house!

[ZeroAX]

Well I placed my order, together with a copy of Starfox . Any good cheap games on the e-shop btw? How much memory does the 3DS XL come with out of the box?

[alienjesus]

Well I placed my order, together with a copy of Starfox . Any good cheap games on the e-shop btw? How much memory does the 3DS XL come with out of the box?

The original 3DS included a 2GB SD card. I want to say the XL has a bigger one than that, perhaps a 4GB.

There are a selection of good games on the eShop, of varying lengths and prices. I'd recommend having a look at these ones:

Pullblox
Fallblox
Dillon's Rolling Western
Gunman Clive
Liberation Maiden
Crimson Shroud
HarmoKnight
The Denpa Men
Hama Samurai
Splash or Crash
Tokyo Crash Mobs
Hydroventure: Spin Cycle
Nano Assault EX

The prices vary a fair bit, from about 2 euros for Gunman Clive, up to a pretty hefty 15 euros or so for HarmoKnight. It's worth keeping an eye out, because sales do actually happen and can save you a little bit.


There's also a small selection of Game Boy, GB Color and NES games on e-shop too. They cost about 3-4 euros for classic game boy, 5-6 for GBC and 5 for NES. There's a few worthwhile ones on there - the likes of Kirby's Dream Land 2, Avenging Spirit and especially Trip World will save you a good bit compared to the cartridges.

[fastbilly1]

I'm seeing a lot of people in this thread who didn't grow up with the original Game Boy.

Christmas day of 1990 there was much Tetris in my parents house. Other than my Japanese launch GBA, my original Gameboy got the most play out of any of my handhelds.

[jinx]

Add me to the list of "Game Boy Pocket".

My first experience with a Hand-held was actually the Game Gear, but It ate through batteries too quickly, and it wasn't technically "mine".

[ZeroAX]

Don't worry I started with a Game Boy classic, even though I bought it the same year the Pocket came out.

The original 3DS included a 2GB SD card. I want to say the XL has a bigger one than that, perhaps a 4GB.

There are a selection of good games on the eShop, of varying lengths and prices. I'd recommend having a look at these ones:

Pullblox
Fallblox
Dillon's Rolling Western
Gunman Clive
Liberation Maiden
Crimson Shroud
HarmoKnight
The Denpa Men
Hama Samurai
Splash or Crash
Tokyo Crash Mobs
Hydroventure: Spin Cycle
Nano Assault EX

I googled it, the 3DS XL comes with a 4 gig SD card. Which is very generous by stingy Nintendo standards.

So if a guy who likes Platformers, RPGs, Strategy games, Puzzle games, Beat Em Ups and some Arcade like titles wants to get a bunch of cheap games (less than 5€ per title, unless it's THAT good) what should he get? Also, I don't think I'll be buying any VC games, specially since I probably own like 80% of the Game Boy games that might interest me.

[alienjesus]

I googled it, the 3DS XL comes with a 4 gig SD card. Which is very generous by stingy Nintendo standards.

So if a guy who likes Platformers, RPGs, Strategy games, Puzzle games, Beat Em Ups and some Arcade like titles wants to get a bunch of cheap games (less than 5€ per title, unless it's THAT good) what should he get? Also, I don't think I'll be buying any VC games, specially since I probably own like 80% of the Game Boy games that might interest me.

Not really any good downloadable platformers unless you start looking at DSiWare. Can't think of any strategy games either.

Gunman Clive is kinda like MegaMan, that might fill your platforming itch. It's also under 5 euros for sure. Mighty Switch Force is an option too - it's a sort of arcadey platformer game with a little bit of shooting and lots of puzzle solving.

RPGs - Crimson Shroud is by the guy behind Tactics Ogre and FF Tactics, and is a weird little experiement RPG with tabletop gaming elements. The Denpa Men is a unique dungeon crawler where you build a party by searching out Denpa Men in real life using Wifi signals. Both games are a little over 5 euros though - probably about 7 or 8.

Arcadey games - Nano Assault EX is a shmup, Liberation Maiden is a flight combat game of sorts, and Splash or Crash is a high score challenge obstacle course game. Again though, most of them are above 5 Euros - Liberation Maiden is about the same price as Denpa Men and Crimson Shroud and Nano Assault is significantly more. Splash or Crash is about 3 Euros though.

I'd definitely recommend Hana Samurai too, it's kinda like Punch Out but you beat up multiple small enemies in a beat-em-up style. It's about 5 euros too, but be warned - it's very short, maybe 2 or 3 hours tops.

The main issue is pricing - most of the games on e-Shop seem to be about £7-8 from what I've seen, so likely 8-9 Euros.