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[BlueSweatshirt]

So wow, maybe 3DS will have a huge turnaround as a holiday christmas gift this year. It seems Mario has been a hit for just about everyone and for $199(the game bundle) I don't think it pushes most peoples' budgets too far.

I really want Super Mario 3D Land.

[Trevor Dunbar]

So wow, maybe 3DS will have a huge turnaround as a holiday christmas gift this year. It seems Mario has been a hit for just about everyone and for $199(the game bundle) I don't think it pushes most peoples' budgets too far.

I really want Super Mario 3D Land.

Expect the 3DS to be fine, maybe Nintendo will finally see that all you need to sell a system is a few great games with a dash of advertizing.

...fastest selling PORTABLE mario to date

fixed

[Ishi]

Pushmo / Pullblox is out this week. Excellent news. Looks colour-tastic and fun.
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-06-nintendo-announces-pullblox-3ds-eshop-release-date

It's got level sharing via enormous QR codes. I love QR codes as a sharing method; makes so much sense considering everything has a camera.

[[RM8]]

Really? Oh man, I'm still too obsessed with Mario Kart 7 to get into Pushmo

EDIT: Game demos coming to eShop. Actual demos, apparently. In Japan.

- Monster Hunter 3G
- Cooking Mama 4
- Puyo Puyo
- Crayon Shin-chan 3DS
- Dead or Alive: Dimensions

[Ishi]

Pushmo / Pullblox is oh-so-delicious. Colourful, polished, cheap, and great for pick-up-and-play puzzling. The 3D is a genuine benefit too.

New firmware update also. 3D video recording which was a bit eye-destroying when I tried it, but probably works better in brighter light than I was in. Lots of StreetPass fun to be had.

With Pullblox I tried the download-in-background feature. Only works in sleep mode, so you still can't do anything at the same time, but there's less waiting around overall because you don't have to watch the animation.

[gimymblert]

3DS Slide Pad Expansion Lasts 480 Hours Off Single Battery

That's one less worry:
That's 20 full day
60 work hour day
240 or 120 day on average gamer session (2-4h per day)

[[RM8]]

Pushmo / Pullblox is oh-so-delicious. Colourful, polished, cheap, and great for pick-up-and-play puzzling. The 3D is a genuine benefit too.

I seriously want it. I think Nintendo should trust Intelligent Systems more, they're stuck with Paper Mario and Fire Emblem - and of course I love those, but it'd be nice if they let them try something big with a big franchise like Retro did with Metroid and Donkey Kong.

[SirNiko]

Pushmo is pretty sweet. Picked that up yesterday.

The tutorial had me mashing A quickly because I felt like the little delays between dialogue boxes were irritating, but once I got past that it was really fun.

My only concern is that the strategy may be a little thin. A few of the levels I managed to get by a huge puzzle by only shifting a few blocks and using diagonal jumps (Especially the Mural levels). I was left wondering if the game was going to emphasize open levels with multiple solutions, or if later on I'm going to find more rigidly designed levels that require a specific method to solve.

It looks like I'll get several hours out of this without touching the custom level thing, which is a good value.

[Ishi]

I think most of that first Murals group is just meant to be for fun rather than puzzling. It introduces a few new puzzle elements later on, so it should get tough once the 5-star levels appear.

Dunno if it's worth doing a thread for custom puzzles. For now here's the only one I've made - as far as I'm aware this only has one solution.



I rated it 4 stars but I hadn't played much of the game and wasn't sure what the ratings really meant. It's probably more of a 3.

[[RM8]]

I'm loving Pusmo. I made a really quick level:



The music is quite nice, I'm enjoying it a lot.

[SirNiko]

Ishi's level was pretty tough. I had to use the reset at least twice because I'd leave some blocks out that prevented me from climbing back up. I'll have to try RM's puzzle later.

The later puzzles get pretty rough, so it seems my worries of shallow strategy were unfounded. Just finished Murals 2 and I'm a little upset the end of the game is rapidly approaching.

[[RM8]]

Mine isn't challenging at all, I was just messing around with the creator I just finished the first set of Murals.

[Uykered]

These GBA games are being given to people in the "ambassadors program" on the 16th:

• F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
• Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island
• Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
• Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong
• Metroid Fusion
• Wario Land 4
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Dums

[s0]

all good gams

[rob]

Can a non-ambassador buy ambassador games?

[Aloshi]

Nice lineup! The only one of those that I ever really played was LoZ: Minish Cap, so it looks like my 3DS will finally see some use.

[Ishi]

And Fire Emblem I believe:
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-12-14-nintendo-3ds-ambassador-gba-games-out-friday

Can a non-ambassador buy ambassador games?

As far as I know, no. I think I remember reading that the NES games will be fully released eventually (with better emulation, the current version doesn't have proper savestates) but I don't think the GBA games are planned to be released.

[BlueSweatshirt]

These GBA games are being given to people in the "ambassadors program" on the 16th:

• F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
• Super Mario Advance 3: Yoshi’s Island
• Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap
• Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong
• Metroid Fusion
• Wario Land 4
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Dums

YEEEEEEEEES...

Maybe I'll actually play minish cap all the way through this time dohoho!

[Trevor Dunbar]

Pretty cool Ambassador games, I'm still kind-of pissed about Red 3DSes coming like just a month after I bought one.

Legend of Zelda: Minish Cap should keep my 3DS busy for awhile.

[[RM8]]

Kirby, Mario (vs. Donkey Kong, Kart), F-Zero and maybe Fire Emblem? Awesome. Wario Land must be good as well.