Well, first off I find it strange that it was released on a Sunday. However, everything, everywhere from Nintendo to IGN to Gamespot to Gamestop all say March 27, 2011. All consoles and games slated for release say available on all online stores. However, haven't seen or heard anything about it other than that. Far as I can tell no one I know rushed out and bought it. And they call themselves gamers! I wanted to, and had it preordered, but realized financially it made more sense to cancel preorder then order it on the 1st and probably get it by the 4th. So another week for me.
Few noteworthy things. A lot of the games that are or were released at time of launch seem to not be available online. For example, LEGO Star Wars III: The Clones Ward 3DS says not available online but "may be available in store." Few others as well. I'm wondering if they didn't get shipped out of Japan in time due to the disasters.
Strangest thing I've heard about 3DS from the unboxing and hands-on reviews by various game sites and fans online would be the pedometer. It has a built in pedometer than counts how many steps you've taken, uploads it to your club nintendo profile via wi-fi and awards you with points that you can then use to buy downloadable gameboy games or in-game items for 3DS games. That struck me as fairly odd.
Not much else to say for now. Can't get mine soon enough! Very excited. My Nintendo page on my site is up and running, but very, very limited info, subpages, etc. Just wanted to get the page fixed up and working for the release. Currently the only subpage is for The World Ends With You. Mostly because I like the music and I just finished teaching myself how to make, adjust, and add a flash music player to my webpages. Etrian Odyssey will "probably" be next, plus a new game listing page with rankings, the old one is obsolete and impossible to update the way I wrote it years ago. I have learned much since then.
For now, I wait with anticipation for April, to get my 3DS and for PORTAL 2! Finally! We get to think with portals again! And... cake??? Will there be cake??? There's cake when we win right??? I heard there's cake! Rumor has it that it's delicious and moist...
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Monday, March 7, 2011
The 25 "Must Have" DS Game List
So, the Nintendo 3DS is coming out in 20 more days. And from everything I've read, flash cards like my supercard dsone will not work in it due to the constant live wireless updating system it has. What does this mean? Well, for me it means 500+ DS games I have downloaded and played will not be playable on my new 3DS when I get it. While this is not the end of the world since I can play them fine on my old DS, it sucks because I want to be able to carry all my games with me and won't be able to since I'm obviously only going to carry the 3DS with me anywhere once I have it.
With all that in mind I thought to myself, some of these games are epic, I mean greatest games ever, can't live without. While others are just ok, or in many cases suck lol. So, I've been putting together a list of the DS games that are really "must have' amazing, greatest games ever, can't live without.
After searching online, amazon, ebay, overstock, and half a dozen other sites I've discovered a few things. First off, DS games don't stay up for sale for very long at regular retailers. The inventory at most of your electronics dealers like say gamestop/ebgames, or best buy changes way faster than I thought it did. Hence, most of these games that are from 2007-2009 even early 2010 are already long gone from the normal retail stores. Many are still available from collectors, small online and offline gaming stores and of course ebay and amazon. However, a small few, the really best of the best ones are INSANELY high priced. For example, and this is a huge one, Etrian Odyssey. The best DS game of all time, and apparently I'm not the only one that thinks so. Used ones go for $40+, new ones are if you're lucky $80 but most are more like $100-$120 just for that one game! Etrian Odyssey II is not much better going for about $60 already. Even on ebay and amazon it's that much, worse elsewhere. I did manage to nab Etrian Odyssey III though for like $30 still as it's currently selling in normal stores still. But wow, some of these prices caught me off guard big time.
My newest plan is just to keep an eye out for all of them regularly on auction sites and hope for the best for most of them. However, at some point I will give in and buy the first two Etrian Odyssey games regardless of price because they really are THAT good.
Well, here's the list. I tried to keep it in order with the most important at number 1 but some are really hard to decide or choose between so I don't hold too strongly to this particular order.
1. Etrian Odyssey (1, 2, & 3)
2. The World Ends with You
3. Mario Kart
4. Luminous Arc (1 & 2)
5. Desktop Tower Defense
6. Moon
7. Chibi-Robo Park Patrol
8. Hotel Dusk - Room 215
9. Retro Game Challenge
10. Picross & Picross 3D
11. TrackMania DS
12. Super Princess Peach
13. LEGO Star Wars (The Complete Saga & Clone Wars)
14. Big Bang Mini
15. Exit DS
16. Space Invaders Extreme (1 & 2)
17. Yoshi's Island DS
18. Advance Wars - Days of Ruin
19. Dementium the Ward (1 & 2)
20. NEW Super Mario Bros.
21. Brain Buster Puzzle Pack
22. Geometry Wars - Galaxies
23. Transformers Animated
24. Custom Robo Arena
25. Club House Games
Also, all (too many to mention) the Mario, Zelda, Castlevania, Metroid, Mega Man, Final Fantasy, and the Transformers games should really be considered as classics just because they're always great. There's just soooo many. There's like 20+ Mega Man games for the DS and about 8 FF, think there's 9 or 11 Transformers games now, maybe a dozen or more Mario depending which ones you count cause he shows up everywhere lol.
Luckily I already had a couple of those games in actual real game card format not downloaded roms. Hopefully I'll be able to scrounge up a couple of the others.
With all that in mind I thought to myself, some of these games are epic, I mean greatest games ever, can't live without. While others are just ok, or in many cases suck lol. So, I've been putting together a list of the DS games that are really "must have' amazing, greatest games ever, can't live without.
After searching online, amazon, ebay, overstock, and half a dozen other sites I've discovered a few things. First off, DS games don't stay up for sale for very long at regular retailers. The inventory at most of your electronics dealers like say gamestop/ebgames, or best buy changes way faster than I thought it did. Hence, most of these games that are from 2007-2009 even early 2010 are already long gone from the normal retail stores. Many are still available from collectors, small online and offline gaming stores and of course ebay and amazon. However, a small few, the really best of the best ones are INSANELY high priced. For example, and this is a huge one, Etrian Odyssey. The best DS game of all time, and apparently I'm not the only one that thinks so. Used ones go for $40+, new ones are if you're lucky $80 but most are more like $100-$120 just for that one game! Etrian Odyssey II is not much better going for about $60 already. Even on ebay and amazon it's that much, worse elsewhere. I did manage to nab Etrian Odyssey III though for like $30 still as it's currently selling in normal stores still. But wow, some of these prices caught me off guard big time.
My newest plan is just to keep an eye out for all of them regularly on auction sites and hope for the best for most of them. However, at some point I will give in and buy the first two Etrian Odyssey games regardless of price because they really are THAT good.
Well, here's the list. I tried to keep it in order with the most important at number 1 but some are really hard to decide or choose between so I don't hold too strongly to this particular order.
1. Etrian Odyssey (1, 2, & 3)
2. The World Ends with You
3. Mario Kart
4. Luminous Arc (1 & 2)
5. Desktop Tower Defense
6. Moon
7. Chibi-Robo Park Patrol
8. Hotel Dusk - Room 215
9. Retro Game Challenge
10. Picross & Picross 3D
11. TrackMania DS
12. Super Princess Peach
13. LEGO Star Wars (The Complete Saga & Clone Wars)
14. Big Bang Mini
15. Exit DS
16. Space Invaders Extreme (1 & 2)
17. Yoshi's Island DS
18. Advance Wars - Days of Ruin
19. Dementium the Ward (1 & 2)
20. NEW Super Mario Bros.
21. Brain Buster Puzzle Pack
22. Geometry Wars - Galaxies
23. Transformers Animated
24. Custom Robo Arena
25. Club House Games
Also, all (too many to mention) the Mario, Zelda, Castlevania, Metroid, Mega Man, Final Fantasy, and the Transformers games should really be considered as classics just because they're always great. There's just soooo many. There's like 20+ Mega Man games for the DS and about 8 FF, think there's 9 or 11 Transformers games now, maybe a dozen or more Mario depending which ones you count cause he shows up everywhere lol.
Luckily I already had a couple of those games in actual real game card format not downloaded roms. Hopefully I'll be able to scrounge up a couple of the others.
Xbox Live / GFWL Gamercard Sig in Spanish
Before someone asks, yes, the link from my gamercard sig (the 4th down at the top of my main game page) goes to a Spanish page. Gamercard.net/livecard.net which has been the main source for gamertag forum sigs for years shutdown and after many hours of searching I have found lusogamer.com to be the best and nicest sigs out there, despite being a Spanish site. Also, they use your avatar pic that you take from the xbox live site not the live version of your avatar. Which is a good thing. Because the live version of your avatar will not show up properly if you have exclusive or limited edition items equipped. I don't know why but microsoft won't let you share or link directly to your avatar if it has special items from the marketplace. So, the avatar pics you take are the only way to get a proper version of your avatar displayed in a dynamic forum sig. Anyhow, I'm rambling again. Just wanted to say, yes the page is in Spanish lol.
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