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    3DS: Friend Codes on First Page, OMG THE THIRD DIMENSION

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    Why are people still being so gloom and doom about this? They had a shit launch, yes, but they got their act together pretty quickly. By the end of the year they'll have a pretty decent library and a price drop in 4 days. Seriously, outside of analysts, ivory tower game journalists and a small section of the hardcore audience, consumers don't really give a fuck about the inner workings of the video game industry, and they sure as hell won't remember the 3DS being $250 bucks at launch. The rest who might care have adopted a "wait and see" stance.

    On a related note, after heading to a Frys while in Houston this weekend I had a chance to catch a 3DS display in which I was able to tell whether or not I could see the 3D effect. Turns out I can! Gonna grab one at the end of the month with OoT3D and DOA: Dimensions.

    Grab one before thursday from wal-mart or costco for $170, connect to the internet and get 20 free games!!

    Happy 25th Birthday to Metroid!

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    Metroid Prime is my favorite game of ALL TIME. I've played through it at least 8 times. I had no idea what I was getting into when I played it; I had only played Metroid Zero Mission before (My second favorite Metroid game) and I was so engrossed in the awesome story and scanning mechanics, not to mention the incredible music and graphics and some of the best atmosphere I'd ever seen.

    I really, REALLY hope it gets some sort of tribute...Although, judging by Nintendo's "tributes" to Mario and Zelda (a SNES game with a bleh CD and a zelda wiimote...although the travelling symphony is cool) doesn't really give me the highest hopes. If it helps, we can just consider Trilogy to be an early tribute to Metroid.

    And still think Other M is a good game, no matter what anyone says.

    3DS: Friend Codes on First Page, OMG THE THIRD DIMENSION

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    New colors and limited editions, most likely. I really don't see what they could do to improve the design, besides maybe a sturdier circle pad and less draining screens, maybe better cameras? But those would hardly be worth it. This current model is extremely compact, and just holding it you can tell how well designed it is: it's much more solid than any of the DSs. Plus with Nintendo's financial issue, they'd only be shooting themselves even worse in the foot to release another model within the next year and a half.

    And @ OCRE, you forgot about the 20 free games you'd get by buying it right now. Really this is the best deal for a long time I'd say.

    3DS: Friend Codes on First Page, OMG THE THIRD DIMENSION

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    I really do like my 3DS a lot. It's becoming my favorite video game system. Being able to play all my DS games, cool new games in 3D, downloading old Gameboy and Gameboy advance games, 3dClassics, movies and videos in 3D a wonderful online shop, augmented reality games...The system itself is really great. I really hope that with the price drop, free games and AAA games coming out this fall Nintendo can get back on its feet.

    3DS: Friend Codes on First Page, OMG THE THIRD DIMENSION

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    This is still pretty good. I mean, NES games are $5 each on the wii, so right there that $50 worth of free games. GBA games are probably going to be around $8 each, so there's another $80 of free games, making around $130 worth of free games, and this is just for a price drop of $80 that Nintendo is not obligated to reimburse us for at all.

    Compare that to the PSN outage and sony's "reimbursement" package of two $20 games and a couple free minis. Yeah, Sometimes Nintendo can be awesome.

    Besides, if these free games are good (which they are) then it doesn't matter how old they are: a good game is worth playing again. Plus, some of the GBA games will be exclusive to early adopters. Again, this is really exciting for me.

    Although, since they're bringing NES Zelda to the eshop makes me fear that they may not make a 3d classic version of it :(

    Nintendo 3DS

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    So I've found myself going into the eShop multiple times a day just to browse and window shop.

    I'll say that again.

    I'm going into a NINTENDO RUN ONLINE STORE with no other purpose than to just look around at stuff. :shock::shock::shock:

    I've never even done that with this much frequency on any other online store. PSN is slow and doesn't have any screenshots for games, iTunes is clunky and overstuffed and hard to navigate, and XBLA is okay, but you also have to really dive in to find stuff. I'm actually enjoying browsing in the eShop.

    Wow.

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