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[Peanut]

Yeah, Nintendo sh*t has been nuts. I haven't missed anything I've wanted yet - including (two copies) of the MM LE and the MM N3DSXL. I think I have the majority of my wave 3 Amiibo's locked up if my Amazon preorders pull through and I've got 2 preorders in on both Shulk and Metaknight. Unfortunately Canada hasn't been given a chance at Lucario and considering what happened to Target we may never get Rosalina.

[Leo656]

Since it's somehow been over five years I decided to Play Metal Gear Solid: The Twin Snakes for the first time in a while. Gotta say, I didn't miss the camera or the controls as much as I thought. I'm just so used to being able to manipulate the camera in games now, I keep flicking the right stick expecting to actually be able to see the bad guys or actually scope my surroundings; no such luck. It's annoying to spend inordinate amounts of time staring at dots on the radar. I can't even imagine how I ever played the original so many times without having the First-Person View Mode, or at least the updated camera they started using with Snake Eater: Subsistence. I imagine I must have been constantly toggling the binoculars on and off like crazy. I don't miss the contrived back-tracking, either.

And I get that the game wants to "punish" you for fighting, but aiming while under fire in close quarters just suuuucks. Takes way too long to aim in First-Person with five guys constantly shooting at you, and it's pretty ridiculous that the "auto-aim" when not in FP still has machine gun bullets whizz harmlessly past someone who's literally inches in front of you. C'mon, game, at least give me a chance! It's entirely more useful to just take on a bunch of heavily-armed mercs with just your fists rather than use your own weapons. I get that these games are Kojima's long-winded and heavy-handed "violence is bad, m'kay" preachings, but holy sh*t, sometimes I just want to shoot a guy in the face after he's done the same to me.

I still love the game, story-wise it's my favorite of the series so far, but it was harder to shake the rust off than I thought. The last "proper" one in the series I played was Subsistence, and I hear they've pretty much "fixed" all the camera and control issues in the games since then, so I'm looking forward to playing those, and of course the newest one coming out. Having played Rising to death recently, I think splitting the franchise into "classic" and "more action-based" series is a good idea. There wasn't a lot to Rising, but I will say that it's pretty pick-up-and-play, while the older games in the series... are Not That.

Debating jumping right to Guns of the Patriots, or waiting until I pick up the Legacy Collection and just do a run of all of them. Still haven't played Peace Walker and I'd really like to.

[Powder]

I hope the new 3DS gets a translucent model like the 2DS. Especially if it's the purplish color from back in the day.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by Leo656

Debating jumping right to Guns of the Patriots, or waiting until I pick up the Legacy Collection and just do a run of all of them. Still haven't played Peace Walker and I'd really like to.

Wait till you pick up Legacy Collection, just go through the whole thing. That's my suggestion. I plan on doing the same once I get it!

[snake]

Originally Posted by Powder

I hope the new 3DS gets a translucent model like the 2DS. Especially if it's the purplish color from back in the day.

Yeah. That would be pretty cool. I personally want a lime green one.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Peanut

considering what happened to Target we may never get Rosalina.

I heard about that... That was some seriously funny sh*t.

Originally Posted by Powder

I hope the new 3DS gets a translucent model like the 2DS. Especially if it's the purplish color from back in the day.

Originally Posted by snake

Yeah. That would be pretty cool. I personally want a lime green one.

I have a purple 3DS and love it to death, but I wouldn't mind a lime green one, either.

[Netkeeper]

Wait, Amazon is where you preorder those things? I didn't see anything when I looked up Mega Man and Sonic.

EDIT: Just checked, I STILL can't find where you preorder them.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Gunpowder

I heard about that... That was some seriously funny sh*t.

I don't see how it's "seriously funny," but OK.

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

Wait, Amazon is where you preorder those things? I didn't see anything when I looked up Mega Man and Sonic.

EDIT: Just checked, I STILL can't find where you preorder them.

Are you talking about Amiibo? Wave 3 preorders have been sold out everywhere for weeks now. Certain characters, like Ike and Dedede were gone even sooner. They were available to preorder online pretty much everywhere they're sold. I think the only Wave 3 Amiibo still available is Bowser at Walmart.com.

[Gunpowder]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I don't see how it's "seriously funny," but OK.

My bad, thought you were talking about this:
http://www.destructoid.com/man-hate-...m-285999.phtml

[Zulithe]

Well, Target hasn't cancelled my Rosalina yet... despite some reports of cancellations over the last few days

Hang in there... hang in there.

Still crossing my fingers for a chance at a MM LE. Keeping heavy watch on all the sources I know of. especially the week leading up to release.

amazon has listed the Super Mario wave amiibo, they are not orderable yet but they have placeholder pages with images. Gonna need that Toad most of all.

[Netkeeper]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Are you talking about Amiibo? Wave 3 preorders have been sold out everywhere for weeks now. Certain characters, like Ike and Dedede were gone even sooner. They were available to preorder online pretty much everywhere they're sold. I think the only Wave 3 Amiibo still available is Bowser at Walmart.com.

Wait, what? Preorders SELL OUT? How? I thought the whole IDEA of pre-ordering was to make sure enough ship out because they know how many people will buy them.

So I can't even get one at all now?

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

Wait, what? Preorders SELL OUT? How? I thought the whole IDEA of pre-ordering was to make sure enough ship out because they know how many people will buy them.

So I can't even get one at all now?

Yeah, it's insane and makes no sense. Pre-orders should be up and available very close to release and they should make initial shipments to meet that demand, then have more limited in-store stock, but NoA is being insanely conservative on anything that isn't a Mario character or the face of their huge franchises (ie Link, DK, Pikachu) and seemingly fears doing any more than a single run of the most niche Smash characters (ie Holy Trinity, Cpt. Falcon, Little Mac, Pit) and it doesn't help when you have scalpers and store employees crawling out of the woodwork to snatch these things and flip them on eBay at every opportunity.

As far as you being able to get one, that depends. Who do you want from the new wave and are you willing to hit stores immediately at opening to try and find the one you want? Chances are that's the only opportunity you'll have on the more niche characters going forward.

I was going to suggest those of us here in our little community try and help each other out in acquiring harder to find Amiibo, but I don't know that there's enough of us interested in doing it to make it worthwhile.

[Netkeeper]

If I made more money I'd love to help people out with finding some. But I have no idea what kind of stock our local stores are going to have. I think I'll go ask tomorrow if I can get away with justifying a visit to Gamestop. Currently I only have enough money in my wallet for two Amiibo, haha, and I also only own two [Pikachu and Peach].

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by Powder

I hope the new 3DS gets a translucent model like the 2DS. Especially if it's the purplish color from back in the day.

Yeah, translucent models rock. Blue is my primary color, although I'd most likely get a New 3DS in any suitable color if a translucent model came out and there wasn't an option for blue. Like with the Game Boy Color. They had an opaque teal model, but I still went with the atomic purple (clear purple).

[Freeman]

As much as I'm loving the features of the New3DS, including the interchangeable covers, I won't think I'll be getting one until next year.
I really love my Pikachu edition 3DSXL and I don't NEED the new machine for MH4U, so it's not mandatory.
If I wasn't emotionally so attatched to my Pikachu I guess I'd sell it to get the new one, but he's so cute ^o^
AND it's a lot of money

[snake]

I hope, somehow, Ness is easy to find. He's my main and from one of my favorite games, so I'll try to get one.


I've also been playing Mario Kart 7. S'alright, but the character selection is weirrrrrd. Koopa Kids, but no Bowser Jr? Not to mention stuff like Metal Mario. Online is awesome though.


Does anyone here do Club Nintendo? I got some pretty cool stuff off there, like a case for my games and two VC games. (Kid Icarus: OMAM, and Super Mario Kart)

[billbot85]

The New 3DS looks awesome, especially the Majora's Mask Edition. It's a shame that it doesn't come bundled with the game (hard copy or digital copy) in North America, the UK is lucky in that sense, lol. If it did, there would be more of an incentive for me to get it. My Zelda 3DS (black and gold) was bundled with a hard copy of OoT.

What blows my mind is why Nintendo is not including an ac adapter with these new models. What about the people who have never owned a 3DS before? To me, that's like getting a new smartphone bundle without a charger, it's just really odd.

[Netkeeper]

I'm assuming they're not including the charger to drop the price on the product a little bit so it might appear cheaper.

Just a shot in the dark, though. No idea how expensive it actually is. Either way the reasoning is dumb.

[Zulithe]

MM 3DS looking soooo good

60FPS video footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWA0RN8i_Rc

I hope any 3DS owners who haven't played or completed MM have it on their to-get lists. Especially you younger gamers who may not have had a chance to the first time around.

Originally Posted by Netkeeper

I'm assuming they're not including the charger to drop the price on the product a little bit so it might appear cheaper.

Just a shot in the dark, though. No idea how expensive it actually is. Either way the reasoning is dumb.

They're not very expensive at all, $5 to $10 depending on the model. Official Nintendo one is $8 and change currently on amazon.

I wish they'd just made it microUSB like most phones are, maybe people wouldn't be complaining about it so much then.

It's a drag but people shouldn't make it into a dealbreaker, it's still a nice upgrade to the older 3DS systems.

Only way I feel it's a problem is for parents or uninformed gamers buying one and not realizing it needs a charger (aka not reading the box closely :p), buuut... if stores like gamestop do their job they should be telling every buyer that it doesn't come with one, which will help mitigate it somewhat.

Probably the same way at Toys R Us and similar stores. I mean anytime I buy something that needs batteries they try to get me to buy some, so it's probably the same with items that don't come with their own charger.

Originally Posted by snake

I hope, somehow, Ness is easy to find. He's my main and from one of my favorite games, so I'll try to get one.


I've also been playing Mario Kart 7. S'alright, but the character selection is weirrrrrd. Koopa Kids, but no Bowser Jr? Not to mention stuff like Metal Mario. Online is awesome though.


Does anyone here do Club Nintendo? I got some pretty cool stuff off there, like a case for my games and two VC games. (Kid Icarus: OMAM, and Super Mario Kart)

I'm not expecting him to be easy to find... I think it will be Villager all over again. Hope I can get a pre-order in for him along with the others in the wave.

And yeah I'm always working on my Club Nintendo, racking up those coins. But only in the last two years have I made Platinum. Before that I've only made Gold, but I've been buying a lot more Nintendo stuff these days. I'm currently Gold for 2015, but I'll be Plat sometime in Feb or March.

I try to save my coins for when they roll out some nice, more limited items. I got that Luigi's Mansion 2 statue a while back. Hoping we get something like that again this year.

[Storm Eagle]

Originally Posted by snake

Does anyone here do Club Nintendo? I got some pretty cool stuff off there, like a case for my games and two VC games. (Kid Icarus: OMAM, and Super Mario Kart)

I got Kid Icarus for free for reaching gold status last year, but that's nothing to write home about. As for the other rewards they offer, I once got a case that holds 18 (3)DS cartridges.

I also got this history of handhelds thing which is a small folder with cards representing handhelds from the Game & Watch from 1980 to the 3DS from 2011.

Spoiler:

When I talked about getting these at another board, someone told me about how there were complaints about this. They said that with the amount of coins it costs, the cards should be laminated. I guess it would have been nice if they did, but it's not that much of a dealbreaker. Anyway, the guy who told me about that likes whining about anything involving Nintendo.

Originally Posted by Zulithe

And yeah I'm always working on my Club Nintendo, racking up those coins. But only in the last two years have I made Platinum. Before that I've only made Gold, but I've been buying a lot more Nintendo stuff these days. I'm currently Gold for 2015, but I'll be Plat sometime in Feb or March.

I try to save my coins for when they roll out some nice, more limited items. I got that Luigi's Mansion 2 statue a while back. Hoping we get something like that again this year.

I've never made platinum, and I've only made gold twice. I don't really buy a lot of games, and it's very rare that I buy systems. I don't always need to. I do plan on getting Majora's Mask 3DS, and I still have to get Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. I wonder if I can still get points from that. Anyway, I don't see myself even making gold by June 30th, which is when the yearly period for earning coins ends.