Official Nintendo 3DS, 3DS XL, 2DS, "New" 3DS, & "New" 2DS XL Thread.

[Jeremy]

You might want to look into the Nyko extended battery. It's not perfect, but it works and the slight extra bulk actually makes the system more comfortable.

Thanks for the recommendation - bought one for $11 on Amazon. It'll be nice to play the 3DS without my hands cramping up and not have to worry about the battery dying out as much.

[Low]

You know I've never actually played any of the Ace Combat games even though I keep hearing good things about the series. Is this a good game to use to break into the series?

Would say so. It's actually a remake of one of the earlier games (Ace Combat 2) with some nice gameplay tweaks. Missions are compact and varied enough to hold interest and so far the difficulty has been smoothly ticking up. Up to about the 7th mission now and dogfights are pretty heated. I've read the main campaign is fairly short, around 4-5 hours so keep that in mind in case you want to hold off for a price drop.

[Anal Kaboom]

Would say so. It's actually a remake of one of the earlier games (Ace Combat 2) with some nice gameplay tweaks. Missions are compact and varied enough to hold interest and so far the difficulty has been smoothly ticking up. Up to about the 7th mission now and dogfights are pretty heated. I've read the main campaign is fairly short, around 4-5 hours so keep that in mind in case you want to hold off for a price drop.

Cool man thanks.

[GohanX]

Thanks for the recommendation - bought one for $11 on Amazon. It'll be nice to play the 3DS without my hands cramping up and not have to worry about the battery dying out as much.

Groovy. My only complaint with the thing is that the 3DS's battery indicator is effectively useless. It will show that the battery is empty at about the same 3 hour mark as the regular battery, but you can keep playing for quite a while after that. I haven't actually played it enough to completely drain it yet.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

I wish I remembered to bring my system with me today. I could be playing Mario Kart 7.

[Chux]

Yesterday at Best Buy I tooled around with Mario Land 3D. I almost bought a system on the spot. It was the first time a demo unit didn't make me want to kill myself.

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

If you haven't bought one yet, don't.

[GohanX]

But... Mario is rad!

[Some Stupid Japanese Name]

revised hardware right around the corner is more radder.
he lived this long without it, what's another year.

[GohanX]

But Chux needs Mario RIGHT NOW!

Or maybe he could wait two weeks and borrow a system from someone bored with Mario 3D and Kart since there may not be any more good games for a while again.