Nintendo Direct June 2012: Making Their E3 Pointless

StayDead wrote:Has the Kirby Collection been announced for Europe yet? I didn't watch the Europe Direct so I don't know if it showed up or not.

No.

Carlos wrote:Inazuma 11? :s Where the hell is the PAL release of Trauma Team or Excitebots? I swear NoE have them piled up in a warehouse somewhere. Heck, PAL code was reviewed by EDGE et al LAST YEAR.

Not PAL code.

Lagamorph wrote:
Lonely Angel wrote:£180 = 220 euro,I bet

You assume the Euro will still be a viable currency by the time the 3DS XL is released

I probably will end up getting the XL, but I'll be waiting for,
1) More colours to be released, wouldn't mind a red one this time around
2) The price to be under £140.
I'm sure there'll be plenty of trade-in offers when you purchase the console, but I want to transfer over all my Streetpass hits since I've got some from France and Japan that I doubt would be easy to replace, and for that I'll need both consoles at the same time. (Why the hell you can't do a system backup to SD card I don't know. Or can you and I just don't know about it?)

Even if we were back to punts by the time of release, we'll still get screwed over

I'd probably just trade in my 3DS for an XL if Nintendo were competent and had an account system where I could just log in on my new device and redownload all my games.

Carlos wrote:Inazuma 11? :s Where the hell is the PAL release of Trauma Team or Excitebots? I swear NoE have them piled up in a warehouse somewhere. Heck, PAL code was reviewed by EDGE et al LAST YEAR.

Releasing 2 and 3 year old games that never sold in the first place on a dead console isn't the kind of thing that would make money, I'd imagine.

Is it just me or does the blue version look terrible? The white version looks great though but isn't out here :fp:

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chalkitdown wrote:
Carlos wrote:Inazuma 11? :s Where the hell is the PAL release of Trauma Team or Excitebots? I swear NoE have them piled up in a warehouse somewhere. Heck, PAL code was reviewed by EDGE et al LAST YEAR.

Releasing 2 and 3 year old games that never sold in the first place on a dead console isn't the kind of thing that would make money, I'd imagine.

Didn't stop Nintendo of America releasing New Play Control Pikmin 2 in the last month or so.

I forgot about another great game coming out in 2012 for me. Project X Zone. :wub:

Parksey wrote:
StayDead wrote:So until the end of the year for 3DS I'll be getting Etrian Oddesy 4, Rune Factory 4, Senran Kagura Burst, NSMB2, Bravely Default, Maybe Devil Summoners, Onitore, Animal Crossing (if it's still pegged for release in Japan this year, didn't check on the ND), Paper Mario and Luigi's Mansion.

Quite possibly becoming my favourite console ever.

While I am not quite in the same ball park, it is fast replacing the GBA SP as my favourite handheld console ever. Whereas the GBA was pretty much a portable SNES, the 3DS is - to paraphrase Suzz - a GC in the palm of your hand.

I would love a new Wave Race to be announced though. Blue Storm is still one of my favourite racing games ever, and even without analogue shoulder buttons, I think a 3DS version would work. It would look amazing in 3D as well.

If they keep adding to the eShop as well, then the 3DS will just take up even more of my time. Odd, really, as I never felt I gave the DS the attention it deserved, and I missed up on so many great games and, to be honest, my 3DS was very much an impulse purchase and I felt very guilty afterwards. Now I am hoovering up titles for it...

Parksey

I would kill for a 1080 Avalanche follow up on 3DS. As long as Cauterize and Seether are on the soundtrack :shifty:

Carlos wrote:Inazuma 11? :s Where the hell is the PAL release of Trauma Team or Excitebots? I swear NoE have them piled up in a warehouse somewhere. Heck, PAL code was reviewed by EDGE et al LAST YEAR.

Just mod your console and import/pirate them.

suzzopher wrote:
I would kill for a 1080 Avalanche follow up on 3DS. As long as Cauterize and Seether are on the soundtrack

Cauterize

I imported their album after hearing their songs on 1080 Avalanche.

Heres hoping for another random webcast featuring a complete rebranding of the Wii U,rejuvenating the platform with future proof specs and first party games. :slol:

The latter wish would suffice

Oh I knew it. A larger 3ds!

I don't need it, it's not as portable, doesn't have a second circle pad, doesn't offer anything else other than a big screen.

So I'm definitely going to pass on this, it's completely unnecessary for me to have one.

*pre-orders*

Lime wrote:Oh I knew it. A larger 3ds!

I don't need it, it's not as portable, doesn't have a second circle pad, doesn't offer anything else other than a big screen.

Plus better battery life (which is sorely needed) and better start/select/home buttons.

Ironically, they gave the better battery life to a device which is less likely to be taken out of the house.

Somebody Else's Problem wrote:Ironically, they gave the better battery life to a device which is less likely to be taken out of the house.

While it obviously isn't as easy to take with you as the 3DS, I'm not sure thats actually true. All the people I know who have a DSi XL play it away from their home just as regularly as they did the standard DS.

Plus the size is a factor in it being easier and cheaper to fit a bigger battery i would have thought.

Pricing chart nicked from a NeoGAF post:

USA - $199.00 | ¥16,005 | €158.24 | £127.68 (Includes AC Adapter)
JPN - $235.00 | ¥18,900 | €186.87 | £150.77 (No AC Adapter)
EUR - $251.50 | ¥20,227 | €199.99 | £161.36 (No AC Adapter)
UK - $280.54 | ¥22,563 | €223.09 | £179.99 (No AC Adapter)

I realise the US price is pre-tax and everyone else includes sales tax (I assume, not sure about Japan's practices with VAT) but still: the UK price is flat out bonkers.

Blaine wrote:
Lime wrote:Oh I knew it. A larger 3ds!

I don't need it, it's not as portable, doesn't have a second circle pad, doesn't offer anything else other than a big screen.

Plus better battery life (which is sorely needed) and better start/select/home buttons.

Oh I missed that bit. I play mine hooked up to the mains anyway.

The point is that I will most likely buy one anyway, I will just fall for the hype..

Have you seen the advert, available on your current, outdated 3DS? The new one basically appears next to the old one and takes a big dump on it.

In its face.

That means the XL is $30.00 more in the US but £55.00 more in the UK. It'll be interesting to see the Irish 3DS XL price as they normally convert the Sterling price back into Euro and then blame the extra price on the cost of changing the plug. :slol:

The Alchemist Penguin wrote:That means the XL is $30.00 more in the US but £55.00 more in the UK. It'll be interesting to see the Irish 3DS XL price as they normally convert the Sterling price back into Euro and then blame the extra price on the cost of changing the plug.

Considering that the 3DS XL doesn't come with a plug in Europe, they can't use that excuse.

Nintendo Direct June 2012: Making Their E3 Pointless

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