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Nintendo 3DS Japanese Launch Thread

branny

Member
Marty Chinn said:
I've been eyeballing the Executive case and the Mini Elite Transporter. I really wish I could get something like my one for the DS that I got free from Nintendo at E3.

That mini transporter one looks cute and functional. It was hard enough to decide on a color; now I can't decide on a case. :(
 

daffy

Banned
Marty Chinn said:
I'm likely geting this one. The only thing I don't like is how few games it holds.
Exactly. I need to be able to switch out games with the quickness. I just can't toss my 3DS around naked, so I think I'm gonna go with the Black Pull and Go. It has 29 card slots and it's cheaper than the executive case by just a little.
 
Here's the case I'm currently using:

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It was given out free at E3. What sucks is the ones given out at E3 are not sold ever. They sell a variation but the E3 ones are exclusive. It's nice, compact, and can hold a few or a bunch of games depending how much you want it to expand. Works really well. I wish there was something like it for the 3DS.

FTH said:
Exactly. I need to be able to switch out games with the quickness. I just can't toss my 3DS around naked, so I think I'm gonna go with the Black Pull and Go. It has 29 card slots and it's cheaper than the executive case by just a little.

The Pull and Go just looks too bulky for my tastes.
 
mandiller said:
I've ordered this carry case for my 3DS:

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It's the 3DS Executive case. Hopefully it'll be good.
I like the look of this one, I may go for it too. Unless I'm going on a long trip or something I won't need than one or two games anyway.
 

Izayoi

Banned
Marty Chinn said:
The Pull and Go just looks too bulky for my tastes.
I'm thinking about the Pull and Go for longer trips and traveling, and the Hori Hard Pouch for day to day stuff.

Hm...
 
Izayoi said:
I'm thinking about the Pull and Go for longer trips and traveling, and the Hori Hard Pouch for day to day stuff.

Hm...

Might be a good plan. A lot of the cases are surprisingly inexpensive. I guess Apple has distorted what things should cost for me recently with how crazy expensive iPad cases can be.
 

BowieZ

Banned
I'm gonna try find the smallest one possible -- without any cartridge slots, I'll have one in the system and make room for maybe 2-3 in my wallet purse.

That's right, my wallet is more a small leather man purse and lovin' it.
 
If the executive case just got rid of the extra stylus and added two more game slots, I think I'd be sold. What's the point of an extra stylus?
 

Izayoi

Banned
BowieZ said:
That's right, my wallet is more a small leather man purse and lovin' it.
Well the Pull and Go has just the case pocket that you can remove, if you look at the pictures. That's about as compact as it gets without using a sock or something.

Marty Chinn said:
If the executive case just got rid of the extra stylus and added two more game slots, I think I'd be sold. What's the point of an extra stylus?
Aye. Two is too few games. I'll have two 3DS launch titles and a few DS games as well. It kills me, because I love the way it looks.
 

beje

Banned
I was thinking about the region lock issue and... can somebody with access to japanese games check the back cover to see if the region lock warning is there? Or if it's there only for some games?
 

DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
Finally got to spend more time with WE 3DS.

Hmm - not as bad as i first thought but there's some weird behaviour with defenders sticking on and around the 6 yard box edge.

Plays well enough, and the 3D is quite good. Text is a bit weird and hard to read on the bottom screen though (though this is in Japanese so...)

Will have to see how surechigai mode is - though i've brought in zero new players yet so i'm effectively going to be broadcasting the (almost) stock Spurs team :/
 

DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
I was thinking about the region lock issue and... can somebody with access to japanese games check the back cover to see if the region lock warning is there? Or if it's there only for some games?

i've got all the games released so far and i can confirm every single one of them has the same "For use with Japanese 3DS system only" (in english) with the Japanese equivalent that says (translated) "this software will not run on a foreign 3DS"
 

beje

Banned
DCharlie said:
i've got all the games released so far and i can confirm every single one of them has the same "For use with Japanese 3DS system only" (in english) with the Japanese equivalent that says (translated) "this software will not run on a foreign 3DS"

Thanks for the info. I was hoping some of them could be region free, seeing how the western versions of Pokémon B/W (DSi enhaced) don't have such warning and work on different region DSi and 3DS.
 

blu

Wants the largest console games publisher to avoid Nintendo's platforms.
VOOK said:
Anyone want to play some SSFIV3D?
Oh, screw you, VOOK.

*waits patiently for local release*
 

Rich!

Member
VOOK said:
Anyone want to play some SSFIV3D?

In 17 days, yes.

These days are absolutely flying past. woah. I remember going to the 3DS event to play it last month, and thinking 'ah shit, it's 6 weeks away until launch'. Now it's a just few days over two.

And even more bizarrely...it's basically a year ago to around this date when the 3DS was first announced in that shoddy press release.
 

DCharlie

And even i am moderately surprised
I'm hoping you're either a big fan of Majong, or you got it for free?

it's Shanghai - so it's a little different. So it effectively boils down to being a matching game in 3D. It's not a bad game as it happens, it won't win any awards of course

But yup - i got into Mahjong from playing too much Mahjong Fight Club on the PSP, and would jump at a 3DS version

I'll even be buying Sudoku 3D :rock
 

VOOK

We don't know why he keeps buying PAL, either.
DCharlie said:
tied up tonight, but should be up for a game tomorrow. Don't expect much in the way of skill, i'm balls out rubbish at SF4.

Don't worry I suck at it too :(

Will be around tomorrow woo!


Gravijah said:
you stupid aussie now I have pokemon black :mad:

Battle? (Na don't I'm shit :p)
 

Josh7289

Member
VOOK said:
I'm not doing it to troll :(

I want to play some J-GAF
I'm available, but I'm terrible at it, so it probably wouldn't be much fun.

Also as a side note, my D-Pad squeaks on the left side if I press it hard enough. It happens during normal gameplay so it's annoying. I hope it goes away.
 

colinp

Banned
beje said:
Thanks for the info. I was hoping some of them could be region free, seeing how the western versions of Pokémon B/W (DSi enhaced) don't have such warning and work on different region DSi and 3DS.

Wait what? US B/W work on Japanese DSi's??????
 

Jackano

Member
By the way if some J-GAFer want a 3DS Cosmo black code for the Club Nintendo or/and a Nintendogs+cats French Bulldog version code just PM me. Just tell me the one(s) you want, I will split them between two J-GAfers if several of you wants it.

Edit: Gone for Mehdi_san! Enjoy! ^^
 
Got my swag yesterday:

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As for games, I got Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition & Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle some days ago.

Really need some online friends, so here is my friend code: 4253-3452-4855
Nickname is マイレンシュタイン since Mailenstein was too long :(.
I have added already a few like DCharlie, vook, jonnyram, donkeyshow, djmizuhara, strafebogey and a few others. I will drop you guys a PM, so I hope you don't mind that and will add me in return. Would appreciate it :).


For those who want to download my Mii:

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antispin said:
Thanks, looks great. Isn't there a first-person view mode? Can you please check?

no, there are five camera angles; dynamic player, side-on near and wide, and behind the goal near and wide. the near angles are VERY near, though, same as the dynamic camera.

i actually really like the dynamic camera.
 

EvilMario

Will QA for food.
Zerokku said:
Or like 10 comfortably in a plastic sandwich bag (obviously you could fit more, but not without it getting too bulky.

Which is pretty much what Im going to do, games in a bag, and games and 3DS in my Club Nintendo pouch thing

This thing:
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Just received my blue one the other day. Reminds me of the Wavebird bag from E3. It'll fit the 3DS nicely, considering how easily the DSi XL fits in it.
 

mujun

Member
Is the fact that you can get this at a bunch of retail places for retail price some sore of indication it isn't as outrageously popular as the DS was?

I probably would've grabbed one if Pilotwings was out.
 

Yoschi

Member
Zerokku said:
Or like 10 comfortably in a plastic sandwich bag (obviously you could fit more, but not without it getting too bulky.

Which is pretty much what Im going to do, games in a bag, and games and 3DS in my Club Nintendo pouch thing

This thing:
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This is so classy. I need to buy this.
 

VOOK

We don't know why he keeps buying PAL, either.
Boney said:

:p

Just had a good round or three (or more) with Cheesemeister and Josh7289, pretty good I'd have to say. (Playing online that is)
 

angelfly

Member
Mailenstein said:
Really need some online friends, so here is my friend code: 4253-3452-4855
Added you

Mine is 3737-9487-8942

Considering the NA and EU launches are coming up we should really have an OT for exchanging FCs.
 
So I've been screwing around with this thing for a few days and I'm wondering how everyone made those 3D parallel/cross eye images on the board a few days ago so I can throw some of my own images up.

So far I love playing with the AR cards and the camera and the Mii Maker. I've said this in other threads, but I love Miis so your mileage may vary there. I'm incredibly terrible at SSFIV at the moment because I am completely Japanese illiterate and can't fix my buttons to the way I want them to be. :\

I've had a little bit of a dizzy/lightheaded feeling after playing for an extended period of time once or twice, but I've also got a terrible flu at the moment so I'm reserving my judgment on that until I get better.
 
El Pescado said:
So I've been screwing around with this thing for a few days and I'm wondering how everyone made those 3D parallel/cross eye images on the board a few days ago so I can throw some of my own images up.
This program opens up MPO files and shows you the two different images. I just zoom to 100% so there aren't any weird artifacts, then take a print screen and paste into Photoshop (or whatever).

For maximum compatibility with peeps online, put three images side by side: the left one, the right one, and then the left one again. This gives both a cross eye and parallel viewing setup.
 
El Pescado said:
I've had a little bit of a dizzy/lightheaded feeling after playing for an extended period of time once or twice, but I've also got a terrible flu at the moment so I'm reserving my judgment on that until I get better.

i had that feeling too, but it's actually almost completely gone away after a week of owning the thing - playing it is a lot more comfortable now. which is kind of nice!
 

Chorazin

Member
branny said:
Old DSL cases would probably work for the console but any with game cartridge storage slots most likely won't accommodate the newer 3DS carts because of the nub.
I've not yet seen a pic of an actual 3DS cart or this nub. Anyone got pics or can link to them?
 

mrklaw

MrArseFace
Chorazin said:
Thanks! Sucks I won't be able to use my old cases for the 3DS games. :(
Doesn't look like a big difference. Soft cases should still accommodate them, and hard cases can probably be easily modded with a craft knife
 
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