3DS - is it worth it?

25-08-2011 01:42PM #1

I'm contemplating buying the 3DS at some stage, but the question I ask is; is it worth it? It seems like the only game worth having is Zelda!

super_furry · 25-08-2011 01:50PM

Zelda is the only game worth having. Dead or Alive Dimensions is decent as is Ghost Recon, but neither would warrant buying a console. Even Zelda has lost some of it's shine for me through sheer familiarity.

I bought my 3DS at launch, sold it a couple of months ago and haven't regretted it. Even the recent price cut hasn't tempted me back.

25-08-2011 01:57PM

I owned a DS a while ago and sold it as well because I just got fed up with the quality of games. Seems like the 3DS is following the same path so perhaps I'll give it a miss unless someone can give me a good reason not to?

Retr0gamer · 25-08-2011 02:10PM

Nintendo have some big 3DS reveal on 13th of September, at least wait until then.

Mr. K · 25-08-2011 02:31PM

I actually love my 3DS, but I'd echo Retr0's advice: wait until the September 13th announcement. There's speculation that it could be a revised 3DS, which would infuriate me (and I'm sure many others). Hopefully it'll be some awesome game; that's what's needed!

Myrddin · 25-08-2011 03:01PM

To answer the op's question, is a 3DS worth it? Not a chance. Unless the annoucement is a slew of games then its still not going to be worth it.

ShadowHearth · 25-08-2011 03:10PM

It depends. I was a 3ds basher when it came out. Biggest problem for me was price tag and lack of games.

I bought my 3ds last Saturday. I am really really happy with it, but there is a reason why:

1. I newer owned ds, so I have huge backlog of games that I allways wanted to play.
2. After spending few hours with zelda game, I really felt in love with this 3d thing! It really works well. Zelda game is a perfect example. I can't go back to 2d when I play zelda.
3. I am on a quest to get misses shadowhearth to play video games. 3ds/ds games + iPhone games are helping!
4. I dont use 3ds for it's proper purpose. I drive, I don't get much breaks at work etc. Its my bedroom toy ( sounded dirty ). I am pc gamer to the core, but when I want to relax, instead of watching telly before sleep, I fire up ds with professor leyton or ff tactics a2.

In summary: if you newer owned ds, then 3ds is a great bargain. You can play alot of ds games while waiting for 3ds games to come out.

If you buy it, just because you look for good 3ds games, then I better wait.

Note: I am antynintendo fanboy after wii bull****. 3ds and ds helping me to change my mind little by little.

chopperbyrne · 25-08-2011 03:13PM

I don't think it's worth it right now.

Wait for the games library to increase and the price to decrease.

Myrddin · 25-08-2011 03:48PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

In summary: if you newer owned ds, then 3ds is a great bargain. You can play alot of ds games while waiting for 3ds games to come out

Or buy a DSi & save yourself a packet. The 3DS needs its own games to make it worth it, I'm a fan of the 3D in Zelda etc...but I'd kill for something else to play on it. Getting very very old at this point,

ShadowHearth · 25-08-2011 04:32PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Or buy a DSi & save yourself a packet. The 3DS needs its own games to make it worth it, I'm a fan of the 3D in Zelda etc...but I'd kill for something else to play on it. Getting very very old at this point,

you wount save much money on dsi... plus when games will start coming out, you will trade in your DSi for 2 pennies and buy 3ds?

Myrddin · 25-08-2011 04:39PM

ShadowHearth wrote: »

you wount save much money on dsi... plus when games will start coming out, you will trade in your DSi for 2 pennies and buy 3ds?

A 2nd hand DSi is a long way from the price of a 3DS though isn't it?

Would you buy a PS3 to play your PS2 games? Would you buy an Xbox 360 to play Xbox 1 games? No you wouldn't. Its great that the compatibility is there, but at the moment its only covering a rather large hole in the 3DS' own lineup.

amacachi · 25-08-2011 04:42PM

EnterNow wrote: »

A 2nd hand DSi is a long way from the price of a 3DS though isn't it?

Would you buy a PS3 to play your PS2 games? Would you buy an Xbox 360 to play Xbox 1 games? No you wouldn't. Its great that the compatibility is there, but at the moment its only covering a rather large hole in the 3DS' own lineup.

If they both cost 20 more than their predecessors and actually were backward-compatible then probably. :pac:

Myrddin · 25-08-2011 04:45PM

amacachi wrote: »

If they both cost 20 more than their predecessors and actually were backward-compatible then probably. :pac:

Thats all well & good if your in the market to replace a DSi etc, but if you had a DSi already...would you buy a 3DS?

Mr.Saturn · 25-08-2011 04:45PM

EnterNow wrote: »

A 2nd hand DSi is a long way from the price of a 3DS though isn't it?

Would you buy a PS3 to play your PS2 games? Would you buy an Xbox 360 to play Xbox 1 games? No you wouldn't. Its great that the compatibility is there, but at the moment its only covering a rather large hole in the 3DS' own lineup.

I swear, it feels like every day you're nailing on the same points about the 3DS, and your penchant for hyperbole makes it very easy to dismiss them,
even though they've got some merit.

amacachi · 25-08-2011 04:46PM

No, but the original point made was that if you've never had a DS then picking up a 3DS looks like quite the bargain right now.

Myrddin · 25-08-2011 04:50PM

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

I swear, it feels like every day you're nailing on the same points about the 3DS, and your penchant for hyperbole makes it very easy to dismiss them,
even though they've got some merit.

Your point being?

amacachi wrote: »

No, but the original point made was that if you've never had a DS then picking up a 3DS looks like quite the bargain right now.

That it was, my bad

Mr.Saturn · 25-08-2011 04:54PM

Find another brand-biased argument to run into the ground, perhaps?

ShadowHearth · 25-08-2011 04:56PM

amacachi wrote: »

No, but the original point made was that if you've never had a DS then picking up a 3DS looks like quite the bargain right now.

thank you. that was my original point.

and i did bought ps3, when there still were not many games out. just about when they did 40gb one. i grabed last 60gb,becouse i could play ps2 games on it. now i can play bouth, i dont need to worry about selling ps2 and buying ps3...

johnny_ultimate · 25-08-2011 05:11PM

Yeah there's only around thirty euro difference between the DSi and 3DS on amazon. If you're a first time DS owner, then the latter is more attractive - future proof, better screen, better controls etc... All that plus the ability to play every DS game with no restrictions (region or otherwise). That's automatically many hundreds of great games on the best tech available.

With a 3DS on the way, there are few games I'm particularly pumped about (and the one I do want requires a US console :rolleyes:). But upgrading from my launch day DS phat is the most exciting prospect for me. It's served me well, but a pretty new screen is long overdue

For anyone with a DSi though, waiting is the best option. See what happens. I doubt there's a hardware revision on the cards, but see how the potentially exciting games on the horizon turn out before taking the plunge.

Myrddin · 25-08-2011 05:21PM

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Find another brand-biased argument to run into the ground, perhaps?

Your a nice happy fellow today arn't you? I'm sorry, I'll try not upset you in the future. Failing that, it'd prob be safer to ad me to your ignore list seeing as its a public forum

Retr0gamer · 25-08-2011 05:34PM

To be honest if you bought a 3DS at launch and are shocked and appalled at the lack of games on the system then it's obviously the first console you've bought at launch. Every console goes through this phase before developers get to grips with the console or decide that the console ownership figure have reached a fgure where it's viable to create games for it.

Mr.Saturn · 25-08-2011 05:35PM

EnterNow wrote: »

Your a nice happy fellow today arn't you? I'm sorry, I'll try not upset you in the future. Failing that, it'd prob be safer to ad me to your ignore list seeing as its a public forum

Well, no, you post interesting stuff generally, just nothing pertaining to the 3DS.

Anyways, on topic. I'm starting to get excited about 3DS, little bit, nothing to shoot me out my gaf to go buy it, but I can see myself picking one up within a year. It needs five must-buy games to justify buying it, I'm up to about 4:

Super Mario
Mario Kart 7
SSFIV:AE (I'm a whore for the SF)
Luigi's Mansion 2

Myrddin · 25-08-2011 05:41PM

Mr.Saturn wrote: »

Well, no, you post interesting stuff generally, just nothing pertaining to the 3DS.

There's just nothing interesting to post about it

I've said many times I love the 3DS, love the effect, the unit itself, & OoT on it is incredible. Just so frustrating that we're still waiting on anything else :mad:

Your must have list is more or less a carbon copy of my own...I just thought after almost 6 months we'd have had at least one of them.

Anyway, fingers crossed for the upcoming annoucement.

johnny_ultimate · 25-08-2011 05:43PM

Now now, aren't we all forgetting what has the potential to be the most awesome game of all time?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDCZX5b8Q6s

Retr0gamer · 25-08-2011 05:45PM

Want!

tfitzgerald · 25-08-2011 05:47PM

I played with a 3ds for a while and I swear every time I picked it up I got a headache. I think this is why they dropped the price of it too many complaints

johnny_ultimate · 25-08-2011 05:48PM

Retr0gamer wrote: »

Want!

Has anything that makes so little sense ever made so much sense?

Retr0gamer · 25-08-2011 05:53PM

johnny_ultimate wrote: »

Has anything that makes so little sense ever made so much sense?

Not since Persona 3 combined japanese dating sims with hardcore dungeon crawling.

ShadowHearth · 25-08-2011 05:57PM

Wow! Did laytons balls just dropped in that video?!

Savage! Me want me want!

pdbhp · 25-08-2011 05:58PM

Deleted User wrote: »

I owned a DS a while ago and sold it as well because I just got fed up with the quality of games.

The quality of games on DS? are you serious the Ds has one of the best line ups of games ever with hundreds of kick ass titles.

Also 3DS blows!!

Games please Nintendo!!

Retr0gamer · 25-08-2011 06:03PM

pdbhp wrote: »

The quality of games on DS? are you serious the Ds has one of the best line ups of games ever with hundreds of kick ass titles.

The DS has currently overtaken the SNES as my personal best console ever due to how many amazing games were on it.

3DS - is it worth it?

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