I was pretty excited about this little gadget in the early days of its announcement. I've loved handheld gaming for as long as I can remember and have owned all but 1 of Nintnedo's portables (the Gameboy Pocket, which was a variant that almost doesn't even count). I've played a lot of great 1st and 3rd party games on the go. In some cases, I've even played and/or preferred a franchise's handheld counterpart more than its home console version. I'm almost kind of a fanboy for handheld games.
Ever since Wii came out, however, I've felt like Nintendo isn't looking at its fans as closely anymore. They're a business, to be sure, and to stay in business, you have to make money. What better way to make money than targeting the oblivious casual market? Apparently, none.
http://kotaku.com/#!5762846/the-nintendo-3ds-has-the-launch-line+up-blues
That all said, which the exception of 2 or 3 games, this is one of the most disappointing launch lineups I have ever seen. This ranks up there with the Xbox and PS3 launches for me, with similar levels of crushing disappointment. Very little in terms of not only original content, but exciting content. Professor Layton and Street Fighter IV look to be as good as this launch gets. Unless you're really excited for nintendogs + cats French Bulldog or Riiiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaacer 3d or another Samurai Warriors. If you are excited for these games, you've probably been lobotomized a long time ago, and you're probably wondering where all the cute puppy pictures are and none of this has any bearing on you mentally.
I'm kidding, of course, but where are Nintendo's champions here? Where's Mario and Zelda or Metroid- nintendogs just doesn't even matter. It's casual-gamer-fodder. The philosophy of early adopters totally getting screwed is pretty prevalent here. The only reason I will regret not buying this overpriced piece of gimmickry is that I didn't have one to put up on ebay for 50 or 100 bucks above retail.
Ever since Wii came out, however, I've felt like Nintendo isn't looking at its fans as closely anymore. They're a business, to be sure, and to stay in business, you have to make money. What better way to make money than targeting the oblivious casual market? Apparently, none.
http://kotaku.com/#!5762846/the-nintendo-3ds-has-the-launch-line+up-blues
That all said, which the exception of 2 or 3 games, this is one of the most disappointing launch lineups I have ever seen. This ranks up there with the Xbox and PS3 launches for me, with similar levels of crushing disappointment. Very little in terms of not only original content, but exciting content. Professor Layton and Street Fighter IV look to be as good as this launch gets. Unless you're really excited for nintendogs + cats French Bulldog or Riiiiiiiiiiiidge Raaaacer 3d or another Samurai Warriors. If you are excited for these games, you've probably been lobotomized a long time ago, and you're probably wondering where all the cute puppy pictures are and none of this has any bearing on you mentally.
I'm kidding, of course, but where are Nintendo's champions here? Where's Mario and Zelda or Metroid- nintendogs just doesn't even matter. It's casual-gamer-fodder. The philosophy of early adopters totally getting screwed is pretty prevalent here. The only reason I will regret not buying this overpriced piece of gimmickry is that I didn't have one to put up on ebay for 50 or 100 bucks above retail.
