Nintendo 3DS

[KamaItachi]

It's good but very short. They're not kidding when they call it a loot drop game.

One problem I did have is that there's no way to tell if you're coming to the boss until its too late to turn back, so you lose the chance to go complete other missions.

Some reeeeeeally nice depth effects with the 3D too.

[drewmg]

Originally Posted by drewmg

I may eat these words, but I see very, very little chance that the next 12 months bring a redesigned 3DS. I think at the earliest, we are looking at summer 2013, more likely holiday 2013.

nom nom nom

[Chris_D]

You are still at least half right because I think most anticipated more improvements with the redesign than just a larger screen.

[Spigot]

I don't know if I'd call the XL version a proper redesign. Now if it had a second stick...

[Evil Avnovice]

The Kingdom Hearts: Dream Drop Distance demo is now available in the north american and (I believe) UK/european eShop.

[Zero]

And it is oh so very good.

[Evil Avnovice]

I haven't spent too much time with it, but until I can get a handle on Flowmotion, I find the action a little too.... spastic.

The camera seems to have trouble keeping up as well. But the game looks gorgeous.

[Abyssion]

Yeah, I don't really care for the Flowmotion mechanic that much. It may not be required to play the game but it feels kinda obtuse or it doesn't handle as easy as it should... Maybe its just me though!

[KamaItachi]

I downloaded it, but not tried it. Also found a The Ryth Final Fantasy demo too. Will have to put both of them through their paces soon.

[Abyssion]

Originally Posted by KamaItachi

I downloaded it, but not tried it. Also found a The Ryth Final Fantasy demo too. Will have to put both of them through their paces soon.

Holy shit! I didn't see that one!! Must play!!!!! (I already have it pre-ordered but I've been wanting to try it out for so long, thank you!!)

Edit: I don't see it on the US shop... now I'm sad

[KamaItachi]

Originally Posted by Abyssion

Holy shit! I didn't see that one!! Must play!!!!! (I already have it pre-ordered but I've been wanting to try it out for so long, thank you!!)

Edit: I don't see it on the US shop... now I'm sad

Pity 'cause it was actually quite fun. It went from a 'not interested' to a very solid 'pretty neat!'

In other news, I finally got my hands on Heroes of Ruin. Will post some impressions quite soon

[Abyssion]

That's another one not on the US shop... I was annoyed the Square-Enix facebook thing announced a demo was out during E3 just to be Europe only.

[Zero]

Originally Posted by Evil Avnovice

I haven't spent too much time with it, but until I can get a handle on Flowmotion, I find the action a little too.... spastic.

The camera seems to have trouble keeping up as well. But the game looks gorgeous.

Originally Posted by Abyssion

Yeah, I don't really care for the Flowmotion mechanic that much. It may not be required to play the game but it feels kinda obtuse or it doesn't handle as easy as it should... Maybe its just me though!

Flowmotion is definitely a little wonky if you're trying to do it from the ground through a dodge roll. I have a much better handle on it when I jump and air slide to my target. By hour 2 I was jumping around chaining together as much as I could fairly easily.

[Dark Prince]

Has anyone had issues connecting to your home wireless network? I tried searching for the access point but it doesn't recognize it like my laptop does. This is getting frustrating even if I try to manually set up the access point it still doesn't recognize it.

[Suave Peanut]

What sort of router do you have?

[Dark Prince]

Originally Posted by Suave Peanut

What sort of router do you have?

It's a Netgear with Comcast internet.

[Suave Peanut]

Originally Posted by Dark Prince

It's a Netgear with Comcast internet.

It could be your router. Take the 3DS somewhere else to make sure it can connect to a different network, then maybe we can rule out a 3DS hardware fault. If it works at a friend's house or a coffee shop, then we'll come back to the router being your problem.

The only connection issue I've had with my 3DS is that it won't recognize an ad-hoc network, so I can't tether to my phone or share my PC's connection.

[Dark Prince]

Originally Posted by Suave Peanut

It could be your router. Take the 3DS somewhere else to make sure it can connect to a different network, then maybe we can rule out a 3DS hardware fault. If it works at a friend's house or a coffee shop, then we'll come back to the router being your problem.

The only connection issue I've had with my 3DS is that it won't recognize an ad-hoc network, so I can't tether to my phone or share my PC's connection.

We have a pretty strong signal at work for wireless so I'll have to bring it with me to work and give it a shot. Hopefully it connects.

Is there anything could use to connect my laptop that would be able to give a wireless signal to my 3DS?

[Suave Peanut]

Originally Posted by Dark Prince

We have a pretty strong signal at work for wireless so I'll have to bring it with me to work and give it a shot. Hopefully it connects.

Is there anything could use to connect my laptop that would be able to give a wireless signal to my 3DS?

That's what I was saying about the ad-hoc connection. I've never been able to get it to work and the official Nintendo USB dongle is hard to find these days.

[Dark Prince]

Originally Posted by Suave Peanut

That's what I was saying about the ad-hoc connection. I've never been able to get it to work and the official Nintendo USB dongle is hard to find these days.

Yea, I was looking around for that through google and didn't find anything for it. I remember I used to have one a while back but I don't know what happened to it.

Well, it connected here at work and is updating so I don't know why it's not at home. My other wireless devices connect fine to it like my iphone and laptop and my desktop.