RPG Genre Discussion Thread

[lestatdark]

Crystalchild said:

I have to say my 'Hate-Counter' towards Nintendo decreased to 98 from 100, because Email aswell as Phone support was quite acceptable. (I'll have to send the second 3DS in, since it has a wobbly screen, and sqeaky buttons, and the upper screen seems to be a bit more yellow'ish than the lower one..)

but this system shows flaw after flaw, really. Start/Select/Home are buttons you wont be able to push without looking (only if you have a bit of luck, or are used to it due to weeks of practice..) .. and the D-pad clicks just like a 360's bumper, WTF? arent they actually supposed to be smooth, so that i can actually move a character without breaking my fingers?  And if this wasnt enough, why did they not increase the battery life? i played PSzero together with a friend (DS game), and he played on his DS Lite, which is damn old by now.. and i only had like 30 minutes of play left before the lights started flashing after he had to recharge. that... isnt much.

..ugh... yes, i think more than ever that nintendo made some very poor decisions regarding the 3DS, and they sure took a step back from what was the original DS.

Odd, haven't noticed both the clicking of the D-Pad (I've been using it a lot for SML3D and OoT 3D, it's better than the analog stick for me) nor that low battery life. Usually I have about 3 hours of online play with the 3D slider to max on Mario Kart 7 and between 4,30 - 5 hours without online. If I don't use 3D at all, I can usually get an hour more in both modes.

Don't really have any complains about the 3DS design, other than the usual original DS complain of the handheld being too small and cramped for people with big hands, but that'll be fixed when they release a XL model.