Putting Sales aside - Do you consider the 3DS a better handheld than the DS was?

[Mnementh]

noname2200 said:

Mnementh said:


That's possible and I do not denying it. I probably miss also the Fire Emblem entry on DS. I got more interested over the DS/Wii-gen in console-gaming (before I played only on PC) and therefore probably missed a lot on DS. Would like to get more, I just recently got Radiant Historia. Anyways, even with Devil Survivor on DS, we have still Soul Hackers on 3DS. And SMT IV, which I didn't listed because it didn't reached europe so far. Also Persona Q. So 3DS still wins in this area. I never heard about 4 Heroes of light, will look it up (added it on amazon to my wishlist). Assuming they are both of similar quality this ends in a tie. Still 3DS is in big lead. Actually I wrote that I probably miss something: "I probably forgot one thing or another. Still 3DS has such a good lead, this will not change anything."

The main thrust of my post was to point out that there are multiple oversights. In the end a person may full well prefer the 3DS over the DS: in fact, I expect that will be the case for many forum posters. But a lot of the categories you listed are too incomplete to really justify any position, in my opinion.

For example, sticking to my earlier two examples, Strange Journey can be used to counter Soul Hackers (although it'd be better compared to SMT IV) if we're strictly sticking to Atlus SMT games, but if we broaden the definition to dungeon crawlers (as I believe we should) and SRPG games (as Devil Survivor and Soul Hackers are two entirely different genres) then we can now use Dark Spire, Wizardry, and Mazes of Fate (dungeon crawlers) as well as Might & Magic, FF Tactics Advance 2, Pokemon Conquest, etc.

Basically, we're going to need to be a lot more thorough if we want to present a thorough case.

Yes. But I also present my position, and this is the thing, I liked more games on 3DS. Still I might overlook a lot. I also only presented games I like, I didn't include Ace Attorney or Professor Layton that are on both platforms as well, but these games might be important for other people. Even with the things I overlooked or don't know about 3DS is in comfortable lead for me. But this might be different for someone else, as other people have different priorities.