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Gaming - 3DS or Vita? - View Post

Conina on 11 April 2021
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Wman1996 said:
bartkuz said:

3DS by far. At the time I was fine with my Vita - amazing hardware (original model is built like a tank) and some nice exclusives like Gravity Rush, Danganronpa and Tearaway. But then they got ported. There are better versions of those games now.

That's a shared flaw of the Vita and Wii U. Some of their big games (first and third party) got ported.

Wii U: Most major first-party titles got ported to Switch or 3DS. Also Zombie U, Lego City Undercover and some other games went to other platforms.

Vita: Gravity Rush and Wipeout 2048 got PS4 Remasters. Tearaway got an expanded remake on PS4. Persona 4 Golden got a PC release in 2020.

Whether you got Vita when it was newer or you're getting it now, you're not really getting it for games exclusive to it. You're getting it for portability, remote play, PS1 and PSP digital games, certain shared games, etc. 

The 3DS on the other hand has tons of games that you can't get anywhere else. That helps me pick the 3DS in addition to having far more time with it than Vita.

I don't see it as a flaw when good games get ported so more people can enjoy them. Fuck exclusives.

Some good games of the 3DS also got ported, and that is also great:

  • Resident Evil Revelations got ported to PlayStation + Xbox + PC + Switch
  • Shovel Knight got ported to PlayStation + Xbox + Switch
  • Steamworld Heist got ported to PlayStation + PC + Switch
  • Steamworld Heist got ported to PlayStation + PC + Switch
  • Retro City Rampage got ported to PlayStation + Xbox + PC + Switch
  • Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies got ported to iOS + Android
  • Ace Attorney: Spirit of Justice got ported to iOS + Android

And I would love to see many more 3DS ports (and DS ports) on Switch adapted to singe screen.