That bad marketing right there.

You not taking down the reservation qualifies you as a core-gamer though

Personally I never cared much for Nintendo. My hype goes out to Crysis 2.

Considering that I've played through OOT dozens of times and own it for two systems, I'm not exactly concerned that the 3DS rehash isn't coming out immediately.

Also, where did you get the announcement that RE: Mercenaries is going to be a launch title? None of my lists are showing it as such. The tentative release date is July 6th.

Street Fighter is the only launch game I'd say I'm excited for, although I have some interest in Pilotwing, Steel Diver and Ridge Racer.

Paper Mario is far and away the game I'm most excited for, though. I love that series so much, plus I correctly predicted it at E3 last year. =P

We know OoT is coming June 7, so that's pretty nice. The thing is, there's just so many awesome 3DS games announced, we know we're going to get something awesome this year.

That bad marketing right there.

 

You not taking down the reservation qualifies you as a core-gamer though

 

Personally I never cared much for Nintendo. My hype goes out to Crysis 2.

Indeed. And I'm never sure whether that term is a compliment, or if I'm being compared to the guys who spend all day in their basement cussing out ten-year olds on Xbox Live.

Considering that I've played through OOT dozens of times and own it for two systems, I'm not exactly concerned that the 3DS rehash isn't coming out immediately.

 

Also, where did you get the announcement that RE: Mercenaries is going to be a launch title? None of my lists are showing it as such. The tentative release date is July 6th.

I've only played all the way through once, and even then I haven't even started Master Quest, so I'm fairly looking forward to the remake, if only because I know I'll enjoy it, and it'd be a good way to test out the system since I can compare the original.

And after checking my source, it would appear I misread. This is rather depressing. In the event I misread anything else then, can someone get me a definite-ish list of release titles?

Street Fighter is the only launch game I'd say I'm excited for, although I have some interest in Pilotwing, Steel Diver and Ridge Racer.

 

Paper Mario is far and away the game I'm most excited for, though. I love that series so much, plus I correctly predicted it at E3 last year. =P

 

We know OoT is coming June 7, so that's pretty nice. The thing is, there's just so many awesome 3DS games announced, we know we're going to get something awesome this year.

Ridge Racer got my interest as well, though I've never been big on racing games. They are great fun with multiplayer though, so that could easily justify it as long as it's in the $30-$40 range instead of the $45-$55 range some games charge. And I'm looking forward to Paper Mario as well, though I try not to get too excited for a game until a more definite release date is given than "quarter X, next year" But given the way the series plays with perspective, it's going to be a delight when it arrives.

And I know it's going to have some games that'll be good within a year, but it's so hard to wait, especially when it's a new system with a sink-or-soar situation like commercially affordable 3D sans glasses.

I've only played all the way through once, and even then I haven't even started Master Quest, so I'm fairly looking forward to the remake, if only because I know I'll enjoy it, and it'd be a good way to test out the system since I can compare the original.

 

And after checking my source, it would appear I misread. This is rather depressing. In the event I misread anything else then, can someone get me a definite-ish list of release titles?

One quick google search later and...

Nintendo games:

* Pilotwings Resort

* Steel Diver

* Nintendogs + Cats

Third-Party Games:

* Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition

* The Sims 3

* Madden NFL Football

* Pro Evolution Soccer 2011 3D

* Lego Star Wars III: The Clone Wars

* Ridge Racer 3D

* Super Monkey Ball 3D

* Bust-A-Move Universe

* Samurai Warriors: Chronicles

* Asphalt 3D

* Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D

* Rayman 3D

* Tom Clancy’s Ghost Recon Shadow Wars

I've only played all the way through once, and even then I haven't even started Master Quest, so I'm fairly looking forward to the remake, if only because I know I'll enjoy it, and it'd be a good way to test out the system since I can compare the original.

 

And after checking my source, it would appear I misread. This is rather depressing. In the event I misread anything else then, can someone get me a definite-ish list of release titles?

 

One quick google search later and...

 

*List*

 

Much appreciated.

I'm not even going to consider buying it until they do something about the battery.

Oh, rest assured, Core-gamer is a compliment

I heard the games were going be running between forty five + dollars, which majorly turned me off.

I mean seriously, even the Pokemon games, the flagship games, only run a little over forty on average; the average DS game is only thirty, so now the price jumps fifteen plus dollars?

I can get PC games cheaper. :|

I've never really understood why games need to be fifty dollars to begin with; the disc sure as heck isn't what's raising the price. I understand there's hundreds of code grunts that need to be payed, but they're getting minimum wage; so when I buy a game, a good three quarters of it is going directly into the pockets of some execs that probably never did anything to benefit the game beyond go to E3 and talk about it.

_{Not to say all execs are evil; some of them actually earned their job, after all.}

Probably is the disk and packaging and transport, actually.

That's why you'll never see Mass Effect 2 discs on sale for 20 bucks any time in the near future, while Steam can pop that up every now and then.

I'm just waiting for new colors. I want another DS anyway for trading Pokémon with myself, and it would seem wasteful to get another old DS.

But the blue and black don't appeal to me so~

Probably is the disk and packaging and transport, actually.

 

That's why you'll never see Mass Effect 2 discs on sale for 20 bucks any time in the near future, while Steam can pop that up every now and then.

Considering I can go and buy a hundred DVDs for ten dollars, that puts it around a dime per disk, so I highly doubt it's the disc that's driving the price, considering they'd buy it even more in bulk getting a further discount. Packing and transport I can believe, though.

Hopefully when everything goes digital the price will reduce down.

I'm pretty sure the average 3DS game price is $40. Which isn't too terrible IMO. =P