#i have a 3ds a ds and a switch

[moeblob]

(Sorry Ivan and Mia my energy is not here today, I tried but failed you...)

HEY GUYS GUESS WHAT TOMORROW IS ! ITS GOLDEN SUN ON SWITCH DAY!

#golden sun #isaac #garet #banging my pots and pans and bouncing but all mentally cause i just dont have energy #i actually was so upset bc i went home for the holidays and all my gba sp and ds chargers were nowhere to be found #i found both my sp systems ! i found my og ds that can play gba games! NO CHARGERS #and i still have my gba copies of the gs games and i was so mad bc it was still not on nso #and i never actually beat them so i was going to make an attempt #but i couldnt find them and then i found out in the wee hours of the morning before i went to bed #aka after midnight ... that it was finally almost time for Nintendo Switch Online to have these games #i also have my ds game with me and 3ds with chargers so im capable physically #but will i actually beat them this time ? truly a mystery

[goldensunset]

i don't really know how to word this but like i feel like i'm gonna forever have to deal with the pain and heartache of one of my very first pokémon games- the first 'normal' pokémon game i've ever played, that i will have lasting nostalgia and love for as a result of it being formative to my introduction into the series- being the one that will forever be looked down upon for bad graphics and technical issues as a result of the game having been rushed

like i honest to goodness want to scream and yell and cry into the void about how this means everything to me and will always be one of my fave games just in general. but how am i gonna do that without someone being like 'the broken overpriced mess? the one that's missing all this stuff from the older games that was great? the thing with all the cringe? that one?' or whatever. and the thing is they aren't wrong for their criticisms either like i know the fact that they rushed this wonderful game hardcore is a massive stain on its reputation and it hurts me too but like i cannot turn off the brain full of love in me and be a mean critic. or even an impartial one. i mean i criticize everything i love don't get me wrong i am constantly running my mouth about what i like and don't like. but at the end of the day i approach all media with an unusually optimistic mindset. if you see me talk a ton about something no matter what i'm saying you can bet it means i love it.

just. aaagh. it's always tough being a new fan of an old series. i'm like too embarrassed to express my opinions bc i feel like they're invalid y'know? i feel so exhausted every time i see something to the effect of like 'oh those poor kids these days having to deal with such bad quality everything what a bad time to be a fan of pokémon wow y'all make me feel so old' well see the thing is i actually am thriving and i love it here. and i'm also an adult myself so i have more critical thinking skills than people who played red when they were like five years old did. and even with the power of critical thinking i manage to be in love with this. join me in marvelling at the beauty of life

#sorry for the massive rant i am full of both love and rage but i feel alone in this world about this particular subject #my other fav complaint is like 'they make it too easy to xyz these days' #to me that reads like 'i suffered so why shouldn't they' #yes we should encourage people to spend 100 hours grinding to do basic story requirements. #to weed out the true gamers from the weaklings. or maybe we could use the spare time in our lives to touch grass #the only easy-fication change in sv i don't like is the ability to access boxes right from the menu #that kinda cheapens the need to strategically organize a team before heading somewhere #i can.. sorta understand being miffed about the remember moves mechanic? #frankly platinum was so stressful with not being able to freely switch without great hassle/cost #it would have been a fair enough compromise to make you pay a bit of lp or something #or do it for free but having to go to like a pokécenter or something #i'll never agree that exp share is bad though sorry #pokémon #ok but about the 'i feel bad for kids these days with these ugly designs/lame 3D models' thing #yeah i have news for you every gen has its ugly/stupid pokémon. #dude look at exeggcute #and some of the oldest spritework is hideous #granted the ds era spritework was beautiful #but i don't see what is so bad about the 3D models of today? they're both nice... #dude play an indie game or something if it's that important to you idk #it will never be the 90s again. it will never be the 00s again. i'm sorry.

[itzrayla]

World's Saddest News! Interesting game is only available on Switch

#IT'S O SAD LIKE EVERY SINGLE GAME IS RELEASED ON THE SWITCH THESE DAYS BUT I'VE JUST NEVER EVER HAD ONEE #AND A SINGLE GAME IS LIKE 60 FUCKING BUCKS ANYWAYS WTFF WHY ARE NINTENDO GAMES INACCESSIBLE N SHIT #POKEMON GAMES FOR THE GODDAMN DS/3DS ARE BEING SOLDER FOR OVER 100 DOLLARS LIKE WAHT THE HELLLLL UGHHH #ALL I HAVE IS MY 2DS AND MY COMPUTER MY FUCKING WII IS BROKENNNN UUWAAAHHHHHH

[jimmyenjoyer]

What happend to the handheld console.. where is my portable little friend...

#the switch is NOT portable shut up #it needs to go in a pocket #.... can yall tell i miss the ds #i mean i can use the ds #i have my 3ds #but still

[fruitycircus]

btw if there's a slim to none chance of the next nintendo console getting teased at the direct i'm gonna say a hot take

i do not care for the idea of the switch 2

#is it likley? yes ofc #im fully expectibg some type of followup a la what the 3ds is to the ds #but i feel like so many people are betting on it to be an acutal gaming powerhouse w 4k 65 ffps 170 kiloflops etc #but thats really not nintendos pace #nintendo has a see a need fill a need thing. they make a silly gadget w a cute gimmick or two that isnt ridiculously powerful #but it takes full advantage of its limitations #even if it gets overlooked as time passes it brings something thats at the very least different from the average console #its not big n strong but its memorable at least. and i like that #and also im just of it. if i hear one more 'the switch 2 will be the most powerful ever!' im gonna smash something #again #a switch successor makes a lot of sense #but i feel like this would be time nintendo moves onto the next gimmick of the decade #wheres your whimsy #also i completely forgot to mention abt nintendos intended audience. most families / kids probably dont care about specs so long as the- #-games are entertaining and good #n the price of have the biggest and best hardware would not fit in well w that #i should write an essay. that is all #nintendo direct

[mangostar]

just bought some of the 3ds monhun games but now i can’t find my charger ☹️

#got mhg mh4U and mh3U ! even tho the 3ds online has ended i will have fun ! #even tho i have mhgu on the switch i also like playing on the 3ds #i wish the ds pokemon games were as cheap as the monhun ones :( #i was thinking abt hacking my 3ds but when i tried and it said to take a sd card out i immediately noped out lol #anyway. I WANNA PLAY BUT ITS ALMOST DEAD AND I CANT FIND MY CHARGER :((((((

[kachimera]

"Kachi why are you losing it over oot" i have a mental illness called i only had 8 games for my 3ds for years until very recently and one of those was the oot remake next question

#me rambles #anyways im almost gonna finally 100% it #im only missing biggoron's sword and... a single heart piece. idk which one i missed but its lowkey driving me insane #anyways the other zelda games i've played are neat af #i wanna replay tp but i dont have it anymore #was starting out majora's mask on my computa but ehmm my monitor is being funny ( agony) #and well. botw and totk my beloveds if i only had a switch #oh! and i gotta get the ds n 3ds ones ofc. now that my 3ds is chipped- *is murdered by nintendo ninjas*

[whoslaurapalmer]

my brother's been playing ace attorney and like. our entire lives it's been 'my brother played this game when he was younger and now i am playing it or we're playing it together' so for HIM to be playing a game that i played when i was younger and for me to be the one doing 'oh yeah! i remember doing this or that in the game when i played it for the first time back in 2007 or 2008' about a game is such a wild experience

#me: at the end of rise from the ashes you had to shout objection. now the year was 2008 and it was summer and i was at gran gran's house #me: i could not just SHOUT objection in the middle of gran gran's house. #me: i had to keep BLOWING into the ds microphone until it finally accepted that as shouting objection. #he's on justice for all now and i actually never finished that OR trials and tribulations so i'd really like to do that now #while he's playing too!!!! #but i am redoing turnabout goodbyes first. gotta get that sweet sweet edgeworth content. been a long time. #(i do wanna redo rise from the ashes too but he's on the second case in justice for all so i gotta get HOPPING here) #he keeps going 'are you gonna get the games for the switch' and i'm like 'I OWN THEM! I STILL OWN THEM!! AND A PERFECTLY FUNCTIONING 3DS!!' #(so i am playing on my 3ds but thinking longingly of how nice they must look on the switch. he sends me steam screenshots and i'm like #WE USED TO HAVE TO HIKE FOR THESE GRAPHICS UPHILL IN THE SNOW BOTH WAYS GOD THEY LOOK SO SMOOTH NOW etc etc you know.) #but we're very excited about apollo rereleasing this week!!!!!! i will be getting that for the switch eventually bc i never ever played the #so!!!!!!!!!!!!! that's very thrilling!!!!

[answrs]

"I really keep meaning to play ghost trick but I don't really wanna pay sixty bucks for it and looking at the ds version I really love how it looks on there. hey I know, let's just nab a used copy of ebay for the best of both worlds!"

the lowest price for an English copy with no box or anything else, starts at 80USD and only goes up from there.

so there goes that idea i suppose :')

#yes yes technically I could ☠️ it but I haven't modded my DS/3ds and also I'm lazy as fuck #maybe I'll get another sd card for my switch and download it for the airport/flight #but like. the switch is NOT a touchscreen focused console. which it seems is required for most of it? #but also it says it plays in tv mode #unless this is a Mario Odyssey situation where *technically* you can still display the game #you just can't use half the controls because you have to unhook your joycons to do half the movement and cap throws #(yes i'm still bitter about them claiming handheld was a valid way to play that game shush)

[antirepurp]

what if i backed up my pc chao garden and started it over and played it like a normal person and not like a dog breeder. as a treat

#soda offers you a can #imagine if there had been a 3ds chao garden game so i could have it portably and enjoy all the features #a ds chao garden even im not picky i just want it portably on two screens #“switch is portable tho” switches are massive in comparison and have joycon drift #and i'd much rather shove a ds/3ds into a bag than a goddamn 500€+ home console thank you very much #anyway time to investigate save data locations

[astyrra]

@ ghost trick fans. should i play the ds game or the switch remake

#ghost trick #i cant play it immediately bc i gotta finish totk and then im going to play persona 4 #but after that probably #but i have a switch and a hacked 3ds so im fine with either option #i want to play it bc i keep hearing its good but i know sometimes ds games do not translate well on other platforms #anyway i gotta go to bed now. so yeah

[tx7421]

Can we please bully Nintendo into leaving the Nintendo DS eStore open like we did with bullying the Sonic the Movie team into changing the design of Sonic?

Think of all the games that we now can't play because the only modern backwards compatible system is now out of production. Especially the ones that are/were download only.

I commute at least 2 hours to work and back almost every day. And I carry my 2DS with me all the time. Mainly to get the step count so I can get the coins but also to see if I can get a street pass. The switch cannot do that!

I would definitely not bring my Switch on my commute because it's too big and too expensive so it's a big enough target to be snatched. Also, I don't want to damage my switch. Being on a bus that's probably half my age (I'm 20) combined with bad pavement, roadbumps, and bad breaks means that I definitely won't be risking my only modern console. My 2DS is small and sturdy enough for my hands to have a tight grip on it. The Switch does not have that safety...

Also, my phone's battery dies quickly and I normally forget to charge my phone before leaving work so I go play on the DS. The DS is my go to travel console as stated earlier. Also, Switch doesn't have streetpass... Sad. A missed opportunity. One of many that Nintendo have ignored/missed out.

I know I'm on a rant here. I'm angry and sad that Nintendo basically shut down the eStore MONTHS before they said they would ( You can't buy anything since last Monday. I only found out the hard way today. They said they were shutting it down on Feb next year...) and THAT HURTS. (See update)

As someone who likes to spread out the spending because I want to buy the games I want to play, this hurt because I now have to move to Amazon to buy the games whilst using the Nintendo eStore to see what I want. And a lot of the time at a higher price which puts me off a bit. Also, I have A.S.D and A.D.H.D so I'm even more upset as my planning has now gone out the window and I'm stuck with 170+ tabs of games that I was gonna sort through and buy from Nintendo.

And I'm a chicken for not wanting to Homebrew/mod my DS. It was my first console and I don't want to risk anything software wise to my precious. I'm sentimental! Okay! Also, I've never been a good pirate...

Lastly, (never promise on this. It will never been the end of this sadness...) NINTENDO IF YOU INCREASE THE PRICES FOR THE SWITCH STUFF NEW/OLD YOU HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME! SEE THE FIGURES OF HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME WERE RUSHING IN TO BUY DS GAMES! LOOK ON THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO WATCH THE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET A STREETPASS IN 2022!

I really want to know the figures of Nintendo DS family VS Nintendo Switch Family. Especially from when they first announced that they were closing the DS/WiiU eStore.

NINTENDO! YOU WENT TWO STEPS FORWARD AND ONE STEP BACK WITH THE CREATION OF THE SWITCH! Yes, it's amazing, brilliant, portable ( to a degree), family friendly... BUT not as much as the DS family was.... IF YOURE GONNA SHUT DOWN THE DS ESTORE YOU MIGHT AS WELL MAKE US A BRAND NEW DS CONSOLE THAT CAN PLAY THE SWITCH GAMES. SMALL, DURABLE, COMPACT, STREEPASS, BLUETOOTH/AUX CABLE COMPATIBLE... EVERYTHING THAT THE MODERN DS FAMILY HAS BUT INTO AN EVEN MORE MODERN CONSOLE.

I should've been in bed around an hour ago. But I needed to get this off.... Because I can. And there's a chance Nintendo *might* read/skim through it. And I'll take that chance even it it's 1 percent.

#NINTENDO IF YOU INCREASE THE PRICES FOR THE SWITCH STUFF NEW/OLD YOU HAVE YOURSELF TO BLAME! #SEE THE FIGURES OF HOW MANY PEOPLE LIKE ME WERE RUSHING IN TO BUY DS GAMES! #LOOK ON THE INTERNET AND SOCIAL MEDIA TO WATCH THE VIDEOS OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET A STREETPASS IN 2022! #nintendo #gaming #sad times #nintendo 3ds #nintendo 2ds #nintendo ds #vent #rant #i want the estore back because i was just getting into the old games #why am i here i dont want to be here #i just needed to get this off my chest. i dont wanna pay 60 for a game that i cant play half the time and would most likely not be worth 60 #like the 1 2 switch game which is definitely not worth 40 let alone 60 #its probably my Autism absolutely hating this change but i want my childhood back #gen z

[krawdad]

I want them to announce the damn console already so my brain will stop going "what if they actually go with switch 2 having 2 screens" every 8 minutes

#it would be very funny if they just do 'the switch again but with the clamshell screen' #they could keep selling you ds and 3ds games #wii u games could get ported like it was nothing #i think it's more likely that they do the switch again with better chips or whatever #but they might still pull a Nintendo #the influx of ds titles getting ported to switch might mean that wave of reselling old ds games is starting #it might just mean the console is on its last leg and they're squeezing in every title they can #MAYBE we're seeing these ones first because they were able to work on one screen easily #but more likely it means nothing #but also it would be pretty funny to have called it

[shaytizzy]

I wanna play pokemon

#I don't have my game boy #my ds #3ds #switch #advance #sp #none of it #awwww

[energon-with-a-curly-straw]

The 2ds (XL) is truly a fantastic— and dare I say, the ideal— handheld console. That is, if you say fuck ninteno and hack it, of course. Which turns out is incredibly easy to do (even though I adhd stalled on it for a couple months ^^;)! It really makes me want to get into programming and making my own mods/roms (｡･ω･｡)

My only complaint would be the forum sites, which— similar to reddit— do contain lots of lovely and diverse individuals, but tends to attract the types of people you’d actively avoid :/

But for now I’m just going to be playing every game I missed out on as a kid. For free. Because I am a devious and unscrupulous menace to (corporate) society.

#queer modding/hacking group? 👀 #nintendo is shutting down the 3ds eshop next year and they already stopped making ds/gb/earlier games why should they give a fuck? #then you get into like injects in stuff and basically if there’s a handheld game before n3ds you wanna play? We got you boo 😘 #I like seeing the immediate action —> effect of the programming angle #the screen of the n2ds xL is nice and big (especially next to the old 3ds) put still portable & handheld plus powerful & capable #for reference I had/have a ds lite and switch lite #just the (homebrew) utilities is wow to me #and I have a new-found respect and love for qr codes #I love noodling in the nitty-gritty files/config/misc and that’s definitely going to fuck me some day tho #if you got a 3/2ds lying around and want links to info and guide website lmk #it’s sorta like a beginners raspberry pi?? idk I only know secondhand about that which is just: shits expensive #But I’d recommend doing it sooner rather than later to get the free software you need before the eshop shuts down march 2023 I think #OH! WiiU too!!

[grayeet]

sigh I'm thinking about the minecraft creeper 2ds xl

#I WISH I HAD THIS SO BAD YOU DONT UNDERSTAND #I'd save up and buy one but the ds family and their games are region locked and this was Japan exclusive so it can only play Japanese games #And I don't have enough confidence to buy a US 2ds to switch out the harddrives. #But I am in love with this it's genuinely so sad this didn't get a US release. #Its literally my dream console #Still devastated they discontinued the ds/3ds/2ds family. They are my beloveds