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I finally managed to get my hands on a N3DSXL. I haven't played anything on the 3DS or DS so I'm looking for recommendations. I'm open to pretty much anything genre-wise.

What are your faves freeze-gamer

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[–] Yurt_Owl@hexbear.net 12 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I know the zelda ports were contentious but there's something about those graphics and 3d that hits me just right.

Also hack the 3ds and play mario 64 on it

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Yeah I was kind of thinking about giving the OoT and MM ports a go. I haven't played OoT since launch and never played MM.

[–] charlie@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago

There’s a patch for the MM port that fixes the issues it has, highly recommended.

https://restoration.zora.re/

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

The MM port on 3DS changes some things for the worse, but Majora's Mask is fantastic and should be tried by any fan of Zelda or action-adventure games.

The OoT port didn't goof anything up if I remember right.

[–] EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright

Metroid: Samus Returns

Warioware Gold

Captain Toad Treasure Tracker

pokemon oras

rhythm heaven megamix

Also if you're doing this The Cool Way, you can just put any DS or Gameboy/GBC/GBA game on there

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

The Cool Way

"Never pay more than 20 bucks for a game." I'm sailing the seas for all of this. Thank you for the recommendations. If you have any on DS/GBA, I'll take those as well. I have no DS experience and only marginal GBA experience.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 8 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Mario and Luigi: bowser's inside story (also the prequel Partners in time and sequel Dream Team)

Pokemon Mystery dungeon explorers of the sky

Fire Emblem Awakening

Kirby: Planet Robobot

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Pokemon Rangers Shadows of Almia

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

Kid Icarus Uprising

Pokemon Black and White and the sequel B/W 2

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago

Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia

Best 3DS Fire Emblem!

Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

I'd also recommend the GBA Castlevanias, especially Aria of Sorrow.

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Pokemon Mystery dungeon explorers of the sky

I've been really interested in these games.

[–] thelastaxolotl@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

the mystery dungeon series is very good, explorers of the sky is the best one, but super md and the original md are also pretty good

[–] DerEwigeAtheist@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

they are amazing, please play them.

[–] WaterBowlSlime@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 2 years ago

I highly recommend you play the first 3 Yokai Watch games (btw Psychic Specters is the definitive version of YW2). Also, Animal Crossing New Leaf is better than the one on switch.

If you like to read, then you can't miss out on the Zero Escape trilogy (9 Hours 9 Persons 9 Doors, Virtue's Last Reward, Zero Time Dilemma (ok you can skip ZTD since it really sucks)). They're my favorite visual novels and no spoilers, but the physical hardware of the DS is relevant to the story so the steam port is a huge downgrade.

Ghost Trick and Hotel Dusk: Room 215 also have phenomenal stories.

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

MH4U, Kid Icarus, Gunvolt 1&2, Shovel Knight

[–] NephewAlphaBravo@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pokemon B2/W2, Meteos, Bowser's Inside Story, all 3 DS Castlevanias, Jump Superstars if you can read japanese or get a translation patch

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

Awesome thank you for the recommendations. I'll give them a look!

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Pokemon platinum is a must if you like Pokemon at all. Significantly better than xy or sun moon.

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

I haven't played a Pokemon since the original Red/Blue so I'm all for giving it a go!

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Attack of the Friday Monsters!

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I haven't heard of this one before, but it looks really neat. Seems related to Boku no Natsuyasumi which I am curious about after the Action Button review.

[–] LaGG_3@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

Same development team if I remember right. If you have any interest in Boku no Natsuyasumi, the general vibes of 70s Japan, and Kaiju/tokusatsu media you should definitely give it a shot. It's also really short, which is always pleasant for a game!

Attack of the Friday Monsters is probably my personal favorite, but all of the Guild series of 3DS games will give you a pretty unique experience.

[–] pinguinu@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gotta say Xenoblade Chronicles hands down. If you can't play it on switch or emulate it, it's definitely a good port, I first played on N3DS

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

I haven't played XBC (or Xeno- anything yet) so that's definitely on my list.

[–] Mindfury@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

can't remember whether the DS or 3DS had The World Ends With You, but i remember that being cool

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago

I've heard good things about that. I'll add it to the list.

[–] DerEwigeAtheist@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Kid Icarus Uprising is really good, and I like Etrian Odyssey 4&5 a lot as well. Kid Icarus is several genres in one, all of them good, from Platinum games. (also it's been recommended several times here)

Etrian Odyssey is a series of really fun Dungeon Crawlers. There are also remakes on 1&2 which are good, and X, which is really more a love letter to longetime fans, and amazing for that, but not a good entrypoint.

[–] invo_rt@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Thanks for the recs! I never really got into blobbers before, but I've heard a lot about Etrian Odyssey so it's worth a shot!

[–] SpiderFarmer@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

Damn, if the shop were still open you could have gotten Horseshoe Crab Flipper.