Import the 3DS LL Circle Pad Pro controller add on (you can get it from NCSX for $20+ shipping) and get Resident Evil: Revelations. The circle pad controller makes the system really large in your hands, but it offers better control for a great RE game.
Also, try some of these titles:
3DS:
Code of Princess
Theatrhythm: Final Fantasy
Tales of The Abyss
Dead or Alive: Dimensions
Forthcoming:
Etrian Odyssey IV
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow-Mirror of Fate
Fire Emblem: Awakening
Virtlual Market:
Crimson Shroud (if you like D&D at all, you must DL this and play it)
Unchained Blades (just came out today, neat premise-you are a dragon that's been cast out by a goddess and you assemble a party of other monsters to go back to heaven and get revenge)
Liberation Maiden
DS:
Etrian Odyssey 1-3
Radiant Historia (of course)
Final Fantasy IV (neat new twist on an old favorite)
As you can see, I recommend a lot of RPGs. That's primarily because its what I use handhelds for. It's an almost perfect genre for handhelds, IMO.
Also, pro tip:
If you are playing a game and can't save in an opportune location, just close the 3DS XL up. It goes into a sleep mode and when you open it back up, you're right where you left off. But have a care: it chews up battery power and if the system dies in sleep mode, you will lose all your progress.
These are the games I can recommend off the top of my head. When I get home, I'll skim over my library and if I see anything else that I think is really good, I'll recommend.
Welcome to the 3DS club. It's a fantastic platform.
Thanks for the recommendations, and yeah, I'll look into the controller add-on thing.
I disagree, I wouldn't call it "bad," more like uninspired. It's a hell of a lot better than 4, but nowhere near as good as 1-3. I'd say it's worth it if you can find it cheap, but I wouldn't go out of my way looking for it.
I think I probably am going to pick up MS7. I watched some videos, and yeah, I can see it not being the best of the series, but it still looks a lot of fun to me.
So anyway, I know we are living in the era of it being unavoidable to have to buy our games off the internet, but I still made the rounds this morning to see if I could find a game to hold me over until anything I order arrives -- and NOTHING. Horse shit up a bear's ass.
Target, when I was there last night picking up the system: not ONE dang game worth a shit. All princesses and Spongebnob and bad cartoon tie-in games and pets. Same at Toys R Us. Fine, I expected that. Best Buy today, more or less the same. They did at least have a Dragon Quest, but that's not what I want to start with. Fine, I expected that as well. But I at least thought I might find something at Gamestop, even if it was a little overpriced. No. Nothing anyone listed in this thread. Not new, anyway. They did have some of the recommendations here in used form. No thanks. I was looking at them and wondering how in the heck something so tiny as a DS game card could look so beat up? What are these kids doing to these cards? Then they have to stick a goopy price sticker on top of it being all beat up. And of course, no box or manual.
edit: Oh yeah, then I stopped at two mom & pop shops that happened to be on the path home -- kind of hoping to maybe find Radiant Historia or something -- and they had nothing, either.
So I came home, ordered the newest Castlevania (this one looks really fun) and Mortal Kombat off the internet, and I guess I'll just be playing Mario Kart until they show up. I think Code of Princess and World Ends are next.
One question about Advance Wars: Some reviews are saying the newest game isn't as good as the others, and is a little bit of a new direction. Is this true? Because it's the only one of the series that is the slightest bit affordable for me.
The World Ends With You is amazing
it's very odd though and has a deep learning curve
definitely not for everyone but something everyone should at least try
Yeah, that one looks really fun to me, and I was hoping one of the places I visited today might have it.
