Surprised there was no existing thread, launch is this Thursday. Who is getting one?

I have my pre-ordered JB-hifi console+lame starter kit + SSF4, planning on trying to get them to price match kmarts $288 price when I pick it up.


discuss.

Apparently BSOD is fixed with the software update. Didn't kill the console anyway, just interrupted the fun.

Let us know how you enjoy the regioning.

Guess mine will turn up in the mail on Thursday or Friday. I never had a problem with regioning on my DSi so I don't anticipate I'll have any trouble with regioning on the 3DS since I don't buy any games from Japan or the US. Kinda sucks you've gotta get it connected to the net to fix an out of the box problem, it'll catch a lot of people out that don't follow the interweb news.

Played Lego Star Wars III on a 3DS the other day. Graphically they're quite a bit nicer than the DS, although LSW isn't a good candidate for the 3D effect - I could see the depth being added when I moved the slider up, but it really wasn't that impressive.

I'll hold off until there's a few more titles around (ie. Zelda & Mario Kart). Have been burnt by launch day Nintendo consoles too many times in the past.

Nintendo Wii had Zelda Twilight Princess, N64 had Mario 64. Pretty sure the DS also had Mario 64 DS.

Getting mine from JB-Hi Fi, ordered online so presume it will come Friday hopefully. Can't wait, gonna be f*****g awesome with the AR simulation. My girlfriend wants to take it into uni and show her class the AR, as they were discussing it in an IT class.

Didn't gc have sunshine or that luigi game.

And the Zelda game that the Wii had was a gamecube port anyway

Yeah, the launch lineup is pretty terrible, but I got one because I knew I would eventually anyway, and the pre-order prices are pretty good. Figured I may as well.

For those who get the catch of the day emails, COTD are selling them at $199 tomorrow. http://www.catchoftheday.com.au/

Hang on, if I buy a 3DS I wont be able to play pc games, oh noes. Canceling pre-order!

It's not stealing, it's their by right. You have a 3DS, you're no longer allowed to have a PC.

I heard everytime you buy a 3DS, a parrot gets strapped to a windshield wiper.

My preorder from D****mith has apparently shipped so I should get that tomorrow.

Is it too late to pre-order at JB Hi-Fi?

They are still taking pre-orders at certain stores. I just got a email from them saying they're ready to ship, but apparently don't have enough dosh in the bank this minute! NOOOOO. At least they don't out right cancel your account.

Target are offering what seems to be the 3DS system, a carry case for it + rayman, ghost recon or rabbids for $340. If you wanted to pick up ghost recon to begin with thats a rather ok deal if you ask me. $55 for all the other games according to their online catalogue.

The correct term is parallax barrier, the 2010 range rover has it in the gps system, so driver sees gps, passenger sees movie.

From what I've read the tech is going to become far more common.

It's downfall is that it requires a sweet spot for viewing, however the range of that spot can differ depending on someones quality of vision.

Just got back from the midnight launch at the EB games on swanston st (I think it was meant to be like the "official" one for australia). It was HUGE, I've never seen that many people at a launch before. The EB games on swanston st is big, like really big, two stories big. And it was chock full of people. I ended up out on the street cos it was just too crowded inside and there was no room to move around.

Yes, I sold my soul and bought one from EB as well, I'm sure I'll pay for it in whatever afterlife awaits me. I had a late flight back to melbourne though and wasn't going to get to JB before they closed, so I rang EB earlier in the day and begged them to hold one for me. I must have been convincing (or so desperate they took pity on me) because they held one for me without me even putting a deposit down.

It wasn't toooooo bad in the end, $380 for the console plus a game (Tom Clancy's shadow wars). Certainly not the cheapest price around, but when you consider the console plus a game at JB is about $350 or $360, not too horribly expensive either. Plus, I really wanted to get it tonight, so I figured it was worth a couple more dollars.

Picked up streetfighter and ridge racer for it as well, but Pilotwings isn't out yet, its been delayed and comes out in two weeks.

Just got mine from JB. It's a pretty nice looking device. I ordered my games from OzGameShop though, so only have my old DS games to play on it.

The AR stuff is really cool though, and I like that it seems to multitask the applications on it. The 3D effect is pretty good too. I used a 3D camera in Japan last year that had a glasses-free screen on the back for viewing the photos, but it could be a bit messy to look at sometimes. The effect on the 3DS is much better though. Very clear.

Ohhhhh, I have to wait until mine gets delivered either today or friday. Damn you Sydney based warehouses!!!

Plug:

You can buy them now online from retailers like D*** Smith in aqua blue or cosmos black - $348 including free delivery.

Enjoying street fighter and the ar game sooo much.

Mine arrived in the mail at home this morning, $298 delivered with a game included. It's been a fairly long wait so far to get home today. Planning to go to JB tonight and grab SSFIV.

Yeah I grabbed one with SF4 ... I can't wait till the start using the argcards in the games :P

I'm still not sure if 3d is here to stay, but this certainly feels better than wearing glasses at the cinema. The slider really helps.

My friend code is 2836-0113-0078 if anyone is up for some SSF4 or other shens

the 3DS reports back to nintendo on games/carts used if i'm not mistaken. I guess if you never plan on going online/restrict your 3DS forever to SP then you could get one when they come out.

EDIT - Juri's american voice is pretty hot, but knowing how these things go her voice actor is no doubt a total ham beast.

EDIT 2 - If you turn the DS on it's site while looking directly at the screen, the 3D stops. I dunno if it's some inbuilt thing or not but I wonder why that is. Looks perfectly normal as if you turned the effect off all together.

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My Mini Review.

For $288 - $350 this is a great purchase, The 3D is fantastic, i can only speak for what i have seen in SS4 3D and in the AR Games and but it is amazing.

When i first turned it on, after 30minutes i had a huge headache, i popped a few nurofen and got back into it, after 2 hours i was sweet. My eyes can now tune in and out of the screen with ease. (however for some reason i feel it would be wrong to allow my 8 yr old to get it to it even though says not suitable for 7 and younger)

I f***ed around with the AR games for awhile, what a hoot, i shook the console for 30minutes to see how long it would take me to get my 10 Play Coins.. it takes 30minutes. Then i f***ed around with Friend Raiders.. which got a good laugh.

Everyone at work was impressed and thought it was an entertaining unit for the cost, and i agree, However i might not be able to stand by the statement unless some more decent titles come out.

Except for street fighter 3d none of the launch titles seemed that interesting, i was curious about Splinter Cell 3d, but read reviews and it turned me off it (apparently fixed camera that makes it hard to see anything and a few other lame issues)

Taking 3D pictures is also enjoyable, i took a picture of a co-worker sitting at his desk giving me the finger, and the depth of vision in the picture was fantastic, totes see that its 3D.

The street-pass works effectively, we used it amongst my co-workers and it grabbed there mii's and info rather quickly, took about 10seconds from memory, I also played around with the street pass mii games, they are novel, lack substance but make a mii channel far more interesting. Really it gives me a reason to make my Mii look interesting and gives me a reason to look at the channel.

After a day of use i wanted to test my ability to switch in and out of the 3d, (and i needed to get home) so i took it on public transport... a BCC Bus and flogged my way from the city to Carindale (very hilly) i bounced and boped around while playing street fighter, my eyes didn't ache and moving in and out of the 3d didn't bother me, most times i didn't even notice.

Street fighter is awesome, the interface of playing with buttons and switch to stylus was confusing at first, but after awhile i got use to it, now i play with stylus and switch to buttons. I played abit of multiplayer with a co-worker and we had a type street fighter blast. It looks nearly as good as it does on a console, bit more jaggy and obviously a lower res, but still wide-screen and the 3d effect gives an awesome depth feel that makes it feel like you are watching a miniature fight go on in side a small box.

I also ran a DS game to see how it looked and felt.. it felt like a DS game, due to the fact the 3DS has a wide screen there are black bars down the side, but it hardly effects the gameplay.

The battery woes don't bother me so much as i will have a charger at home and one at work, if i was to go on a flight or something like that i could see it being an issue, but for day to day use on public transport and in lunch breaks it wont bother me at all.

I really am looking forward to what game dev's do with the 3D and the touch screen interface and i look forward to spending more time playing with it.

Do you need the 'Nintendo Wifi' device to be able to play online?

No, just a WiFi connection.

Been playing quite abit online since i got home

I'm wondering if it's considered noob/cheap to use the lite settings for SSF4 with the 2 special, 1 super and 1 ultra move bound into the touch pad. I really like this as it lets me play characters like Guile who I love but suck at due to the charge feature. Still trying to figure out what I should use.

I belive this is how most people are playing online

I'm not used to that over-the-shoulder 3D type mode yet but it does seem cool. You miss a projectile and you see it shrink into the distance and looks awesome. I'm playing right now as I type this (well not really) and currently going 1-5 win lose against a medium-hard balrog as guile. Getting WHOOPED!

I didnt like it either, but i tried it online and its not bad, hard to judge distance for close up mele, though great for spaming special long distance moves.

Been trying to do some trials and all I can say is sweet jesus they are hard. Even simple tasks like standing M punch -> standing L punch is friggen hard. Then you get further in and they expect you to know all the move names (which is great when they are all in japanese) and that so isn't the mode for helping you get better. Still no idea who I want to play but i'm hovering between Makoto, Blanka, Ibuki or maybe Dee-jay.

Played through Street Fighter once with 3D turned on, that was fine though I found the SF menu's a little hard to look at in 3d. The AR games (well, I've only played one so far) seemed better without 3d but maybe that's just me. D pad also sqeeks a fair bit when going at it in the SF matches but for me it's much easier to use than the joystick. Seems really strange to have combo moves buttons on the touchpad, feels like cheating.

Biggest thing I don't like about the 3DS though is the actually plastic used for the DS itself, I find that type of finish (iphone is the same) tends to get that greasy feel to it very easily, never had that with the DS or DSi. I'm hoping there's a thin rubber protector cover I can put over it, guess i'll have to look into it.

Did anyone get screen protectors or any of that stuff? I noticed on a second hand ds lite I had before this if you held the console on an angle you would see marks where the stylus had touched the screen too hard or something.

Would anyone recommend getting a screen protector or anything? I've been playing Phantom Hourglass and it works a treat.

JB's pre-order came with a starter pack which I presume has that stuff in it. Has anyone received their online pre-order yet via mail? I'm still waiting -_- And my order still says "On Order".

The accessory pack that JB bundled with the pre-orders included screen protectors, but they just threw in the ones that were made for the DSi. They didn't even fit on the 3DS screen. The accessory pack was almost completely useless.

Yeah, scratches were never a problem on my DS Lite. Hopefully the 3DS is as durable.

Yeah I guess i'll skip it then, the previous owner of my ds lite must have been heavy handed.

added you grog, my code is at the top of the page.

Saw this and loled hard. This thread is all about Mii QR codes which you scan into your system through the camera.

http://i.imgur.com/GRuW0.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/biJLs.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/fYtBs.jpghttp://i.imgur.com/p8ZlU.jpg

Barack Obama is in there as well. You can scan them in by going to Mii Creator, then going "QR Code/image options" and then "scan QR code"

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Get Street Fighter Raven, its the f*****g s***.
Shows off the 3D really well.

Rabbids is ok, grabbed that today cause i needed a title with some substance to play between matches SSFIV matches, 3d effect is not as good, Out of all the launch games, and i've seen or played most of them, SSFIV shows off the 3D the best.

I got SF4 and Rayman. Thinking I should have got Rabbits. :/

My guide to Street Passing around Brisbane CBD.

Central Station is awesome in the mornings between 8-9

Any major food court during lunch, i recommend the Myers food court near target and macdonalds/kfc, however i have been hit at just about every food court except for the s***** one near Harvey Norman.

The EB in the David Jones building, fat dude behind the counter has it, if he is working, you will get a hit.

The EB across from Show Girls, (TBH i dont know if it was the EB or Show Girls kekeke >_<) 2 staff members there have 3DS's which you can grab a hit from.

TimeZone on weekends, hang around the street fighter and tekken systems, outside boarders. (you can try this location during the week, but it all depends on the crowd)

Most Electronic stores in the CBD are a good place, loiter in the gaming sections.

Stand around the Hungry Jacks like an emo for awhile.

Central station around 5.


I find groups of school kids to be useless, most of them can't afford 3DS's this early on. Look for nerdy turds, fatties with sweat stains and ponytails are almost a given. Asians are your next best bet, especially those that hang around the nightowl near fat louies/timezone. Other then that any major public area is a good place to start.


I tried carindale tihs weekend and got nothing.

Oh, the other thing I'm wondering is how you set all the extra info that comes through on other people's Mii's. Like the one I got today, it had his name and favourite game and catchphrase and that standard stuff, but then it also had "Likes cats" and "Dreams of being a hero" and some other stuff. How do you set that other stuff? Or is that from games?

Bummer dude, that sucks, but still better than paying full price at EB.

I tried to get the guy to price match on JB, but he said we don't price match on pre-orders. When I asked him to match K-mart, he said that mine was a preorder and Kmart was launch price, so that didn't apply either. Chumps...

Khell, set that info in the Mii Plaza

I'll try it some time this week. Probably Thursday will be the first time I'll get the chance to take it on the train and through Melbourne Central station. I'll also take it to the State Library for lunch one day and see what happens, there's always s***loads of students (like 200-300) and the like hanging around there at any time.

Khell, set that info in the Mii Plaza

Cool, found it, thanks :)

Played some streetfighter online last night, it feels so cheap using the touch screen for moves but it seems everyone else does it. I was playing a zangief guy and he was pulling off all the grabs and I got owned in the first round, so the second round I just stayed away from him and spammed fireballs (as akuma) and he just kept walking into them and never even blocked, so I'm guessing he was all touch screen and had no actual idea how to play the game at all.

Friend Code is: 3652-0512-1945

More friend codes over in this thread Steve http://www.ausgamers.com/forums/general/thread.php/3039949

I've read about that error screen. I haven't had it happen yet. I afree about Shadow Wars too. It's not the type of game I generally get into (Final Fantasy Tactics failed to hold my attention past the first couple of levels), but I'm quite enjoying it.

I just got Lego Star Wars III in the mail today. It's really cool, and looks fantastic. I also got Pokemon Black today, which I'm enjoying so far, though it's not really any different to other Pokemon games so far, and it isn't a 3DS title, so no 3D. :(

I love the AR games, I was thinking how awesome a Yugioh or even a Pokemon card game will be!
I picked up Rabbids 3D which is alright, I'm still pumping through Pokemon White which is awesome, can't wait until Zelda 3D