![]() They masterfully brought Gen 3 into the modern era with brand-new character designs and modern quality-of-life features. These were followed by Pokemon Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire which, in my opinion, are two of the best games in the franchise. ![]() I remember people were so hyped to see Pokemon in 3D with X&Y and were really excited by the introduction of mega evolutions, giving fan-favorite monsters cool new designs (and making Charizard usable in competitive battles). While I do have my own grievances with this era, we shouldn’t overlook just how much it brought to the table. I see a lot of people nowadays say Gen 6 on the 3DS was where Pokemon started to go downhill. Or if you’re like me, you’ll spend all your time catching fish and bugs for the museum on that new island you can unlock with plenty of exclusive items to find. Being the town mayor lets you open up new shops and landmarks, truly letting you make the town of your dreams. ![]() Firstly it’s the game that introduced Isabelle and everyone loves Isabelle.Īside from that, not only did it bring near console-level graphics to a portable console but it was so customizable. Animal Crossing New LeafĪnimal Crossing New Leaf to this day is considered the best game in the series. Here, I want to speak more on the game that truly stood out and made an impact on 3DS. Of course, it had all of the Nintendo staples like Mario, Zelda, Kirby, and bringing Metroid back out of hiatus but I feel you’d expect a Nintendo console to have high-quality games from their classic IPs. We can’t speak about all of them but here are a few that are worth mentioning. The Nintendo 3DS followed in the DS’ footsteps with a large diverse range of games. Today the 3DS has sold over 75 million units worldwide making it the second best-selling console of the 8th Generation after the PS4. Sales shot up and it was mostly smooth sailing from there. They cut the console’s price to $170 USD and released two staple pillars of any Nintendo console: a new Mario game in Super Mario 3D Land and a new Mario Kart. Thankfully, the 3DS able to turn it around by winter. It also didn’t help that Sony had announced their own new handheld console, the PS Vita which was far more powerful than the 3DS and was launching at the same price of $250 USD. The next few months would give fans a few solid titles like Zelda OOT 3D, and Star Fox 64 3D but it was still scarce month by month. The console had a poor launch lineup with the highlight being Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition, an impressive port of the fighting game but outside of that, well, hope you like Pilotwings. In fact, the 3DS had a pretty poor first year altogether when it was first released in the spring of 2011. Almost none of those cool games at E3 would launch in the system’s first year. Unfortunately, in terms of full-priced games, Nintendo had a bad case of “announce now, finish later” back in the day. They were that fun and really encourage using the system more. These were simple games like completing puzzles or a simple RPG but I was taking my 3DS out everywhere to finish these. You could also use their miis in an assortment of fun mini-games in the Mii Plaza. Seeing people’s different miis and what they were playing on their consoles was always cool. If your 3DS passed another 3DS on the street, it would record the other user. There was also the addictive fun that was Street Pass. The 240p 3D pictures and AR mini-games don’t seem like much now, but back then they were a cute novelty that was fun to fool around with. The buttons were far more clicky than the DS’ mushier controls and I really enjoyed its’ smaller touches. Opening up the original model 3DS offered something that felt so much more advanced than the DS. The 3DS came out swinging and its future looked bright. The big showing was Masahiro Sakurai’s reboot of Kid Icarus, but there was also a Legend of Zelda Ocarina of Time (OOT) Remake, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, and even Metal Gear Solid 3 all coming to this device. Follow 3DS made a good impression, it looked sleek and modern with a metallic blue shell, a new analog circle pad, and a slew of impressive games.
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