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  • 10 minutes of A Link to the Past 3DS revealed

  • isaaccady 19/04/2013

    I really hope the graphics change. they're kind of hideous. Reply 0

  • Capcom hopes Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate will spark a "breakthrough" in the west

  • isaaccady 02/03/2013

    So, if the problem is that people in the west primarily play co-op multiplayer online and don't gather in places to play over local wifi on their handhelds, WHY WON'T CAPCOM ALLOW ONLINE PLAY ON THE 3DS!? Maybe it's a cultural barrier. Japan is a small country with a dense population, the U.S. and Europe are much larger and much less dense — the U.S. especially so.

    For instance: The only time I ever have a successful StreetPass with someone on my 3DS is when I take it to work at GameStop, where kids come in with their 3DSs or at an airport, where all the communication is with Japanese citizens. I never have successful street passes in crowded public places, nor on the train — nowhere outside those two circumstances.

    Perhaps Japanese developers don't understand just how difficult it is to find strangers in public places with 3DSs in the western hemisphere, let alone people actually willing to play with a stranger. Not to mention I'm a 24 year-old bearded man and most induviduals with 3DS stateside are children and what parent wants their kids socializing with a strange hairy man that they just happened to meet at the National Mall? Forget that these kids probably won't be playing Monster Hunter, anyway.

    I love playing on my 3DS over a console in many situations,much as when the lady wants to watch TV or when I want to relax on the couch and listen to records (my TV is not close to said couch). Also, I don't plan on buying a Wii U for a couple of years. I loved being able to play Mario Kart and Animal Crossing on my DS over the Internet and expect uniform online multiplayer across all 3DS titles, even 3rd party ones. Maybe there are technical hurdles . . . I don't know.

    I will still buy Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate as I played a friends copy of Tri in college and loved it and would be overjoyed to have it on my 3DS. I will just have to be lonely when I play.

    I know this rant is all about me, but surely there have to be others who agree.     Reply 0

  • Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate region locking to be lifted in April patch

  • isaaccady 28/02/2013

    @Sid-Nice lol. Please tell me that's sarcasm. But at this point I will believe any ridiculous thing... Reply 0

  • isaaccady 28/02/2013

    Okay. That's a start. Now how's about they let the 3DS players play online? Absolutely none of my friends have a 3DS nor is gathering together to play on handhelds a common thing in my circle. I mean: it's 2013. Why are companies still treating handhelds like its 2001 and you have to be in the same room to play with your friends (who have moved all over the world since college—not that it really matters as they don't have 3DSs anyway, but if they did... You get the idea)? Reply +1

  • Destiny: Bungie unveils its shared-world shooter

  • isaaccady 18/02/2013

    "Imagine after a hard day at work or at school, when you feel like you've been going backwards, imagine you could go home and spend an hour with an experience where you feel like you accomplish something," This is exactly the mentality that gets people unhealthily addicted to video games, among other things. It discourages people from trying to be successful in real life because they always has alternative release of dopamine. The game fills that hole artificially so that people can just kind of give up on trying.

    Imagine after a long hard day failing at work or fighting with your girlfriend or losing a loved one you could come home, heat up some substance in a spoon and then inject it into your veins. That substance would release large amounts of dopamine in your brain so that you feel rewarded and a false sense of accomplishment. That would be so awesome!

    Also, I don't think I would go to the gym if there was butt load of 8 year-olds there, swearing like sailors and making sexist comments in their squeaky high-pitched voices. This will be 80% of the online community of Destiny. X-Box live as a virtual world. This is why I prefer solo games or super complicated online games like Eve that spoiled little brats can't understand or have the patience for.     Reply +2