Nintendo Chatter

[Smues]

Update is live, downloading it now. There's an update for the DSi as well that I think you need before you can transfer from DSi to 3DS, but I've tried a dozen times and it fails everytime.

 

[Smues]

Still having problems with the DSi update but that might just be my DSi as it's always had some update issues. Hopefully I can get it updated and transfer my purchases soon and not have to deal with updating it ever again.

3DS update downloaded and installed surprisingly quickly. Downloaded Excite Bike, next I need to add some funds to buy mario land, and then it's on!

 

[BUTT]

The shop is already down. Is there anything this company does right?

 

[Thoth]

DSi -> 3DS transfer was rough at first, working fine for me now. Shop is fine too.

 

[Smues]

System transfer was being a bitch last night but is working great now. Almost got everything transferred over.

 

[Smues]

Link's Awakening DX out now on the e-shop. $5.99. Woot woot.

 

[treble]

I'm holding off on that, probably until I finish Ocarina 3D.

Speaking of Zelda, was it just me, or does the new trailer make the game look more Wind Waker-ish than last year's did?

 

[Thoth]

Smues, you ever share your 3DS code?

 

[Smues]

When I figure out how to find it I will.

They've got the videos of 3DS games that were shown at E3 today up in the e-shop. 3DS Mario can not come out soon enough.

 

[Smues]

Found it: 5155-2936-4169

I'll add it to the master thread.

 

[Mattdotcom]

I thought Retro was to reveal what they had been working on that "everybody wants them to do" but so far all I can find is that they helped out on Mario Kart 3DS.

 

[Smues]

Got a ton of street pass hits this weekend, which is a nice change from my last trip where I got zero. Most importantly I was able to get a piece from each of the last two 3d pictures that I hadn't started, so now even if I can't find anymore through street pass I can complete them all with coins. Yay pointlessness.

 

[Smues]

Sega says that Sonic the Hedgehog: Triple Trouble, Sonic Drift 2, Shinobi, Dragon Crystal and Columns will be coming to the 3ds shop this summer. I'm assuming that'll be the Game Gear version of the games that were on multiple platforms, but that's ok with me. I loved Gear Gear Shinobi when I was a kid, and I probably played Dragon Crystal more than any other game I had for Game Gear. So addicting.

 

[Mattdotcom]

I had Triple Trouble. It's pretty fun.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I watched the Super Mario trailer on the 3DS today - can't wait. The 3D was really good.

 

[AntiLeaf33]

Looks like the Wii U will not have DVD or Blu-Ray support

http://www.g4tv.com/thefeed/blog/post/713691/wii-u-will-have-no-dvd-or-blu-ray-playing-capability/

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Why start now?

 

[Black Lushus]

Hey, one step at a time, dawgs!

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

I wasn't being sarcastic, btw. I really do mean "Why start now?". It's not what their system is about.

 

[Black Lushus]

I don't disagree...by now most people already have a DVD or Blu Ray player (or a PS3) so why bother? It's not a big selling point for them.

 

[Mattdotcom]

It's never been a selling point for me, the only child of a middle class white family 8)

 

[Black Lushus]

of course, I don't have a blu ray nor a PS3 so WTF is my problem?

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Can't you just loot one?

 

[Black Lushus]

We haven't reached the looting stages yet in our little natural disaster happening this way.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I picked up a copy of the increasingly-hard-to-find Metroid Prime Trilogy from Play-N-Trade for $35, last Sunday. As luck would have it, my Wii wouldn't recognize the disc. Rather than drive back to Evans, GA, I attempted to take it back to the store in North Augusta, SC which is a much shorter drive from here. I didn't want a refund, I just wanted the disc to work properly. There was a slight scratch on the bottom of the disc, so the clerk, a friend of mine, resurfaced the disc and tried it in their Wii. Still, nothing came up and it said the disc couldn't be read. Since each Play-N-Trade in my area is independently owned, I have to wait until I can drive back to Evans (this weekend sometime) before I can actually return the game.

A quick question for those of you that play a Wii with component cables. I assume you can play Gamecube games in Progressive Scan with these? My question is, I remember on the Gamecube, you had to hold the A button on the controller while the system was booting up, to turn on Progressive Scan. Is this still possible on the Wii?

 

[Smues]

This week begins Virtual console/WiiWare/Eshop/etc. releases being on Thursdays instead of Monday. Gameboy Donkey Kong is out in the e-shop for $3.99. I figured we'd get Zelda and Mario quickly and then jack shit for six months, so I'm glad to see another quality release pretty quickly.

 

[DrVenkman PhD]

Thanks for the update, I'm jumping right on DK 94. No, $4 is NOT too much to pay for an awesome GB game.

 

[Thoth]

I picked up a copy of the increasingly-hard-to-find Metroid Prime Trilogy from Play-N-Trade for $35, last Sunday. As luck would have it, my Wii wouldn't recognize the disc. Rather than drive back to Evans, GA, I attempted to take it back to the store in North Augusta, SC which is a much shorter drive from here. I didn't want a refund, I just wanted the disc to work properly. There was a slight scratch on the bottom of the disc, so the clerk, a friend of mine, resurfaced the disc and tried it in their Wii. Still, nothing came up and it said the disc couldn't be read. Since each Play-N-Trade in my area is independently owned, I have to wait until I can drive back to Evans (this weekend sometime) before I can actually return the game.

A quick question for those of you that play a Wii with component cables. I assume you can play Gamecube games in Progressive Scan with these? My question is, I remember on the Gamecube, you had to hold the A button on the controller while the system was booting up, to turn on Progressive Scan. Is this still possible on the Wii?

Yes, and there is no need to hold down the A button; it will just work.

 

[BUTT]

I picked up a copy of the increasingly-hard-to-find Metroid Prime Trilogy from Play-N-Trade for $35, last Sunday. As luck would have it, my Wii wouldn't recognize the disc. Rather than drive back to Evans, GA, I attempted to take it back to the store in North Augusta, SC which is a much shorter drive from here. I didn't want a refund, I just wanted the disc to work properly. There was a slight scratch on the bottom of the disc, so the clerk, a friend of mine, resurfaced the disc and tried it in their Wii. Still, nothing came up and it said the disc couldn't be read. Since each Play-N-Trade in my area is independently owned, I have to wait until I can drive back to Evans (this weekend sometime) before I can actually return the game.

Get a Wii cleaning kit. Prime Trilogy didn't work for me at first either (something about dual-layer discs) but I cleaned it and then it did.

 

[Haws Bah Gawd]

I picked up a copy of the increasingly-hard-to-find Metroid Prime Trilogy from Play-N-Trade for $35, last Sunday. As luck would have it, my Wii wouldn't recognize the disc. Rather than drive back to Evans, GA, I attempted to take it back to the store in North Augusta, SCo which is a much shorter drive from here. I didn't want a refund, I just wanted the disc to work properly. There was a slight scratch on the bottom of the disc, so the clerk, a friend of mine, resurfaced the disc and tried it in their Wii. Still, nothing came up and it said the disc couldn't be read. Since each Play-N-Trade in my area is independently owned, I have to wait until I can drive back to Evans (this weekend sometime) before I can actually return the game.

A quick question for those of you that play a Wii with component cables. I assume you can play Gamecube games in Progressive Scan with these? My question is, I remember on the Gamecube, you had to hold the A button on the controller while the system was booting up, to turn on Progressive Scan. Is this still possible on the Wii?

Yes, and there is no need to hold down the A button; it will just work.

Great news. Thanks!