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4 hours ago, The Strangest said:
The DS is a fantastic console to both play and collect for and I can see it exploding someday. Many games for it just can’t be converted because of the touch interface and as mentioned, many cases and manuals were destroyed at retail. It also has such a huge library that I’m always finding titles I hadn’t seen before.
It’s fun and easy to collect console variants. Is there a more drastic improvement in a console than the OG DS to the DS Lite?
It’s also an important system historically because of its booming popularity. It sold like hot cakes. Everyone had one. I wouldn’t say it was as culturally relevant as the Wii at the time, but it was damn close. Nintendo experimented with a weird idea and it blew up. They originally intended for it to be alongside the GBA (or so Nintendo said) but once it caught fire they focused entirely on it.
The DS was an integral part of my childhood and teenage years so I have a ton of memories and a very high opinion of it.
It already has started to explode imo. Lots and lots of $100+ CIB games, and you have a couple that are that price for just the cart too. Some of the really hard to find ones are $250+ CIB. People are finally catching onto DS collecting and realizing just how incredible the library is. It's not all garbage like what people once assumed. Sure, a lot of it is, but there are easily over 50 great games.
I'm always amazed just how rare some of the DS titles are to find CIB given how popular the system was, but man, finding the case and manuals for some titles is darn near impossible.
Quick, top 5 favorite DS games, and go!
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So glad I'm not a full set collector. This is the kind of game that would drive me nuts.
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I won the 10th Tetris 99 Maximus cup (well technically I was in the top 999) but I did win 999 gold coins to use on the eShop so that's definitely my best gaming accomplishment ever
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3 hours ago, KokiriChild said:
For the Club Nintendo exclusives for the DS, there are two: Game & Watch Collection, and Game & Watch Collection 2. These could only be purchased with 800 Club Nintendo coins by doing reviews of DS and Wii games via the codes you found on the inserts.
For the Louvre museum title for 3DS, it is a virtual tour guide for the museum that uses AR technology. Kind of like those little headsets you can get at other museums. For those who don't know, the Louvre is the art museum with the glass pyramid in Paris, France that houses the David, the Mona Lisa, and other incredibly famous pieces of art. This is also the museum in the Da Vinci Code. The tour guide could only be purchases at the physical museum in Paris.
Thankfully, I can shed some light about the 3DS title as I happened to be studying art history in Europe in 2015, and stumbled upon the 3DS kiosk while at the Louvre by complete coincidence. Towards the back end of the museum there was a giant circular desk, kind of like an information booth, and it had a ton of the 3DS games placed on it. There was also a banner advertising it and a worker manning the desk to answer any questions about it.
Not a ton of people were buying them, as there was zero advertising on the outside or towards the front of the museum, so you had no idea it was even an option, and you would have needed to coincidentally had your 3DS on you to take advantage of it. I will say the game came in probably 15 different languages. English, French, Spanish, Portugese, Dutch, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Japanese, Korean, German... I can't remember all of them, but there were a ton of versions, so if you want a full set that makes it even more of a headache. They were about €20-€30 per copy, can't remember exactly how much.
I bought an English copy and still have it factory sealed to this day. It's a nice piece because it not only is very rare and has increased in value, but also reminds me of my time in Europe. It really felt like I stumbled upon a unique treasure for my collection in this city halfway across the world.
Unfortunately, because I was a broke college student, I only got the one English copy and couldn't afford to buy the other languages. Considering their price and rarity now, good luck to whoever wants to try.
The game and watch games are cool collectibles but are actually pretty terrible games lol. I wish they'd bring back physical games or other cool prizes you could buy with points. Those were the days.
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12 hours ago, Krunch said:
Who knows, probably somewhere in the high 50s or 60s but that’s just a guess. If you wanna add me and maybe run fill squads together sometime if we happen to be online at the same time my epic name is K.runch, I don’t have a mic setup or anything like that though. If you add me and your name is way different than your VGS name lemme know cause I get lots of random friend requests
That's crazy to imagine it'd be that high. I'm up for doing squads sometime. I'll add you and pm you my username. I have a mic. I usually just call out enemies even if other people don't have mics.
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Nice collection you have there Mae247! Some of the 3ds titles I mentioned at eShop exclusives. Oh, and I know it's in my thread I linked, but tingles Rosy rupeeland is a great hard to find game that doesn't get enough love.
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3 minutes ago, Reed Rothchild said:
Just get all of these
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Mario 64
New Super Mario Bros
Metroid Prime Hunters
Mega Man Zero Collection
ProfessorLayton
Professor Layton 2
Professor Layton 3
Professor Layton 4
Final Fantasy IV
Final Fantasy Tactics A2
999
Hotel Dusk
Ghost Trick
Contra 4
Advance Wars DS
Advance Wars Days of Ruin
Bangai Oh
Diddy Long Racing
Drone Tactics
Henry Hatsworth
Theresia
Dragon Quest IV,V,V,IX
Fire Emblem Shadow Dragon
3DS
Super Mario 3D Land
Mario Golf
Mario and Luigi Superstar Saga
Mario and Luigi Bowser's Inside Story
Zelda Link Between Worlds
Zelda Ocarina of Time
Zelda Majora's Mask
Star Fox 64
Fire Emblem Awakening
Fire Emblem Fates
Fire Emblem Echoes
Metroid Samus Returns
Professor Layton 4
Professor Layton 5
Layton vs Phoenix Wright
SMT Strange Journey
SMT Devil Survivor
Personal Q
Personal Q2
Etrian Odyssey Nexus
Radiant Historia
Rhythm Thief
NES Remix
Virtues Last Reward
Zero Time Dilemma
Bravely Default
Bravely Second
Theatrhythm Curtain Call
Dragon Quest VII
Dragon Quest VIII
Donkey Kong Country Returns
Monster Hunter Generations
Ever Oasis
Stella Glow
Xenoblade
Pilotwings
Puzzles and Dragons
Don't forget Chrono trigger, Tetris DS, and Mario kart DS.
And then Mario kart 7 and smash Bros 4 for the 3ds. I'm sure I'm forgetting others too.
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Just had my first transaction here (had over 100 positive ones on NA). Time to make my feedback thread here. Looking forward to lots more deals and trades here!
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I'll gladly be the first. Got to meet up in person. Rich is a great dude, super easy to deal with, and on top of all that, collects all the same stuff as me! Thank you so much for the DS games!
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I made a hidden gems on the DS thread a while back if you want to check that out.
As for 3DS, I always highly recommend these not Mario, Pokemon or zelda games
Shovel knight
Cave story 3D
Pocket card jockey
Witch and hero 1, 2 and 3
NES remix
Fire Emblem echoes (doesn't get as much mention as the other ones)
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Oh do I have some lists for you lol. DS imo has the best library of games for any system there is. For starters check out these 5 must own not Mario Pokemon or zelda DS games
Dragon quest heroes rocket slime
Dragon quest monsters joker 1 and 2
Advance wars dual strike
Drone tactics
Yu-Gi-Oh world championship 2011 (if you're into Yu-Gi-Oh)
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18 hours ago, Krunch said:
yeah I loathed squads at first and almost always played solo when I first started playing but as I play more I enjoy the group dynamic. I have a few friends and family members who play but even fill squads is a gas. I hear you, playing on the switch is a struggle, I’m likely gonna make the switch to Xbox soon because I want better performance. I play aggressively and build in every fight when it isn’t just a gimme. There’s only so much you can do but on that notion there’s only so much you can do with a console and controller period compared to keyboard and mouse especially when it comes to editing builds. My highest kills in one game is 20 and it’s pretty recent. I dropped salty with a squad and we just tore up the place. I didn’t see the final squad kill count that game but when we were approaching the final circle it was at 38. What a deadly game - the circumstances really need to be right to pull a game like that unless you’re a god and can flex on everyone playing solo squadsI was the same way. Solo all the way but squads has so many more elements to it that makes it more fun. 20 kills is nuts! That's really good. I wonder what the record is for solo, duos and squads
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16 hours ago, Krunch said:
Most of my wins are squads like 135 or so (havent checked in a while so this is all a guess) and then like 35ish duos wins and 20 solo wins. Percentage wise its probably not that great because it took me a long time to start getting decent. I still have lots of things I need to improve upon. The game has a deliciously high skill ceiling
Nice! I've gravitated more towards squads myself. Up to an 18% win ratio now. 58 wins out of 314 matches played. Finally got my first duos win too. I rarely play that one so it was nice to finally get a win. I am not great at building. Not sure you really can be when you play on a switch lol, but I've adapted and hide more and snipe from afar. The most kills I've ever gotten is 15 now in squads. What about you?
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Dang didn't realize there's no more 10% off pre-owned. Looks like my GameStop days are over. They'll crash and burn quickly once people realize they no longer get good pre-owned game deals. That was the only reason why I still went there.
And yea the $5 coupon thing is a joke. You can't even use it on pre-owned games. What's the f*cking point then??? All I bought from them were pre-owned games.
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Still cannot believe this is real damn
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China will probably be at over 100 official deaths by the end of the weekend. It's the perfect storm situation. Illness originates in a major city in an unknown way. Illness goes largely unreported for weeks. People transfer it to others unknowingly for weeks. No known cure and the earliest estimates say a cure is a year+ out. Cities go into lockdown, preventing 35 million from leaving.
They're at 56 dead, and almost 2000 infected now. Just a week ago, there were less than 10 dead and less than 500 infected. And these are the numbers China is confirming. The real figure is almost certainly much higher. The disease essentially had a 3 week jumpstart before any lockdowns were put into effect.
Oh, and the flu is not more deadly percentage wise than this coronavirus. "the agency says influenza has caused up to 57,300 deaths and sickened up to 41.3 million people". That's only 1/13th of 1 percent of those infected who died.
http://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2019/04/us-flu-still-elevated-dropping-deaths-high-57000
Meanwhile, this coronavirus is at a 3% death rate.
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it's a 4 way race. Biden, Bernie, warren, and buttigieg. Should be interesting to see who the media ultimately decide to back. They don't seem to have one sorted out yet which is interesting this late into the game
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Whoever the super delegates back wins. Doesn't seem like they've made up their mind yet though.
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No one is forced to buy any console. And sometimes there isn't a really big improvement later down the road. Did the Wii ever get an improvement? Or the Wii u? GameCube didn't, at least I don't recall it getting one.
I usually wait a year to buy a new system so that they can work out all the bugs, and so that I know there will be enough games I want to justify purchasing said system. This method helped me avoid the bust that was the Wii u. It also helps me save money since console prices and game prices go down over time. And it still allows me to keep up with the times and be in the moment so to speak. I'm not missing out on the experience like I would if I waited like 3-4 years after a console came out to buy it.
People will always buy stuff when it first comes out though because they want to experience the new tech first and they want to have that fresh experience asap. You could charge a grand for a new gen system when it first comes out and people would still buy it.
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5 hours ago, Nesmaster said:
So did you read the rest of the posts in here or?
I did after I made my post.
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On 1/20/2020 at 5:35 PM, Lincoln said:
Which pcb are you saying is bootleg? I'm not seeing it.
The top one. See my post.
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Bottom one is the legit copy, top one is the fake. Super easy to spot.
Look at the cover on the real copy. On the left is says
CGB-B3AE-USA
The black chip on the right says CGB-B3AE-0. Ignore the 0. If the rest doesn't match, it's a fake.
The fake one has CGB-AZ8E-0 on that chip on the right.
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On 1/20/2020 at 11:21 PM, Krunch said:
I love it, its pretty much my favorite game and the one I play the most. Starting to get pretty good, I'm approaching 200 wins
Dang that's impressive! In squads, duos, singles? What's your win percentage out of games played?
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New to DS and 3ds collecting
in General Collecting Discussion
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Interesting. Of all those ds games, I've only played Chrono trigger. So legendary starfy is really that good of a platformer eh?