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Mhmh fucking Nintendo, I could get a used 3ds for 68 or just wait for the new Model, but that will come out in 2015. decisions decisions. I assume at this point it would be unwise to buy the old version, but theres also the price difference of a good 200 euro (assuming it will cost around 250 euro) between a used 3ds and a new device. Advice?

Also do you have any good advise what good prices for games are? Its been ages snce I bought somethig for a handheld and 50 euro for shin megami ds overclocked seems a bit much.
 

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Why would anyone compare Persona Q with SMT4 in the first place? It's basically an Etrian Odyssey clone with a Persona flavor.
Oh, I didnt mean comparing Q to SMT4. More like comparing Q to Persona 3 and 4 since SMT4 got some stupid flack for being itself. I think even Atlus made some survey in Japan to check why people bought it. Around 60-70% said just because its Persona. I guess some people might be little surprised by such features like FOE. Or not since it have like 5 different difficulty setting.

I personally can't wait for exactly this reason, the tears will be delicious!
 

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Goodness gracious, why there is so many Etrian Odysseys announced? No time to even beat one of them. They Announced EO5 while new Untold is coming. EDIT oh snap, there is Mystery Dungeons (Shrinen the Wanderer) inspired new EO title, will this thing stop and give people time to finish at least one title?
3DS is still expensive while NDS got good prices (except games, need to import for more titles, and way cheaper) around $40/€35
 
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Mhmh fucking Nintendo, I could get a used 3ds for 68 or just wait for the new Model, but that will come out in 2015. decisions decisions. I assume at this point it would be unwise to buy the old version, but theres also the price difference of a good 200 euro (assuming it will cost around 250 euro) between a used 3ds and a new device. Advice?

Also do you have any good advise what good prices for games are? Its been ages snce I bought somethig for a handheld and 50 euro for shin megami ds overclocked seems a bit much.
For some strange reason Nintendo just released new 3ds in Australia. Since they share same region as Europe you could import from there but I guess it could be bit more expensive. I had no idea that DSO is still that expensive! I bought my copy for around 32 euro.

Its a nice surpise that we hear first about EOV! I thought Atlus will remake third one first. I just hope they wont milk series to death since with remakes they are releasing one game each year. I guess series managed to gather stable fanbase. It would be shame to waste that.
 

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Mhmh fucking Nintendo, I could get a used 3ds for 68 or just wait for the new Model, but that will come out in 2015. decisions decisions. I assume at this point it would be unwise to buy the old version, but theres also the price difference of a good 200 euro (assuming it will cost around 250 euro) between a used 3ds and a new device. Advice?

Also do you have any good advise what good prices for games are? Its been ages snce I bought somethig for a handheld and 50 euro for shin megami ds overclocked seems a bit much.
For some strange reason Nintendo just released new 3ds in Australia. Since they share same region as Europe you could import from there but I guess it could be bit more expensive. I had no idea that DSO is still that expensive! I bought my copy for around 32 euro.

Its a nice surpise that we hear first about EOV! I thought Atlus will remake third one first. I just hope they wont milk series to death since with remakes they are releasing one game each year. I guess series managed to gather stable fanbase. It would be shame to waste that.


The Reason I read somewhere was that they brought out the new ds in regions where the old has already performed very well to reignite the sales for the system (jap / australia) and hold it back in the regions where the sales of the old one are not up to their expectations to give more time during the christmas sale, which imho is an asshole move. 32 euro or a 3ds ô.o
 

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Don't remember it having any...

The main reason that I didn't get too far into it (Gamecube version from the Nintendo Power Collector's disc) is that it didn't really lend itself well to shorter play sessions. If you save by using the Song of Time to go back to the first day, dungeons and active quests get reset, plus you lose your rupees, bombs, and arrows. You can avoid this by going back to an owl statue to make a "temporary" save, which gets deleted when you load it.

Much like the first Pikmin game, you pretty much need to use the strategy of doing a throwaway run through each new area in order to explore and figure out what to do. Unless you're already familiar with the game, you're going to want to reset time before taking on any significant new task.

Nothing game-breaking or unmanageable, but it's often difficult for me to get more than an hour or so at a time to sit and play a game.

At least with the 3DS, you can suspend the game anytime. It would be preferable to have the "owl statue" save functionality more readily accessible; if I'm getting a low battery warning, I may not have time to backtrack to a statue and there may not be enough juice left in the battery to keep it in suspend mode until I can hook it up to a charger.

In this day and age, any RPG or adventure game should at least have a quick "save state, delete on reload" function that allows you to quit the game, power off the system, play another game, and then resume where you left off in the original game. This applies to portables, consoles, and PCs. I shouldn't have to worry about my portable's battery running out while it's suspended or my kid accidentally shutting off the console, and I shouldn't have my system unusable for anything else because the designers were stingy with designated save points.
 

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That I can understand. I thought perhaps they had completely neutered the time system in it.
 
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Because its out in Japan and Australia only. Europe and USA/NA will probably get it next year.
 

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I managed to wade through all the nerds who were dogpiling the store for Pokemon, Amiibos and Smash and got Persona Q. What a delightful fusion of Etrian Odyssey and Persona. So far I can recommend it to anyone who likes both of either one.

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Nintendo must be ecstatic over their strong lineup of games this week.
 

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SaGa! SaGa everywhere!

I can't wait for this to not get a localization.
 

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Commercially, the new Etrian Oddyessey isnt doing that badly, lets hope we get a western release.

3. [3DS] Etrian Odyssey Untold II: Knight of Fafnir (Atlus, 11/27/14) – 59,531 (New)

http://gematsu.com/2014/12/media-create-sales-112414-113014

Off topic but shame Dragon Turd didnt do worse, that game sold 29,274 copies too much over there.

6. [PS4] Dragon Age: Inquisition (EA, 11/27/14) – 29,274 (New)
 

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Localized remake of Devil Survivor 2 will be released in early 2015 (Probably first or second quarter), in USA of course. Now I just wonder how long Europe will have to wait. I hope not long after Q and Ultimax.
 

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I picked up Persona Q today, I also got a set of 11 tarot cards (from Fool to Fortune) which the clerk said were left-overs from Ultimax pre-orders.
By the looks of it, the timeframes for those were in the order of a few weeks at most, which is far more reasonable than SMT IV's.

I've fucked around for a few hours and holy shit Atlus, why must you waste so much money on doing tonnes of English voice work horrible enough to induce a cerebral hemorrhage to whichever unlucky soul unfortunate enough to subject himself to it.
Credit where credit's due though, SMT IV's was actually good. Unusually good. But so far, Persona Q's was nothing short of horrendous.
 

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Devil Survivor: Overclocked is on sale in the eStore. It was 12€ so I'm considering picking it up. Haven't played any of the Devil Survivor games yet. Are they any good?
 

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Legacy of Legend is looking better and better.

I just noticed Rune Factory 4 was released in the European region a bit under 2 weeks ago.

I wonder how it did over in europe. I know that in the states and in Japan it greatly exceeded expectations. I just hope it met with similar success over there, because I am really starting to like the direction the series is taking.
 

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Legacy of Legend is looking better and better.

I just noticed Rune Factory 4 was released in the European region a bit under 2 weeks ago.

I wonder how it did over in europe. I know that in the states and in Japan it greatly exceeded expectations. I just hope it met with similar success over there, because I am really starting to like the direction the series is taking.
It only got a digital release over here, so I doubt it did as well as the other two regions.
 

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