I have been doing some thinking. Now I want your opinions on this subject because I am finding it very hard right now to find any faith I have left in Nintendo at the moment.
The recent offer by Miles is extremely tempting. However I am a man of logic and reason, impulse spending occasionally does get the better of me at times. I would like to argue some points I have been mulling over for the past week so see if owning a 3Ds is worth the A. the money B. the enjoyment ill get out of it. C. the games.
Before I go into my main points I would like to describe a small overview on my logic of thinking. Role back to about 1993/1994 I was between the ages of 4-5 I got my first Gameboy good old reliable grey portable tank. Loved it to death, was the greatest toy of my childhood. I still very vividly and very clearly remember the day I received it, it was pure joy. I have quite a collection of the most popular games for the grey tank. Wario Land, SML, Kirby 1+2, DK, just to name a few. Major hit titles that stand the test of time and still prove to be game greats for that system. As time went on the games list grew and only got better, Fast forward to 1998. The biggest two games of that year that shattered video-game records. Pokemon Red and Pokemon Blue. OH...MY...GOD... Just like the memory of getting and actual Gameboy to get my grubby little hands on Red and Blue at the time was infallible! My parents managed to get Red for me right away, I still have pictures of me sitting on our couch at the time of the box unopened to preserve that awesome memory. Blue was extremely hard to get during release due to short supply being sent to retailers here in the U.S but in the end it took me awhile but I did mange to get it. Heh kinda funny I remember seeing it in Shopko was the last one and I walked around with it for 2 hours waiting for my mother to get her shopping done.
Back on subject. Then came Yellow, Silver, and Gold. Keep in mind during this time good old grey was still running strong and kicking ass. However in 1996 Gameboy Pocket hit the shelf's a very nice upgrade to the grey tank but sacrificed so much in battery life it wasn't even funny. Rechargeable battery's were hella expensive back then and I had invested in the rechargeable battery pack with AV attachment as-well. The pocket version was nice and very convenient for me at the time as well because I needed it to x-fer Pokemon between games
Still worked great playing all the older games and the newer games. While in the mist of pokemon mania the year is 1998 Pokemon yellow. With the introduction of yellow game a even newer Gameboy model, Gameboy Color. FINALLY! a Gameboy in color! Still have it and is in excellent condition, kiwi green
Flash forward with the introduction of the Gameboy Color introduced a marketing model that was questionable. The Gameboy color started only have specific titles for that system that was not backwards compatible with the older versions of the Gameboys! From 1989 to 1998 9 years of a system that worked fantastic came to an end. I completely understand why too but newer technology and it was growing. The Gameboy Color only games weren't really that good to begin with and the Pokemon titles were already out so it was just nice to have color for the first time. The Gameboy Color would continue to rule for another 3 years until it happened. Gameboy Advanced, the day my heart sank. Yet again Nintendo pulled a fast one and had another Gameboy in the works but this time increased the crippling blow, a complete overhaul cartridge design and newer games for that specific system only. I do understand why again that it wasn't Nintendo's fault but rather the technology was getting better and better. GBA was released in 2001 by this time it was becoming quite expensive (for me anyway) for people to keep upgrading their systems (I was 11yo) the Pokemon I once new were gone and I had lost interest in the show by now. In 2001 A newer generation was growing up and us At this point and I the demographic changed. They forced you to upgrade to play the newest Pokemon, (Ruby/Sapphire) because that's how the market was. It was 2001 the PS2 was already out a full year now. HUGE game titles that continued for PS1 days along with brand new games that blew everybody away. What did handhelds have? A new Pokemon, SMW, SMK, Yoshis Island, LOZ Link To The Past. While the PS2 had GTA series, Grand Turismo, MGS Series. I was aging from 12-15yr during this time. Pokemon was out more kick ass games were in!
Nintendo's marketing just wasn't there for me, at least during that time. They rode the coat tales of their flag ships, Mario, Pokemon and Zelda. It happened again in 2004, Nintendo DS. Advanced was already pushed out by a newer better system in 3 years! on top of that guess who lead the game titles. Mario, more Mario, Brain age, Pokemon, and a coat tale ride from Animal Crossing. I stopped at the Gameboy Color. There really was no need to continue paying money for games that were flagships, same recycled games, and systems that would be obsolete in 3 years. I had grown wise to this and just gave up trying to keep moving forward, I did more than that, I moved on. My Gamecube was a huge mistake of that when the Wii was released. I never have forgiven Nintendo for that, you could say im still bitter about it.
So if your still with me or just skipped down to this part that's fine too. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see how Nintendo works these days. It already happened with a bigger better 3DS. I bet some of you are kinda angry about this yes? Least some of the forum posts Ive seen. Pretty much your shiny new 3DS is obsolete already and its only been out a year? For a system that has been out for a full year you would expect Nintendo to have a boat load of 3DS titles lined up for the bandwagon hmm? 2 best titles are not a surprise, SML 3D and SMK 7. The reason why they are holding off their other flagship titles is because of one reason. The Wii U
In short I ask you all this. Give me legitimate reasons why I should buy a 3DS knowing these key points:
1. Full year into release has seems to have limited game titles? I think it is very obvious that they are going to string people for as long as they can with just few good games while everything else falls flat
2. Obsolete at a TBA date with the Wii U right around the corner. Why program a game on 3Ds when could be making it for the Wii U.
3. Purchasing a 3DS is currently quite a bit of change. If purchasing one you have to consider the money vs the enjoyment I would receive out of it. Worth the exchange? Not for $200
4. Purchase a 3DS and receive free game seems very tempting, to me why have a system with only one game to play? I may not have the intent to purchase another title knowing that reason 1 and 2 are in the back of my mind.
5. Saying they are good games and are fun is not a solid leg to stand on. While this maybe true seems weak at best.
6. Why purchase a system for recycled games. How many times can you play Mario? Does it always have to be about Mario or Zelda?
