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Pokémon Shuffle now available in EU
- Thread starter L~A
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Gormless Noodle
Member
I guess that would make those people Wailords.
Ok thats what you meant and yes it not the same type of game - i was talking in general that people who want a Pokemon Puzzler on 3DS have another non F2P options. For the reasons you mentioned i will likely prefer Pokemon Shuffle even though i bought and played quite a bit of Link battle.
Since your attempts Shuffle are limited, getting better units and optimizing your teams will be more important. Better teams, means more extra rounds, better drop rate etc. The additional abilities of Pokemon and the Lvl up mechanics do the rest.
So yeah - Shuffle is designed with F2P hooks in mind. If it was just Link Battle for free they wouldnt bother with it and just release a Link Battle demo.
GasProblem
Member
It's ok. I'll never pay anything for it though.
It does make me want to play Puzzle and Dragons Z 3DS though.
It does make me want to play Puzzle and Dragons Z 3DS though.
Yes, all free eShop content requires a NNiD - same for demos.
Only played the first 5 stages, but havent had any problems.
Stage 90 ? Damn.... xD
Starwolf_UK
Member
GameXplain have some footage of the game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYzCu3g8pg
http://en-americas-support.nintendo...he-nintendo-3ds-download-software-repair-tool
I rmeember someone had Animasl Crossing crashing in certain areas and the repair process found errors and fixed it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhYzCu3g8pg
Might be worth giving the repair option a go:
http://en-americas-support.nintendo...he-nintendo-3ds-download-software-repair-tool
I rmeember someone had Animasl Crossing crashing in certain areas and the repair process found errors and fixed it.
I'd be fine if the game was this hard on its own. I like a challenge, it's just when it's practically draining money for me to lose, that's when I have issues.
I am going to link to this thread whenever someone says Nintendo needs to go mobile.
reminiscingLemon
Neo Member
Seeing a couple people ask about whether they need an NNID for this game, can I just ask why choose to not have an NNID? Why go to the effort of genuinely avoiding making one
You should be fine as long as you dont plan to finish the whole game on day 1 for coverage ;-)
@llehuty
Also true.
Starwolf_UK
Member
NNID locks you to a single country. Nice if you're in America or Japan (there is no country seleciton on a Japanese 3DS) but let's take a look at Europe:
-Snapdots: Australia only (it is Nintendo published too)
-Inazuma Eleven. Not in the UK because dog ate my homework
-Many games: Not in Australia (ACB ratings are expensive compared with how many customers there are)
-Some games: Not in Germany (USK ratings are also expensive)
-A few games like Professor Layton only have the German version available on the German eShop so if you don't like playing Layton in German...
Since you can't have multiple users on the same 3DS me personally making an NNID means giving up the redownload rights to titles I have purchased (as you need to connect to the Australian eShop to be able to donwload Snapdots) which I don't find acceptable at all. I have complained many times to Nintendo about this (even asking for download codes for these free games like they give to review outlets) but the customer services never pass info on to anything useful so nothing changes.
NNID also prevents system being the target system in a system transfer and gives you problems down the line if you want to sell the system with its digital library (namely that you have to give the NNID details to the person or else they'll be fucked if they ever need to log in again).
I have an NNID, it's tied to my Wii U and my newly-purchased n3DSXL. But since you can only have one 3DS per NNID currently, I have my OG 3DS sitting without an NNID at the moment. I'm undecided if I should make a new one for it or wait and hope Nintendo allows me to use mine on more than one system one day.
I asked about this game in particular because I wouldn't mind downloading it on my OG for extra StreetPasses if I can possibly get freebies out of it, or just to get some extra playtime.
Yeah that's true. I'd probably enjoy it like I enjoy Simpsons Tapped Out and Family Guy Quest for Stuff if I didn't have to cover this.
I put 4800 Yen on my Japanese 3DS last night for the 75 gem pack. That's ~£23 (though I had ~400 Yen sitting there from when I got the Pikachu Party theme last week)
If I did it on my European game, I'd be paying almost double that. Different economies, sure, but yikes.
I currently have 36 gems remaining, equalling 240 hearts so I think I'm all set. (I bought 2 packs of 80 gems and 1 48000 Coin pack so far)
reminiscingLemon
Neo Member
Wow at that inazuma apology, completely understandable why youd choose not to have one I wouldnt like the idea of making one of my downloaded games perishable but has it put any limits on what you can now do with your 3DS mainly have their been any titles youve had to miss out on by not choosing to use an NNID?
Thats something thats bothering me about the way Nintendo handles onlince accounts, the entire transfer system is a joke but it sucks not being able to keep a few older titles on my old 3DS just so that theyre always on my older system should I want to play them but not have to use up any space on my new 3DS by keeping them around
Nintendo need to embrace a unified online account system for their next hardware releases, just sign in on the machine, and its there.
Jo Shishido's Cheeks
Member
For as much shit as this game will inevitably get... I have to admit it's a pretty 'good' idea to tie something as compulsive as catching Pokemon around F2P shenanigans.
Not capturing Togepi immediately made me want to try again
Hahaha I've never played Candy Crush or anything that uses this type of format, I can definitely see now how they're so addictive and cause people to spend...
Wow, you've gotta give us your total spend when you're through!
EDIT: Ahhh you touched on it above, not as bad as I thought it would be surprisingly
Not capturing Togepi immediately made me want to try again
Hahaha I've never played Candy Crush or anything that uses this type of format, I can definitely see now how they're so addictive and cause people to spend...
Wow, you've gotta give us your total spend when you're through!
EDIT: Ahhh you touched on it above, not as bad as I thought it would be surprisingly
SerTapTap
Member
Destructoid's impressions are pretty negative. Definitely giving this one a pass based on what I've heard, don't even want to so much as increase their downloads metric.
Yeah it's not bad until you factor in:
75 Gems = 4800 Yen / £42.99 / $47.99
4800 Yen = £26.10
Wow, brutal. I mean, I'm not familiar with IAP but they are going to probably make some bank on this (unfortunately, disappointing-looking) game. That seems like a lot of money for the playtime you get.
In western money, yeah, but I'm still riding high on my initial £20 payment with 6 hours logged and almost twice what I have used waiting for me to use it.
2 and a half hours from 0 hearts to 5 hearts
Robin64
Member
Wow, even better. That's not too bad then really. I think the only people who should be angry (and I'm seeing a lot of anger on Twitter etc) are those who need to compile data for the biggest Pokémon website there is.
DownGrader
Member
Catched 13 main-game Pokemon and checked-in Mew, as well as gave the Special (time-based) stages a try. The game is... I have to say I will definitely enjoy it for periodical time-killing. Not going to spend a dime on IAPs, though.
Oh, and I received a gem for my first StreetPass, but does anyone know how often can StreetPass give the goodies like that (and what goodies?), or was it just a one-time offer?
Oh, and I received a gem for my first StreetPass, but does anyone know how often can StreetPass give the goodies like that (and what goodies?), or was it just a one-time offer?
I got the Mew when I unlocked on my first try, but I am a pretty awesome trainer
yeah, I'm really awesome, you might not be as awesome, but its ok to not be as aweomse as I am awesome
TheSlySoul
Member
I would like it more if it did something unique with the formula.
Most things it does I seen before.
The Denpa Men Free RPG is actually a better system overall.
clearly this is a more aggressive business
OverBlood 3
Banned
I'd like this on the Wii U please
pleaseI'll tried with pokemons at level 2 and I managed to beat it in the exact number of moves they allow. It has a 10% catch rate, and without bonus... yeah, you can imagine how it ended.
It does give 1200 coins for beating it for the first time, so at least I got something out of it.
As for the timed stages... going to be a while until I can beat any of those.
Did Rusty or Steel Diver make money for Nintendo? I thought those were both pretty neat approaches.