That strange little app kept me checking in with my 3DS a lot during the sparse opening year to see what new messages people were sending me. No mention of SwapNote in the system's first year? How can you chronicle the 3DS's lifespan and not talk about it? :'(
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Cave Story 3D is a mediocre version of a great game, and Mario Kart 7 is an inferior version of Mario Kart 8, which you can now get on a portable thanks to Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. While Freakyforms is still weird and kind of beautiful, I only recommend checking it out in the modern era if you just want to see something super weird. 3DS might not be the best place to play it, but it’s great for on-the-go playtime. The other big eShop release from this time, VVVVVV, is brilliant. Pushmo, while maybe bested in future releases, is still an awesome puzzle game. Super Mario 3D Land is a ****ing masterpiece.Īside from that, this time period has quite a few fun games that are worth a first or second look. Stay tuned for a return trip to Angel Land and a whole lot more. From here in 2017, where the 3DS is old hat and a proven winner, it’s weird to think of a time where its future was uncertain.īut hey - we haven’t even gotten to that weird holiday where Nintendo released like no games for the thing because they had to shift all their developers to make HD games or something. The 3DS very easily could have been a Wii U-like catastrophe, but thanks to smartly timed holiday releases and a risky, savvy aggressive price drop, Nintendo was able to right the ship before it blew up. In the final three months of 2011, the 3DS sold close to 9 million units, eking out around 15 million total sales across the world in less than a year. But the fortunes of the 3DS turned once Mario hit the scene. From April 2011 to September 2011, Nintendo sold less worldwide than they did in the opening days and weeks of the system in February and March. The 3DS launched to more than 3 million units in its opening month, but thanks to the overbearing price, sales plummeted after. That victory was definitely felt in the sales department, something that outside of a mention of the price drop, hasn’t been discussed here in specifics. To knock it, Doctor Lautrec, Konami’s assy Layton equivalent, did stink up the joint, but really, the first holiday season for 3DS was a rousing success. It even had an Ace Combat game and a Sonic game that didn’t totally suck.
It had unsung hits like Griptonite Games’ take on Shinobi and Shin’en’s Nano Assault. Not only did it have the debut of Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7 - arguably the system’s first big-time original games - but it also featured the start of the vibrancy of the eShop with Pushmo, Mighty Switch Force, and VVVVVV. Looking back at the end of 2011, I don’t think I quite realized at the time how incredible it was for the 3DS.
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