3DS game reviews so far.

I'll try and keep this updated as new scores come in between now and the EU/NA launches.

Hardware

Eurogamer

CVG

T3

Joystiq

Pilot Wings Resort

Eurogamer: 8/10

Edge: 6/10

CVG: 7.5/10

Asphalt 3D

Famitsu: 7/7/7/7 = 28/40

Nintendogs & Cats

Famitsu: 10/9/9/10 = 38/40

Edge: 7/10

Samurai Warriors: Chronicles

Famitsu: 9/9/8/8 = 34/40

Super Street Fighter IV 3D

Famitsu: 9/8/8/9 34/40

CVG: 9/10

Nintendo World Report: 8.5/10

Eurogamer: 8/10

Joystiq: 4.5/5

Dynasty Warriors 3DS

Famitsu: 9/9/8/8 = 34/40

PES 2011 3D

Famitsu: 8/8/8/8 = 32/40

Professor Layton and the Mask of Miracle

Famitsu: 8/8/8/8 = 32/40

Ridge Racer 3D

Famitsu: 8/8/7/9 = 32/40

Eurogamer 8/10

Gamekult (French): 6/10

Super Monkey Ball 3D

Famitsu: 9/8/8/7 = 32/40

Combat of Giants: Dinosaurs 3D

Famitsu: 6/6/6/6 = 24/40

Puzzle Bobble 3D

Famitsu: 6/6/6/6 = 24/40

Mods, sticky this thread. This TC made a good and informative thread. ^.^

Asphalt 3D - 3DS - 7/7/7/7 - (28/40)

Thanks, I'll add it to the 1st post. :)

So basically famitsu scores. I'm sure theres more than that if you look. And please watch the spoilers TC you didn't do anything but I can see you doing it

So far only Famitsu and Eurogamer have anything. Eurogamer will be adding more soon.

As for spoilers, I'll try and be careful. ;)

So far only Famitsu and Eurogamer have anything. Eurogamer will be adding more soon.

As for spoilers, I'll try and be careful. ;)

misiufraggle

I'm basically saying don't make a thread that spoils a Professor Layton game

Added CVG review of SF4 3D.

And Eurogamer Pilotwings review.

:)

wow all those are good score!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

More reviews found here:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/291562/news/nintendo-3ds-review-round-up/

3DS
T3- 4/5:Nintendo's latest hand-held console successfully takes 3D gaming on the move

SF4
NintendoWorldReport- 8.5:Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition is easily one of the best launch titles available for the 3DS. With a great online system, a plethora of characters to choose from, beautiful visuals, and tons of options, there is truly a lot to like with this solid fighter.

More reviews found here:

http://www.computerandvideogames.com/291562/news/nintendo-3ds-review-round-up/

3DS
T3- 4/5:Nintendo's latest hand-held console successfully takes 3D gaming on the move

SF4
NintendoWorldReport- 8.5:Super Street Fighter IV 3D Edition is easily one of the best launch titles available for the 3DS. With a great online system, a plethora of characters to choose from, beautiful visuals, and tons of options, there is truly a lot to like with this solid fighter.

DustinTheWind

Thanks - I've updated the first post. :)

Eurogamer has their third 3DS review up. It's Super Street fighter 4, found here:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-02-super-street-fighter-iv-3d-edition-review

And the score is... [spoiler] 8/10, which makes three 8/10's from Eurogamer. Going well in my opinion. [/spoiler]

Thanks - added to first post. :)

I hope we get a review on Samurai Warriors other than Famitsu. That will probably be the launch game I roll with when I get my 3DS.

Dynasty Warriors and Samurai Warriors getting good scores? Well, it's from that Japanese mag, so that's maybe why.

I hope we get a review on Samurai Warriors other than Famitsu.yokofox33

Me too. The game sounds great on paper (hack-n-slash action, branching storyline that changes based on player choice, new missions automatically downloaded through SpotPass), and the preview videos look pretty cool, but I still don't have a good idea of how it actually plays.

Damn, them japanese folks sure rate their games high. People who complain that video game sites rate from 7-10 would have a fit over this...Harkat95

I don't know if the magazine has changed recently, but for decades Famitsu was the most respected and hardcore game reviewer in Japan. Getting a good review in Famitsu has always been considered significant.

Looks like SSFIV has an overall average of 8.5 (averaging all of the 4 reviews). SSFIV on consoles had an average of around 9.0, so that's not a bad transition from console to portable, especially for a fighting game.

[QUOTE="yokofox33"]I hope we get a review on Samurai Warriors other than Famitsu.dzimm

Me too. The game sounds great on paper (hack-n-slash action, branching storyline that changes based on player choice, new missions automatically downloaded through SpotPass), and the preview videos look pretty cool, but I still don't have a good idea of how it actually plays.

Added Gamekult Ridge Racer review.

[QUOTE="dzimm"]

[QUOTE="yokofox33"]I hope we get a review on Samurai Warriors other than Famitsu.nintendofreak_2

Me too. The game sounds great on paper (hack-n-slash action, branching storyline that changes based on player choice, new missions automatically downloaded through SpotPass), and the preview videos look pretty cool, but I still don't have a good idea of how it actually plays.

Which means nothing to me because I've never played any of them.

Which means nothing to me because I've never played any of them.

dzimm

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]

[QUOTE="dzimm"]

Me too. The game sounds great on paper (hack-n-slash action, branching storyline that changes based on player choice, new missions automatically downloaded through SpotPass), and the preview videos look pretty cool, but I still don't have a good idea of how it actually plays.

dzimm

Which means nothing to me because I've never played any of them.

I got the PSP version, which is generally considered very faithful to the rest of the series, for like £3 on ebay, specifically to see if I'd like the series ahead of the 3DS release. I wasn't impressed, and many western reviewers generally aren't either. It does have a relatively strong dedicated following, but generally over here the series is criticised for shallow and repetitive gameplay (mash attack then do super move ever now and again). The Japanese love it though.

If you have a PS3, you can probably still download the demo for the Gundam version. It's the same game as Dynasty Warriors, but with Gundams replacing the human warriors. Or again, if you have an older console or a PSP, you can probably get an older game in the series for a small amount. Or just try reading/watching reviews for older games in the series. It is a notorious series for offering the same gameplay each time so I doubt that'll change with the 3DS game.

...generally over here the series is criticised for shallow and repetitive gameplay (mash attack then do super move ever now and again). The Japanese love it though.midisurfmind

That was one of my concerns. I read an interview with the lead designer who said that he purposely designs these games so that they can be beaten by simply hammering the A button, which was the only part of the game that didn't sound particularly appealing to me. Interestingly, the reason they're so popular in Japan is because the characters and major events are based on real Japanese history.

When do you think we will see more reviews? :S Hopefully Just before EU Launch

Updated first post.

Edge magazine in the UK scored Pilotwings 6 (too short) and Nintendogs 7 (not different enough from the first one, apart from better graphics.)

SSFIV 3D review by Joystiq.

Updated first post.

Edge magazine in the UK scored Pilotwings 6 (too short) and Nintendogs 7 (not different enough from the first one, apart from better graphics.)

misiufraggle

Ouch... SSFIV is looking more and more likely as my launch title. I wish they'd made Pilotwings a comprehensive game, added some new stuff (besides the 3D obviously). Instead it's sounding like a short rehash. Disappointing.

Updated with Joystiq review of SF4 and the 3Ds hardware. :)

Added CVG Pilotwings review.

This week's issue of Famitsu has three 3DS games reviewed:

Dead or Alive Dimensions: 9, 9, 9, 9 (36/40)

Gundam 3D Battle: 8, 8, 8, 7 (31/40)

The Sims 3: 7, 7, 6, 7 (27/40)

Rabbids Time Travel: 7, 7, 6, 7 (27/40)

Dead or Alive Dimensions: 9, 9, 9, 9 (36/40)

thom_maytees

Higher than Super Street Fighter IV :shock:

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-21-samurai-warriors-chronicles-review?page=2

Eurogamer.net gave Samurai Warriors: Chronicles a score of 5/10

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-03-21-samurai-warriors-chronicles-review?page=2

Eurogamer.net gave Samurai Warriors: Chronicles a score of 5/10

CrazyOldDave

Hmmm... I'm a big fan of Eurogamer's reviews, but this one was odd in that after reading two pages of text, I still don't have a solid idea of exactly how the game plays and whether or not it's something I would enjoy. The reviewer kept comparing it to earlier games in series which means nothing to me because I've never played them, so I would have liked to have seen the game judged on its own merits.

Edit:Here's an interesting editorial making a convincing argument that the Warriors series is misunderstood and misrepresented by Western gaming journalists.

With the warriors games its something you will just have to try for yourself, I used to love playing them especially through the multiplayer campaign. If you can, get hold of either Dynasty Warriors 3, 4, 5, or 6 for any platform and have a go, you can pick some of these up quite cheap, also the playstation is the best platform to buy these on usually.

Also reviewers always seem to do that especially since they don't dive deep enough into the game to be able to contrast it properly as an improvement, I imagine them also sitting their thinking "why do they still make these games?" the answer to this I believe is because the japanese love the series as it deserves to be and koei sees it as one of their best games so they keep selling it over here in some kind of hope that a western reviewer may realise how good it is just like the eastern press does. Thanks for the editorial too, it was nice to see what I think of the Warriors series in an article.

On a scale of 1-10, only the very worst sites reserve 5 for extremely flawed or broken games. ^

The Dynasty and Samurai Warriors games are usually criticised because the games (supposedly) barely evolve and are so shallow in terms of gameplay. Japanese gamers have different tastes in many ways to Western ones, and the same presumably goes for reviewers. While the Japanese are sometimes more comfortable with gameplay that has less depth and that is more focussed on the narrative (look at FF13 as an example), and plus, the Warriors games are heavily based on Chinese and Japanese history, which is cited as a further reason they in particular enjoy them.

I bought the PSP Dynasty Warriors for a couple of quid to see how I'd take to the series (given that I'd heard how samey all the games are it seemed a good way to test). I played it for about an hour, and while I can see the appeal for some, I found it fairly shallow, extremely repetitive and rather boring, but I can easily see why people can happily sit on either side of the fence on the game.

General concensus is that it's the sort of game established fans will lap up, and those who didn't like previous ones will never get into. For those who say "but I never played the previous games" - why not just watch video reviews or read text reviews of the previous games then?

IGN gave Pilotwings and Steel Driver a 7. It seems like the 3DS is following the same pattern as all other gaming systems. There is the one high profile game on the sytem worth getting and the rest of the games range from average to good. Street Fighter 4 seems to be the standout title. The reason why Dynasty Warriors gets low scores all the time is because the core gameplay is repetitive. Just mash the weak attack button followed by a strong attack and the end of the combo string. There is only so many times you can play redesigned levels of the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the Battle of Chi Bi. I used to be a huge DW fan until DW 5.

Help me out guys. Pilotwings is my first game, but I don't know whether to get SSF3DE, Nintendogs or Ridge Racer 3D as my second game, and all 3 are radically different. What do you guys think?havokmaster

Street Fighter. Ridge Racer is fun, but it is basically the same everytime with tweaks here and there.