I still have my Famicom Micro complete in the box. Can't tell you where it is though. Too many years collecting, too many systems.
You might want to find that and keep it in a safe place
I've been looking for my Wii U Gamepad for the past month. I have too much of this junk after nearly 40 years of gaming.
Perfect time to sell off your junk
If you want to just try it out first, there's a Japanese Picross game on the SNES NSO app that is old and less forgiving than the modern entries. That game has a time limit for finishing puzzles and mistakes add to your time, so it's not indicative of the 3DS and Switch entries that have options to let you solve them without the game flipping out at every mistake. There is probably a demo of one of the recent Switch games that you could also check out, as well. You can jump in on any of the games, so you could start with the first and grab a new game when you need one. They're a good 40+ hours to do most of the content in the game, though I typically don't do much of the Mega Picross puzzles since they're rehashes of the main puzzles done in a different puzzle style.
The demo of the picross s game on the eShop
If you just want to dip your toe in and see what nonograms are all about, I recommend Konami’s PixelPuzzle on mobile. It’s entirely free, the ads are entirely non-intrusive, and it has a lot of content focusing on old Konami games. The only real problem is that there’s a pretty severe lack of challenge, but that’s probably a good thing if you’re just starting out.
If you find that you like the basic concept, I’d recommend grabbing either
Some of those GBO Mario Picross puzzles are pretty difficult, actually. I picked it up last month and finished it a couple nights ago, and considering they’re only 15x15 grids with no gimmicks and a half hour time limit, there were a surprising number of them that got me down to under five minutes left on the timer.
Jeez, I'm impressed you finished it! When it gets down to the harder ones, I end up fiddling the first 20 minutes, then end up screwing up terribly and rage-quitting. I don't remember if I was a young teen or what at the time, but whenever it was, there was some monochrome swearing and grunting coming from the backseat. Still not as frustrating as GTA tho...
This is great. I sorta figured they just forgot about this game. If they somehow added pro controller support in the future that would be amazing.
Thanks, I was able to get it preordered!
Shows $34.99 when I click the link above. Maybe they updated it?
The Pokemon Letter Set is up along with a restock of the pens, memo pad, stickers, and Smash greeting cards. Shipping is $5 but you can combine multiple items into one order.
Right, I'm saying it's right there in the listing, didn't have to "ask around"
I'm talking about their tweet announcing it which is what Frisky posted. No price in the image unless I'm just blind.. and as bad as I feel today (2nd moderna shot was yesterday)... it's totally cool if I'm completely wrong and just not seeing it. They posted the listing to their website at some point after the tweet.
Sorry you're not feeling good, I got my 2nd Pfizer last week so I know the feeling. Wasn't trying to argue with you or anything, just clicking the link in the tweet showed me the price on their website so wasn't sure if that was updated later after your response (sounds like it was). Hope you feel better soon.
Thank you for reminding me to check the 3DS sales, I think I forgot last week.
wasn't aware of that and bought it. Thank you for sharing.
I want to get some Atlus games, Culdcept and Radiant Historia and a few SMT things... ugh. why. I wish they'd just re-release on Switch! Anyway, I can't find my 3DS (!), and if I try to buy on the web site digitally, it takes me to "page not found" whenever I put my password in. I am stumped. Guess I could try a different browser. But I already feel sad enough paying $20 for 3DS stuff (and Culdcept just because I love it).
My New 2DS XL started getting more play after I found out how much the 3DS/2DS family of systems is worth now.
It's depressing that there is so little emphasis on backward compatibility. I know it would be a challenge with 3DS, but when there are so many great titles that slipped through the cracks, it's depressing. Also, I can't find my 3DS! If I actually lost it somewhere, I am totally screwed!!!
I didn't buy all those because... well... i don't know. I hoard and I'm trying not to. But they are excellent (the ones I've played and countless hours sunk into).
I think I will finally pick this up for that price, been passing on it since I have no one to play with.
I bought a Switch in October 2020 and have learned this too unfortunately. Nintendo games typically discount to $50 at Walmart consistently or down to $40 during major sales. There are rare times first party games go below $40 (Mario vs Rabbids) but it is not totally predictable. If you really like a game and will play it within a year of purchase then you may as well get it for $50 at Walmart. If you like a game but can wait, then you could consider waiting for it to drop to $40 (I did this for BOTW, Fire Emblem 3H, Mario Odyssey, Octopath Traveler, etc).
I really blew it with Mario Vs Rabbids, actually. I was super into the concept, grabbed it full price with season pass thinking it will never go down in price!!! But... of course... this is actually a Ubisoft game, so it has for sure dropped down into the deal range we're familiar with from non-Nintendo stuff, and I still haven't played it.
