just to let you all know you most likely will need to buy download cards in order to buy games on the 3ds store.
From what I understand Nintendo took it down. I up until this point have chosen not to mod my 3DS but you won't be able to get the software you paid for online in the future so nope back that up.
I figured Nintendo would at least keep the online system in place since
in the end it cost them almost nothing to operate.
All the more reason I just don't support consoles. PC is the way to go.
Softmode your 3ds, it isn't hard. Own your hardware and do what you want with it. Nintendo sure doesnt care about it anymore. Don't be afraid to
do it. Softmod all the old consoles and handhelds.
Nintendo is gonna be Nintendo. Don't worry, they will resell all of
these games to you on another console in the future.
There can be some pretty awful things about PC gaming too. There can be some great exclusives on consoles that PC won't see for years or ever
too. There are plenty of pros and cons to each of them.
Buy physical games or try to use GOG. You rarely ever own your digital purchases.
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Ganiman
From what I understand Nintendo took it down. I up until this point have chosen not to mod my 3DS but you won't be able to get the software you paid for online in the future so nope back that up.
There can be some pretty awful things about PC gaming too. There can be some great exclusives on consoles that PC won't see for years or ever too. There are plenty of pros and cons to each of them.
Buy physical games or try to use GOG. You rarely ever own your digital purchases.
I briefly had a 3DS XL. I thought it was cool, but ended up not using
it much, so I sold it.
I do have a Nintendo Wii. I was disappointed when Nintendo took the Wii Store offline several years ago. I decided to mod my Wii, and now I
have emulators on it as well as the app (I don't remember its name) that lets you copy Wii games and run them from a hard drive, etc.. I believe that same app also acts as a sort of unofficial 3rd-party app store for the Wii.
I hadn't bought much from the Wii Store when I did use it. I think I
had only bought 3 things: Mega Man 9, Mega Man 10, and Super Mario 64
from their classic emulated games section.
I still like to use my Nintendo Wii every so often. I like the Wii
Sports games for it - but I think the Nintendo Switch has something similar to Wii Sports?
Nightfox
I used my wii for a good while when it first came out. Modded it with the WODE. That has a built in ripper for games. I have a few on there just don't have a CRTv sitting around to connect it too. I'm sure I can find some converter to get in an HDMI. Once the kids are gone and I have room for things like that I will get it going again.
I have a 55" flat panel TV that I bought in 2015, and it has analog component inputs, which I'm using for my Nintendo Wii. But there are converter adapters available if your TV only has HDMI.
I bought a second TV last year that only has HDMI, and it had me
wondering if TVs have now generally dropped component & composite inputs altogether. Or maybe the second TV I bought doesn't have them because it's a lower-end model?
Yes, TVs have basically dropped composite and component inputs. And if they have them, their interal upscalers are so bad you don't want to use it anyway. Watch the My Life in Gaming content and look up Retrotink. Retrotink probably makes the best upscalers today. They have a few models in different price ranges. They might not be cheap but they are very much worth it and will future proof your old consoles for many years to come.
I wonder how
different it might look if its video was upscaled, and if there would be any lag in the video due to it being processed and upscaled.
MLiG vidoes will go in depth about this. Another good resource is https://www.retrorgb.com .
There are different solutions for different budgets and depending on how far down the rabbit hole you want to. I've went pretty deep many years ago and have many retro consoles set up for RGB SCART and PVMs. That is not for everyone. A Retrotink is a good investment and will go a long way. You will get like 1 frame of lag with them if I recall, which is as good as it gets, and I think some of them can take in 240p/480i/480p and output 740p/1080p/1440p. They have scaling options too so you can get things to look how you prefer.
I'm not really familiar with SCART (I think SCART is a European
standard?) I think I saw an SCART TV once when I was in Germany, but
I'm in the US and haven't seen it here.
Re: Re: Nintendo By: claw to Nightfox on Tue Dec 06 2022 07:52 am
I used my wii for a good while when it first came out. Modded it
with the WODE. That has a built in ripper for games. I have a
few on there just don't have a CRTv sitting around to connect it
too. I'm sure I can find some converter to get in an HDMI. Once
the kids are gone and I have room for things like that I will
get it going again.
I have a 55" flat panel TV that I bought in 2015, and it has analog component inputs, which I'm using for my Nintendo Wii. But there are converter adapters available if your TV only has HDMI.
I bought a second TV last year that only has HDMI, and it had me
wondering if TVs have now generally dropped component & composite
inputs altogether. Or maybe the second TV I bought doesn't have them because it's a lower-end model?
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