+Aldwinsanity I didn't even stop to think of what it was on top of. I took a quick glance a bit ago at the column on the right and was like, "Wait... what?!" But now I know better.
Thank you for mentioning that game! For some reason, it seems like it's rarely ever mentioned among 3ds owners. People don't know what they're missing out on; it is so addicting. It's great for those times when you only have like 10 minutes or less of gaming time, so you can just play a song or two.
All games you mentioned are great. I'm just gonna add some. E-Shop: vvvvvv, Mutant Mudds, Liberation Maiden, Moon Chronicles, Grinsia, Siesta Fiesta Retail Games (in NA): Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor Overclocked Scibblenauts Unlimited Professor Layton: Miracle Mask (and other entries from the series) Zero Escape: Virtue's Last Reward Rune Factory 4
I know it as a big first party release and sold fairly well, but I feel like Kid Icarus: Uprising gets overshadowed A LOT when people talk about 3DS games. As it completely has a spot as one of the best games I've ever played.
***** I think those games are fine as long as people don't call them apart of Harvest Moon. As far as they know, Harvest Moon ended after Harvest Moon: DS. Seeing as how that was the last to feature the original crew of characters. Everything else, well still good in gameplay, are merely spin-off titles in terms of story; starting with Island of Happiness.
One of my favorite 3DS games is easily Etrian Odyssey Untold: The Millennium Girl. I'm not so sure if it could be considered a lesser known title or not, but it's a great game that more people should definitely check out.
Yeah I loved that game. Not sure if I would say I prefer EO IV or Untold as my favorite. Great way to get into the series as well I hear due to the difficulty of the first games on DS.
Attack of the Friday Monster is the best out of all. I had bought it on eshop and went through the whole game within a week and believe me it's the most impressive game I have ever came across so far. :)
Thomas Stodghill For that price. yes I would, it's got one of my favorite recent soundtracks and there is enough variety to keep you entertained, if your still unsure check out some reviews on it.
Great showcase of some hidden gems, Pete. Most of which I've never played! GR: Shadow Wars was quite the surprising game. I too very much enjoyed it, but I did feel it overstayed its welcome. I put in 15-20 hours and had my fair share of the game...only to find out it takes 35+hrs to beat. Still fun nonetheless! Yeah, I definitely need to check out Epic Mickey Power of Illusion! Attack of the Friday Night Monsters as well.
I have to say, thanks! I tried out Attack of the Friday Night Monsters: A Tokyo Tale and LOVE it! It's a big change from what I usually play and is actually fairly calming / mesmerizing to play with the fairly light music. Are there any other games similar to this?
All of my yes for Attack of The Friday Monsters. Pretty much anything Level 5 does I know I'm gonna love, but this game in particular is one I like to play when I'm tired of always fighting monsters and just need a chance to relax while gaming.
Ya, I heard Attack of the Friday Monsters: A Tokyo Tale was pretty dam popular, its in the E shop for one of the best games with a story. I also did like Epic Mickey Power of Illusion demo, so I might pick it up latter on.
SteamWorld Dig, available for 3DS on the eShop, is a very compelling game that is probably overlooked by many. It has that satisfying loop of exploring, getting loot, and earning upgrades that actually enable new functions. It controls very well also. I believe it was just ported to the Wii U, and also is available on the Vita.
Ironically Ghost Recon is one of the few 3DS games I have played, I have a stack I bought and most of them are still sealed, just never get around to them. Took over 50 hours to beat everything in it on normal mode, pretty good considering how cheap it was. It was one of your early 3DS videos that made me choose to play that one out of all the others.
I wouldn't expect you to know about these, given that these only get released in Europe and Japan, but Inazuma Eleven 3: Team Ogre Attacks! and Inazuma Eleven GO Chrono Stones: Thunderflash are two of my favourite games ever, and are true underappreciated 3DS gems.
Epic Mickey for the Nintendo 3ds is actually an enjoyable game. The only thing that prevent me (and some people) to put it among the best 3ds games is just that it´s too short! It should have more levels.... the game sort of forces you to play every level multiple times in order to upgrade all characters rooms, what gets a little annoying and frustrating.... but even so it´s worth a try, it´s gorgeous, it´s imaginative and it´s fun to play. As for the other games in the video, I completely agree. They´re all great games.
Fittingly, Ghost Recon Shadow Wars was made by the creator of the original X-COM, and it shows (though it has more in common with one of his older games, Laser Squad).
Hidden Gems are what I'm looking for. Virtue's Last Reward (Zero Escape 2) is a series I wish was more known, but I'll make sure to try out some of those games you've displayed~
Awesome video Pete. Lol I take it that you are now using FCPX to edit your videos. They have some really sweet animations but it turned out very stiff and unintuitive to me so I switched to Premiere Pro. Would you be able to give us an updated 3DS collection video Pete? I would really love to see that. Thanks again for the video. It was great.
PeteDorr No worries Pete, the 10 months I spend away from home, the only systems I play during those 10 months is my 3DS and PSP, so any way to add more anime style games to the library especially games that were lucky enough to have a north american release, will be a welcome addition to the collection.
Just found this, literally used to watch your videos about 5 years ago I think, maybe longer? I recall you introducing me to Etrian Odyssey. Glad to see your still going, and going strong. Well done mate :)
Great video Pete, I really enjoyed that buddy. Attack of the Friday Monsters is one of my absolute favourite 3DS games, so great call on that one! Hey, and how about doing a similar 'hidden gems' vid for PS Vita... and maybe even a Wii U one too??? Wii U, 3DS and Vita are hands down my top three current systems. Either way, please keep the high quality content coming Pete! Have a great weekend buddy :-)
There's a new one out on the eShop called Mercenaries Saga 2. Pretty much nobody's played it, yet it's an excellent RPG that I would recommend to anyone.
3 things, 1, My comment was posted a month ago, and back then it was a pretty new game. 2, 100 people isn't a lot, especially with such a popular system like the 3DS. 3, why did you randomly bring up the 5-star rating of the game? That's nothing to do with how not many people have noticed it. It just shows that it's a good game, which I already said.
The Yumi's Odd Odyssey game was featured in an episode of GameCenter CX. Probably not the same one, though I didn't see enough to be able to tell if this was a separate game or an updated port. Either way I remember thinking it looked pretty cool on the show. I'll have to grab it now that I know it's in the eShop.
Yes! Kokuga! I have had lot's of tough times with this game I even find it funny when you lose a certain amount of times they grant you access to the Final3 level which breaks the tedious level design for an earthy level design.
I kinda knew a bit of these to be from the eShop (In terms of English releases). Games in there tend to not get that much advertising so they are very easily overlooked.
The 3DS Ace Combat Assault Horizon Legacy is actually quite impressive and I enjoyed it. Heroes of Ruin is not the best game on the 3DS but it is still about 30 hours of good fun, especially with a friend. Nano Assault was originally a retail game but an improved "EX" version is on the eshop for $15 now and it is beautiful and a great twin stick shooter, with Star Fox like on rail portions and creative bosses. Also, Tetris Axis, while the full retail release price was a bit much it is now on the eshop for about $10 or $15 which I think is a bargain for this much Tetris.
Hey Pete, great shout re Attack of the Friday Monsters, it's a great game with gorgeous visuals! Another fantastic 3DS title - well, for me at least - is Terry Cavanagh's über-tricky gravity flipper, VVVVVV. Boy do I love that game :-) By the way, is there any chance you could do one of these 'Hidden Gems' vids for Playstation Vita too? It'd be awesome if you can. What with it's fabulous line-up of great indie titles, it'd be really cool to see what you recommend. Cheers!
Yumi's Odd Odyssey/Sayonara Umihara Kawase (0:27) Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion (1:11) Attack of the Friday Monsters: A Tokyo Tale (1:57) Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars (2:48) Kokuga (3:45)
great video looking forward to the next one. a huge hidden gem right now is called Siesta Fiesta. Its is the best brick breaker type game I have ever played.
Rune Factory 4 was released just over a week before Pokemon X and Y came out, so it got really overlooked for a time. I believe it's doing fine now but I think it is worth mentioning considering the incredibly bad timing of its launch. lol
Wow, this video is old. Regardless, there is a not very well known game I have to let people know about. It's called rune factory 4. It's eshop exclusive so not even many fans of the series know that it exists. For those new to the series. It is basically an RPG where you can live a normal life on the side. Sometimes you're out fighting monsters, sometimes you're hanging out with the villagers. There is a LOT to talk about with this game, but nothing I can say will do it justice. Please look it up for yourself. It is by far my favourite game on the 3DS and I am sure you will not be disappointed.
Great video! I don't have too much to say on it, I agree with your choices and you've introduced me to quite a few games in this video. (I'm particularly interested in that Studio Ghibli-esque game you mentioned!) Keep up the good work! I wouldn't mind seeing a part 2 of this if the interest is there. There are definitely a lot of great overlooked games for the 3DS.
If you're a fan of Attack of the Friday Monsters: A Tokyo Tale, be sure to check out the japan only game series Boku no Natsuyasumi since its made by the same designer and is a really wonderful and different realist series compared to most games you'll play.
That last one reminds me of the streepass game MiiForce. i think they used the basic idea to build the streetpass game since you use L and R to change the direction of your guns
Some of my favourite often overlooked titles are 3D Super Hang-On (and the whole m2 Sega series in generel), Siesta Fiesta plus the wealth of hidden gems on Virtual Console such as GG Shinobi and RECCA.
Picked up Epic Mickey: Power of Illusion for $6 on a Black Friday and was completely let down. It really lacked challenge for me and felt more appropriate for a younger audience. I do plan on playing Attack of the Friday Monsters because of this vid. Two games I consider gems would be James Noir's Hollywood Crimes and Crush.
Phoenix Wright: Duel Destinies and Shinobi. Two very different, yet great games. If you like story driven games with great plot and soundtrack, along with witty dialogue and charming characters, Phoenix Wright is your game. If you prefer a more action packed game where you play as a flipping ninja with insanely hard difficulty on beginner's mode and dying multiple times on the same thing, and platforming, Shinobi is for you.
Thanks for sharing these :) Another lesser known game known as Spirit Camera is something I've been wanting to play being a Fatal Frame fan. BTW you should livestream again soon if you have the time :D
I will be buying Epic Mickey cause I got Castle of Illusion flashback for a reason and Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Shadow Wars cause I am a sucker for those games^^;. Have no idea how many hours I have spent in X-com,Advance Wars,Fire Emblem and other Turn-Based Strategy RPG (or just turn-based) series (even bought Fire Emblem and Advance Wars on Wii U e-shop)
Leonard H It's a really bad joke referencing the battle mechanics. You get these things called brave points which lets one of your characters attack multiple times if you want, but at the cost that for every brave point spent, they can't do anything for that many number of turns. Defaulting is just defending. It's a pretty difficult battle system, but once you learn it, it's an amazing game.
I know this comment is 3 months old, but Bravely Default's gameplay is anything but difficult to learn. It's literally just classic Final Fantasy with its own little quirks and changes, including the Brave and Default system.
