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So my blurbs on all the stuff I saw in that Upcoming 3DS games reel:

Liking Ace Combat, Tetris, and Cave Story 3D, but then again I love any and all things Cave Story. I was skeptical about the 3D stuff but I've read that it works, so I'll take their word for it.

Driver? Really? Ugh.

What's going on with Crush? No idea what that is.

Nano Assault is strange but it's pretty looking.

Oh One Piece. Never could get into you. Pretty sure your game won't help either.

Another Animal Crossing. I think it was more fitting on handhelds than it was consoles..that being said I can't sa I'm too huge on the idea.

What's with the 3D models and the like in Professor Layton?! :( :( :(

blah blah Harvest Moon, who cares, blah blah

I'm so excited for another Mega Man Legends that you have no idea.

Shinobi makes me happy, and I'm intrigued at the remake of SMT Devil Survivor. The series has always interested me but I don't know how the battle system works too well so I get lost in trying to figure out how to play it and I keep losing.

Kingdom Hearts? When did this happen?

Do I even have to say it about Mario Kart? Star Fox?

Tales of the Abyss might be a cool pickup for me. I never played it on the PS2 but this could be the time to do it.

Hell yeah to Kid Icarus. I didn't see any of the multiplayer stuff but I'm kinda sold on the single player already.

Paper Mario! It looks so similar to the N64 one but it has all the cool paper-y effects in battle..and it's Paper Mario! Come on. That's gotta be awesome.

Seeing Luigi's Mansion 2 around reminds me that I need to finish the first, but it looks good either way.

Helloooooo tanooki suit.

I don't know what this Layton x Ace Attorney bullshit is

The preview stuff for RE: Revelations looks neat. A nice return to form. The people I saw playing the demo vids sucked though. It's more fun to look at games when people are playing them well.

Altogether a pretty awesome reel. Excuse me with the long post.

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So I'm picking up Resident Evil Mercenaries tomorrow.

I'm still a bit wary about it, but I'm gonna go in balls deep. You just kinda have to.

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Have you heard about the one save ever thing? Capcom made it, apparently, so that once you begin a save file that's it. Once you've beaten the game, you're done. You can never erase your save file. You can never start over. There's only one slot, too, so you can't share it with anyone.

The idea is make it useless in the used game market, but I wouldn't buy a game knowing that I could never replay it from the beginning without having to pay for it again.

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Well it could be worse considering that EA charges you 20 dollars to play online if you buy a used copy of a game.

It's to be expected since companies don't make any money from used game sales. It all comes back to the private sellers.

The one save ever thing I did hear about though, and in a sense it kinda works for the game. You're playing to beat your own scores, etc. There's no real story mode to complete over and over so why would you want to reset your save?

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I don't think that is worse. The problem with Capcom's solution is that it punishes new game buyers in an attempt to punish used game buyers even more.

Charging $20 to unlock the multiplayer on a used game is kind of bad, but at least it isn't punishing new game buyers too.

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Maybe it doesn't seem that bad for me because I'm not entirely in the camp of trading in games that I own. I paid for the games and I intend to keep them whether they're short or bad or whatever.

It's a personal preference, I know, but still.

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I do think it is a bit more fair, but yes.

The gaming industry is trying so hard to combat used game sales that they are just pissing off consumers left and right.

I absolutely loathe the idea behind project 10 dollars.

I think the best solution, at least to me, is a system that rewards new players. Sort of like Gears of War 2 giving new owners, exclusive maps and weapons. This encourages people to buy the game new, doesn't penalize anyone really, and doesn't cost extra.

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Yep, rewards are the only way to go. The only kinds of rewards I don't like are the pre-order only rewards that you can't even purchase after the fact, and exclusive material you can only get if you pre-order from a specific retailer.

I thought Mass Effect 2's was good. If you buy it new you get free access to Cerberus network, which periodically had free DLC items. If you bought it used you could buy into that network.