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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Dec 28, 2012 12:08 pm

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Is there any difference in design asthetics besides the colour? I admit I'm tempted by Mario 3D Land :)

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Dec 28, 2012 3:54 pm

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Dec 28, 2012 4:00 pm

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grim_tales wrote:

Is there any difference in design asthetics besides the colour? I admit I'm tempted by Mario 3D Land :)

Nah, it's a regular 3DS XL, just entirely white. No special logo or anything (except on the box, obviously).
Oh, and one thing to note : game's stored on the SD Card, and it'll be registered as download on your eShop account.

@blahmoomoo : I'll read and answer later :shoe:

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Dec 28, 2012 8:00 pm

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blahmoomoo wrote:

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Spoiler: True ending of the truth

And YUP! I do need to replay this game :shoe:

Oh, and by the way, totally unrelated, but today, we learned that Code of Princess european's release is even closer than ever.
Apparently, the USK (german PEGI) rated the game recently, so that means it should be released early next year.
If you don't know about this game, check out this trailer. And yup, it's Kinu Nishumura who did the artworks, which is what attracted me to this game in the first place! (and after trying this game at E3, I was quite impressed, so I'm glad we're finally getting this).

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:34 pm

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Spoiler: The TRUE True Ending

All right, I think it's time for me to do a theory dump. I've been meaning to do this for a while.

Spoiler: Probably too spoilerish to put title here!

Morphogenetic Field

So VLR added quite a bit to how the morphogenetic field works. I'm going to summarize what I recall and postulate from there. Let me know if I forget anything and if you have your own theories!

In 999, the morphogenetic field was presented as a way to communicate between people, where one person is able to influence the field and another person is able to sense the field. The same thing happened between Akane and Junpei, but for some reason they communicated over a period of nine years. They didn't explain why this was possible in 999.

Moving on to VLR, the morphogenetic field's nature is explained, or at least a lot of it is. It's an abstract four dimensional space, where consciousnesses are three dimensional objects within the space. The original communication idea in 999 is explained as one consciousness sending a message to another consciousness within the three dimensional space (no time travel). But the communication between Akane and Junpei in 999 was different: they were communicating across time, or the fourth dimension.

Also, apparently there is a way to move your consciousness across the fourth dimension. This is how time traveling works in VLR. Doing this causes your consciousness at the time you travel to to be displaced, since you can't have two at one time.

Now, I think the reason why that 'Kyle' in the ultra true ending is not actually Kyle is because of another kind of traveling through the morphogenetic field: trading consciousnesses, and traveling through time. Though you don't necessarily have to travel through time to do that, but I feel that it's likely.

You know, maybe Kyle will be part of the third game because he traded his consciousness for somebody else in the past. Seeing how the person in Kyle's head after VLR's Nonary Game knows about the game, I'm guessing that Kyle jumped before the VLR game started.

Oh yeah. The one thing about the whole explanation in VLR I didn't get is that Akane said that Junpei traveled through time himself in the past. But he didn't... it was all Akane 'listening' to Junpei in the future. What's up with that?

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:14 pm

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Hey,
Sorry for going OT but how do I register my console to get (another) free game? :D Was thinking of going for Layton.

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:45 pm

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You need a Club Nintendo account and link it to your 3DS in the eShop. I believe the place to go in the eShop is the "other" button in the menu, then look for the Club Nintendo button.

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sat Dec 29, 2012 3:48 pm

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Thanks! I havent actually got a Club Nintendo account, so will have to create one... hmmm.
Edit - Ahhh, I can't join until I have my 3DS it seems, as it asks you to enter a product code to join.

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sat Dec 29, 2012 4:02 pm

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If you have certain DS or Wii games, you can enter a code from one of them. First party Nintendo games and select third party games (like Professor Layton) have them where the manual is.

Club Nintendo works by having you enter codes from games (or buy eShop games from a 3DS linked to your account) and systems and taking a short survey about them. After taking the survey, you get coins that you can spend on special stuff, including select eShop and WiiWare games. There's a bit more to it, but that's most of it.

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sat Dec 29, 2012 5:12 pm

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Thanks! I'll have a look in some of my DS games like Layton to see if I can join :)

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sun Dec 30, 2012 12:53 pm

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blahmoomoo wrote:

You need a Club Nintendo account and link it to your 3DS in the eShop. I believe the place to go in the eShop is the "other" button in the menu, then look for the Club Nintendo button.

Hmmm? No, you don't need to link an eShop account to your Club Nintendo account to get the free game.

Here's what you need to do :

- go to nintendo.co.uk
- create yourself a Club Nintendo account (which you can do by registering a game/console)
- register your 3DS (can be used to create your Club Nintendo account)
- at the end of the registration, you should get a survey for the free 3DS game. Complete it, and you should receive a download code a bit later.
- enter this code in the Nintendo eShop (there's a button for that in the options), from January the 1st to 31st.

Linking your eShop and Club Nintendo accounts allows you to get stars for stuff bought on the eShop.

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After taking the survey, you get coins that you can spend on special stuff, including select eShop and WiiWare games. There's a bit more to it, but that's most of it.

I believe that's only for the US, there's no such thing in Europe. There's been special promotions, where you get download codes for games (like the one for the purchase of a 3DS XL :)), but there's no WiiWare/eShop games in the Club Nintendo catalogue in Europe (maybe later?). There's some nice goodies too (but no golden nunchuk, or Zelda posters... :larry:

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Spoiler: Spoilerz land

Seriously, that stuff is so complex, I wonder how the writer himself manages to keep track of everything and not get confused by hiw own maze :p

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sun Dec 30, 2012 1:25 pm

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Ah, so the Europe Club Nintendo is quite different. Never mind. The US one currently has a promotion of getting a free game if you buy certain other games in the eShop, including Miracle Mask.

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:05 pm

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Ah, so the Europe Club Nintendo is quite different. Never mind. The US one currently has a promotion of getting a free game if you buy certain other games in the eShop, including Miracle Mask.

Yeah, each CN seems to be different according to your region, it's not really unified (even though you often find similar items, most of the times, they're quite different). Our current promotion is get a free 3DS game (Layton 5, as Mario 3D Land, Art Academy, Freakyforms for ex.) if you register a 3DS XL before January the 15th. It works if you bought your 3DS XL Day one (like me). It's a really great promotions, American users on GAF are really envious of us :p

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sun Dec 30, 2012 5:26 pm

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Hah, and the US people just get a special "never before released in the US" version of the Donkey Kong arcade game after purchasing one of several $40 games on the eShop. Do you have bundles in the UK where you get a 3DS with a game preloaded on it? I know there are bundles that have NSMB2 or Mario Kart 7 preloaded in the US. Not sure if that applies to the XL though.

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Sun Dec 30, 2012 8:00 pm

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Ok. After completing the game and finally being able to click on those spoiler buttons I'd like to rant about things that bothered me.

Spoiler: spoilers about everywhere

Wow where to start...
1: Everyone (except for luna) is a total dick. Aside from the true ending everyone leaves the facility after gaining 9bp. This made all my other ally - ally decisions really sour. Thanks for the trust? Up yours, you'd all betray and leave when given the chance.

2: The ending is really vague. I had to look up various stuff on the internet to place all the pieces of the puzzle together. And even then the story asks much leniency about how far fetched theories can get while the player is assumed to just assume it's ok.
After reading everything twice and some explanations on the internet I can see the logic and the approach more clearly, but still, in the game it feels like they are grasping at straws.

3: I was also pissed the ending allowed you to go back in time to see the ruins of radical 6, but not see you overcome it and saving humanity. It could be a major part in the announced sequal (which I found out like 20 minutes ago), but I'm a guy that loves an end where everybody is happy. Now I feel like I finally found a rope to pull myself out of quicksand, but everything ends before I touch the rope.
In Addition: because of this mentality I consider the 'Luna' end as a true ending. slightly twisted, but luna's happy, sigma is happy ergo I'm happy.

4: Alice and Clover. And with this I mean the way they are dressed. Clover developed into a really loveable character in 999 (No not in the beginning since she's moody all the time and eventually strikes you down with an axe, the bitch). I was really happy that she made another appearance in VLR, only to find out she's fan service. Since her in game purpose was being an esper, it could have been more people beside her. Or even better, give her a new jacket. Now her purpose is to maintain the minimum of unnecessarily underdressed ~~women~~ girls in Japanese games. Same goes for Alice.
So remember the end in 999 where you see an egyptian lady in the desert (sure you do)? Well she has NO connection to Alice. This bothered the hell out of me.
It was a very important part in 999 that was not fully explained
you tease with that ending image in 999
you name her Alice
She looks Egyptian (and her clothes of a pharao)
BUT NO, thats all coincidence. Then they insult you further with a her background being a really good student and the secret organisation etc. In the flashback she looks normal enough (some heavy make-up, but ok). But suddenly she looks like a total slut that only has a necklace to cover her boobs? It's a crummy explanation (about the 999 ending) of what happened and they try to cover it up with boobs. Another punch in the gut for me.

5: Oh, and Dio should be listed under the very definition of 'total dick'. But I believe there is consensus on this part.

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Sun Dec 30, 2012 11:11 pm

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:17 pm

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blahmoomoo wrote:

Hah, and the US people just get a special "never before released in the US" version of the Donkey Kong arcade game after purchasing one of several $40 games on the eShop. Do you have bundles in the UK where you get a 3DS with a game preloaded on it? I know there are bundles that have NSMB2 or Mario Kart 7 preloaded in the US. Not sure if that applies to the XL though.

Yup, there's two bundles, each with a white 3DS XL + Mario Kart 7 OR 3D Land. Oh, and there's the Pikachu 3DS XL too, Limited Edition. Very cool stuff :)

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1) Well, yeah, that's the point. I know I b*tched a lot about that in this thread, but when I look back at it, I realise it makes perfect sense. Betrayal isn't supposed to be something you enjoy... it's supposed to hurt/make you angry. There'd be no point in the whole AB game if everybody just chose 'Ally' every time.

2) I didn't find the ending vague, but they DO give you a shitruckmofoload of information during the true endings, it's almost a bit too much... yet, you can feel they HAD to give you all this information BEFORE the next game. I know people didn't like it (I loved it, guess I'm the minority... which is always a good thing in my opinion), but they couldn't have ended the game before (too much to say, and transition to the next game would have felt forced.) or after.

I do agree the whole explanation thing at the end could've been done a bit better, but then again the whole thing so complex

3) Why would you be pissed about that? You're asking to have the entire 3rd game in the 2nd one. :p
Well, not exactly. I'm sure that will be central, but I got the feeling the 3rd game won't just focus on the Mars simulation incident... which is anothr why they couldn't have included it in the 2nd game. That true ending was there to make a good connection between the 2 game, something the regular ending don't quite well convey.

I do believe the scene you're talking about is great, as it actually shows exactly what need to be shown (you've heard about Radical-6 all game long, and you finally get a glimpse of it. Just enough to make you realise just how terrible and terrifying it is).

But yeah, people usually don't like cliffhangers. That being said, I'm sure than when the trilogy's over, we'll all look back at that ending, and realise it wasn't nearly as bad as people make it look like.

4) I sort of agree with you on that one, though I didn't mind the fan service :p
Clover doesn't really serve any serious purpose in this game, other than 'you're needed to trigger Sigma's abilities'.
About Alice, disappointed as I was at first, I guess it makes sense... I do believe the entire 'Allice' myth was there so the participants REALLY believed they were on that boat. And I agree with BP about the joke.

5) Yeah, we all love to hate Dio. In a way, he's the best character in the game! :shoe:

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:22 pm

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Exposed spoiler alert!

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:25 pm

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You're right, guess I didn't write the [spoiler] tag as I should have. Well... at least, it looks like nobody read anything spoilery... I hope :shoe:

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Mon Dec 31, 2012 10:55 pm

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I'm sure the writer knows who's in Kyle's body since he should already know the major plot points of the next game. But who indeed?

Yeah, I guess she knew what was coming, otherwise why would she have performed the kidnapping? Perhaps the reason why Junpei was part of VLR's Nonary Game is because it was necessary for her to see into the future, just like the last pair of Nonary games? She could have had someone inflict the stress on her required to look that far into the future. Although, why would she do that in the first place? Perhaps she felt obligated to watch out for Junpei's future because she couldn't be with him? Or maybe she was able to see more than just the second Nonary game while she was going through the first one... or maybe even during the second one (less likely since she wouldn't have been as stressed). /WMG

I'm not sure why you'd think the game will go farther back in time. Of course, having the game finish by successfully containing Radical-6 at the Mars incident would be expected, and we all know that this game series loves to be unexpected, while still making logical sense.

I have no problem with the ending. It would be too much to have TWO Nonary-like games within a single game. That would double the play time! And VLR has a generous play time as is. It is sort of a downer, knowing that the world as Sigma knows it will end if he fails, but I felt more excited at the prospect of seeing how he will save the world and intrigued at what the deal is with Phi and impostor Kyle. At least nobody died in the true end, right?

I hope they won't use mostly throw away characters like Clover and Alice in the third game. We already had that problem with Lotus in 999. Can meh characters be avoided next time?

I think the most annoying thing about Alice is that nobody says ANYTHING about her necklace. At least they explained that Lotus liked to belly dance and there was a joke between Seven and Lotus about him calling her old and wrinkled. I do not recall any text that makes any sort of comment about how she's dressed. I expected at least some comedy or at least a double take when it came to her. Also, there is no way that she dresses that way during missions, right? Right???

At least they established that Alice != Allice, right?

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Tue Jan 01, 2013 3:51 pm

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1) Yeah, I know, I was just kidding around. The overall plot is just so complex, it's a wonder he manages not to get lost in his own story :)
Come to think of it, it'd be a nice plot twist if the guy turned out to be Brother himself, but that doesn't seem likely... Akane would've recognised him on the spot, I think, but maybe she did, but didn't say a word. She IS wearing FTS clothes in the true ending, after all.

2) Your explanation made me think about her wearing those FTS clothes in the true ending. Maybe the reason she's wearing them is because she actually joined the group, in order to improve her abilities/try and see more of the future, one way or another? I still don't get why she's wearing them, but I'm sure it's not much because she's infiltrated. Seems a bit cliché and ''easy''.
About Junpei, your explanation does make sense, though I'm sure there's more to it... The fact that Uchikoshi said he'd be in the next game means he's going to be really crucial. The question again is : why? how? Why would he be present during the Mars simulation?

3) It's not so much about 'going further in time', rather than 'it won't be only focused on the Mars simulation incident'. The story will also focus on stuff from BEFORE the said incident, in my opinion. I don't think they'll merely go with yet another 'Nonary Game'. (I know, I've already said that before :D). And of course there's the super true happy ending with Akane/Junpei reunited as children :p

4) Yeah, I was also very excited. I already knew beforehand there'd be another game, so the lack of closure didn't bother me... I was actually expecting it. And after the lengthy explanations of the True ending, it added a little spice to the whole thing, and avoided the game ending on a dull note. In my opinion, the ending really conveys well the fact the tasks ahead (saving the world, for one) will be daunting, and that it'll take a lot of efforts to accomplish it. Even more than in VLR, where you actually needed to jump through so many possible dimensions to learn the truth.

5) I believe Lotus was there for fan service mainly, and also to link the 2nd NG in a rather loose way, but the connection's still there :)
Same for Clover/Alice, but they DID have their own story/background, and I'm sure it'll turn out to be rather important in the next game. And again, they were mainly there to link the 3rd NG with the 2nd (and 1st) ones. (At least, in my opinion).

Maybe there's something in the next game that will show us just how important they actually were :D

6) Yeah, no jokes about Alice... except in the secret files, I believe. Which was a tad disappointing, especially with Sigma being a tad pervert :p
And yeah, they confirm she's not Allice... well, Alice herself do, even though Junpei strongly suspects her to be made of Ice-9 at one point... Dunno if he was actually serious, or just kidding around.

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Wed Jan 02, 2013 4:38 pm

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So, looks like Virtue's Last Reward is finally available on the Nintendo eShop in France/Germany, for 40€ (same as retail). Besides, there's apparently an update available for the game (it makes you redownload the whole game though, dunno why), but I think it's just related to the eShop release, rather than a fix for the save deleting glitch.

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Wed Jan 02, 2013 7:07 pm

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Wow, it would be a complete d*ck move if only the digital copies were fixed. But like you said, that probably isn't the case here.

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Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:31 am

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I think it's probably just because I already downloaded the game through the Irish eShop, and when I booted the French eShop as usual, it detected I had the game already. Since the game was released yesterday on the French eShop, it was considered a 'newer' version by the shop, so it told me it was an update, even though it wasn't...

Or maybe it's just Rising Star Games which 'updated' the game or something, I really don't know. But yeah, doubt it fixed anything, or they would've said so.

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Thu Jan 03, 2013 9:53 pm

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Well, I was just trying out my 3DS XL (got the white one with Mario Land) - no VLR yet but its really surprising how much better even something like 999 seems with the bigger screen, I can pick out more details, much easier. It makes a difference IMO. The sound is better as well, even with old earphones.

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Thu Jan 03, 2013 10:11 pm

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Jan 04, 2013 1:19 pm

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Do you think VLR is overall better than 999? I've read various opinions on GAF the story starts slower than 999 - for me, 999 really grabbed me from the throat right from the start, the sense of intrigue and unease was often brilliant.
Shame I cant hear the US voice acting but oh well.

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Jan 04, 2013 4:21 pm

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Both VLR and 999 start kind of slow because there's a lot of exposition to get out of the way. Especially in VLR when there are more rules in the Nonary game. I guess VLR's start is a bit longer in this respect and it doesn't have the same sense of urgency as 999, but at least you can skip through everything later, or skip some things entirely thanks to the timeline.

It's not that bad, especially if you have some patience.

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Fri Jan 04, 2013 5:22 pm

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There are loads more twists and other great stuff than 999, I cant wait :D

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:06 pm

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grim_tales wrote:

Well, I was just trying out my 3DS XL (got the white one with Mario Land) - no VLR yet but its really surprising how much better even something like 999 seems with the bigger screen, I can pick out more details, much easier. It makes a difference IMO. The sound is better as well, even with old earphones.

But didn't you order VLR BEFORE the console? :adrian:

Anyway, I agree with you. The 3DS XL is a really great console, and I absolutely LOOOOVE the big screen (that I find really big even tough I also own a DSi XL!). Granted, it's not some uber-retina thingy screen, but it's really nice nonetheless. Just you wait till you get to play 3D Land with this baby... just make sure you got the 3D activated, it's just wonderful ;)

Oh, and by the way, which game did you chose? I mean, the Club Nintendo free game.. Don't forget you got till the 15th to register your console ^^

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Do you think VLR is overall better than 999? I've read various opinions on GAF the story starts slower than 999 - for me, 999 really grabbed me from the throat right from the start, the sense of intrigue and unease was often brilliant.
Shame I cant hear the US voice acting but oh well.

I usually don't like to make comparisons (especially with games from the same series, and with continuity between the games), but overall, yeah, you could say VLR is better than 999. Though personally, I see 999 more like a prequel of some sort, a bit like 'The Hobbit' for the 'Lord of the Rings'.

VLR is just so much more massive, and complex... I mean, you got pretty much 3 main timeline in the game, where in 999, you just had some variations based on which door you chose + the true ending. In VLR, there's stuff you'll only see in each timeline (like some special events and plot-related stuff). What's more, you never get to go through the same room in the entire game (for escape sequences at least, in the story parts, there's sometimes some stuff that's repeated, with small variations).

So yeah, VLR does start a bit slower than 999, but the game is, as I've said, much more complex and massive than 999. Much more.
But it's funny, because I found that 999 started way too slow when I first played it (unlike you, then). So much text reading at first... I was really NOT impressed, but in the end, I ended up absolutely loving the game.

And just my two cents, but stop asking for opinions and all... just play the game and see for yourself. ^^

Spoiler: EUREKA

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Fri Jan 04, 2013 7:56 pm

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Re: What you said about asking for opinions of VLR all the time... fair enough :D Its going to be fun discussing it proper with you guys. ^^

I chose Layton for my Club Nintendo game, I have to wait a few days for an email with a code in it I think.

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Fri Jan 04, 2013 8:23 pm

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Quote:

Re: What you said about asking for opinions of VLR all the time... fair enough :D Its going to fun discussing it proper with you guys. ^^

Sure will be ;)

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I chose Layton for my Club Nintendo game, I have to wait a few days for an email with a code in it I think.

Oh yeah, think you already told us that... my memory can suxorz, sometimes :p

That actually reminds me, I was disappointed the code I got only worked on the French eShop... where I could only get the French version, which only has the French dub : / I was sooo looking forward to hearing Layton's might fine English. But yeah, that's a bit OT :p

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Tue Jan 08, 2013 2:44 am

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It looks like another Tumblr Ambidex Game took place. But unless somebody can tell me how to revert this stupidity (make it display full posts in chronological order as before instead of those... boxes that seem to use a ranking algorithm), it's impossible for me to follow it.

Is there any way to follow a tag on Tumblr without going insane? If the only way to do so is to get an account, I guess I'll do that... but only if I know that'll work.

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Tue Jan 08, 2013 9:40 am

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L~A, sorry only just noticed your other question :)
I ordered the console first, and then VLR when it was a bit cheaper (its since gone up in price, it was £17 when I ordered it).

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Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Tue Jan 08, 2013 10:21 am

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17£ ? Wow, that's quite cheap, considering Amazon had it for 22£ for a while (then it rose to 24£ for no apparent reason). Good thing you got it for cheap, then.

@blahmoomoo : sorry, can't say I know a lot about Tumblr... Actually, I don't think I've ever used that service before :sillytrucy:

Re: [PAL as well!] Virtue's Last Reward: 999 Sequel (3DS/Vit

Tue Jan 08, 2013 12:49 pm

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So I just got my first ending on 999, risking a spoiler by coming in here but ugh Junpei is so stupid.

Spoiler: 999 bad ending

Guess I'll try and get a more satisfying ending.

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Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:00 pm

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Pierre wrote:

So I just got my first ending on 999, risking a spoiler by coming in here but ugh Junpei is so stupid.

Spoiler: 999 bad ending

Guess I'll try and get a more satisfying ending.

Oh I sure remember this. I also had the axe end my first time playing. After this I had a profound hate against Clover (always mopey, inhelpful etc.) and that ending was my last straw.
But keep at it. My opinion changed heavily after seeing the true ending, so don't stop playing now.

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Tue Jan 08, 2013 1:43 pm

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Sjibbey wrote:

Pierre wrote:

So I just got my first ending on 999, risking a spoiler by coming in here but ugh Junpei is so stupid.

Spoiler: 999 bad ending

Guess I'll try and get a more satisfying ending.

Oh I sure remember this. I also had the axe end my first time playing. After this I had a profound hate against Clover (always mopey, inhelpful etc.) and that ending was my last straw.
But keep at it. My opinion changed heavily after seeing the true ending, so don't stop playing now.

XD Don't really hate the game just the fact it's so easily avoidable by anyone with eyes really.

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Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:24 pm

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I imagine Junpei thought there were more important things to worry about, such as figuring out where the Number 9 door is. He will need to get his priorities straight. :yogi:

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Tue Jan 08, 2013 4:47 pm

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I really need to buy a 3DS. Just hate the whole region lock thing so don't know what to do.