Buying a 3DS to play DS games?

After the massive price cut was announced, I decided to earn some cash and buy a 3DS. I want to play Kid Icarus and RE Revelations but most of all I want to play RPG games from the DS such as Dragon Quest series and Golden Sun. And maybe pokemon games. Is it worth it?

Yeah, because you get more cool features and after the price drop it's only $35 more than a DS Lite.

I play Zelda Phantom Hourglass on my 3DS, me and my sister share the cartridge because she has a DS Lite.

Enjoy. The 3DS was my first Ninty system too. :-)

I've heard complaints that DS games on the 3DS are lower quality than on the DSi, but I only ever had the phat DS and going from that to the 3DS was a HUGE improvement. So, yeah I'd recommend picking it up and then getting the good 3DS games as well as some amazing DS games you missed out on.

I'd recommend Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Zelda Spirit Tracks, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Kart DS.

If you never played pokemon, then try out Pokemon Black or White, the pokemon sprits look odd at first, but they will grow on you, also the story (in my opinoun) is the best I've seen in any pokemon game.

Yeah, because you get more cool features and after the price drop it's only $35 more than a DS Lite.

I play Zelda Phantom Hourglass on my 3DS, me and my sister share the cartridge because she has a DS Lite.

Spinnerweb

Just wanted to point out

DS Lite-$99

3DS-$169

As long as you don't mind how DS games look on the 3DS then yes, definitely worth it.Kenny789

Why do people keep complaining about this? Seriously, all you have to do is press Start + Select and BAM!, normal DS(lite) quality. Stop complaining.

[QUOTE="Kenny789"]As long as you don't mind how DS games look on the 3DS then yes, definitely worth it.DGonlag

Why do people keep complaining about this? Seriously, all you have to do is press Start + Select and BAM!, normal DS(lite) quality. Stop complaining.

[QUOTE="DGonlag"]

[QUOTE="Kenny789"]As long as you don't mind how DS games look on the 3DS then yes, definitely worth it.xconbud

Why do people keep complaining about this? Seriously, all you have to do is press Start + Select and BAM!, normal DS(lite) quality. Stop complaining.

Really? Guess i have to try that, thanks!

[QUOTE="xconbud"][QUOTE="DGonlag"]

Why do people keep complaining about this? Seriously, all you have to do is press Start + Select and BAM!, normal DS(lite) quality. Stop complaining.

DGonlag

Really? Guess i have to try that, thanks!

No, you have to press and hold both, or else every time you pause the game the screen size will go out of whack.:p

I always press both anyway, so doesn't really matter, can be kind of irritating though. Shoudl just be an option in the settings menu, can't forget then. Pokemon White in full screen is just terrible.

I did this myself. I have a DS, but it's top screen cracked a couple of years ago. So I started playing DS games I never got to play on my DS when I got my 3DS.

I never have noticed them being really lacking in quality myself.

I was also thinking of buying a DSi XL or a 3DS mainly for the great games that the DS has to offer, but im kinda sceptical about it since i heard the games look bad in the 3DS. Maybe i'll have too wait for the XL to have a price drop and then buy it. What do you guys think any suggestions ?dantesergei

3DS will do fine. Especially if you've never played DS before. They don't look bad, just a bit stretched and less quality. But ofcourse you can just use the trick (though you will get a smaller screen, just do what you prefer.)

With the 3DS you will atleast be ready for the future. Because when you buy a XL, you'll see cool 3DS games which you then cannot play. (Thus most likely buying a 3DS and then having spent 2 times the amount of money you really had to spend for the same thing).

I was also thinking of buying a DSi XL or a 3DS mainly for the great games that the DS has to offer, but im kinda sceptical about it since i heard the games look bad in the 3DS. Maybe i'll have too wait for the XL to have a price drop and then buy it. What do you guys think any suggestions ?dantesergei

I'd recommend Zelda Phantom Hourglass, Zelda Spirit Tracks, Super Mario 64 DS, Mario Kart DS.

Spinnerweb

I'd recommend against Spirit Tracks and Super Mario 64 DS(don't mean any disrespect to you:)). I would ONLY pick up Spirit Tracks if you like Phantom. I thoroughly enjoyed Phantom Hourglass--my favorite game of that year--but did not care for Spirit Tracks that much. I'm actually yet to finish it, but have invested a fair amount of time in the game.

As for Mario 64. I'd skip that as it doesn't control well--it does NOT use the analog--and I have a feeling that Mario 64 will be released as a 3D game on the 3DS vC.

Also, DS games do not look that bad. The 3ds screen is a higher resolution than the ds, so the image is stretched and can be considered a tad blurry. However, you can always play the ds games in their native res which more or less fixes the problem, though it does border the screen.

I also recommend the Ace Attorney series ^^