And the 3DS shovel-ware assault begins.

So yeah, the 3DS is getting a lot of new third party games this summer. Far from the ones you would want though. With names such as Imagine baby, Funky Barn and Fantasy Petz I can't really feel that optimistic about it. Not to say that every one wouldn't be even be worth the plastic the games are made from but as I said, not optimistic.

Several publishers like Ubisoft and Reef Entertainment are going to release games like these starting this summer for a budget price of £20-25. That's about £5 cheaper than games like RE:R, Kid Icarus and MGS33D.

Yay?

LINK

Then don't buy them? Just because they are there doesn't mean you have to get them. Every system gets trash games.

No console or handheld is safe from the power of shovelware.

Then don't buy them? Just because they are there doesn't mean you have to get them. Every system gets trash games.

zarshack

It's more the fact that this is the only western support the 3DS has gotten so far.

All systems and handhelds get shovelware:|

Every popular system gets shovelware.

Every popular system gets shovelware.

SW__Troll

No console or handheld is safe from the power of shovelware.

super600

[QUOTE="super600"]

No console or handheld is safe from the power of shovelware.

Androvinus

Garbage to you maybe treasure to others...

[QUOTE="SW__Troll"]

Every popular system gets shovelware.

nintendoboy16

Right, but I'm talking in terms of more noticable quantities as tc is talking about an "assault" of shovelware.

And it's true. In a year or two the 3DS shelf at Best Buy will probably be composed of about 1/3 bad, cheap shovelware titles, but there will most likely be such a huge quantity of good games that it won't really matter just as it never does for any popular system.

The typical member of Gamespot is not the entire user base of videogames. Those games apply to a ton of different individuals. There are some people that just find them fun, while there are the people that they are designed for (i.e. children). Those same people could call the more "hardcore" games shovelware because they are in the way of games that they want to play. I will admit that I get annoyed when I am trying to find something and I have to dig through but there is a user base for those games. And just like every generation, whichever system is selling the most will see a larger amount of these types of games.

With great sales comes great amounts of shovelware. That said I don't know what games these are so I won't judge them.

So yeah, the 3DS is getting a lot of new third party games this summer. Far from the ones you would want though. With names such as Imagine baby, Funky Barn and Fantasy Petz I can't really feel that optimistic about it. Not to say that every one wouldn't be even be worth the plastic the games are made from but as I said, not optimistic.

Several publishers like Ubisoft and Reef Entertainment are going to release games like these starting this summer for a budget price of £20-25. That's about £5 cheaper than games like RE:R, Kid Icarus and MGS33D.

Yay?

LINK

JLF1MarkII

[QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

So yeah, the 3DS is getting a lot of new third party games this summer. Far from the ones you would want though. With names such as Imagine baby, Funky Barn and Fantasy Petz I can't really feel that optimistic about it. Not to say that every one wouldn't be even be worth the plastic the games are made from but as I said, not optimistic.

Several publishers like Ubisoft and Reef Entertainment are going to release games like these starting this summer for a budget price of £20-25. That's about £5 cheaper than games like RE:R, Kid Icarus and MGS33D.

Yay?

LINK

bonesawisready5

It was just an observation, don't have to take it personally.

1) Learn the proper definition of "shovelware". 2) Don't buy games that don't appeal to you.LastRambo341

How are Imagine Babyz and Imagine Horsez not shoveware?

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"][QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

So yeah, the 3DS is getting a lot of new third party games this summer. Far from the ones you would want though. With names such as Imagine baby, Funky Barn and Fantasy Petz I can't really feel that optimistic about it. Not to say that every one wouldn't be even be worth the plastic the games are made from but as I said, not optimistic.

Several publishers like Ubisoft and Reef Entertainment are going to release games like these starting this summer for a budget price of £20-25. That's about £5 cheaper than games like RE:R, Kid Icarus and MGS33D.

Yay?

LINK

JLF1MarkII

It was just an observation, don't have to take it personally.

That some publishers are still in business is a miracle.
There is also the Wii-reviewer trend starting with handhelds now.
We have several sites having reviewers getting Vita's but not 3DS's and really liking the Vita games like Hotshots Golf but not caring about SML3D.
We saw this with the Wii as well. The review sites are rapidly running out of openminded reviewers or reviewers who also like to play nintendo platforms.
I don't think GS, Giant Bomb, Gametrailers or IGN have anyone left who liked playing on the Wii/3DS/DS. Or they have like 5 times as many people looking at PC/360/PS3 multiplats, and not giving us reviews for more than the 360 version.

well when you spin the title and make it seem like it's getting flooded with it, people tend to call others out on that type of thing

Shinobishyguy

ahhhh shovelware... similar to Wierd Al making a parody of your video... is a rather endearing form of flattery

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"][QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

So yeah, the 3DS is getting a lot of new third party games this summer. Far from the ones you would want though. With names such as Imagine baby, Funky Barn and Fantasy Petz I can't really feel that optimistic about it. Not to say that every one wouldn't be even be worth the plastic the games are made from but as I said, not optimistic.

Several publishers like Ubisoft and Reef Entertainment are going to release games like these starting this summer for a budget price of £20-25. That's about £5 cheaper than games like RE:R, Kid Icarus and MGS33D.

Yay?

LINK

JLF1MarkII

It was just an observation, don't have to take it personally.

[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"]

well when you spin the title and make it seem like it's getting flooded with it, people tend to call others out on that type of thing

JLF1MarkII

[QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]

[QUOTE="Shinobishyguy"]

well when you spin the title and make it seem like it's getting flooded with it, people tend to call others out on that type of thing

bonesawisready5

Have you seen the PS2 library?

Shovelware threads: the desperate scamp's last and most feeble attempt at trollery.

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"][QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]
Well, it kind of is. When they suddenly announce 10 shovelware games with a budget line I can't really see it in any other way. I'm not trashing the 3DS, I'm trashing the poor support the 3DS is getting from western devs.

JLF1MarkII

Then don't buy them? Just because they are there doesn't mean you have to get them. Every system gets trash games.

zarshack

[QUOTE="bonesawisready5"][QUOTE="JLF1MarkII"]
Well, it kind of is. When they suddenly announce 10 shovelware games with a budget line I can't really see it in any other way. I'm not trashing the 3DS, I'm trashing the poor support the 3DS is getting from western devs.

JLF1MarkII

The system with the most sales always get the shovelware, PS2/DS/Wii and 3DS so far. Just because it's getting a lot of shovelware doesn't mean it's a bad system.

What a pathetic attempt at an attack on the 3DS.

u jelly?

[QUOTE="LastRambo341"]1) Learn the proper definition of "shovelware". 2) Don't buy games that don't appeal to you.JLF1MarkII

How are Imagine Babyz and Imagine Horsez not shoveware?

Because they are not games you play, they are shovelware? dotWithShoes

Oh, the Imagine games are shovelware. I too disagree with people who insist on saying that everying they don't like is shovelware. However, unlike something like Just Dance, which has some fairly well-crafted games and a huge fanbase, Imagine games are just abominations that some people buy by mistake, play once, and then never play again because the damn thing is just not fun.

It's not like we are forced to buy those sucky games.

How exactly is this a problem?

How exactly is this a problem?

nintendofreak_2

[QUOTE="nintendofreak_2"]

How exactly is this a problem?

nintendoboy16

DS had the same "problem" but it didn't get much hate for it.

[QUOTE="LastRambo341"]1) Learn the proper definition of "shovelware". 2) Don't buy games that don't appeal to you.JLF1MarkII

How are Imagine Babyz and Imagine Horsez not shoveware?

The typical member of Gamespot is not the entire user base of videogames. Those games apply to a ton of different individuals. There are some people that just find them fun, while there are the people that they are designed for (i.e. children). Those same people could call the more "hardcore" games shovelware because they are in the way of games that they want to play. I will admit that I get annoyed when I am trying to find something and I have to dig through but there is a user base for those games. And just like every generation, whichever system is selling the most will see a larger amount of these types of games.

vtbob88

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