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Have you gotten the amount of usage out of your 3DS as you expected so far?

I use it as much as I expected
14 (26.4%)
I use it a lot more than I expected
18 (34%)
I use it less than I expected
11 (20.8%)
It's dusty/Still on it's original charge
3 (5.7%)
Where the games yo?! I'm still waiting to buy
7 (13.2%)

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Offline Glad0s

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Re: 3DS Usage
« Reply #50 on: January 25, 2012, 12:37:21 PM »
Being as I'm something of an Activity Log addict, I figured I'd better post my stats:

Picross 3D - 43:11
Ocarina of Time 3D - 29:07
Pokemon White - 23:32
Super Mario 3D Land - 22:31
Mario Kart DS - 18:13
Mario Kart 7 - 17:15
Mario and Luigi: Bowser's Inside Story - 16:38
Zelda: Link's Awakening DX - 16:29
Dragon Quest IX - 16:26 (Would be much, much longer if I had played it on the 3DS from the beginning)
Star Fox 64 3D - 15:42
Pilot wings Resort - 15:03 (At least two hours of this was me leaving it open accidentally when I left the room)
Layton 4 - 14:55
Fire Emblem: Sacred Stones - 12:24
eShop - 10:31
Cave Story (DSi)  - 9:25
Chibi Robo Park Patrol - 8:03
Metroid - 8:03
Ghost Trick- 7:36
Sonic Rush - 5:53
Ridge Racer - 5:27
Metroid Fusion - 5:07
Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded - 5:01
Sudoku Gridmaster - 4:53
Zelda II - 4:32
Retro Game Challenge - 4:22
Activity Log - 4:04
Mario's Picross - 4:02
Pushmo - 4:00
Game and Watch Gallery - 3:58
Let's Golf! - 3:17
Donkey Kong '94 - 3:10
Trauma Center 1 - 3:06
StreetPass Plaza - 3:01
Mighty Switch Force! - 3:00
Kirby's Dream Land - 2:48
Nano Assault - 2:47
10 Second Run - 2:37
Super Scribblenauts - 2:30
Settings - 2:27
Zelda 1 - 2:26
Mario Advance 3 - 2:20
Kirby's Adventure - 2:17
3DS Sound - 2:14
Super Mario Bros. - 2:11
Wario Ware 1 - 2:10
Face Raiders - 2:09
Super Mario Land - 2:02
Four Swords - 1:59
Mii Maker - 1:56
AR Games - 1:49
Pyramids - 1:41
Minish Cap - 1:38
Camera - 1:28
Download Play - 1:14
Friends List - 1:11
Pokedex - 1:09
Internet Browser - 1:05
Mario Kart: Super Circuit - 0:55
Wario Land 4 - 0:54
Excite bike - 0:49
Animal Crossing - 0:47
Notifications - 0:46
Zen Pinball - 0:38
Yoshi - 0:34
Nintendo Video - 0:33
Swap note - 0:32
Mario vs. Donkey Kong - 0:29
Catrap - 0:27
Amazing Mirror - 0:21
Resident Evil Demo - 0:13
F-Zero - 0:12
Game Notes - 0:10
Nintendo Zone - 0:02
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Re: 3DS Usage
« Reply #51 on: January 25, 2012, 05:54:58 PM »
Been meaning to do this for a while. My list currently looks like:
  • Dagon Quest IX (76.11) - Great game. There is a ton of post-game content to go back to... but after doing some I decided to take a break and play some other stuff too.
  • AlphaBounce (68.33) - Maybe the perfect casual game? Once you get most of the power-ups it becomes less engaging, but still easy to pick up and play a level or two at a time.
  • Netflix (60.46) - The fastest growing app now that my wife realizes she can easily watch movies in bed.
  • Ghost Recon Shadow Wars (39.37) - For all the talk about being similar to X-COM, it's a pale imitation. Still good though!
  • Internet Browser (24.58) - Suspect this has been artificially inflated by accidentally leaving the 3DS open after looking up a FAQ or fact.
  • Freakyforms (24.09) - Maybe the biggest surprise? I didn't expect to play this game so often, but it's strangely addictive and fun for the entire family to play.
  • Nintendo eShop (20.32) - Another app that was probably left open a couple of times, but with videos and other content ready to browse it still got a lot of use early on while looking for good DSiWare.
  • Starship Defense (17.24) - Aced the game. Well made, but somehow I expected it to be a bit more difficult. Wish I knew you could hold L to speed things up before the last few levels.\
  • PiCTOBiTS (16.32) - Great music, and a fun game. Very pleased with this one.
  • Swapnote (16.14) - Sadly, my skills as an artist are nearly non-existant. Love seeing what others come up with though.
  • Pushmo (15.00) - Solved everything, but haven't spent much time with level creation. Need to look up some of the best user-generated content sometime to extend gameplay.
  • Ghost Trick (12.42) - One of my favorite games released last year. Top notch story, shame there isn't much replay value.
  • Professor Layton and the Curious Village (11.52) - Solved everything. Layton-riffic!
  • Nintendo Video (10.23) - I know this hasn't been used that much and was simply left open. A handful of memorable videos so far, although still too much junk to be a really useful app.
  • Zelda II (8.38) - Close to beating this one, but got kind of side-tracked with new games and the GBA Ambassador titles. Will get back to it eventually.
  • Wario Land 4 (8.09) - Missed one treasure, by one second. Need to give the bosses a second run to fix that. :(
  • StreetPass Mii Plaza (7.33) - Only a handful of StreetPasses so far, but more than enough play coins to push through the initial puzzles and Find Mii game.
  • Pyramids (7.11) - Really enjoyed the retro feel and free downloadable levels. Apparently there is now a (user created) level editor available too.
  • Metroid (6.37) - Lots of good memories from this game, although still wish we had Metroid Zero Mission as part of the Ambassador program.
  • Donkey Kong (6.29) - Portable Virtual Console got off to a great start with this game.  Classic!
Other notable games in order of play-time, not counting apps or anything with less than two hours:
  • Gargoyle's Quest
  • Avenging Spirit
  • WarioWare, Inc.
  • Rytmik Rock Edition
  • Suikoden Tierkreis
  • Pop Island - Paperfield
  • Fritz Chess
  • Steel Diver
  • Super Mario Bros
  • Zelda Four Swords
  • Mario vs Donkey Kong
  • Dragon Quest Wars
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Re: 3DS Usage
« Reply #52 on: January 30, 2012, 11:08:22 PM »
Figured I would throw up my Activity Log thus far. Picked up the system first week of August days before the price drop, so got the price drop and the 3DS games.

1) Tetris Axis  65:55 (If you have the game, please swap 3DS codes with me, I like having friends to compare to)
2) World Ends With You 18:53
3) Swapnote 10:18
4) NES Open Golf 8:16
5) Wrecking Crew 7:59
6) Pokemon Soul Silver 7:41
7) Mario Kart: Super Circuit 7:23
8) Super Mario Bros 6:45
9) Pushmo 5:22 (Got this less than a week ago)
10) Netflix 5:02
11) Streetpass Plaza 4:37
12) Yoshi 3:55
13) Zelda: Four Swords 3:46
14) Pokedex 3D 3:31
15) eShop 3:05

Total games/apps: 42
Total steps: 304,136 (Generally, if I'm not in public, when I get to 1000, I turn it off)

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Re: 3DS Usage
« Reply #53 on: February 12, 2012, 12:27:41 AM »
Activity Log Notice:

The most "Titles Played" your system will display is 256.  Also, it only stores the icons for 32 pages (8 icons per page, or 256 icons).  Apparently, it doesn't automatically delete them either.

Oddly enough, when I looked in, it says "New games added" and showed the icons for all the games since I last launched - but only had the first few of them displayed in the activity log. :(
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Re: 3DS Usage
« Reply #54 on: February 14, 2012, 12:56:31 AM »
Activity Log Notice:

The most "Titles Played" your system will display is 256.  Also, it only stores the icons for 32 pages (8 icons per page, or 256 icons).  Apparently, it doesn't automatically delete them either.

Oddly enough, when I looked in, it says "New games added" and showed the icons for all the games since I last launched - but only had the first few of them displayed in the activity log. :(

Wow how did you reach 256 different titles played already? That's nuts!
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Offline UncleBob

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Re: 3DS Usage
« Reply #55 on: February 14, 2012, 01:07:00 AM »
Activity Log Notice:

The most "Titles Played" your system will display is 256.  Also, it only stores the icons for 32 pages (8 icons per page, or 256 icons).  Apparently, it doesn't automatically delete them either.

Oddly enough, when I looked in, it says "New games added" and showed the icons for all the games since I last launched - but only had the first few of them displayed in the activity log. :(

Wow how did you reach 256 different titles played already? That's nuts!

Well, I did cheat a little...

Play time: 129 titles, 65:57
Did you try all of your DS games just to get their icons to load in the log?
Maybe... :):D:D
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