Super Street Fighter 4: 3D Edition

I am so glad I made this my first 3DS title. Fighting games are usually in and out, but there is so much beyond the initial battles. There is a whopping 35 characters to choose from, each with their own storyline. That impressed me. For collectors, there are tons of medals, trophies, icons, and titles to unlock. To unlock everything requires as much game time as a lengthy RPG. I'm hooked on collecting all the trophies (260/500 so far) and getting all the medals (21/50 so far). Then there is the 3D versus mode where your fighting on a 3D platform...in 3D. Throw in an online system that works flawlessly and you got yourself the best launch title of the bunch. The only problem is that they should have allowed the player to set fight request to friends only in arcade mode. This is the only flaw that bothers me. You'll love the game, the options, the 3D. This is a must own.

4.9 / 5

I am not as enthusiastic over this title, though it IS the best of the launch titles.
The collectibles are cool, ultimately to me things like that are meaningless unless it affects gameplay. The only affects this has is StreetPass which, unless you put some serious (and pathetic) amount of time into customization you usually win 2-3 of the battles. Meaning, you always win at least once or twice.

Looks great, online works VERY well. No way to invite friends only is a bit of a mystery but ultimately I am a solo gamer anyhow.

I give it a solid 4, but replayability is null for me. Beat the game with my top 5 and am now waiting for a real reason to own this fucking thing.

So much hatred this morning Z! In an odd way I kinda like that there is not much games out there until my income flow comes back. I'd be falling behind fast on my purchases.

Since Triz is the only guy I've been able to StreetPass and he doesn't customize his trophies I have won all 3 battles we've been in. What I'm finding really difficult is passing all the trials. For some reason I just can't execute some of the button combos correctly. This is a part of the game I'm probably not going to be able to complete.

All these extras aren't part of the game but for me it's a nice distraction. Once I'm done beating the game with a new character I can go in and get more trophies, check my medals and see which one I want to go after next, etc.

C'mon, man. Admit it! I got super pumped and they nerfed this one bigtime. Iwata wonders why no one is playing/buying?! Well give use a reason! We need this update so I can get online (hopefully it can handle Facebook chat!) and eShop!!!!! I hear we will be getting Excitebike 3d for free with the launch of the shop!


Man bipolar post. Went from arrogant to whiny to excited!!!! ;D

I thought Excitebike 3D was only for Japan or something.

As for SS43D, I'm somewhat between you two on my feelings over it. I love the individual stories and animated shorts. First rate. Everything is polished and high-quality. I'm also annoyed at the lack of friends-only feature. The statues are interesting, but meh. The challenges I found frustrating and pointless.

It is a great game, but I still like Ghost Recon better. And as for fighting games, I'll still take Smash over this any day. (In fact, I'm playing Smash with friends tonight.)

I still play this game from time to time. I play it a lot more online too and hold my own (usually a session of 10 matches results in 5 wins, 5 losses). The crazy thing is that there is still too many people playing this online! Just like at launch I can still not get through one round in Arcade mode when online matchup is turned on. I've slowly been unlocking more medals for online accomplishments and I'm getting really close to getting all the trophies. I thought it would be impossible because they give you sooooo many duplicates. But I'm down to 11 left and I've gotten pretty good at stopping the wheel on the guy I want, over and over to up my odds of getting the one trophy of that character I don't have yet.

Cant stand this game anymore.