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Bioshock: Infinite Premium Edition PC £40

I did something a little silly today...a bit of an impulse purchase but bought a 3DS off eBay.

A blue and black 3DS XL with the following;

3DS

• Super Mario Land 3D (Pre Installed on the 3ds)
• New Super Mario Bros 2 (Plus Classic Pack DLC)
  

DS

• Aliens: Infestation
  

Virtual Console:Gameboy Advance

• Metroid Fusion
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
• Wario Land 4
• WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$
• Mario vs. Donkey Kong,
• Mario Kart: Super Circuit
• Yoshi's Island: Super Mario Advance 3
• Kirby & The Amazing Mirror
• F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
• Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones
  

Nintendo Entertainment System

• Super Mario Bros.
• Donkey Kong Jr
• Balloon Fight
• Ice Climber
• The Legend Of Zelda
• Wrecking Crew
• NES Open Tournament Golf
• Yoshi
• Metroid
• Zelda II: The Adventure Of Link
  

Gameboy

• Super Mario Land 2: Six Golden Coins
  

Gameboy Color

• The Legend of Zelda: Link´s Awakening DX
  

• Excite Bike
• Kid Icarus
  

DSWare

• Legend of Zelda: Four Swords Anniversary Edition
  

Now given i already have 6 of the GBA classics i do wonder if i got a good deal or not, i paid £218 with P&P. 

Deal or No Deal?

( Edited 25.03.2013 17:58 by Flynnie )

I'd say that was a pretty good deal, I woulda thought Ambassador 3DS' would go for a lot nowadays.

Yea i got swayed thinking that it would be worth a lot in the future, although there some other better deals with actual 3DS games such as Zelda, Starfox, Mario Kart, Pilotwings, Resi Evil that i narrowly missed out on which i was a bit gutted about.

Now I need to brush up on 3DS games worth getting!

There's one coming out just this week, Luigi's Mansion 2 is getting amazing reviews across the board

SuperLink said:
There's one coming out just this week, Luigi's Mansion 2 is getting amazing reviews across the board

Well i am thinking of collecting the back catalogue first, i know this is the wrong thread so i won't get involved in to that debate here but lets just say that i may be posting a few things in here shortly!

*hi5 for impulsive 3DS XL purchase!  

because... I did so as well. I played the demo for MH3 and I enjoyed it so I wanted to give the full game a proper go myself. Have been meaning to get a 3DS XL for awhile now as well (while I do love my original 3DS, the XL simply improves on everything that I hated about the original). So this bundle was a no brainer, especially after trading in a few junk games that have been accumulating dust. 

( Edited 26.03.2013 09:29 by mOojc )

Wii U Premium w/ Zombi U & Nintendo Land - £199 HMV

Linkyshinks said:
Wii U Premium w/ Zombi U & Nintendo Land - £199 HMV

Bioshock Infinite

Will be playing this one tonight, tomorrow, and all weekend!

 Luigi's Mansion 2

Just finished the first mansion. Good quirky humour, love it so far.

Flynnie said:

Linkyshinks said:
Wii U Premium w/ Zombi U & Nintendo Land - £199 HMV

Is this the Zombie U package with the Wii U Pro Controller? Or is it the NL version with Zombie U thrown in?

The latter, a custom bundle. I sold Zombi U for £10 today, I bought an eShop card with it.

( Edited 28.03.2013 16:41 by Linkyshinks )

£13 from GAME! Used my reward card points on it!

Also got Pandora's tower for £12
 

And finally picked up Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass as well for £8!

Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus Soundcard

http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/asus-rog-xonar-phoebus-soundcard-90-yaa0m0-0uan0bz

( Edited 30.03.2013 11:32 by Linkyshinks )

Linkyshinks said:
Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus Soundcard

http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/asus-rog-xonar-phoebus-soundcard-90-yaa0m0-0uan0bz

Never considered getting a sound card. Much difference?

Echoes221 said:

Linkyshinks said:
Asus ROG Xonar Phoebus Soundcard

http://www.yoyotech.co.uk/asus-rog-xonar-phoebus-soundcard-90-yaa0m0-0uan0bz

Never considered getting a sound card. Much difference?

Yea, the bump in quality is certainly noticeable with mid range cards onwards. These cards are so good that when you start using them you begin to notice the full range of quality in all your sound files, low quality becomes apparent, as does high quality. A good source sounds crystal clear and you'll hear low frequency sounds that simply don't register with conventional mobo sound. In gaming directional sound is much improved when you have a decent speaker set up, be it stereo, 5.1 or 7.1.

I have a boxed Asus DX2 (high-end) to sell if you're interested. It's tuned for gaming, home theater and music production. It comes with high quality music software. 

http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/asus_xonar_d2x_sound_card_review,9.html

( Edited 31.03.2013 06:46 by Linkyshinks )

Looks good... Though I need to check whether I have enough ports free due to crossfire. How much you selling for?

I think £55 is a fare deal given the condition.

All on sale on PSN. Might be a while before I get hold of a Vita so got these early.

Yoshi Cleaning Cloth Club Nintendo (1500)

Linkyshinks said:
I think £55 is a fare deal given the condition.

Sounds good, gotta wedge it in between my two GPU's though XD

Got paid yesterday so wanted to treat myself and took the plunge;

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Any advice on games to get would be handy. I haven't got any cartridge-based titles yet but will look into Uncharted, Gravity Rush and (naturally) P4Golden when I finish the first three Personas and Grandia.

I can possibly give recommendations of some cross titles I've played already, or ones I know are good.

I'd say get PS+ to claim free Vita titles monthly, to begin with. But that's up to you if you would rather keep the titles permanently.

Dead or Alive 5+
Need for Speed Most Wanted
Lumines: Electronic Symphony
Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD
Sly Cooper: Thieves in Time (buy PS3 version to get Vita version free)
Knytt Underground
Machinarium
Wipeout 2048
Sound Shapes

And to throw in one of the best PS1 Classic titles: Alundra.

Edit: Might I throw escapeVektor in there, too? It's on discount right now on both 3DS and Vita. However, I think I would have to recommend the Vita version for the much larger screen. It's still a great game on 3DS, but given a choice I'd go Vita. Well worth checking out!

( Edited 03.04.2013 22:10 by Azuardo )

Gunpey WS

Vib-Ribbon PS

Haven't shared my latest buys for a lil' while.

(I actually won RE4HD in a contest. Another game I've won in the last 6 months!)

Just thought I might catch up on here with my latest purchases :

And finally got round to purchasing this one :