What Are You Currently Playing? 6.65: Neighbor of the Beast

[Foggle]

Real money, like PSN. Does XBL still use banana points?

[Spark Of Spirit]

With real dollars. Eventually both MS and Nintendo learned that points were more annoying to deal with than just having actual currency.

[Avaitor]

If I was to get a used 3DS and/or Wii-U, there isn't anything preventing me from using the VC, right?

[Foggle]

Nope. And if the person forgot to format their hard drive, you might even get some free games out of it!

[Avaitor]

That's just perfect, then!

I'm thinking of putting a 3DS at this pawn shop on layaway, but I'd just buy one new if I can't use the VC. That's my deal-breaker.

[Spark Of Spirit]

You can certainly use the VC.

[Avaitor]

A friend of mine is willing to sell me his 3DS (original, not XL) for $80, $20 less than this pawn store was offering their cheapest one for. The next time I get to see him, I'll give him half of the asking price upfront, with the other half to come later.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Good deal. Does he have any VC games on there or stuff?

[Avaitor]

Not on this one, no. But he has one or two more, which is why he's willing to part with it.

[Avaitor]

Is Snake Eater 3D worth picking up?

[talonmalon333]

Is Snake Eater 3D worth picking up?

I haven't heard many good things about that port, mainly due to fact that the 3DS doesn't accommodate for the game's controls well at all (unless you have the Circle Pad Pro). If you have a PS3, I'd highly recommend getting it there instead.

[Dr. Ensatsu-ken]

It's also available via the MGS HD Collection for the PS3 and X360, which should be pretty cheap and easy to find, now.

[talonmalon333]

It's also available via the MGS HD Collection for the PS3 and X360, which should be pretty cheap and easy to find, now.

Yep. That's actually the version I meant. Three five games in one!

Though there's also the MGS Legacy Collection exclusive to PS3 which has Metal Gear, Metal Gear 2, MGS, MGS2, MGS3, MGS4, and Peace Walker. But it's a bit pricey. I'd imagine it's cheaper to just get the MGS HD Collection and own MGS1 and 4 individually.

[Avaitor]

I guess, but I have no real desire to get a PS3 or 360 right now. We'll see, though.

[talonmalon333]

I guess, but I have no real desire to get a PS3 or 360 right now. We'll see, though.

Do you have a PS2? If so, MGS3: Subsistence is a better choice as well. Even beyond the controls, the PS2 version looks better and has more additional content (namely, the MSX Metal Gear games which previously were never released in America, at least not in their original forms). If you get that just make sure you get MGS3 Subsistence and not the original Snake Eater version, which lacks the 3D controllable camera that was added into Subsistence (Kojima stubbornly chose not to add a 3D camera into 3 until this re-release). Overall, I highly recommend MGS3 no matter what. It's by far my favorite in the series, an opinion I find that most agree with. Though maybe you're already familiar with the game.