Personally I've had a 2DS since around 2016. A friend bought me the white and blue one that came with Mario Kart 7. Problem is, I never really had money to buy games for it. I don't have all that much money as it is, and I was trying to buy games here and there on sale on my Xbox since I was sharing games with my brother. I ONLY just NOW (as in like 2 days ago) got into playing my 2DS. I ended up just throwing custom firmware on it and...um...questionably obtaining games. Still can't afford games, but at least my 2DS isn't just sitting in a box anymore. I have a whole list of games to play. Been playing a ton of Animal Crossing New Leaf, Mario stuff, and Pokemon. But I know there's quite a few games that are good, that I probably don't know about. To add one of my own that I've tried: WWE All-Stars. Not really an unknown game in general, but the game is already underrated on full consoles. I imagine the 3DS port is less known, and underrated by the people that do know about it. It's not an amazing game. But it's a pretty fun arcadey wrestling game featuring quite a few wrestlers. Half of the roster is more modern wrestlers, and the other half is 'legends' like Stone Cold, Jake Roberts, and Hogan. If you like unrealistic wrestling games, it's pretty fun to load up and do some matches.
This is something that would be great. With the exception of some first party Nintendo game, local co-op has been left out of a lot of games in favor of online multiplayer.
If you need to know what games to play I can recommend here, because I bought 3DS years ago, but only recently I find out theres many great games that I havent played.
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, A Link Between Worlds, Star Fox 64 3D, the pokemon games, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Smash Bros. Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, Street Fighter IV, Shantae and the Pirates Curse, Shovel Knight, Mario Kart 7 and many more.
Ive got my switch in hibernation mode. I play my 3ds for about 3-4 hours a day and just havent had a desire to play my switch. I have a huge backlog for both really, but the 3ds is much more fun to play with the 2 screens and stereoscopic 3d. My fav system all time
@@zolyguyas of now im playing through Project X Zone 2, almost done at 70+hrs. Before that it was Fire Emblem Echoes, and next will be Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy. Im at 67 games and have about 35 more to buy once I get disposable income again lol
I don't know if you cover this before on the channel, but Fantasy Life for the 3ds, is an amazing time sink. It's all about jobs/classes as you can switch them basically whenever. From the standard Paladin and mage, to cook and Tailor. They all compliment each other. The music is fantasic as well, because it was composed by Nobuo Uematsu An Eshop only hidden gem made by the same company (Level-5) is the the Soccer RPG, Inazuma Eleven. In which, there are a bunch of players to recruit and special moves to learn
Hey MetalJesusRocks, I love your game reviews as they are so comprehensive and highlight what makes a game great. I wanted to thank you for your thorough reviews as I use them when I am looking to add games to my collection.
For the first time I can say I've actually played everything on the list. Definitely a great and underappreciated set of games. As far as eShop recommendations, these games had me hooked for at least a couple of days each: Picross 3D Round 2, Pocket Card Jockey, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, Weapon Shop de Omasse, Yumi's Odd Odyssey, and Crimson Shroud. I could list a few more that are well-reviewed but I can't really recommend them since I haven't yet played them myself.
Couple of my hidden gems for 3DS are: Shinobi Project X Zone Project X Zone 2 Shantae & The Pirates Curse Dragonball Fusions Senran Kagura: Deep Crimson 7th Dragon III Code: VFD Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate Code of Princess Stella Glow
You are my go to hidden gem look out man, love when people acknowledge and bring to light games that aren't main stream and end up being just as fun as them, great work on the video and channel man
I'm in the market to get a 3DS again so this video has come at the perfect time as I'm looking for some new games to play. The Pac-Man and Frogger games look great as I love those arcade games. Great video as always Mr MetalJesus!
Trapatron I thought about that but one thing I never liked about the original 3DS was the small screen. Love the large size of the XL screen. If they brought out a 2DS with an XL screen I'd be all over it
North American TH-camr in my opinion it will be quite a while before the Switch has a library of games behind it to make it worth buying. Plus it's never wise to be an early adopter. Let the system come out and it's features roll out and see what people are saying and try playing someone else's before you commit to it. I bought a Wii U when it came out and to this day I don't think it was worth the money. The system never got supported. Nintendo can only make so many first party games. They have "commitments" from 3rd party devs... but all of the same devs besides Bethesda publicly committed to the Wii U too. At this point most of the 3rd party offerings are ports, which means they're testing the water on this thing themselves. Let's see them announce big new titles that prove they're willing to put money into supporting the system and then you'll know there will be games. Remember that the Switch is only nearly comparable in power to the XBone when docked, but it is slower and lower res when in portable mode. That means that devs will have to produce different versions of their big releases for the Switch or just use it as a common denominator and make their games slower and less graphically robust across the board. That was a big part of the reason no one wanted to develop for the Wii U. Wait and see is the best course of action in terms of purchasing the Switch. The 3DS is long proven and it already has a great library and Nintendo is even still continuing to support it for the time being. I also find it dubious as to how easy it will be to find a Switch at launch if you didn't preorder it. Nintendo has a long history of having fake hardware shortages to generate buzz
The Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions is a really great compilation of games, especially if you have limited space and have to choose only a few games to take with you. Not mention retro appeal. I'm going to pick up a copy of the Frogger 3D eventually, looks good.
So awesome to see some of those earlier 3DS games well represented on this list! Pilotwings Resort was my first 3DS game back in 2011-loved it and got a ton of mileage out of it, really, really cheap nowadays. Same with Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, kept me busy with the 3DS when the library was still small. Frogger 3D actually looks pretty good! I'll keep an eye out for it!
MetalJesusRocks - This is my favourite channel and I look forward to your videos every week. Please don't stop! What's the best retro game store in the Washington area? I live just across the border in Vancouver!
I think your hidden gem videos are my favorite you always bring out some games that I haven't heard of or didn't pay attention too. I'm gonna get Heroes of Ruin and Pilotwings and a few others because of this vid. You rock metaljesus!!!
Awesome video, dude! I've been waiting for more 3DS videos from you for ages! I see some of these so cheap in store I usually look right past them but I'll definitely be getting one of these when I get the chance
Communist Mr Saturn the original 999 is considered a hidden gem for the DS but the rest of the series went mainstream after Virtue's Last Reward came out. I would say Zero Time Dilemna is better tho because everything is in 3d and has way more voice acting. Plus the puzzles are way harder in it.
Anarchy The Cynic In my opinion Zero Time Dilemma was a complete mess. The voice acting for Akane, Mira and Eric is awful, the plot is incredibly disappointing because the main writer only had enough time to write one route himself (Diana's Route) which ends up being the only good one. I think the thing that ruined the game the most was the 3D cutscenes that are poorly animated. I honestly don't know why they didn't stick with the visual novel style. But I agree that the puzzles are good and the 3 groups thing is pretty neat, even if it did take away character interaction
The true ending actually got me though. Plus wasn't the three groups thing in 999 in a way? Also I know the animation is crappy but it gets to you after awhile, like a really cheesy sitcom. And the dialogue may not be the best but to me it sounded like the voice actors did good with what they were working with. All in all, it may not be the best game in the series, but they did put alot of effort into it considering it was going to be the last game in the series. It just made me more excited for The Nonary Games. I didn't play all of 999 or play VLR so to have it as a bundle would be nice.
I loved ZTD, part of that is because I was glad they moved away from VLR's bad character design, but I think it stuck the landing reasonably well for the sheer amount of stories it had to connect and wrap up. As cool as VLR's final ending scene was, it felt unnecessarily convoluted for trying to explain the jumping system. I dunno, it feels like nitpicking I guess, I love all three of the games. I just wish they got the love that Dangan Ronpa gets.
Code Of Princess was a favorite of mine on the 3DS. Just a really solid beat em up game, with all the campy dialogue you could expect from an Atlus game... and somewhere around 100 playable characters. Every enemy and helpless NPC is a playable character in this game and it makes it pretty great to just goof around.
I love my 3DS. It's my most played system, right now. It may just be my overall favorite Nintendo console, too. You have the entire 3DS and DS library, along with great indie games on the VC, and you can also play NES, GB and SNES games. Great system.
Hi I love your videos as usual, you just made me buy Azure Striker Gunvolt :) And Pacman / Galaga. And Ghost Recon. And Hollywood Crimes. ... Keep on showing us so many hidden gems ;)
Kersploosh is a game where you play as a pebble that falls down a well, and even though the game is too short I still think it's worth its value. And I think it's exclusive to the eShop .
Saw another 3DS top 10 video from a lady the other day, which started out with games like Animal Crossing and Tomadachi Life, but then it got into Angry Birds and stuff. It's fine to have different tastes, but there's just SO many great games on the 3DS. I'm honestly surprised anyone would put phone game ports on their personal lists with such a rich library of quality titles.
Oh my God that bit about the socks and the suspenders about killed me! As for hidden eShop gems, have you talked about the Boxboy games? I missed the video you did on eShop gems, will have to check it out! But they are sooooo good. Great list, I have over 70 physical 3DS games and 40 DS games, plus about 70 more DSi/eShop games I play on my 3DS. It's my favorite portable system of all time, and I came into portable back in the OG Gameboy days. Other good eShop gems: Nano Assault EX, the Phoenix Wright games (trilogy and Duel Destines), 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (and 3D Ecco and 3D Out Run), Pocket Card Jockey, The Denpa Men series, Art of Balance touch, and NightSky. I am sure you have mentioned these in the video I have yet to watch of course. I have other recs but I know they are so obvious they had to have been covered. I need to get to bed. This flu is killing me.
Ghost Recon was also a launch game I believe. 3DS Launched in NA on March 27, 2011 and when I searched the game's release date google showed March 25, 2011 (2 days before the 3DS NA launch).
Here are the Game Shown. Buy 3DS Games Here: goo.gl/CQL1WD Heroes of Ruin Azure Striker Gunvolt Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars James Noir's Hollywood Crimes Pilotwings Resort Frogger 3D CrossWords Plus
I loved Heroes of Ruin. The only thing that sucked bout that game is that once you reach the end IT IS DONE. There's nothing more to do it's kinda a sad abrupt end to the fun. Also recommend Ace Attorney if that counts as a hidden gem. Didn't get a lot of attention because no physical release. Or Tokyo Crash mobs/Pocket Card Jockey if you want something really weird and addictive.
My man! It seems every time I think of a video I'd like to see you do you read my mind and do it! Metal Jesus indeed. Big fan. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Wow, what a great episode! I only have "Heroes of Ruin" from the recomendations, but I definitely am going to buy some of the others! Thanks, jason! :)
Glad to see some Azure Striker Gunvolt love up in here. By far one of the best games for the 3DS. If you're an old school Mega Man fan it's a must. And if you like Mega Man Zero for GBA and DS then you should own this gem already. If not go out and buy it!!!
Dude, you should check out Code of Princess on 3DS! It's a sort of RPG/Beat-'em-up hybrid in the vein of Guardian Heroes, with playable characters including a bikini armor-clad princess with a giant sword, a Frankenstein monster-esque sorceress, and my personal favorite, a guitar-shredding elf boy.
Hi, someone working for Ubisoft once told me that behind Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars was a man / people responsible for Xcom games and that basically it was a solid Xcom game with a GR paint.
Personally even though I did not make the original statement. Stella Glow Lord of Magna Maiden heaven 7th Dragon III Code VFD Slightly lesser known titles that weren't so obvious and well known by most 3DS owners but are great games (and may end up becoming hard to find). I'd have to stop and think to formulate a full list of 10 or more but these are ones I just spotted in my own collection that immediately came to my mind. P.S Newer Subscriber here and digging the channel thus far.
Azure striker was a solid choice, I don't doubt that as I'm a day one purchase fan for the original and "nes" 8 bit release. Code princess comes to mind as a hidden gem, spiritual successor to the guardian hero franchise. Pullbox is an amazing little puzzle series too. Don't mean to be rude to "the dude" but pilotwings is not a hidden gem... 😕
A couple of my favorite lesser-known titles. All are eShop only, but don't let that hold you back. :-) - Pushmo (US)/Pullblox (Europe). It's made from the people behing Paper Mario, Fire Emblem and WarioWare, but it's on eShop only. Awesome puzzler a lot more people should play. - Tappingo 1 and 2. Another puzzler. This time we're talking a grid where you tap a numbered block to extend a line of blocks. The problem is the number of blocks need to match the number you tapped, which is a hell of a lot easier said than done. You need to extend one line to cut off another, so the third one doesn't get too long or too short, and so on. You get the idea. Starts easy, gets really complicated. - Kingdom Item Shop. We're talking a JRPG where you, not surprisingly, run an item shop. But to do this, you need items to sell. This is done by going into dungeons to gather materials, fight monsters and all that. Maybe a bit on the simple side for some, but quite enjoyable.
Stella Glow is amazing! It's a fun little SRPG that starts out as a cute little anime game, but it gets surprisingly deep. I highly recommend it for anyone who's a fan of SRPGs
The price point however was and still is high. It launched at (CDN) $64.99, out pricing any of their other 3DS games including both of their most prominent RPG franchises Etrian Odyssey and Shin Megami Tensei. I loved the demo, but couldn't bring myself to buy it when I have both of those series, plus Fire Emblem, Dragon Quest (and for those out there who enjoy it, Bravely Default/2). When it drops to the $20 range, if it does, it would definitely be a great pick up then!
Great video bro! I've been watching for a while. Keep up the good work love your knowledge and authenticity. Also, Ever Oasis just came out and it's not getting any love because "It's not on the switch". I think it's great!
Thanks for the video, man! I LOVE collecting for the 3DS. Some download only games i like are the AVGN adventures, edge, and gunman clive. Thanks again man. \,,/
Great with a friend too, but I guess that would apply more to the big screen versions rather than handheld. Still a fun game regardless! Gunman Clive is wonderful too, even though MJR already talked about it in a previous hidden gems video. It's short, but also snappy, challenging, replayable, and dirt cheap. Hard to ask for more than that. I picked up Edge when it was on sale recently but haven't gotten around to playing it yet. How is it?
MJ love the carpet it looks new. Love the RAD behind the making with you and DMP about the socks. I like to make rug angels when I put new carpeting down. FYI it feels awesome but u have to be in your briefs or right-e white -e's
Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions looks like a nice addition to the collection, I've just ordered it. Too bad Azur Striker Gunvolt isn't available in box in Europe.
Hey Metal Jesus, nice Night Demon shirt. They actually played here in my town 4 days ago. I live in the extreme north part of Brazil, we have trouble getting Brazillian bands to come over here, but these guys came and they're such cool people
A couple of digital only eShop hidden gems worth checking out, are HarmoKnight, which is an auto-running rhythm game, and Pocket Card Jockey, which is a horse-racing game that is controlled by playing Solitaire (it's better than it sounds). Both of those games were made by Game Freak, too!
I think you should do a retrospective of all the Frogger games you know and love. I liked your Gameboy video chronicling all the different iterations of the Gameboy, so something like that for Frogger would be cool. Frogger is a great game to get kids and newbies into gaming, and is perfect for portable gaming too yet the games don't get much love these days.
HUGE Gunvolt fan. I can't wait for the OVA anime. Honestly, Gunvolt in the thumbnail for this video was the only reason I watched it and I'll really be looking into some of these.
These are some quality games here. Thanks MJR! Just started collecting for this great handheld. I’m still sad codename STEAM wasn’t on this list, it’s one of my favorite 3ds games
I recently picked up a 3DS game that I had never seen or heard of. I mostly got it because it came in a nice box and came with a soundtrack. It's called Code of Princess. It's a beat em' up/RPG. Interesting little game. Check it out of you haven't already. Great video, I love the 3DS and always need more games for it.
Codename S.T.E.A.M. was advertised pretty heavily before its release, but it was forgotten. I got it for 15 new on sale and it's cheaper that that now. It's actually a pretty fun strategy game that plays very similarly to Valkyria Chronicles on the PS3. Plus, you can tap Lucina, Marth, Robin, and Ike amiibos and bring them in as playable characters. I think everyone should check it out if you can find it cheap.
Hey @MetalJesusRocks, now that the 3DS is reaching the end of its life, you should do a new hidden gem video!
I agree 100%
@Meathead Gaming What? I believe you clicked to answer the wrong commentary. I was not rude at all. Just made a suggestion to Metal Jesus.
I just purchased a 3ds xl for the fun of repairing but I’m loving playing rn and think this is a great idea
Personally I've had a 2DS since around 2016. A friend bought me the white and blue one that came with Mario Kart 7. Problem is, I never really had money to buy games for it. I don't have all that much money as it is, and I was trying to buy games here and there on sale on my Xbox since I was sharing games with my brother.
I ONLY just NOW (as in like 2 days ago) got into playing my 2DS. I ended up just throwing custom firmware on it and...um...questionably obtaining games. Still can't afford games, but at least my 2DS isn't just sitting in a box anymore. I have a whole list of games to play. Been playing a ton of Animal Crossing New Leaf, Mario stuff, and Pokemon. But I know there's quite a few games that are good, that I probably don't know about.
To add one of my own that I've tried: WWE All-Stars. Not really an unknown game in general, but the game is already underrated on full consoles. I imagine the 3DS port is less known, and underrated by the people that do know about it. It's not an amazing game. But it's a pretty fun arcadey wrestling game featuring quite a few wrestlers. Half of the roster is more modern wrestlers, and the other half is 'legends' like Stone Cold, Jake Roberts, and Hogan. If you like unrealistic wrestling games, it's pretty fun to load up and do some matches.
instablaster...
you should do a series that you list like the top 10 local co-op games for a different system every episode. my wife and i would LOVE that!
Completely agree!
This is something that would be great. With the exception of some first party Nintendo game, local co-op has been left out of a lot of games in favor of online multiplayer.
Yeah couch co-op is the best way to play multiplayer! Always looking for new couch co-op games on every system...
Waiting
everyone should pick up Dragon Quest 7 & 8 simply because games in that series don't always get released here and its good to support them.
I still have my DQ7 for the PS1 and DQ8 for the PS2, both are the US English version. Not sure if it's worth getting the 3DS copies.
Both are very rare now
@@colemileafplaysfighters6080 eh, I cracked dq7 with FBI and homebrew
the 3ds is turning out to be one of my fav consoles , just grabbed mine 2 months ago
If you need to know what games to play I can recommend here, because I bought 3DS years ago, but only recently I find out theres many great games that I havent played.
please do !
Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, A Link Between Worlds, Star Fox 64 3D, the pokemon games, Azure Striker Gunvolt, Smash Bros. Luigi's Mansion Dark Moon, Street Fighter IV, Shantae and the Pirates Curse, Shovel Knight, Mario Kart 7 and many more.
monster hunter too.
Azure Striker Gunvolt!! Yes!
Radical Reggie the best
Yes. I've never heard of this one and it looks good. Also pac-man and galaga updated games looks really good.
I just got heroes of ruin. It’s amazing! Anyone else 3DS gaming in 2019?
I broke my 2DS about two years ago and only played it for about a week. I finally sent it off for repair this week!
How about in 2020?
Ive got my switch in hibernation mode. I play my 3ds for about 3-4 hours a day and just havent had a desire to play my switch. I have a huge backlog for both really, but the 3ds is much more fun to play with the 2 screens and stereoscopic 3d. My fav system all time
I’m still playing heroes of ruin
@@zolyguyas of now im playing through Project X Zone 2, almost done at 70+hrs. Before that it was Fire Emblem Echoes, and next will be Professor Layton and the Azran Legacy.
Im at 67 games and have about 35 more to buy once I get disposable income again lol
I don't know if you cover this before on the channel, but Fantasy Life for the 3ds, is an amazing time sink. It's all about jobs/classes as you can switch them basically whenever. From the standard Paladin and mage, to cook and Tailor. They all compliment each other. The music is fantasic as well, because it was composed by Nobuo Uematsu
An Eshop only hidden gem made by the same company (Level-5) is the the Soccer RPG, Inazuma Eleven. In which, there are a bunch of players to recruit and special moves to learn
Hey MetalJesusRocks, I love your game reviews as they are so comprehensive and highlight what makes a game great. I wanted to thank you for your thorough reviews as I use them when I am looking to add games to my collection.
Code Name S.T.E.A.M. is my ultimate 3DS hidden gem. It's a third person strategy/shooter with historical figures and legends fight an alien invasion.
The ending becomes so much better if you picture DMP's voice is actually Metal Jesus' Golum-like inner-monologue.
i would love to see a definitive edition of a 3DS hidden gems video
Soul Hackers is definitely up there - great 90's cyberpunk aesthetic and awesome dungeon design. Plus it's not as punishing as other SMT titles.
Awesome video as always. Thanks for the list, I ordered all of them today. Can't wait to play them.
For the first time I can say I've actually played everything on the list. Definitely a great and underappreciated set of games. As far as eShop recommendations, these games had me hooked for at least a couple of days each: Picross 3D Round 2, Pocket Card Jockey, Rhythm Heaven Megamix, Weapon Shop de Omasse, Yumi's Odd Odyssey, and Crimson Shroud. I could list a few more that are well-reviewed but I can't really recommend them since I haven't yet played them myself.
I really dig your new shelves, and your so so so right about azure striker fun volt, and again great job with the new shelves!
Couple of my hidden gems for 3DS are:
Shinobi
Project X Zone
Project X Zone 2
Shantae & The Pirates Curse
Dragonball Fusions
Senran Kagura: Deep Crimson
7th Dragon III Code: VFD
Castlevania: Lords of Shadow Mirror of Fate
Code of Princess
Stella Glow
Kaiser499 Shantae is not a hidden gem in my opinion nor is any castlevania title
Stella glow was great, the demo of 7th dragon was cool so im gonna get it eventually.
Dragonball Fusions was SSOOOOO good.
Shinobi is godlike with its reward
Stella Glow is almost perfect
You are my go to hidden gem look out man, love when people acknowledge and bring to light games that aren't main stream and end up being just as fun as them, great work on the video and channel man
HA! Just in time, I've just bought a New 3ds XL and I was looking for this video, lucky me was uploaded 14 minutes ago
I'm in the market to get a 3DS again so this video has come at the perfect time as I'm looking for some new games to play. The Pac-Man and Frogger games look great as I love those arcade games. Great video as always Mr MetalJesus!
Trapatron I thought about that but one thing I never liked about the original 3DS was the small screen. Love the large size of the XL screen. If they brought out a 2DS with an XL screen I'd be all over it
Glad you liked it!! :)
Definitely get one
North American TH-camr in my opinion it will be quite a while before the Switch has a library of games behind it to make it worth buying. Plus it's never wise to be an early adopter. Let the system come out and it's features roll out and see what people are saying and try playing someone else's before you commit to it.
I bought a Wii U when it came out and to this day I don't think it was worth the money. The system never got supported. Nintendo can only make so many first party games. They have "commitments" from 3rd party devs... but all of the same devs besides Bethesda publicly committed to the Wii U too. At this point most of the 3rd party offerings are ports, which means they're testing the water on this thing themselves. Let's see them announce big new titles that prove they're willing to put money into supporting the system and then you'll know there will be games.
Remember that the Switch is only nearly comparable in power to the XBone when docked, but it is slower and lower res when in portable mode. That means that devs will have to produce different versions of their big releases for the Switch or just use it as a common denominator and make their games slower and less graphically robust across the board. That was a big part of the reason no one wanted to develop for the Wii U.
Wait and see is the best course of action in terms of purchasing the Switch. The 3DS is long proven and it already has a great library and Nintendo is even still continuing to support it for the time being.
I also find it dubious as to how easy it will be to find a Switch at launch if you didn't preorder it. Nintendo has a long history of having fake hardware shortages to generate buzz
The Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions is a really great compilation of games, especially if you have limited space and have to choose only a few games to take with you. Not mention retro appeal.
I'm going to pick up a copy of the Frogger 3D eventually, looks good.
You are my guide for games! Love those gems videos!!
Metal Jesus the ankle socks just about killed me!
I have to wear those to the gym or people laugh...
MetalJesusRocks I always see you at the gym!! I never get the chance to say hey!!
Heroes of Ruin looks SUPER cool! Still loving my 3DS. Might need to pick this one up.
So awesome to see some of those earlier 3DS games well represented on this list! Pilotwings Resort was my first 3DS game back in 2011-loved it and got a ton of mileage out of it, really, really cheap nowadays. Same with Ghost Recon Shadow Wars, kept me busy with the 3DS when the library was still small. Frogger 3D actually looks pretty good! I'll keep an eye out for it!
MetalJesusRocks - This is my favourite channel and I look forward to your videos every week. Please don't stop! What's the best retro game store in the Washington area? I live just across the border in Vancouver!
First solo video I have seen you do in a while! lol love these hidden gym series!
I love the fact that you change your intro every time Metal. Also I hope you do another game room update tour !!!
I think your hidden gem videos are my favorite you always bring out some games that I haven't heard of or didn't pay attention too. I'm gonna get Heroes of Ruin and Pilotwings and a few others because of this vid. You rock metaljesus!!!
Awesome video, dude! I've been waiting for more 3DS videos from you for ages! I see some of these so cheap in store I usually look right past them but I'll definitely be getting one of these when I get the chance
I don't know if this is classed as a hidden gem but Virtues Last Reward is an amazing game
Communist Mr Saturn the original 999 is considered a hidden gem for the DS but the rest of the series went mainstream after Virtue's Last Reward came out. I would say Zero Time Dilemna is better tho because everything is in 3d and has way more voice acting. Plus the puzzles are way harder in it.
Anarchy The Cynic In my opinion Zero Time Dilemma was a complete mess. The voice acting for Akane, Mira and Eric is awful, the plot is incredibly disappointing because the main writer only had enough time to write one route himself (Diana's Route) which ends up being the only good one. I think the thing that ruined the game the most was the 3D cutscenes that are poorly animated. I honestly don't know why they didn't stick with the visual novel style. But I agree that the puzzles are good and the 3 groups thing is pretty neat, even if it did take away character interaction
The true ending actually got me though. Plus wasn't the three groups thing in 999 in a way? Also I know the animation is crappy but it gets to you after awhile, like a really cheesy sitcom. And the dialogue may not be the best but to me it sounded like the voice actors did good with what they were working with. All in all, it may not be the best game in the series, but they did put alot of effort into it considering it was going to be the last game in the series. It just made me more excited for The Nonary Games. I didn't play all of 999 or play VLR so to have it as a bundle would be nice.
I loved ZTD, part of that is because I was glad they moved away from VLR's bad character design, but I think it stuck the landing reasonably well for the sheer amount of stories it had to connect and wrap up. As cool as VLR's final ending scene was, it felt unnecessarily convoluted for trying to explain the jumping system.
I dunno, it feels like nitpicking I guess, I love all three of the games. I just wish they got the love that Dangan Ronpa gets.
First Second I though every character in VLR was well written and had some sort of purpose (except one who was there because... reasons?)
Code Of Princess was a favorite of mine on the 3DS. Just a really solid beat em up game, with all the campy dialogue you could expect from an Atlus game... and somewhere around 100 playable characters. Every enemy and helpless NPC is a playable character in this game and it makes it pretty great to just goof around.
I love my 3DS. It's my most played system, right now. It may just be my overall favorite Nintendo console, too. You have the entire 3DS and DS library, along with great indie games on the VC, and you can also play NES, GB and SNES games. Great system.
Hi I love your videos as usual, you just made me buy Azure Striker Gunvolt :)
And Pacman / Galaga.
And Ghost Recon.
And Hollywood Crimes.
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Keep on showing us so many hidden gems ;)
Kersploosh is a game where you play as a pebble that falls down a well, and even though the game is too short I still think it's worth its value. And I think it's exclusive to the eShop .
Dude I love your videos, keep it up
I've got all of these suckers and 236 more in my collection!
Saw another 3DS top 10 video from a lady the other day, which started out with games like Animal Crossing and Tomadachi Life, but then it got into Angry Birds and stuff. It's fine to have different tastes, but there's just SO many great games on the 3DS. I'm honestly surprised anyone would put phone game ports on their personal lists with such a rich library of quality titles.
Picked up James Noir's Hollywood Crimes when this video came out -- you didn't steer me wrong! Love this game!
Love the new look of your "Wall O' Games!" Also a joy to see the "outtake" at the end of the video! Love me some DMP!
Oh my God that bit about the socks and the suspenders about killed me!
As for hidden eShop gems, have you talked about the Boxboy games? I missed the video you did on eShop gems, will have to check it out! But they are sooooo good.
Great list, I have over 70 physical 3DS games and 40 DS games, plus about 70 more DSi/eShop games I play on my 3DS. It's my favorite portable system of all time, and I came into portable back in the OG Gameboy days.
Other good eShop gems: Nano Assault EX, the Phoenix Wright games (trilogy and Duel Destines), 3D Sonic the Hedgehog 2 (and 3D Ecco and 3D Out Run), Pocket Card Jockey, The Denpa Men series, Art of Balance touch, and NightSky. I am sure you have mentioned these in the video I have yet to watch of course. I have other recs but I know they are so obvious they had to have been covered.
I need to get to bed. This flu is killing me.
Ghost Recon was also a launch game I believe. 3DS Launched in NA on March 27, 2011 and when I searched the game's release date google showed March 25, 2011 (2 days before the 3DS NA launch).
You won my like and comment. I was sitting here waiting for a game I've heard of. You delivered.
Here are the Game Shown. Buy 3DS Games Here: goo.gl/CQL1WD
Heroes of Ruin
Azure Striker Gunvolt
Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions
Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars
James Noir's Hollywood Crimes
Pilotwings Resort
Frogger 3D
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I'm going to start a TH-cam channel by the name of...metal devil rocks.
hey metal Jesus rocks are you a fan of the dark souls series?
Great video! I didn't know about Azure Striker and Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars, but they look really fun. Thanks for showing them!
Need to know something. Which of this 8 games are in Europe? Region Blocking is really shit and I would like to know the European games.
The Ghost Recon game reminds me of XCOM
What a great video and list! Some hidden gems indeed, glad you showed to us!
I loved Heroes of Ruin. The only thing that sucked bout that game is that once you reach the end IT IS DONE. There's nothing more to do it's kinda a sad abrupt end to the fun.
Also recommend Ace Attorney if that counts as a hidden gem. Didn't get a lot of attention because no physical release. Or Tokyo Crash mobs/Pocket Card Jockey if you want something really weird and addictive.
Thanks for sharing. Bought Heroes of Ruin and really enjoying it playing offline. :)
really good choices. I had heard of some of this but hadnt seen footage
looking forward to your new room tour
nice just the video I was looking for. ty metal Jesus
Great video! Love hearing about hidden gems
Thanks for listening to you Fan Metal Jesus! You are the man!
I swear this is the best channel I just got done with fantasy life now I got 8 new games to check out
thanks for making this video! we got heroes of ruin and are loving it.
Great video! Started game collecting because of you and the game chasers. Keep up the great work. Btw could you do more gamer eats?
My man! It seems every time I think of a video I'd like to see you do you read my mind and do it! Metal Jesus indeed. Big fan. Keep up the good work 👍👍👍
Brilliant video! There's your new TH-cam channel name for when your gaming in your 60's; 'Metal Jesus Socks'.
Great video! I have 4 of those games you mentioned! 🙂
It sucks that there wasnt a physical release in europ for gunvolt
Nice list, gotta check it out some of this games!
love the additional snippet at the end :)
I think you would really enjoy the Zero Escape series. Games with great puzzles, great writing too.
you always have amazing suggestions!! thanks a lot man.
Love the 3DS some unknown gems I found are "Delusions of von soddendorf","Crush 3D"," Ilvello Dillinjah", and "Ex troopers"
the hidden gems videos are my favorite. thanks for this one! you should do more steam/ios hidden gems!
I will be picking up all these games when I can. Thanks!
Wow, what a great episode! I only have "Heroes of Ruin" from the recomendations, but I definitely am going to buy some of the others! Thanks, jason! :)
Glad to see some Azure Striker Gunvolt love up in here. By far one of the best games for the 3DS. If you're an old school Mega Man fan it's a must. And if you like Mega Man Zero for GBA and DS then you should own this gem already. If not go out and buy it!!!
Great video as always MJ. As far as I know pilotwings was never released on the Wii was it?
Dude, you should check out Code of Princess on 3DS! It's a sort of RPG/Beat-'em-up hybrid in the vein of Guardian Heroes, with playable characters including a bikini armor-clad princess with a giant sword, a Frankenstein monster-esque sorceress, and my personal favorite, a guitar-shredding elf boy.
Been waiting forever for another 3DS video! :D
thanks for this!! Azure striker is well up my alley and I'm sure to enjoy it very much!👍
Wow you have such a huge collection of games. So awesome.
Hi, someone working for Ubisoft once told me that behind Ghost Recon: Shadow Wars was a man / people responsible for Xcom games and that basically it was a solid Xcom game with a GR paint.
This list feels a little forced :/
I love my 3ds but this list consists of mostly average titles compared to the choices available out there.
+GanjsmostPrime Which "hidden gems" would you include instead? Please share
MetalJesusRocks I thought it was a really solid list. Azure Striker is an amazing series. I'm glad you included it.
Personally even though I did not make the original statement.
Stella Glow
Lord of Magna Maiden heaven
7th Dragon III Code VFD
Slightly lesser known titles that weren't so obvious and well known by most 3DS owners but are great games (and may end up becoming hard to find).
I'd have to stop and think to formulate a full list of 10 or more but these are ones I just spotted in my own collection that immediately came to my mind.
P.S Newer Subscriber here and digging the channel thus far.
Azure striker was a solid choice, I don't doubt that as I'm a day one purchase fan for the original and "nes" 8 bit release.
Code princess comes to mind as a hidden gem, spiritual successor to the guardian hero franchise.
Pullbox is an amazing little puzzle series too.
Don't mean to be rude to "the dude" but pilotwings is not a hidden gem... 😕
Code of Princess is way underrated.
Stella glow and Devil Survivor 2 Record Breaker are not well known and are my two fav games on the system, they are both amazing SRPG's!!!
I've seen Stella Glow in stores, but didn't know it was any good. I'll have to check it out!! Thanks for the recommendations.
A couple of my favorite lesser-known titles. All are eShop only, but don't let that hold you back. :-)
- Pushmo (US)/Pullblox (Europe). It's made from the people behing Paper Mario, Fire Emblem and WarioWare, but it's on eShop only. Awesome puzzler a lot more people should play.
- Tappingo 1 and 2. Another puzzler. This time we're talking a grid where you tap a numbered block to extend a line of blocks. The problem is the number of blocks need to match the number you tapped, which is a hell of a lot easier said than done. You need to extend one line to cut off another, so the third one doesn't get too long or too short, and so on. You get the idea. Starts easy, gets really complicated.
- Kingdom Item Shop. We're talking a JRPG where you, not surprisingly, run an item shop. But to do this, you need items to sell. This is done by going into dungeons to gather materials, fight monsters and all that. Maybe a bit on the simple side for some, but quite enjoyable.
Stella Glow is amazing! It's a fun little SRPG that starts out as a cute little anime game, but it gets surprisingly deep. I highly recommend it for anyone who's a fan of SRPGs
The price point however was and still is high. It launched at (CDN) $64.99, out pricing any of their other 3DS games including both of their most prominent RPG franchises Etrian Odyssey and Shin Megami Tensei. I loved the demo, but couldn't bring myself to buy it when I have both of those series, plus Fire Emblem, Dragon Quest (and for those out there who enjoy it, Bravely Default/2).
When it drops to the $20 range, if it does, it would definitely be a great pick up then!
I recently got Stella glow, Donekey kong and Metal Gear (I know its late...) They are all fantastic!
Thanks for this video MJR!
Great video bro! I've been watching for a while. Keep up the good work love your knowledge and authenticity. Also, Ever Oasis just came out and it's not getting any love because "It's not on the switch". I think it's great!
Thanks for the video, man! I LOVE collecting for the 3DS. Some download only games i like are the AVGN adventures, edge, and gunman clive. Thanks again man. \,,/
Collin Cheatham AVGN Adventures is insane. In the best possible way.
Patrick Tow I know! One of my favorites.
Great with a friend too, but I guess that would apply more to the big screen versions rather than handheld. Still a fun game regardless!
Gunman Clive is wonderful too, even though MJR already talked about it in a previous hidden gems video. It's short, but also snappy, challenging, replayable, and dirt cheap. Hard to ask for more than that.
I picked up Edge when it was on sale recently but haven't gotten around to playing it yet. How is it?
Watched this video and bought Pac-Man and Galaga, as well as Azure Striker. Both awesome games. Thanks MJR!!!
MJ love the carpet it looks new. Love the RAD behind the making with you and DMP about the socks. I like to make rug angels when I put new carpeting down. FYI it feels awesome but u have to be in your briefs or right-e white -e's
pining over that revised game room tour dude you fucking rock love pick ups with reggie 40 plus minute a episode much appreciated haha
wow! socks lecture as a bonus?! Thanks :D
awesome Gems...thanks for the tips!
Pac-Man and Galaga Dimensions looks like a nice addition to the collection, I've just ordered it. Too bad Azur Striker Gunvolt isn't available in box in Europe.
Great video as always
Hey Metal Jesus, nice Night Demon shirt. They actually played here in my town 4 days ago. I live in the extreme north part of Brazil, we have trouble getting Brazillian bands to come over here, but these guys came and they're such cool people
Always good to see another Night Demon fan in the wild!
Yassss I love my new 3DS!!! Handheld gaming is my jam!!! I hope you do more for Gameboy, GB Color, GBA, DS and 3DS!!!
Azure Striker Gunvolt - a true gem :) you are right, glad to see it in your recommendation :)
A couple of digital only eShop hidden gems worth checking out, are HarmoKnight, which is an auto-running rhythm game, and Pocket Card Jockey, which is a horse-racing game that is controlled by playing Solitaire (it's better than it sounds). Both of those games were made by Game Freak, too!
Nice video as always, but what was going on with that camera? Tell us a secret behind that shaky effect :D
Drunken Master Paul was coming off a week long bender... and needs a double on the rocks NOW!
Hasn't it been too long since the last Gamer Eats? Hm?
John Gower I know right we do need a new gamer eats vid
I think you should do a retrospective of all the Frogger games you know and love. I liked your Gameboy video chronicling all the different iterations of the Gameboy, so something like that for Frogger would be cool. Frogger is a great game to get kids and newbies into gaming, and is perfect for portable gaming too yet the games don't get much love these days.
When it comes to digital only games, Tappingo is awesome. Its a really simple puzzle game but the music is so relaxing and almost zen like.
Garp O. Reon good one. I played 1 and 2.
Dmoon1234 Yes the second one in particular has great music.
Garp O. Reon yup. ds game zenses also had good tracks
Awsome MJR all are cool keep it up...
Love the hidden gems videos!
I had forgotten about Frogger! I played it arcade in the 80s, on the Palm in the 90s, and I really love it!!!
thank you metal Jesus I been wanting for a good hidden gems on 3ds your the man
HUGE Gunvolt fan. I can't wait for the OVA anime. Honestly, Gunvolt in the thumbnail for this video was the only reason I watched it and I'll really be looking into some of these.
Metaljesus bringing groovy back
These are some quality games here. Thanks MJR! Just started collecting for this great handheld. I’m still sad codename STEAM wasn’t on this list, it’s one of my favorite 3ds games
I recently picked up a 3DS game that I had never seen or heard of. I mostly got it because it came in a nice box and came with a soundtrack. It's called Code of Princess. It's a beat em' up/RPG. Interesting little game. Check it out of you haven't already. Great video, I love the 3DS and always need more games for it.
Looks like there's a few more games to add to my "buy" list. Thanks!
Haha I add to my list like every week because of the Metal Jesus
Codename S.T.E.A.M. was advertised pretty heavily before its release, but it was forgotten. I got it for 15 new on sale and it's cheaper that that now. It's actually a pretty fun strategy game that plays very similarly to Valkyria Chronicles on the PS3. Plus, you can tap Lucina, Marth, Robin, and Ike amiibos and bring them in as playable characters. I think everyone should check it out if you can find it cheap.