Category Archives: Nintendo 3DS

First Look Review: Dragon Quest VII Reimagined (Switch 1 Version)

Posted on January 16, 2026 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  The Demo for DQVII-R dropped on January 7 and yes, you can continue where you left off in the full version when it released on February 5. I preordered a physical copy of the game for the preorder bonus … Continue reading →

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I now have all six mainline Ace Attorney games–again–but this time on a single console

Posted on June 19, 2025 by Lavon Samuel Davis

Before we begin, I want to make sure I say this for both those who may be going through law school right now, may have an interest in the legal profession or may currently be working in the legal profession … Continue reading →

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Imagining Fire Emblem Sacred Stones remade on the Nintendo Switch and Switch 2

Posted on April 8, 2025 by Lavon Samuel Davis

Editor’s Note: When I first drafted this in 2018, I did not have the Switch yet and the 3DS had not been phased out yet either. Now that I own a Switch and the Switch 2 has been officially announced, … Continue reading →

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I predict a Fire Emblem game or two will be released in 2024…and one will likely be a port

Posted on September 30, 2023 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Fire Emblem Engage dropped this past January. Like Fire Emblem Awakening, Engage has non-canon throwbacks to past games in the series including the previous main series game Three Houses and even the mobile game Fire Emblem Heroes. Speaking of … Continue reading →

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Speaking of Pokemon: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y turn 10 on October 12!

Posted on August 15, 2023 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Yes, we are really two months away from the 10th Anniversary of the release of the 6th Gen main series Pokemon games. I wrote a review for Y two weeks after they dropped. I went ahead and made some … Continue reading →

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20 Nintendo 3DS exclusives that deserve getting ported to other platforms

Posted on November 3, 2022 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  It may be a dead console now but threre are a LOT of games on Nintendo’s last handheld–first party and third party–that deserve to get a new lease on life on other platforms. I will talk about just 20 … Continue reading →

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Breaking News: Atlus announces Persona 3 Portable, Persona 4 Golden and Persona 5 Royal are coming soon to Xbox Live!

Posted on June 16, 2022 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  Give credit where credit’s due, this is a LONG time coming. More so giving the fighting games Persona 4 Arena and Persona 4 Arena Ultimax had been released on the Xbox 360 (and PS3) despite not having gotten the … Continue reading →

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Xbox CEO Phil Spencer to the Industry: “Preserve your Gaming History through Emulation”

Posted on March 10, 2022 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  The Xbox brand celebrated its 20th Anniversary last year. It’s easy to forget at the time Microsoft announced it was throwing its hat into the gaming industry, Sega was in the process of filing for bankruptcy. The original Xbox … Continue reading →

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The Nintendo 3DS eShop may be taken offline in February or March 2022

Posted on September 18, 2021 by Lavon Samuel Davis

  If it does happen then, it will be 11 years to the day the console first launched in Japan (launched in the U.S. a month later). To the surprise of a lot of people I’m sure, the Nintendo 3DS … Continue reading →

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Have you played one or more games from any of these longtime RPG series?

Posted on September 2, 2021 by Lavon Samuel Davis

    When most people think of longtime RPG Series, Square-Enix’s Final Fantasy or Dragon Quest series are usually what comes to mind for most people. Initially two separate companies, Squaresoft and Enix merged in 2000. By then, Squaresoft had … Continue reading →

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