the bosses on the majoras mask port are just like any resident evil one hahaahhaha

I think The xenoblade port is great, the fact that the whole game was ported to 3ds with no cut content is amazing.

Snake eater is definitely one of the strangest ports to me, also you can play lugis mansion with dual analog with either the circle pad pro or the new 3ds models and it works fine enough

I literally remember asking a friend back before mario maker 2 was released if he wanted to play my mario maker 1 levels, and he said “I can’t, I only have the 3ds version”

The later ports make sense to go to 3DS despite the Switch being out because there was still an audience to support with content at that point, and porting games would be easier than making a bunch of brand new 3DS titles, freeing up more resources to make new stuff for Switch. I mean Nintendo did still make some original games for the 3DS post Switch launch, but they were mostly deep into development anyway, were generally smaller scale, and there was a greater focus on the ports.

Luigi's Mansion was always meant to be a 3D game, Nintendo were developing 3D hardware for the Gamecube during it's developement, but scrapped it towards the end, so it really was an easy port for them.

About Luigi's Mansion: It was originally intended to be a stereoscopic 3D Title during development so it makes sense they ported it to the 3DS. It was just very late to the party. Especially as having a port of the original before the sequel came out on the same system in 2013 would've made a lot of sense... Even more baffling concerning Hyrule Warriors 3D was that they kept updating the Wii U Version. Not one Character is unique to the 3DS Version. Sure, it has a little extra content in form of a little Extra at the end of the story yet other Adventure Maps but that's hardly a reason to buy it. (Though I bought it for the Compass Clock alone and never even started it so who am I to judge?) Not that this matters at all given that Hyrule Warriors: Definitive Edition exists for the Switch now. And yes, it is a better game than Age of Calamity by far. But then again beating a game that cannot even have a good menu, when countless games in the same style by the same developer had, isn't anything to be proud of... And about your suspicion it probably was just done for the sake of being done: I am sure Hyrule Warriors 3D owes its entire existence to Dynasty Warriors VS... I will break a lance for motion controls here for OoT 3D and MM3D: Regardless of whether you're using the slingshot or the bow. This works better than it did ever before. (And to be transparent here I am used to the GC Ports which are already better than the N64 version in terms of precision.) About overcorrection in MM3D: I like the changes to the boss fight with Gyorg as the original fight was basic as hell. Giant Link wrestling against Twinmold on the other hand I could've lived without. The Giant Eye Thing wasn't needed whatsoever though. Another questionable change: That you can timewarp to any point in Time makes the time management that some sidequests require(d) null and void. It really hurts the pay-off for the Kafei Quest in my opinion. (I know this point is very specific, but still:) Why does the Inverted Song of Time ("Hymn of Chronos" is a way better name btw) only double the amount of Time you have? If it was still tripling it the Two-Cycle Challenge would still be possible. It plain-out isn't in MM3D.) Why the change with the Ice Arrows happened is actually known. They were a known clipping tool. But couldn't they work out another way to prevent that? Concerning Mario Maker's absurd decision that you cannot search for Levels online: I would've understood if they made the restriction that you have to download the levels instead of streaming them. That would've made sense. Yet it isn't the case.

I love playing The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D (2011), The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask 3D (2015) and Poochy & Yoshi's Woolly World (2017) on my Nintendo 3DS.

the thing that annoys me in this video is he always says that it shouldve been ported to switch game ports are made so that people who dont own a specific console can still take a bite of the cake. it expands the community and still makes nintendo lots more money.

I’ll give my two cents as someone who actually played through Xenoblade on 3DS. Is it the best way to play xenoblade? No. Is it a good way to play Xenoblade. Maybe. What you have to remember is that the game came out when Xenoblade was very rare and if my memory serves me correct not yet available on the Wii U eshop. If you wanted to play the game you would have to pay steep prices for a second hand copy. As someone who needed to get a new 3DS anyways I was thrilled that I finally got the chance to play the game. TLDR playing a sub-optimal port of a game is better than not playing it at all

Majora's Mask might have a few odd changes, but there were also certainly a few positive ones, like the boss portal after you defeat a boss so you don't have to do the whole dungeon again and the more complete quest tracker. Those changes don't necessarily make the game easier, but they make it a ton less frustrating.

Nintendo also announced plans to _continue_ supporting the 3DS once the Switch launched, but I daresay for the most part you're better off sticking with the _original_ post-Switch-launch 3DS games such as Ever Oasis and WarioWare Gold.

What's funny is the 3DS port of Hyrule Warriors ended up being the version I 100%ed and poured in 746 hours into. 🤣 Somehow the limitations made the game a lot better because they had made it a lot easier to rack up KOs and added TONS of QoL improvements. Definitive Edition wasnt a thing at the time so we only had this vastly improved portable version or the original WiiU version which is SUPER barebones compared to the new versions.

Luigis mansion was prob on 3ds because they could reuse a lot of assets from dark moon while Luigi mansion 3 wasn’t done yet so it was probably smarter not too split the working team into two and just have the team focus on one game

I wish we had even more stupid ports on the 3ds...I cannot get enough of this system. Kinda sad it's run is nearly over.

In defense of Majora’s Mask 3D, the Zora swimming wasn’t nerfed quite that badly. You could hold R and it would go up to the original speed, although that uses up magic. I think the change was to help get around in some of the tighter spaces. I can’t remember if it helps much, but last time I played the original, only being able to go fast got annoying sometimes. Overall, I thought a bunch of the other changes were nice (not so much the ones you brought up though)

I liked the xenoblade chronicles port and I feel it did a good job of showcasing the new 3ds. I also needed a Majora's mask port after I played ocarina of time. Mario Maker 2 would have been an amazing port if Nintendo added the online functionality especially because the bottom screen on the 3ds made it really easy to create levels.

The best port was definitely the first one, Super Street fighter 4. It was a launch title and was a very faithful port. Even had decent online play from what I remember.

2:12 or New 3DS's C-stick (Also, no frame drops on the New 3DS) 3:06 the New 3DS has a lot more enemies. Frame rate is stable and good on the New 3DS too. (It was released on the base version for it to be used as a marketing purpose to upgrade to the New Nintendo 3DS)

One cool thing about the MGS Snake eater port for the 3DS (besides the 3D effect) is that It's the only version of this game where Snake can walk while crouching .

for those who have luma, there is a patch for zelda called Majoras restorarion, there really aren't many problems in the game, but the patch helps improve the experience by fixing all the bad things, swimming, bosses, wrong textures, color little things.

Majora's Mask 3d was actually my favorite game along with OOT3D

The New 3DS was around for most of the 3DS's life, from late 2014 to 2020 when the line was discontinued, though it didn't make it stateside until early 2015. A lot of the ports in the last few years of its life were life preservers in case the Switch failed like the Wii U, but honestly, within a year of being released, we all knew the Switch was a success, and it continues to defy all odds despite the dated hardware, even at launch.

I thoroughly enjoyed the Xenoblade port. Maybe I just appreciate novelty more than actual quality, but it was a huge reason why I originally upgraded to the new 3ds over my original.

I personally disagree with Majora's mask 3D easier difficulty but the rest doesn't bother me, I even like it

Honestly I don't mind most of these. But maybe that's because I like 3DS more than the Switch in a lot of ways, so I don't feel cheated out of a Switch version (of course some of them came to Switch anyway). The lacking online functionality in Mario Maker 3DS was definitely a terrible decision though that basically ruined what could have been a great game... just a core part of the experience missing.

I liked the additions made to Extra Epic Yarn, though I think an option to play the vanilla version would've been welcomed for veterans. The Ravel Abilities are implemented a bit sloppily, with them activating at the same time your Yarn Whip extends. Should've been a separate button, I feel. The worst part for me is the lack of multiplayer. I played Epic Yarn with all my friends growing up, but this port gutted it entirely. Prince Fluff, the game's original protagonist before it joined the Kirby series, has been reduced to an NPC who cameos in every stage. Ouch. I wouldn't want to live in a world where KEEY never existed, but I would like it ported to the Switch with some additional changes.

I think that Majora is the only one that doesn't fit in this video, since I think it makes a lot of sense to put it on the console since Ocarina was on the 3DS in the first place! (It was also probably to sell the New 3DS)

1:26 Actually, the 3DS version introducced Gooigi, who's in Luigi's Mansion 3 Fun video, I'm curious if you could cover the Switch ports

Speaking of weird ports and launch titles I find it funny how 3 gens of Nintendo handhelds all were able to feature a Rayman game port as a launch title. The GBA had a really compromised port of PS1 Rayman The DS had a servicable port of Rayman 2 just renamed to Rayman DS And the 3DS also had a Rayman 2 port (apparently based on the Dreamcast version) renamed again to Rayman 3D

It wasn't that nintendo forgot the switch at rhe moment of some ports, nintendos idea was to have the two consoles coexist

Xenoblade on 3DS was my first way to experience the game. And you know what? It worked! I was awed by the story and world to the point where the graphics didn’t matter. Of course with the switch port, I’ll never go back, but it did it’s job.

You didn't mention that there is dual analog controls for Luigi's Mansion on New 3DS, the system most people would play this on. Obviously this was made for 3DS because it needed a piece of software in Nintnedos eyes at that point.

2:12 It's not necessary to play with the d-pad, the motion controls works too, and the C-Stick is also possible if you have a New 3Ds. I've never would get to play this game if it wasn't available on 3Ds, lol! Finished this game two times back then, but I do think it should have a version to the Switch too.

just need to correct something you said, the 3ds HAVE a second joystick (new 3ds has a small stick over the abxy buttons and older 3ds have an accessory adding a joystick)

Luigi's Mansion on 3DS makes sense, because the original was built to support 3D on the GameCube, but that functionality was scrapped.

I remember Eiji Aonuma saying Majora's Mask is painful to remake. He said it's one of those projects where you rushed a lot of decisions and wished you did it differently. But people really liked the final product, and wanted a new and improved version.

I would also consider Poochy & Yoshi's Wooly World a confusing port.

Another thing I found odd is that they ported so many of these games on the 3ds WHEN the Switch was already out and than later ported them on the switch. Makes no sense

I like how Nintendo couldn't even be bothered to add online, one of Mario Maker's main components, to the 3DS port and people are still shocked/upset they didn't go the extra mile and replace the Mario U assets with Mario 2 assets.

I honestly don't like that they removed co-op in the Epic Yarn port. Sure, I usually played the original by myself and it's hard to find someone with a 3DS to do download play with today, but not only was it a nice game to play co-op in, but other 3DS game like NSMB2 or DKCR are able to co-op just fine. Heck, one of the ports in this video never HAD co-op in the original. Plus, it ends up turning Prince Fluff into a backround character instead of a main one since he now just shows up halfway through stages to give you beads and nothing else. Yay.

I feel like you for got the 3DS is...3D. That was the cool thing about seeing ports on 3DS - 3D! No one expected extreme home console performance from their pocket system...but we loved that the games popped out of the screen! It's still extremely impressive.

I didn't mind the changes in Majora's Mask honestly, I didn't play the original very much as I wasn't a fan of the 3 day system formula.

The WiiU style in mario maker looks good on 3ds in my opinion.

I loved Mario maker 3DS. Online play didn’t bother me as I could never get my Ds on Wi-Fi. Great if you want to make levels. Which is why many people bought the original

2:12 the New 3DS has 2 control sticks though

Often times majora mask 3D is underrated imo I know I agree with the complaints 100% but we can’t forget the amount of improvements that made it better than the N64 version The notebook being more useful,changing time to whenever hour you want which drastically speed up the game pace No more 15fps nonesense,and much improved visuals and details,new fishing I really hate they changed stuff that was already perfect so I hope for a better Switch version someday

I love the Xenoblade port tbh. Even with Definitive Edition on the switch out, I think its fun to revisit Xenoblade 3DS sometimes.

Nintendo switch: got most of it’s ports in it’s first years. 3DS: got most of it’s ports in it’s last years.

Another downgrade on Mario Maker 3DS; they removed the unlockable sprite skins from clearing a number of levels, scanning your Amiibo, or playing exclusive levels uploaded online by Nintendo. Kinda puts a damper on making differently-themed levels based on the characters you could dress up as instead of being perpetually Mario all the time. Xenoblade was fine for me after getting used to it, aside from the tiny nub that controls the camera on the 3DS, I've had next to no issues with it. Hyrule Warriors is playable on the New 3DS, but I HIGHLY recommend not to play it with the 3D effect turned on. It gives the game way more slowdown and it becomes much more obvious in the victory animations at the end of missions as the animation and audio become totally out of sync. Metal Gear Solid 3D: Snake Eater is another baffling port... the controls are made more convoluted to what we were used to on PS2 controls. A minor gripe is you can hear newly-recorded audio of the voice actors when teaching you the controls on the 3DS, the sound quality is notably different from the original dialog 20 years ago. Either way, the game became delisted and I presume hard-to-find nowadays. Sonic & Sega All-Stars Racing Transformed is a mixed bag, it's a decent competitor to Mario Kart 7 but the frame rate and image resolution keep it from being a decent recommendation. They gave up on giving it DLC after only one DLC pack of one character and race track, as the Steam version got various more characters There's plenty more baffling ports the 3DS had that the WiiU or Switch could've gotten instead, but I guess the 3DS was on life-support being given enhanced/downgraded ports before the Switch inherited that job.

Nice video with some confusing ports, but I couldn’t help but notice a picture of the Golden Goal in the background.

There's fan patch that lets you fix some things in Majora 3ds like swimming for example.

I’d love to see you rank the 2D and 3D sonic games

I'm probably the only one who actually likes Majora's Mask 3D. I think it looks 1,000 times better than the original game, and I have fun playing it. It's my third favorite Zelda game actually. Yeah, they did handicap a few things, but if the price for a slightly harder game is objectively worse graphics, then I will gladly take the better looking one. This isn't like going from DKC Returns on the Wii to DKC Returns on the 3DS.

I love finding video game KZfaqrs who aren't fucking annoying. Great video! Just subbed :)

Luigi's Mansion 3D should've either released a couple years earlier (2015 or 2016) or just not released on the 3DS at all.

Kirby Epic Yarn sounds awesome. Just wish it had 3D.

Wii U games getting ports on the 3Ds is kinda funny and sad as a former Wii U owner.(sold to to get my Switch on Launch I regret it to this day don't get me wrong I love my Switch but c mon it's the Wii U) Yoshis Wooly World is the last system it was ported to on the 3Ds and I seriously want it on the Switch!

I mean Luigi's mansion was always meant for 3D, so that was honestly good but still confusing choice. *Now M&L Bowser's Inside Story + Bowser Jr.'s Journey, hoo boy do I have a lot to say about that.*

Great video, I hope you’ll be able to make a weirdest switch Potts video in a few years

Luigi mansion was a good idea in my opinion, Luigi mansion 1 was originally designed for 3d but got scrapped on the GameCube

This is the video I needed in my feed

Why do you not have that many subscribers that’s just sad. Hope you get more bro

So this get's us closer to saving Marin from being trapped as a seagull forever ?

Me and my sibling saw ads for super Mario maker and saw there was a 3DS version. We thought there would be no difference between both versions and we didn’t have a Wii U so we asked for the 3DS game. It… had no online feature. We were limited to only play the levels we created, and we couldn’t even share the game because you have to delete your save to play on another 3DS. Great. So basically we only touched it once and now that I’m thinking about it we should probably sell it to a local thrift store

The 3DS received nothing but ports from Nintendo for the last few years of its life. I believe it's because they wanted to give 3DS owners who didn't want to upgrade right away stuff to buy and play. The Wii u also was selling terribly so they ported the more popular ones to 3DS at the time. Ports are easier to make than brand new games.

The hyrule warriors port still upsets me honestly. I put so many hours into the wii u version and it was just like why didn't we get this content? I think they got some if not all of it later but it was still really annoying the way it was rolled out.

You haven’t Talking about the flop that was Mario & Luigi bowser’s inside story did but great video over all. Good work 👍

The Wii U was a failure financially, and the 3DS was their lifeline, not to mention the 3rd highest-selling console in Japan at the time. It's not surprising to me at all that they supported it for so long even while the Switch was coming. Although it was a really bad decision for them to have no online for Mario Maker 3DS. The rest seem fine; I would much rather that the "weird" ports are there rather than them not existing at all.

Luigi's mansion made a lot of sense. Not only was the original game supposed to be in 3d, but the original was nearly 2 decades old at that point!

these launches were due to the release of the new 2ds xl that came out in 2017 and that incorporated an stick and more buttons

Completely unrelated, but I kinda find it funny when you prolong your pronunciations of words. Like when you say “3dsssss” “Workssss” Lol

God bless this video! Seriously, you dissuaded me from buying so many unnecessary 3DS games!😂🥰🙏🏻 Thank you!!

And then basically as soon as Mario Maker 2 came out in June of 2019, Mario Maker for 3DS soon costed about 10 bucks at the lowest

Congrats on 25k

It’s kinda sad what happened to this console after the switch came out, Nintendo just starting porting everything or slightly stretching out Kirby sub games until they just gave up

Star Fox 64 is in 1997 for Nintendo 64, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time is in 1998 for Nintendo 64, The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask is in 2000 for Nintendo 64, Luigi's Mansion is in 2001 for Nintendo GameCube and Kirby's Epic Yarn is in 2010 for Nintendo Wii

Super Mario Maker on the 3ds is easily the worst.

I love Luigi’s mansion GCN’s 3ds port and the new achievements and such and the amiibo support. I agree with what you said on the controls I played the original and the 3ds port controls are like a new challenge on its own

Luigi's mansion is pretty easy to figure out. 1. Nintendo was still insisting at that point that the Switch was a companion to the 3ds, not a replacement. They released the New 2DS XL in July of 2017, 4 months AFTER the Switch. 2. It was meant to be played on the NEW 3ds, which had a small C-stick nipple thing. Further, Luigi's mansion 2 launched with a peripheral called the Circle Pad Pro that added a second circle-pad, meaning you technically can play it with 2 sticks on any 3/2DS sans the original 2ds (Which never got a circlepad pro) Further, at the time of it's release, virtually the only 3ds model still on store shelves was the New 2ds, New 3ds, and New2dsXL, all of which had the second toggle. 3. 2018 was a pretty crowded year for Nintendo Switch so releasing a HD port of a Luigi's Mansion would potentially cannibalize sales. 4. Luigi's Mansion 1 was a Gamecube game. It was likely easier to port to the 3ds, which had equal or worse graphics than the GC, which already had Gamecube and WII games ported to it , than to remake it in HD on the Switch. As for Games like Hyrule Warriors legends not being a N3ds exclusive?, that's likely because it could technically run, even if not very well, on the base 3ds. That is actually a powerful marketing strategy. By showing a side by side, they demonstrated how much more powerful the N3ds was than the original.

People sometimes say that the Luigi’s Mansion 3DS port makes sense because the original was going to use a stereoscopic 3D add on, but that feels like people are grasping for a reason because the game otherwise has 0 good reason to be remade for the 3DS outside of ease. The 3D idea was dropped fairly early and has nothing to do with the actual gameplay or design of the game, unlike the game’s controls, which suffer on the 3DS immensely. Not to mention that the original Luigi’s Mansion was very much a graphical showcase for the GameCube, and this completely lost on the 3DS, where the ghosts look worse, the dynamic dust physics, and other aspects are downgraded or removed completely. It’s a shame the game’s chance for a port was wasted because it deserves something much better than what it got. Really hoping the game gets a chance at a higher quality remake sometime in the distant future.

The reason NSM2 wouldn't quite work on Mario Maker is because the enemies are 3-Dimensional. The Wii U already wasn't capable of having 300 3D Goombas on-screen, so needless to say, it wasn't happening on 3DS. "They could've remade the sprites in the style of NSMB2" true, but I don't see how that'd fix the resolution issue, they're still sprites on a low-res screen. The 3D models tho (Mario, Bowser, etc) definitely could've been shaded a LOT better tho.

Luigi's Mansion 1 if played on New 3DS systems you can use the second stick. Also for historical reasons, the original Luigi's Mansion was originally in 3D. So it actually makes sense why it was ported to the 3DS.

1:30 Luigi Mansion on 3DS is a remake.

These names give me aneurysms and also the so called “new” 3DS’s will make less and less sense as time goes on.

nice video dude

"I can't even see what I'm supposed to be attacking" sounded like stereotype Italian/Italian-English almost 😄

I understand why so many people dislike the Mario Maker 3DS port, but personally, I love it. I never had a Wii U and the only Nintendo console I had at the time was a 3DS. I got Mario Maker on my 7th birthday and I loved it. It holds a special place in my heart because I played it so much and it was actually my first Mario game. I was however disappointed when I realized that none of my levels could be published online. Overall though, it was fun.

While I agree with parts, the fact you said they can remake Luigis mansion to match with the new one was plain dumb. Why would they remake a game, when they are releasing a follow up game in the series very soon. All that time and effort for what?

My Switch ports/remasters list: Donkey Kong Country Returns 3D, Luigi’s Mansion [GCN], Luigi’s Mansion 2, Kirby’s Epic Yarn [Wii], Yoshi’s Woolly World, Star Fox 64 3D, Ocarina of Time 3D, Major’s Mask [N64], Super Mario Maker [Wii U], Wind Waker/Twilight Princess HD [Wii U], and Metroid Prime Trilogy [Wii]!!

Should be noted that Nintendo didn't work on either of the Zelda ports. It was a 3rd party developer who were given original design docs along with assets. Because of that, they were also given the go ahead to make tweaks based on negative feedback of the original releases.

Nobody gonna talk about Minecraft coming out on the 3ds about 5 years late

What about Banjo-Kazooie 3D, Banjo-Tooie 3D, Conker's Bad Fur Day 3D, Donkey Kong 64 3D and Paper Mario 64 3D? They're N64 remakes for Nintendo 3DS, too.

How is this guy just completely unaware of most of these came at the tail end of the 3DS's life? Cause the ports were the point, it was meant to lazily keep the 3DS selling

Nintendo during the Wii U/3DS era was so odd. To try and cut their losses, they kept doing these console level releases on the 3DS to prop up their profits. I really wonder if it worked at all. I have my doubts a game like Kirby’s Extra Epic Yarn blew up the sales charts.

A bit too harsh, Xenoblade being done like that is a freaking miracle.

Some of these i thought were their own unique entries into their respective series. I guess that proves his point.

I will dismiss any criticism of xenoblade 3D as it allowed me to experience one of the greatest games of all time and added a whole new meaning to games for me.

Great ports in my opinion.

They may be weird, but the Xenoblade, OOT, Starfox 64, and Hyrule Warriors ports actually slapped. Edit: The Majora's Mask one also got a fanmade patch you can download if your mod your 3DS, which also slaps.