What do we play the most? 3DS - Final Chart COMPLETE

[Bix]

This was a little thing I started on ONM with the intention of seeing what we felt were the best 3DS games out there, but not just saying so .. I decided to gain proof, and let our fingers and thumbs do the talking.





It started back in 2013 before e3 and the release of a certain Leafy title. Since then a couple of awesome games have crossed our paths as well as that one.

Thanks to Darkrula (and the folks that created it on the wayback machine) we can now look at the old charts, and perhaps smile at some of our old scores:
2013
2014





Now for the important bit:

To get involved, simply switch on your 3DS and click on that graph icon aptly named, Activity Log. Go to 'Software Library' and click on charts. I transferred to new 3DS and the data had transferred over.

What I'm after is your 1st 10 games (or as many as you have played if less) and the EXACT time spent on each. Don't include Letter Box, eShop or other non-game apps. This time I also want to see how StreetPass Plaza fairs, so please include that. We now have several games on there and although some of the time spent isn't playing it is stuff like swapping hats or creating puzzles so for this time anyway it would be nice to know if its a thing.










For those familiar with the previous threads, there was a little unbalancing in our charts and I have decided to include a new rule (aka TWEWY's rule) to help with that. 1 user = 25% of time; 2 users = 50% of both times; 3 users+ = 100% of all times posted. So in order for a game to have all of the included times 3 or more users need to have played it. Also there is no need to keep updating your times after posting as (from past experience) the one snapshot of each of our times 'as of now' works incredibly well.



Like any sort of chart based thread, the more users post the better it will be. This thread needs YOU.
I'll round up times and hopefully be able to formulate a chart that will appear in the post directly below this one .... get posting

[Bix]

I should start this by saying a quick farewell to Pokemon Shuffle & Mario & Luigi: Dream Team .. Shuffle had posted times to start with but fizzled out towards the end. Dream Team was a surprise entry in the penultimate chart.

Now for the nitty gritty.




20 -




I tipped this to pip A Link Between World's at the final stage, but this, the latest port of a fabulous N64 gem, clings on by the teeth of the evil moon to just secure a top 20 slot. Combined total 172 hours.





19 -



Well I was surprised to this platforming star, enter with a giant leap at the final flag pole. 100% is what pushes some people on in a game like this. Accumulated total = approx. 172 hours (with a few more minutes than our green capped wonder from Hyrule).





18 -



A re-entry and no easy task so late in the day. If a franchise can pull off a trick like that it is indeed the one with pocket monsters. The earliest of the DS Pokemon games also makes it onto the most played list of its successor. Final total, 178 hours.





17 -




Mario seemingly infuriated by the expulsion of Dream Team, doubles his rewards by appearing twice. New Super Mario Bros. 2 had far more coins than most games care to dream about. 3 users have spent 180 hours searching for all of them.





16 -




Link masterfully swishes his sword through some tough opposition to end up climbing vines and finishing in 16th place. 187 hours all in.





15 -




Phoenix Wright .. The power in his hand and mind has given him a place in our most played. I certainly wasn't expecting the courtroom legend to continue up the charts .. I don't have an objection to it either mind. Accumulated time of 214 hours.





14 -



Very strong finish from the trainers of Pokemon and lovers of this franchise. It was made for the DS, but backwards compatibility means you can catch all of your favourites again on the new machine. Or see what you missed if you didn't play it back then. Lugia and Ho-Oh are so unforgettable I'm not sure I ever will. 215 hours altogether.




13 -



Water battling on our hand helds .. for some now a distant memory, with the newer MH version on the scene ... The chance to take your home console created hunter out and about was very good though .. 350 hours, gives MH3U a place .. but not one within the top 10.





12 -



Pokemon is phenomenal, people go crazy for it .. we are no different. Black and White 2 combines 438 hours and 7 user times.





11 -



Will this be the highest Pokemon title on the final list? 516 combined hours from everyone who has it in their top 10 almost gave it a glorious top 10 finish.











This is the 'business end'









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Water battling removed .. "now ride on the back of the monsters!" like you're in an insane rodeo of death ?! Capcom made a wise move and did themselves proud .. we get to benefit from their great work. 571 hours was enough to guarantee it finishes 10 .. I give MH4U a gun lance blast salute.. bravo hunters.








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Gotta catch em all .. thats what we try to do anyway .. thats why so many folks get each and every version .. marvellous rework, appreciated by SONM forum members as well. 13 times and 618 hours.








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Kid Icarus emerges victorious from a few heated battles in our charts with some battle hardened Monster Hunters. Its fast paced and with a brilliant soundtrack its well worth a look if you haven't already. You could add to the 719 hours already accumulated for next year ..









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Turnbased Battle Strategy with emotional touches and a story to suck you in. If you like to think before you act and plan your approach carefully to devastating effect, then this could well be the game for you. Its place in our top 10 was never in question.. pushing beyond 1000 hours at 1138. Nicely done Awakening.









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Great little games on the go + swapping puzzle pieces, and more .. Free recreational software expertly designed to appeal to our collector instincts. I wondered if this would make the top 10. Street Pass Mii Plaza is the highest climber of the final chart moving from 11 to 6 and even knocking Fire Emblem down a notch. 10 users have a combined total hours of 1234.










Best game of all time? It has been masterfully ported to our handhelds for yet more people to appreciate. 1342 hours total from 16 times.












Cartoon Link meets up with Big Link for a cosy 'chat and some bants' .. yep you guessed correctly its S S B. Handheld for the very first time, very very entertaining, Ninten-do try things. This 'thing' works lovely in our card slot. 1716 hrs.












Before we went upside down, we had the chance to fly for the first time. 'Mario Kart always delivers' Mario Kart 7 was no exception to that rule. Maintain its height for the last leg of its journey with 2097 hours.











X & Y, I think X had the better legendary .. but Y had the cooler looking one (lets be honest). Still joint second place for most users .. who, between them all, have 2529 hours. Very Impressive to claw its way to 2nd against some tough opposition .. ( a new challenger - SSB, and a console staple MK)














It was (for me at least) all about the music. In my house, in the club, on the boat or even in my back room club at the museum. I have such a varied selection of crazy music. Even walking around gives you a relaxing little ditty. I also think everyone is able to find their own favourite thing in this game. Plan projects, go on trips, invite friends, grow stuff .. if we say its 'horses for courses' ? ..... this is Red Rum in the Grand National for 3DS creationists.

5972 hours .. THATS SOME GOOSEBERRY FOOL AMOUNT OF HOURS!

Easier to count who didn't play it than the total, but that total would be 29.

So thats over half a year with no time to sleep, eat or anything else ..

[Bix]

To get the ball rolling:

1 - Animal Crossing New Leaf = 250.42
2 - Fire Emblem: Awakening = 50:55
3 - Monster Hunter 4U = 43:14
4 - MH3U = 33:37
5 - Bravely Default = 31:00
6 - Streetpass Mii Plaza = 22:00
7 - Pokemon Y = 18:04
8 - Crimson Shroud = 12:57
9 - Pokemon Shuffle = 12:49
10 - Super Street Fighter IV = 10:31

[Icarus1497]

I remember this thread, so will contribute to it when I get home later when I can look at the times. I'm not actually sure whether MK7 or Smash is currently top, it'll be interesting to see.

[Bix]

Thanks Icarus, look forward to your times.

Wonder if anyone can get hold of a link to the original threads. I tried mine just now, but they fail.

[OrangeRakoon]

Try searching through the archive: http://sonm.uk/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=37

I'll contribute to this when I get a chance to check, although it's only going to be 4 games in total!

[Bix]

Thanks OR, I'll check there now.

ed. Alas the threads have disappeared, but I did find a video I made regarding e3 2015 that I added to the relevant thread.



*waits anxiously for more times*

[Ploiper]

never transferred data over to new 3ds so combining times on both.

1. Animal Crossing New Leaf - 102:19
2. Zelda OOT - 37:21
3. Pokémon Shuffle - 35:20
4. Professor Layton: Miracle Mask - 29:48
5. Tetris - 29:21
6. Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright - 27:38
7. Pokémon Alpha Sapphire - 27:03
8. Pokémon X - 25:29
9. Super Smash Bros - 25:29
10. Sonic Generations - 24:47

[row101]

Sure.

1. Animal Crossing New Leaf: 149:09
2. Mario Kart 7: 76:37
3. Ocarina Of Time 3D: 58:58
4. FIre Emblem Awakening: 49:59
5. Super Smash Bros : 45:28
6. Super Street Fighter IV: 44:29
7. Majora's Mask 3D: 43:05
8. Zelda Link Between Worlds: 39:10
9. nintendogs + cats: 36:35 (don't ask)
10. Kid Icarus Uprising: 31:07

[Nintendonator3000]

1. Ocarina Of Time 3D - 168:22
2. Super Smash Bros - 63:24
3. Mario Kart 7 - 59:24
4. Colors! 3D - 52:13
5. Animal Crossing New Leaf - 51:56
6. Pokemon Diamond - 38:49
7. Majora's Mask 3D - 34:59
8. Xenoblade Chronicles 3D - 32:44
9. Pokemon Black - 29:28
10. Phantom Hourglass - 29:06

[Bix]

[*] nintendogs + cats: 36:35 (don't ask)

Don't worry, I asked for 10 this time to surprise everyone, hopefully including the person posting .. I couldn't believe I had spent nearly 13 hours on Crimson Shroud.

[Ash]

For those familiar with the previous threads, there was a little unbalancing in our charts and I have decided to include a rule to help with that. 1 user = 25% of time; 2 users = 50% of both times; 3 users+ = 100% of all times posted. So in order for a game to have all of the included times 3 or more users need to have played it.

Aka the Ash rule to stop The World Ends With You being so high up on the chart.

Anyhow, here's my top 10 now:
1. Animal Crossing New Leaf - 1028:42
2. The World Ends With You - 598:23
3. Zelda Ocarina of Time 3D - 232:49
4. Pokemon X - 117:14
5. StreetPass Mii Plaza - 72:58
6. Pokemon White 2 - 63:03
7. Pokemon Y - 45:42
8. Pokemon Alpha Sapphire - 40:31
9. Pokemon Shuffle - 38:46
10. Zelda: Four Swords - 27:33

[Pineapple]

1 Fire Emblem: Awakening - 160:33
2 Pokémon X - 124:55
3 Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones - 111:20
4 Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 108:20
5 Pokémon White Version 2 - 75:52
6 Dead or Alive: Dimensions - 61:42
7 Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - 58:05
8 Pokémon Alpha Sapphire - 52:57
9 Pokémon Platinum - 48:32
10 Pokémon HeartGold - 48:32

Not really surprised by any of them; of course Platinum and HeartGold would be much higher if they had been released after 2011.

[Rik]

1 - MH4U - 88:28
2 - Bravely Default - 83:46
3 - MH3U - 83:30
4 - Pokemon X - 75:25
5 - Kid Icarus: Uprising - 64:58
6 - Mario Kart 7 - 63:12
7 - Resident Evil: Revelations - 61:36
8 - SSB3DS - 55:44
9 - Pokemon Black - 55:38
10 - Fire Emblem Awakening - 51:16

No doubt over the summer MH4U and Xenoblade 3DS will end up charging ahead of the rest seeing as I'll actually have time to play them for once. Surprised how low MH3U was, although that's probably because I was thinking of it in terms of play time on both platforms.

Also jfc Ash how in hell have you spent that long on AC
Or OoT for that matter, I swear it doesn't have 200 hours worth of replay value, I barely scraped 40 hours on mine.

[Kriken]

1. SSB 3DS - 307:26 (gooseberry fool)
2. Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 113:34 (GAY)
3. Pokémon X 109:03 (ALSO GAY)
4. Fire Emblem Awakening 71:18 (WAIT HOW)
5. Phoenix Wright: Dual Destinies 38:58 (kinda surprising)
6. Mario Kart 7 - 37:46 (okay this time is reasonable)
7. Virtue's Last Reward - 35:15
8. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - 29:22
9. Kid Icarus Uprising - 28:32
10. Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright - 25:07

Also jfc Ash how in hell have you spent that long on AC
Or OoT for that matter, I swear it doesn't have 200 hours worth of replay value, I barely scraped 40 hours on mine.

This.

Although the craziest thing in Ash's list is that TWEWY time imo. I love that game, but wow.

[Sabrofra]

(Excluding apps such at StreetPass Plaza, and DS games)

1. Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 262:59
2. Pokémon X - 200:10
3. Mario Kart 7 - 131:06
4. Super Smash Bros 3DS - 100:20
5. Kid Icarus: Uprising - 50:27
6. Pokémon Alpha Sapphire - 27:45
7. Mario Tennis Open - 25:00
8. Mario and Sonic at the London 2012 Olympic Games - 23:54
9. Tomodachi Life - 22:41
10. A Link Between Worlds - 20:10

I'm still playing ACNL, X and Sm4sh. These are probably my three favourite 3DS games.

[Bix]

I'm betting even with the rule in place TWEWY still features somewhere (and thats no bad thing imo). I also remember someone had clocked up over 100 hours on New Style Boutique and made the top 20.

10. Zelda: Four Swords - 27:33

Great game and nice to see it on someone's list.

[Ash]

Also jfc Ash how in hell have you spent that long on AC

Easter holidays the year it was released I'd literally play it from 9am through to 1-2am the next morning, which contributes to A LOT of the time. Also, it takes a while to build my towns to how I want them.

Or OoT for that matter, I swear it doesn't have 200 hours worth of replay value, I barely scraped 40 hours on mine.

When the game is all you have to play on the system for 6 months,you soon rack up the playtime on it.

Although the craziest thing in Ash's list is that TWEWY time imo. I love that game, but wow.

Multiple 100% run-throughs soon add up.

[Icarus1497]

1. Mario Kart 7 - 333:53
2. SSB4 - 316:34
3. MH3U - 232:23
4. KI:U - 191:49
5. Pokemon B2 - 136:14
6. MH4U - 129:54
7. Pokemon X - 114:37
8. Download Play - 103:56
9. Zelda OoT - 85:55
10. FE:A - 70:59
11. ACNL - 63:51

So MK just about holds off Smash for me, but I'm sure it'll overtake soon. MH4U will almost certainly catch up with 3U I'm sure, given the amount I'm playing it. A couple of other notables are Pokemon OR which sits in 15th but I do really want to play it more, and Xenoblade which sits in 20th on about 30 hours but I'm only half way through.

The reason I added an 11th game on there is because I don't know if you're counting Download Play - I must've played a lot of NSMB DS and Mario Tennis with my brother!

[Bix]

8. Download Play - 103:56
9. Zelda OoT - 85:55
10. FE:A - 70:59
11. ACNL - 63:51


The reason I added an 11th game on there is because I don't know if you're counting Download Play - I must've played a lot of NSMB DS and Mario Tennis with my brother!

Thankyou for your extra entry. I won't be including download play this time around. For me its the fact that you cannot tell how much time you spent on each title. If you could then by all means add the additional minutes to their relevant entries (if they feature).

But non-inclusion aside, its nice to see a big time for it .. thats what brothers are for ( to beat at each and every game and help raise your self esteem (sorry bro) )

[Oathkeeper]

1. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS - 141:23
2. Pokémon Y - 119:52
3. Mario Kart 7 - 83:07
4. Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 46:33
5. Kingdom Hearts 3D: Dream Drop Distance - 45:14
6. The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - 37:41
7. Inazuma Eleven - 36:23
8. Inazuma Eleven 2 - 31:16
9. Monster Hunter 4 Ultimate - 25:57
10. Theatrhythm Final Fantasy - 23:45

Some of these times probably haven't changed at all since the last one.

[euan707]

1. Mario Kart 7 - 526:39 (I went through more than a few R buttons because of this game)
2. New Super Mario Bros. 2 - 116:58 (2 Million coins and counting)
3. Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 112:09 (Downloaded from eShop, probably the only thing preventing me from misplacing it)
4. Super Smash Bros. 3DS - 82:44 (Would be higher but my R button's still broken)
5. Pokemon White - 77:30 (Similar to Ash, I spent straight days playing this)
6. Bloons TD 4 - 77:30 (I was going for a high score, meaning I left it running a lot)
7. Pilotwings Resort - 68:14 (First game I had. Literally 100%'ed)
8. Picross e - 52:16 (Picross is a particular favorite of mine, and the sequels are somewhere further down)
9. Super Mario 3D Land - 41:41 (As much as I dislike it, I still played it through)
10. Paper Mario: Sticker Star - 41:37 (Not much to say here)

Should add that Internet Browser and Letterbox were the actual 8th and 9th. As for Streetpass, it's down in 20th.

[Jezo]

Health and Safety Information - 437:18
Animal Crossing: New Leaf - 211:56
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - 161:36 (would be higher but WiiU) (dat average play time of 5:23 doe)
StreetPass Mii Plaza - 94:04 (got all streetpass games except the new ones)
Pokemon Y - 91:59
Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D - 78:08
Mario Kart 7 - 48:51
Mario & Luigi Dream Team Bros. - 40:00 (what a waste of time)
Kirby: Triple Deluxe - 34:55
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS (Demo) - 33:00
Pokemon Black - 29:47

Also jfc Ash how in hell have you spent that long on AC
Or OoT for that matter, I swear it doesn't have 200 hours worth of replay value, I barely scraped 40 hours on mine.

This.

Although the craziest thing in Ash's list is that TWEWY time imo. I love that game, but wow.

As you can see on my list, I've got 78:08. That's beating Ocarina of Time, but still with some gold skulltulas left to get, and doing a 3 heart run of Master Quest up to Ganon.

EDIT: My New 3DS times which I forgot to mention, just adding the ones that actually contribute to the list above:

StreetPass Mii Plaza - 9:39
Super Smash Bros. for 3DS - 0:17

Yeah, really haven't used my New 3DS for much. Might get MH4 at some point though.

[row101]

Health and Safety Information - 437:18

Wait what.

[euan707]

It doesn't hurt to know the rules.