wtf? Why would anyone buy a game, at full price, they can only ever play through once? That had better be one badass game (and having had my hands on the .jp version... it's not) if they're going to charge the full 40 for it.
There is no storyline. The gameplay involves killing as many enemies as possible in a time period, and it looks exactly like the one bonus mode at the end of Resident Evil 4. More on gameplay here.
It does cost $40, and apparently has almost no resell value. As far as I can tell the only reason to 'reset' would be to lose all the unlockables and character experience. The one save-file shouldn't hurt the person who bought it.
Nevertheless, this is evil and I hope the business model tanks hard so as not to be repeated.
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The one save-file shouldn't hurt the person who bought it.
And if I want to do a COMPLETE replay of it for some reason? Or if say a younger/older sibling picked up my system and played on it?
That said, I would be surprised if after a month or two nobody has figured out a way to reset it somehow. It may be mildly complicated, and it's no excuse for this douche-move by Capcom; but I plan on picking up a second-hand version of the game later on. 
Densetsu fucked around with this message on 06-28-2011 at 07:56 PM.
[Edit: Wait, it might not be as bad as the media initially led us to believe.]
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And if I want to do a COMPLETE replay of it for some reason? Or if say a younger/older sibling picked up my system and played on it?
There seem to be two things you get to do the first time that anyone who plays it later cannot: unlock items/characters and set high scores. The vast majority of the game will be unhampered during it's lifetime.
If that's something that warrants boycotting the game, feel free to do so. Personally, I have absolutely no intention of purchasing any game that uses this system because I heartily disagree with the business model.
My post was there to note that this isn't like playing through FFVI once and having a paperweight cartridge after you beat it.
The game has been released in Japan and the resell value was, IIRC, ~$6USD. Admittedly I don't know what the average 3DS game resells for, but that seems low.
