I tend to use piracy for games as a sort of free rental/trial method.


For big games like a main Zelda title, a MegaMan game, or something that I know I'm going to like, I usually just buy it Day One or have it pre-ordered and paid in full beforehand.

But for the iffy titles, like anime-licensed games, import titles that don't come here, niche RPGs, etc., I tend to download it first to see if I feel that it's worth the investment. In about half the cases, I end up buying the game at retail anyways because it's good enough to warrant the purchase, but still keep the ROM or ISO when I want to mess around with the game using mods or hacks to make things crazy or experiment different builds and ideas.


But that's just me, anyways.


I'd personally love a 3DS flash cart that works like how our DS and DSi carts work, so that I would have the ability to try out the games that I just feel aren't "good" enough to take the plunge for full purchase yet and see if they really are. Or to try out the vast number of import titles that we keep missing out on. *cough Ace Attorney VS Layton, Senran Kagura series, Dragon Ball HEROES, etc cough*