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[Salsa]

OK... I was an already adopter, I'm a huge fan of Nintendo... and I am beyond pissed off right now. Almost a $100 dollar price drop this soon?

you get 20 free games

should be on the thread title btw

 

[WrenchNinja]

Drop it another $20.

 

[Mr_Brit]

LIST WARS!!LIST WARS!!LIST WARS!!LIST WARS!!LIST WARS!!LIST WARS!!

 

[eastmen]

and that is the last nintendo system I ever buy at launch

 

[googleplex]

Nope...Still going to save my money for a Vita.

 

[Fredrik]

Oh wow
Just bought one about a month ago :/
We bought it together though, time to get one of my own

 

[Auto_aim1]

The sales must be really poor, and if they can afford to make such a big price cut, then they really overpriced the damn thing during launch.

 

[C-Jo]

Cool, I get free games.

Absolutely no regrets here.

 

[Kevtones]

WAIT HOLY SHIT @ 20 FREE GAMES.

 

[baekshi]

I knew it, vita is now fucked. Glad I waited though!

 

[HomerSimpson-Man]

Gotdam and also 20 free games for early adaptors?

Not bad, Nintendo. Not bad at all.

 

[Narag]

Starting Sept. 1, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES™ Virtual Console™ games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.™, Donkey Kong Jr.™, Balloon Fight™, Ice Climber™ and The Legend of Zelda™, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost. By the end of 2011, Nintendo will provide Ambassadors with 10 Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. These include games like Yoshi’s Island™: Super Mario™ Advance 3, Mario Kart™: Super Circuit, Metroid™ Fusion, WarioWare™, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ and Mario vs. Donkey Kong™. These games will be available exclusively to Ambassadors, and Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on the Nintendo 3DS in the future.

Almost tempted to buy one pre-pricedrop now.

 

[Tron 2.0]

I'm impressed that Nintendo pulled the trigger this early.

I might actually buy one now.

And wow at 20 games.

 

[DanteFox]

WOW. Wouldn't be surprised if they come out with a lite version soon. I'm thinking maybe within one calendar year.

 

[Bluth54]

I was going to wait for a 3DSXL, but at that price and with 20 free games I'll be getting one as soon as Amazon drops the price.

Edit: I thought I would get the free games if I bought after the price drop. Shows how important fully reading the press release is and not jumping to conclusions.

Now I'm not so sure. I'll have to think on it.

 

[outunderthestars]

All I gotta do is find one place selling it for $170 before the price drop occurs, then I get low price AND gba games :O

Walmart, best buy, target, and Amazon will adjust the price within 30 days. Just go buy one the week before...

 

[CB3]

fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck me

 

[_Alkaline_]

I still can't believe how quickly this has happened. It seems like a massive knee-jerk.

 

[Salsa]

fuck you nintendo

?

are you serious?

 

[Mr_Brit]

Almost tempted to buy one pre-pricedrop now.

You're seriously going to spend $80 extra for 10 DD NES games?

 

[Blablurn]

suddenly the 3DS became a little bit more interesting. still waiting for the right games though.

 

[Onion_Relish]

I knew it, vita is now fucked. Glad I waited though!

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But i guess this is a pretty solid response to the vita starting price. Come christmas it will be a 100 dollar difference? Thats a pretty big consumer incentive

 

[Hiltz]

Holy cow.


Now there's an even better reason to buy a 3DS, but I should still really wait.
Argh!! Decisions, decisions.

 

[Linkhero1]

?

are you serious?

I'd rather have my $80 refunded. I don't want games I already own.

 

[Tenbatsu]

With the strong Sing dollar, its like only SGD$200 dam tats cheap like dirt.

 

[GDGF]

They are not free.


You just paid for them in advance.

lol Good point.

Still, I don't feel like I'm out any money this way. I love classic Nintendo games

 

[jj984jj]

The Ambassador program content won't be available for the general public to purchase? Oh Nintendo. XD

 

[The Broken Ska Record]

I expected a price drop, but this soon?

At least there are a few NES/GBA games I want on that list.

 

[DogWelder]

does Canada get this too?! D:

Canada should get $150, we have a stronger dollar!!

 

[Kandinsky]

Holy crap this is awesome lol.

 

[Manos: The Hans of Fate]

Did the Virtual Boy price even drop this fast? Not that I'm trying to say the 3DS is like that, but Nintendo isn't really big on quick price drops.

 

[ThisWreckage]

I still think the 3DS is suffering from a branding issue the most out of anything. The price drop will definitely help, but with no redesign you can count me out.

 

[ameleco]

Kinda sucks, but I knew the risk when buying it. At least this means more streetpasses (finally!)

 

[Leona Lewis]

Still waiting for the Black Friday deals.

 

[Shadowlink]

Seriously? I guess the free games are awesome, but this is close to being a $100 price drop. I guess it's nice to own GBA games that they won't release to the general public. They could have at least offered us a voucher for one free 3DS game of our choosing.

Edit: Yoshi's Island is on that list! Hell Yeah!

 

[NeoUltima]

Same price as DSI XL

 

[DarthButcher]

Well, I'm getting 20 free games! xD

Edit: As a game store employee, I'm expecting a massive upswing in 3DS sales(which I've been starting to see, we had a Pokemon tournament last week and there were several 3DSes used) and will report in if I see anything.

 

[CriterionDog]

Ugh, I bought this at midnight launch. :|9 Oh well, I'm happy for Nintendo, because now more and more people can buy this great system. Oh, and Nintendo, please bring the red 3DS stateside.

 

[DonMigs85]

Wow, an $80 drop less than 6 months after launch? Sales must really be slow.
Glad I waited. Maybe Nintendo's bloated profit margins and greed finally caught up with them.

 

[dwu8991]

gee i feel riped of, i'm stingy as hell! if they give me fire emblem, then i will be cool.

 

[Salsa]

I actually thought this would come but that they were gonna wait to see how the system does after the first Mario game for it comes out. Sales should be much better by then. The reason its selling so bad its because its lacking software. Put a Mario Kart in there and watch the things sell themselves.

 

[slaughterking]

Gimme dat PAL price drop! :0

 

[gerg]

You're seriously going to spend $80 extra for 10 DD NES games?

Early adopters also get 10 GBA VC games that won't be available for people who purchase a 3DS after the price drop.

 

[MarkusRJR]

First impression: RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!! ASDFGKMHIMGWRMGIMSFIBM!!!!!!!!!!!

After a few moments: Wait... free exclusive games for early adopters? YAY!

 

[a1m]

?

are you serious?

You spent $250 or whatever it cost few weeks ago and now it's $169. Totally understandable.

I'm laughing so hard.

 

[KarmaCow]

Almost tempted to buy one pre-pricedrop now.

Oh they're definitely going to put it on the VC eventually. That's just leaving money on the table.

Now it'll probably be like $7 each so it'll be cheaper this way if you intended on getting them anyway.

 

[Kevtones]

Despite the drop, Nintendo just REWARD THE FUCK out of early adopters. Kind of awesome.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

EU should not be far off than :O

They are going to do very well this holiday! :O

 

[butter_stick]

Warioware yesssss

 

[RomanticHeroX]

Oh hey, I was going to complain but the GBA Virtual Console.