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[mollipen]

I've got a Target a block away from me, so I'll walk over once they're opening tomorrow and try my luck. (I've got $65 in credit there, so I don't want to go the Amazon route.) I'm so frustrated over how Nintendo has handled this that I'm not going to stress.

My pink original 3DS is still doing just fine, so if I don't upgrade, I don't upgrade.

 

[Arrrammis]

Just a reminder for folks who aren't lucky enough to get this deal: Gamestop is selling refurbished 3DS XL's online for $160 (not a black friday sale, it's year-round), which is still a fair price IMO.

I went with a white one because I think those colorful buttons stand out a lot better on white.

That's a fair point, but I had a white DS (the original one) and it got more brown over time and it really showed up on the white shell, I'm just gonna get the black one to avoid that this time.

 

[Nocturno999]

I went with a white one because I think those colorful buttons stand out a lot better on white.

I just preordered the black one. Probably a noob question but is it true that this color doesn't turn yellowish with time?

 

[neurophd]

Preordered for my seven year old. Do the Pokémon games require advanced reading skills? Which one should I get for him? Any other game recommendations appreciated!

 

[pgharavi]

Excuse the ignorant question - and I did try to research a bit - why is this such a hot deal?

How much is the New 3DS normally? The other thing I find odd is that, iirc, everyone was all about the XL over the normal size for the OG 3DS.

What am I missing?

 

[Xclash]

Excuse the ignorant question - and I did try to research a bit - why is this such a hot deal?

How much is the New 3DS normally? The other thing I find odd is that, iirc, everyone was all about the XL over the normal size for the OD 3DS.

What am I missing?

It's a hot deal because it's $50 off it's normal price.

 

[x3sphere]

Allegedly (based on some reddit posts that got their hands on this bundle early) it comes with a firmware that's exploitable. I don't know enough about 3DS homebrew to give any more detail, though.

Edit: Source - https://www.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/5ddhr5/can_confirm_black_friday_n3ds_comes_with_1100_out/

Yea currently you need another 3DS on CFW to exploit it though. But apparently there's a new hack due out within the next month or so that won't require an additional 3DS

 

[Ouroboros]

Excuse the ignorant question - and I did try to research a bit - why is this such a hot deal?

How much is the New 3DS normally? The other thing I find odd is that, iirc, everyone was all about the XL over the normal size for the OD 3DS.

What am I missing?

I think they are 179 for normal and 199 for the xl.

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

i honestly still dont believe it. I wonder if this was an accident?

has me worried its still available

 

[pgharavi]

I think they are 179 for normal and 199 for the xl.

It's a hot deal because it's $50 off it's normal price.

Thank you. That's pretty damn good. I'm in for a white

 

[//ARCANUM]

Excuse the ignorant question - and I did try to research a bit - why is this such a hot deal?

How much is the New 3DS normally? The other thing I find odd is that, iirc, everyone was all about the XL over the normal size for the OG 3DS.

What am I missing?

the n3DS (standard size, which is what this is) is normally $150+. And the black model has never been available in the U.S. before.

 

[BronsonLee]

Can't get the white one from Amazon now

 

[Raziel]

Oh look, over 20 pages of worry and anger towards Nintendo for nothing.

Come back on Friday.

 

[Undead Fantasy]

Excuse the ignorant question - and I did try to research a bit - why is this such a hot deal?

How much is the New 3DS normally? The other thing I find odd is that, iirc, everyone was all about the XL over the normal size for the OG 3DS.

What am I missing?

The normal price is 150 but more importantly this is the first time a black N3DS has been released here.

 

[//ARCANUM]

Can't get the white one from Amazon now

wow. that's really surprising. i figured the black would go first since it's never been available in the U.S. before.

 

[Immaculate]

Hope y'all are ready for these impending cancelations

 

[brotherbean]

Pre-ordered a black one for my son, thanks for the heads up! I'll breath a sigh of relief when it ships though, seeing this on the frontpage of slickdeals isn't encouraging...

 

[BronsonLee]

wow. that's really surprising. i figured the black would go first since it's never been available in the U.S. before.

But white is pretty

Hope y'all are ready for these impending cancelations

An hour sounds about right for how long it would last considering they'd get a lot of stock

 

[TheFlow]

Can't get the white one from Amazon now

its still up

 

[Immaculate]

Eh, i'll still just take my chances at Target tomorrow. 25% off is too much a difference for me.

Its 25 percent off at target?

 

[Undead Fantasy]

Hope y'all are ready for these impending cancelations

Don't jinx it.

 

[Rhapsody]

I went with white. My white DS Lite still looks clean enough after all these years.

Also I guess this means I need a new 3DS case. My OG one fit in my old DS Lite case, and this one seems to be a tad bigger.

 

[//ARCANUM]

its still up

won't add to cart anymore

 

[sixteen-bit]

Hope y'all are ready for these impending cancelations

amazon can apologize in giftcards

 

[Apoleptica]

That's a fair point, but I had a white DS (the original one) and it got more brown over time white really showed up on the white shell, I'm just gonna get the black one to avoid that this time.

I just preordered the black one. Probably a noob question but is it true that this color doesn't turn yellowish with time?

I had a white DS lite for years and never had a problem with it becoming yellow or discolored over time. I think nintendo learned that lesson after the SNES.

 

[MikeE21286]

I've got a n3ds XL so I'll probably my sit this one out. I oddly have the urge though.

Good luck to all

 

[coolasj19]

Hope y'all are ready for these impending cancelations

This statement, which is true, I just tried to add it to my cart.

Can't get the white one from Amazon now

Contradicts yours.

I declare that all of these are going to ship in a timely manner.

 

[broncobuster]

Allegedly (based on some reddit posts that got their hands on this bundle early) it comes with a firmware that's exploitable. I don't know enough about 3DS homebrew to give any more detail, though.

Edit: Source - https://www.reddit.com/r/3dshacks/comments/5ddhr5/can_confirm_black_friday_n3ds_comes_with_1100_out/

Thanks. It'll be fun to see what I can do with it.

 

[yyr]

To anyone interested: Nintendo sells refurbished AC Adapters for $5 plus shipping.
https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/us/p...alse&productId=prod10193&categoryId=cat550655

Just a reminder for folks who aren't lucky enough to get this deal: Gamestop is selling refurbished 3DS XL's online for $160 (not a black friday sale, it's year-round), which is still a fair price IMO.

Not sure why you'd go for that when Nintendo themselves offer refurbished New Nintendo 3DS XLs for just $10 more in both red and black.
https://store.nintendo.com/ng3/browse/subcategory.jsp?categoryId=cat750776

 

[jqdunn]

I preordered with the one click. That wouldnt work unless they still had some in stock, right? ... RIGHT?!

 

[Qwark]

Oh my gosh, got the black one. I was so worried it was going to be tough to get. You think this is a mistake? It seems so odd just throwing it up the day before Thanksgiving. Fingers crossed it doesn't get canceled.

 

[TheFlow]

damn of course only the black one is still up.

 

[Ashhong]

Hmm how could they still be in stock? I highly doubt they have enough stock to still be able to fulfill preorders. Of course, I am only guessing but still.

edit: didnt know the white sold out. well there goes my theory

 

[TheFlow]

Hmm how could they still be in stock? I highly doubt they have enough stock to still be able to fulfill preorders. Of course, I am only guessing but still.

they only got the black one still up. this has been up for less than hour?

 

[TangerineCloud]

Excuse the ignorant question - and I did try to research a bit - why is this such a hot deal?

How much is the New 3DS normally? The other thing I find odd is that, iirc, everyone was all about the XL over the normal size for the OG 3DS.


What am I missing?

OG 3DS was a very flawed piece of hardware. The battery life was pitiful, and the viewing angles for the 3D were very limited. The original XL offered pretty significant improvements in both these areas. Once it debuted, the original 3DS became the objectively worse option. As far as I know, there are no huge disparities between the New 3DS and N3DSXL that make one significantly better than the other, so now the people who prefer more compact handhelds can comfortably choose the smaller 3DS without without compromising on battery life, 3D, etc.

 

[webkatt]

Im preparation i got an official charger at Target for $8.99+tax

 

[outunderthestars]

damn of course only the black one is still up.

To be fair, I think most people are about to get canceled.

I would still keep an eye on the page come 2AM

 

[MrDaravon]

Hope y'all are ready for these impending cancelations

Honest question - when has Amazon ever put up a pre-order for something and then not being able to physically honor it? I can literally only think of one time I've seen or heard of it happening in the ~18 years I've been shopping there. Fuckups followed by cancellations happen a lot at other places, but I can't think of a time it's happened with Amazon except for one time that was specifically an issue on the manufacturer side of things. And given that it's Amazon their stock selling out in an hour or so on this sounds right TBH.

Absolute worst case I guarantee we'll get giftcard/credits as compensation if this was a fuckup, so it's still a win there even in that case.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Didn't know it started already on Amazon.
Pre-ordered the black one, hope it goes through.

Thanks guys. That's one less BF item from my list.

 

[SchrodingerC]

Hope y'all are ready for these impending cancelations

Don't jinx us 😖

 

[Mufti Nabiyu Erin]

I pre-ordered a black one off Amazon 30 minutes ago, and they just charged my card. I think these pre-orders might actually hold.

 

[DR2K]

damn of course only the black one is still up.

Got my preorder in. So happy!

 

[TheFlow]

To be fair, I think most people are about to get canceled.

I would still keep an eye on the page come 2AM

if I can get just one I will be happy

 

[FantasticMrFoxdie]

The fact that the white preorders are down is somehow promising

 

[CrispyBoar]

I ended up pre-ordering it from Amazon.

I honestly don't feel like killing myself tomorrow trying to find one.

I've just done the same thing (going with the black color), with 2-day shipping. I was going to go through Toys 'R Us at 9:00 PM later to do so, but then I went through Amazon & saw that it was available for pre-order now.

If anyone else hasn't, I suggest that you do so now. I have a feeling that these things are gonna sell out quick.

 

[RPGam3r]

To be fair, I think most people are about to get canceled.

I would still keep an eye on the page come 2AM

I've preordered from Amazon for years and never once had a preorder cancel. With stock appearing to be in play (since white went down first), why is this being said?

 

[Jawbreaker]

Got an order in for a black version.

 

[Storm Chamber]

Got a black one.

Worst comes to worst, they cancel my preorder and no money is spent.

 

[RedRumy3]

So basically once black friday is over they wont sell this version no more?

 

[Undead Fantasy]

I pre-ordered a black one off Amazon 30 minutes ago, and they just charged my card. I think these pre-orders might actually hold.