Board 8 > Well that 3DS price drop didn't take long...

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http://www.destructoid.com/nintendo-slashes-price-of-3ds-rewards-early-adopters-207276.phtml#comment

$169 starting August 12th.

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"So they're going to give everybody who bought a 3DS prior to this point the opportunity to download a collection of 10 NES games for free before they hit the eShop. They'll also be giving out ten Game Boy Advance titles, including Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ and Mario vs. Donkey Kong,"

hellllll yessss

worth it
especially since I only paid 220 for mine

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See, Nintendo understands the needs of the core customers who bought in early to feel satisfied with their purchase. So they're going to give everybody who bought a 3DS prior to this point the opportunity to download a collection of 10 NES games for free before they hit the eShop. They'll also be giving out ten Game Boy Advance titles, including Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ and Mario vs. Donkey Kong, before the end of the year. These GBA games are currently expected to be exclusive to early adopters or, as Nintendo calls them, "Ambassadors."

So, you're going to get twenty old games for free, some of which are very old and have already been milked to death on other downloadable platforms (NES games include Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Balloon Fight, Ice Climber and The Legend of Zelda). This is supposed to make up for it.

Good news for me then.

wtf can I just buy one now then?

Super Circuit alone is going for 20 bucks at gamestop. Stupid thing to say.

Damn, that free stuff for early adopters is awesome, makes me happy to have one already.

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yoo id rather spend 250 on a new one and get those free games then 170 on a new one with nothing lol

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Oh wait I was thinking it was a 200-170 price drop.


**** that I'll get the price drop.

pjbasis posted...
wtf can I just buy one now then?

Super Circuit alone is going for 20 bucks at gamestop. Stupid thing to say.

No kidding. Just the other day I bought Castlevania: Circle of the Moon for $10, MMBN3 for $5, and Yoshi's Island for $15. This is a fantastic deal as far as I'm concerned.

Xiahou Shake posted...
Damn, that free stuff for early adopters is awesome, makes me happy to have one already.

Especially with how we've gotten stuff like Excitebike 3D for free and all. Not the best stuff ever but still cool to have for free.

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That's an incredibly aggressive price drop. That should help with the sluggish sales.

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Anyone considering getting the 3DS before the price cut to get those exclusive GBA games?

No firm details of the price cut for Europeans, only "around a third".

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hot damn

but i still wanna wait for Revelations

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Lol, I just sold my DS too.

Ahww yeah.

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HOLY ****

I was expecting a price drop, but something in the range of 50…

I will take my 20 free games yessir.

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Got my 3DS as a present but uh, wow. I like that free stuff.

Those are some slick GBA titles, although I refuse to believe Nintendo's claim that they have no plans of ever releasing them.

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that's a serious bomba price drop.

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I swear to god Donkey Kong had god damn better be one of the free NES games

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would intrigue me if I had any interest in a 3DS to begin with, but lol3DS

here they are for now

Free VC NES games for 3DS (from sept 1st):

Super Mario Bros.
Donkey Kong JR.
Balloon Fight
Ice Climbers
The Legend of Zelda
+ 5 more

Free VC gameboy advance games for 3DS:


Super Mario Advance 3
Mario Kart Advance
Metroid Fusion
Wario ware
Mario vs. Donkey Kong
+ 5 more

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Wow. My niece was dead-set on wanting one of these for Christmas, but it didn't look like we'd be able to afford it. This certainly changes things.

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Hell, once the Paper Mario game comes out, now I won't feel so bad about getting one.

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They had better not try to foist Urban ****ing Champion on us, I'll just say that.

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Still needs better games imo.

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for once being an early adopter pays off

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Whoa! I already have most of those GBA games, but I go back to Yoshi's Island and Metroid Fusion every now and then and it would be nice to not have to have the cartridge.

Good to be an early adopter!

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oh wow thats nice

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If I buy a 3DS prior to the price drop, do I get the 20 free games or no?

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yes

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another great thing is those 20 games being Virtual Console games because the 3DS's VC is way better than the Wii's with save stating features and stuff like that

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Ill probably just get the 170 since I don't care for the free games so far

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Wow I don't know whether to laugh at 3DS's failure or proclaim Nintendo gods among men for a 32% price drop.

Who am I kidding.

GODS AMONG MEN, WELCOME BACK TO GLORY MIYAMOTO SAN, HAVE SOME SAKE

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Whoa, check this out:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=438813

These free games are available to anyone who owns a Nintendo 3DS system and uses a wireless broadband Internet signal to connect to the Nintendo eShop at least once before 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Aug. 11. These users will automatically be registered in the Nintendo 3DS Ambassador program.

Basically, as long as you have a 3DS and go online one minute before it officially goes on sale (August 12), you will be eligible for the free games. Someone with a friend in retail might be able to take huge advantage of this. I wonder if it would be possible to get said retailer friend to sell it to you at the sales price a day early.

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ahahahaha 3DS what a waste of time. All it is is a port system, that's it. It's funny how they're getting terrified of the much better Vita now.

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nice, glad as a pickle I didn't blow money on one already.

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Just so we're all clear here, I told you guys to wait on this assy system.

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A vast majority of people waited (as evident by the price drop in the first place), and the early adopters are big fans who so far seem happy with 20 free games.

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considering a lot of these VC games are one's I would have gotten anyway since it's nice to have them all without searching for the old carts, there's no reason to be upset by this at all. Really Metroid Fusion is already more than enough!

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I'm still not sure why people even want one at this price. Is 3D that important to you? Because it's literally the only reason to get one. Isn't the online still really bad? I hope the Vita demolishes this thing.

And it would seem people were right. Nobody is buying a 3DS because it's a DS. Gamers know the difference, but parents do not.

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SHINE GET 64 posted...
another great thing is those 20 games being Virtual Console games because the 3DS's VC is way better than the Wii's with save stating features and stuff like that

Wait, wait, wait... Wii VC doesn't even have save states?!

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The Real Truth posted...
Is 3D that important to you?

After experiencing OoT3D that went from not really to a yes

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Vlado posted...
SHINE GET 64 posted...
another great thing is those 20 games being Virtual Console games because the 3DS's VC is way better than the Wii's with save stating features and stuff like that

Wait, wait, wait... Wii VC doesn't even have save states?!

sort of. It save stated the exact point where you quit playing, but you couldn't just save it whenever you wanted and reload that save later which the 3DS VC allows you to do

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From: The Real Truth | #042
I'm still not sure why people even want one at this price.

Resident Evil: Revelations. I still wouldn't be very interested if not for that game. Also, the DS is very well regarded, and I've barely ever played that. For someone who never owned the original, getting a DS and 3DS for $170 seems like a good deal.

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At first, seeing this made me think that I need to jump on a 3DS now in order to get in there in time. But after thinking about it for a second, I think I'll take the $80 price drop. The games that they've listed, at least, are ones that either I already own or I wouldn't have planned to download on the VC anyway. It certainly seems to be a great strategy to drum up sales, both because of the sudden influx of interest at the ridiculously lower price, and from the rush of those who go out and buy one in the next 2 weeks in order to become an "Ambassador"

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That price drop is cool and all, but at this point the price doesn't matter if there's still no reason to own the system.

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Need to make an Ambassador SHINE account

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Why does everyone hate the 3DS? :( it's a neat system with some cool games, I don't get the ravenous vitriol from guys like Real Truth in this topic.

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