[ALL] Nintendo 3DS Price Drop To 169.99...Early Adopters Get Rewarded

[tigstah]

saw this on cag today.....price will drop on 8/12. if you bought early, and have registered on the nintendo eshop by 8/11 you will receive 20 free games.
http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/showthread.php?t=300309

 

[killgod]

does this console even have 20 games?

last time I read everyone was abandoning this thing.

 

[tigstah]

its 10 game boy advance virtual console and 10 nes virtual console.....

 

[JayDizzle]

Pay again for games you still own or have owned...

I'd only say this is a good deal IF you haven't played these games and are only going to dump all your gaming cash into it.

...then again, you could just get an emulator and get all those games for FREE.

 

[jms493]

nice price drop but still not interested with the PSP2 coming soon.

 

[tigstah]

nintendo should have a bundle with 3ds games included for 169.99. my kid has one, he's happy with it.

 

[Twigg4075]

its 10 game boy advance virtual console and 10 nes virtual console.....

Pay again for games you still own or have owned...

I'd only say this is a good deal IF you haven't played these games and are only going to dump all your gaming cash into it.

...then again, you could just get an emulator and get all those games for FREE.

Yeah, but aren't they in 3D? Even the old games? I'm still foggy on this.

So what would stop me from buying this thing now, register to get my free games, and then price match when the price drops in a few weeks?

I'm seriously thinking about getting one. The one thing holding me back now is the battery life. How bad is it Tig?

 

[tigstah]

not sure, as my kid has it over his moms house. i will email him to see. wait he is 13...i wont get a straight answer....i will get something like "its ok"....

 

[MrBill]

not sure, as my kid has it over his moms house. i will email him to see. wait he is 13...i wont get a straight answer....i will get something like "its ok"....

It's pretty hard to get a straight answer here from guys twice your sons age :yep:

 

[Saluki]

hell i'll buy one for 150.

 

[Twigg4075]

hell i'll buy one for 150.

It actually kind of ticks me off that it is dropping to $150 in Japan I believe?

 

[SethMode]

Yeah, but aren't they in 3D? Even the old games? I'm still foggy on this.

I don't understand how they would be in 3D? These old NES and GBA games? Although admittedly all that I understand about the 3DS at this stage is that it gave me a minor headache after playing it for 5 minutes or so in a Best Buy.

 

[G-men]

Do 3DS games work on a normal DS? I doubt it, but I might wanna pick up a few of these titles, but I'm definitely not buying a whole new system to do it.

 

[Twigg4075]

I don't understand how they would be in 3D? These old NES and GBA games? Although admittedly all that I understand about the 3DS at this stage is that it gave me a minor headache after playing it for 5 minutes or so in a Best Buy.

Well I know when they re-released Excite Bike on the 3DS eShop recently it was in 3D.

Do 3DS games work on a normal DS? I doubt it, but I might wanna pick up a few of these titles, but I'm definitely not buying a whole new system to do it.

Of course not. But DS games work in the 3DS.

 

[SethMode]

Well I know when they re-released Excite Bike on the 3DS eShop recently it was in 3D.

So are these re-releases then? I'm just confused I guess. Perhaps at this point I'm wondering what the 3D concept is at its core.

 

[Twigg4075]

So are these re-releases then? I'm just confused I guess. Perhaps at this point I'm wondering what the 3D concept is at its core.

Now you're confusing me.

All I know is that they re-released Excitebike in 3D so I would imagine that would be the case with the other "classics", but who knows?

 

[Twigg4075]

Ok, so I just picked one up at Best Buy. The guy in the games section was really cool and knowledgable and told me he bought one for his son a month or so ago. He knew all about the impending price drop and even said anyone smart would buy one now and get the price adjustment on the 12th so that you can still get the 20 free downloads.

Initially I was just going to get two games from TRU because they had a B1G1 on select 3DS games but the list was sad. The best game on the list was probably Rayman and the second best was Ridge Racer so I was going to get them even though I really wasn't stoked about either but I needed something to play. Luckily, I guess, the dumb fucks working in games at TRU were slow and moronic and I finally got tired of waiting for this dumb fuck to open the case and I left.

When I went to BB I saw they Ridge Racer was on sale for $20 anyway so pondered getting that again but then I saw Zelda:OoT and figured that was a must buy. As I'm chatting with the dude at checkout I mention that I was interested in Pilot Wings but not for $40. He tells me "Actually, I think we have a deal this week where if you buy Zelda you get s few games for half off and I'm pretty sure PW is one of them. He finds the weekly ad and sure enough, PW and Steel Diver were 50% off with Zelda. So I picked up my black 3DS, Zelda and PW for $310 and I'll get $80 back in a few weeks.:horse:

 

[Twigg4075]

If you want some serious lulz, check this link...
http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/997614-3ds/59870722

It seems the Nintendo fanboys that rushed out day one and bought a 3DS are fuming that people like myself are buying the console now, with the forthcoming price adjustment, and also being able to take advantage of the 20 free downloads.

Outrage doesn't even begin to describe what these nerds are feeling right now. Some have even written Nintendo letters detailing this "loophole" that we are "exploiting" and they want action to be taken immediately.

LMAO.

 

[jms493]

Twigg you are disgusting....how do you sleep at all. Loophole jumper!

 

[Twigg4075]

So, for the maybe one other person on this iste that owns one, FYI the ten free GBA games were released this past Friday.

As a reminder the games are:
1) Zelda: Minish Cap
2) F-Zero: Maximum Velocity
3) Wario Land 4 (I didn't even know there were three others?!?)
4) Mario Kart: Super Circuit
5) Yoshi's Island
6) Warioware Inc.
7) Metroid Fusion
8) Kirby and the Amazing Mirror
9) Mario vs Donkey Kong
10) Fire Emblem: The Sacred Stones

Does anyone want to guess which one of those games I played for twenty minutes and will never play again?

Also, as another reminder, Zelda: Four Swords Adventures is still free and only up on the store until I think 02/28/12.

So between, the 10 NES games, 10 GBA games, Four Swords and possibly Excitebike 3D if you were a "legit" early adopter, that's a pretty decent haul.

Plus if you take the time ti sign up for Club Nintendo you can get more games. Basically, for the uninformed, when you buy certain games, mostly first party Nintendo titles, there is a code inside the box. You open an account on Club Nintendo and "register" your games by entering the codes. You can also register your hardware (Wii, Gamecube, DS, 3DS, etc.) Once registered you get coins and get bonus coins if you then take these simple surveys regarding the game. The coins ranged from 10 to 100+ I believe. You use to be able to just redeem the coins for swag and merchandise like posters, book ends, buttons, etc. But now they have opened it up and you can redeem the coins for downloads on the Nintendo e-shop. There are only certain titles that you can redeem the coins for but they are solid.

For example, the games available are:
-Super Mario Kart (Wii, 100 coins)
-Fluidity (150 coins) *Wiiware downloadable game
-3D Classics: Xevious (3DS, 100 coins)
-Mario vs DK: Minis March Again (3DS, 150 coins)

The cool thing is that you can get 10 coins for completing the surveys for each of the FREE ambassador games. So if you complete the surveys for the ten NES games, that's another free game if you want Super Mario Kart on Wii or Xevious. Plus you'll get another 100 coins for doing the surveys for the free GBA games.

Not too shabby.