rumor was true, the 3DS is $169 at Walmart and Target today
Posted by Francis Aug 09 2011 13:35 GMT in Nintendo 3DS
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okay
Reply by Nastasia Aug 09 2011 16:35 GMT
But apparently not at my Walmart :/
Now I'm thinking I don't even want it. Why buy a new console when there is only one game to look forward to? By the time I actually want one they'll have a redesign
Reply by Francis Aug 09 2011 17:23 GMT
if you get it now you get like 20 games. also it comes with stuff to do, there's the eshop and there's ar cards which might sound like a gimmick but i actually enjoyed it. you can play old ds games too. plus it looks incredibly more sexy than all the previous dses before it
Reply by Nastasia Aug 09 2011 17:28 GMT
you have a job anyway, 170 or 250 dollars should be easy for you to get out
Reply by Nastasia Aug 09 2011 17:35 GMT
yeah the 20 games is what almost got me to bite. but, they are games I've either already played or I can just put on my GBA flash-cart so I don't feel like I'm missing out anything. The bundled software is neat, but I thought the same thing about DSi... it was interesting for a day. And DS games looks better on a DS.
Sure $170 is not much in the big scheme of things, but right now it feels like $170 wasted. I'll probably just wait for when it comes bundled with Super Mario 3D or Paper Mario.
Reply by Francis Aug 09 2011 17:58 GMT
Why would they ever bundle it with an actually good game
Reply by Nastasia Aug 09 2011 18:00 GMT
Also dsi was a real gimmick don't even compare it to the 3ds
Reply by Nastasia Aug 09 2011 18:04 GMT

You'll be saying that about the 3DS when the WiiDS comes out

Reply by DarkBlueAce Aug 09 2011 18:14 GMT
LOL dswii
Reply by Nastasia Aug 09 2011 18:30 GMT

saw it at Target today... and I didn't buy it.  You are losing your ironclad grip on me, Nintendo.  FREEDOM!

Reply by Francis Aug 10 2011 23:12 GMT

I thought the price drop wasn't until the 12th. THAT'S WHAT I GET FOR TRUSTING WIKIPEDIA
Anyways, I'm pretty psyched. I've been saving my monies~ for months (okay, I got cash for my birthday and have been waiting for a price drop), and the reduced price is finally something I can afford!

Reply by Tayl Aug 11 2011 00:00 GMT

No, the price cut was the 12th. Walmart just lowered their prices earlier than anybody else to get some extra sales before the Ambassador program ended.
Still waiting for some video games to be actually worth buying. I'm not really in much of a rush to preemptively spend $200 on a remake and wait for other games, no matter how good OoT is.

Reply by Viddd Aug 11 2011 00:23 GMT
Oh, makes sense.
I don't mind buying the 3DS and waiting for the games I actually want to come out; after I blow my cash on that, I probably won't be able to get any games until Christmas, haha. I'm more of a game renter anyways, although I don't know if my local renting place has 3DS games...
Reply by Tayl Aug 11 2011 00:33 GMT
sup tayl
hows canada
Reply by Super-Claus Aug 11 2011 00:35 GMT
didn't know you were still alive
Reply by MM Aug 11 2011 00:39 GMT

@Claus: I don't believe in Canada.

@MM: I was kind of just going through my bookmarks, decided to do some lurking, found this topic relevant to my interests, and thought "hey, why not?". Yeah.

Reply by Tayl Aug 11 2011 00:49 GMT
wait I thought you were the one who lived in canada
Reply by Super-Claus Aug 11 2011 01:10 GMT
NOPE
idk who the other one is, but they're the Canadian.
Reply by Tayl Aug 11 2011 01:15 GMT
I think Nintendo shot themselves in the foot releasing all those rehashes. Now nobody wants to fork out the money when an actual new portable console comes out.
Reply by MM Aug 11 2011 01:17 GMT
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