Originally Posted by VeryCheapGame I'm really tempted by this now, but are the free games really worth it?

Look at it this way. If you are planning on buying the system this year this is probably the best deal you are going to find. The GBA games are all top notch and according to Nintendo they are ambassador only or not going to be available for some time. With the price drop and demand the holiday season is going to bring I don't see many deals being available until next year. The year the DS launched I think the only deals were the Mario Kart and Nintendogs Bundles and I think they were more expensive than the regular versions.

Already have my personal 3DS. Was considering buying one for the kids, but wasn't up to dealing with the price-match play. May do this if I can get by a WalMart in time to do it. Thanks, CheapyD!

If this is true, it's an absolute Godsend! Gonna be waiting till Tuesday

i did see somewhere that nintendo said you have to log on before 12 am going into august 11th for the free games to show up for you in the estore on september 1st. fyi

Originally Posted by mastagoalie i did see somewhere that nintendo said you have to log on before 12 am going into august 11th for the free games to show up for you in the estore on september 1st. fyi

Yeah, I got some message on my 3DS welcoming me to the Ambassador program not too long after logging in.

Looks like I'm heading to Target tomorrow for this. Using my Redcard to save 5%, then walking over to the service desk to pay $180. Price adjustment on 8/12 puts my balance at zero (or less than zero depending on how they take the 5% red card deduction from the $250) and I got the games.

It seems that there is no complete list yet and you don't get 20 games right away. An article on kotaku dated July 28th basically says that on Sept 1st you can get 10 games. That list will be NES games and will include Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Balloon Fight, Ice Climber and The Legend of Zelda. Then sometime later in 2011 there will be the list of the Game Boy Advance games and you can select 10 more games. Such games included would be Yoshi’s Island: Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart: Super Circuit, Metroid Fusion, WarioWare Inc.: Minigame Mania and Mario vs. Donkey Kong.

I dunno...I'm a 38 year old retro gamer and I legitly have all of the Nintendo games listed here and it's not a big deal for me to be to rebuy them even for free on a new system. They would have to contain new updates as I probably won't play them as I already played these to death over my 30 years of gaming. I know I'll get a 3DS someday, but that day will be when the new Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, Paper Mario or Luigi's Mansion 2 comes out. From what I understand those games are still ages away and my 3DS would simply sit and collect dust until then.

What's sad is that when I tested the 3DS demo machine out at Walmart, I discovered that I cannot use the 3D feature on this. I have a lazy left eye and it's incredibly hard for me to focus for very long to see the 3D. In fact I often have to close my lazy eye just to read books, which is quite embarrassing out in public. So I need to put it to the 2D mode and when I do that, it feels like just another DS to me and I was so dissappointed. But if the games came out that I wanted, I would have gladly paid $250 for it as I'm just that impulsive to play my top fav Nintendo games.

Cheapy you made front page on Gamespot! Congrats to you and your *source*

http://www.gamespot.com/news/6327412...37;3Btitle%3B3

They even recalled the accuracy when the PS3 dropped $100, saying your source is looking "Not Bogus."

Pretty awesome

So what color are you guys gonna get? cause last time, I read somewhere that the black 3ds was faulty or have some issue.

Black 3DS has screen wobble (The one I got has it a little). It's annoying, but not that big of a deal imo

So how likely is it that nintendo will put out a new 3ds bundle around black friday? Possibly with a new color/included game (like mario kart 7, super mario 3d land, zelda oot 3d etc.)

Originally Posted by Magicman103 So how likely is it that nintendo will put out a new 3ds bundle around black friday? Possibly with a new color/included game (like mario kart 7, super mario 3d land, zelda oot 3d etc.)

I can see them going with a forest green 3DS bundle for OOT possibly around that time, but I honestly can't really see them doing any other bundles.

Originally Posted by betterboulder I can see them going with a forest green 3DS bundle for OOT possibly around that time, but I honestly can't really see them doing any other bundles.

oooo forest green would be such a cool color on the 3ds.

Not sure if it's been mentioned yet (please forgive me if it has!), but Amazon has it up as a pre-order at the new price point, guess they wait to deliver it until August 12

http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keyw...d&link_code=qs

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Originally Posted by xGunCrazyx Black 3DS has screen wobble (The one I got has it a little). It's annoying, but not that big of a deal imo

Is this a known difference? (black vs blue?)

I expected there to be a lot more rage in this thread from people who bought the system months ago.

Originally Posted by chriscolbert Is this a known difference? (black vs blue?)

Apparently, amazon temporarily pulled the cosmo black 3ds from their website not too long ago because of these hinge problems.


http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetrevi...concerns/26488

Also heres a poll conducted over at gbatemp about screen wobble.

http://gbatemp.net/t287596-black-vs-blue-hinge-wobble

I dont know it seems weird that on the poll more people have a black 3ds with no wobble than people with a blue 3ds with no wobble. This definitely goes against most reports and amazons decision to stop selling it for a couple days.

Originally Posted by topplehat Not sure if it's been mentioned yet (please forgive me if it has!), but Amazon has it up as a pre-order at the new price point, guess they wait to deliver it until August 12 http://www.amazon.com/s?ie=UTF8&keyw...d&link_code=qs

I cancelled my pre order there because my estimated delivery was the 17th. I'm a Prime member too. I'm really hoping its in Walmart's ad tomorrow so I can pretty much go anywhere and price match if its sold out at Walmart.

Originally Posted by Magicman103 Apparently, amazon temporarily pulled the cosmo black 3ds from their website not too long ago because of these hinge problems. http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetrevi...concerns/26488 Also heres a poll conducted over at gbatemp about screen wobble. http://gbatemp.net/t287596-black-vs-blue-hinge-wobble I dont know it seems weird that on the poll more people have a black 3ds with no wobble than people with a blue 3ds with no wobble. This definitely goes against most reports and amazons decision to stop selling it for a couple days.

I wouldn't worry about the hinge too much. The left one is definitely weaker and different from the right hinge. No doubt. But, even with my less-than-one-week old model, it seems like the hinge has gotten better with more use. It's almost no longer squeaky and definitely more solid. If you have a problem of getting the 3DS top screen to lock into place once you're at 170° (or whatever angle it is), then I'd worry.

If you can get a screen protector or rubber feet (like this: http://kotaku.com/5827483/the-xbox-3...ds-screen-woes), I might suggest that to prevent any possible marking/scratching to the top display. The top screen is definitely shallow and the wider top screen doesn't match with the bottom screen's bezel, so I can see the scratching/marking issue if you have a bad hinge or move your 3DS around everywhere while its closed. Also doesn't help is you slam shut your 3DS.

Otherwise, I think people are making the big quality issues a bigger deal than they really are. Also, you still have 30 days for returns/replacements plus the 90 day warranty through Nintendo after you register your 3DS, so really you should know where you are with the problems in that time frame.

This is a lot of money for an unemployed college student, but I don't think I can resist the impulse buy if I see one at my local Walmart.