Nice. I think I'll pick one up sometime this year, then.

The market has changed. Young kids either have/ want ITouch or hand me down Iphones and other smart phones. They don't want the 3DS, sorry Nintendo. The Wii U is going to be a massive fail also. Nintendo must change with the market of Smartphone gaming or get left behind.

Hey Nintendo, how about Neo Geo pocket games on the VC for the 3ds?

I like free...*hugs my3DS*

Also, I'm not too mad at my purchase, I'm playing Zelda and Street Fighter at the moment, and they get a good sessions out of me, but it would be cool to see something new come around as I have no interest in Startfox 3D(especially after how Brad described the multiplayer)

That's a lot of free games. Almost worth buying it at launch...almost.

@Clippjoint said:

so Nintendo is pretty much saying F U to the early adopters .

YEAH! Just like Apple does! OMG! :eyeroll:

$80 price drop is nice, but I still don't care until that thing gets a decent battery life. 
 
and games.

Alright with the games coming out and this new price drop, I'm sold.

That's a better price for what they are offering. Smart move.

I didn't even know there were NES or GBA games on the eShop.

Finally at the price it should have been at launch.

The price drop is tempting if you want a 3DS RIGHT NOW but I hope people who held off on buying at launch aren't fooled. You should be waiting for the next hardware revision, not this. Unless you actually want a 3-5 hour battery life.

At this rate it'll be $50 by next year. I'm still gonna wait and see what happens

What does connecting to eShop mean? I've downloaded that free Pokemon 3D thing and and the Excitebike thing. Does that mean I'm connected?

@Hailinel said:

@LeetBalla said:

Price is still too high.

Dude, it's new tech. What do you want?

Well, obviously I want a lower price. Also, why should I pay 170$ for the system and 40$ per game when I can have just as much fun on my phone for .99$ or free?

METROID FUSION YES!

this is why i held out, no games, poor sales.... significant price drop was obvious

$150 and we might be in business, Nintendo.

"Sony can't be very happy about this aggressive move. Many did not expect the company to hit a $249.99 price point for Vita."

What you call an aggressive move I call desperation. I'm sure if anything Sony has a big grin on their face. How come I enjoyed the article until the last sentence?

WTF man. Why was I stupid enough to pay that day 1....

Holy shit, free NES and GBA games?! I'm glad I paid $250.

This doesn't change the fact that 3D is gross.

Star Fox is coming out soon. - My body is ready.

@LeetBalla said:

@Hailinel said:

@LeetBalla said:

Price is still too high.

Dude, it's new tech. What do you want?

Well, obviously I want a lower price. Also, why should I pay 170$ for the system and 40$ per game when I can have just as much fun on my phone for .99$ or free?

Huh, still seems $60 too much. 
Once it hits that magical $99 price point I'm all over it, but I have a feeling waiting for the 3DS lite might be what I'm going to do.  
Also, my DS Lite also plays GBA games Nintendo, and I don't have to rebuy them. WHAT NOW HUH. :P

I'll be checking ebay then!

This is good news! But also sad for Nintendo. I wonder how they plan to turn a profit.

Glad to se they didn't completely screw the early adopters (also glad I resisted being an early adopter this time ( I bought the original PSP and DS day one...sold them both off rather quick lol))

I don't believe for a second those GBA games are going to stay exclusive to the ambassadors though, I bet it's 6 months timed exclusive, maybe a year.

3DS has not lit the world on fire in the same way DS did. You can blame your smartphone for that.

No, I blame the $250 price tag.

What will be the new UK price, if there is one at all?

I'll wait until it's 149 €, we paid a lot already when you make the Euro to Dollar conversion anyway...

" "Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on the Nintendo 3DS in the future," reads the press release." 
 
Which means I won't be buying a 3DS at it's reduced price either. Fuck you Nintendo.

@TheSilentTruth: Dubba dubba dubba.

$170 is still too much. I'd rather put that towards the Vita.

@ptys said:

I'm yet to find an iPhone game which I'd classify as just as good as a traditionally developed IP like the stuff you'll get on a proper handheld. Sure there may be good games coming but there is no way they'll be 99c. Different experiences.

@LeetBalla said:

@Hailinel said:

@LeetBalla said:

Price is still too high.

Dude, it's new tech. What do you want?

Well, obviously I want a lower price. Also, why should I pay 170$ for the system and 40$ per game when I can have just as much fun on my phone for .99$ or free?

The games I can get on my Phone though fulfill the same purpose as a 3DS would though. I just want something that can keep me entertained in my downtime away from home. Most handheld games being released now are just console games on the small screen. Why would I want that in 2011?

This maybe incentive for me to get a 3DS, depends on if some of the games coming out later this year deliver.

Well, fall semester is close. I'm sure I could toss away two hundred bucks of FA for a game. It's for my education, damn it!

freeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Wow, Christmas for me then.

bad news for nintendo, good news for me

At first I was pissed, but at least I get free stuff for buying this thing too early.

"Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on the Nintendo 3DS in the future."
This is why I hesitate to call myself a Nintendo fan anymore. GBA was the best Nintendo handheld...what, do they hate money? Screw you guys...

Those games are definitely coming to download publicly eventually. I'm glad Nintendo is not only slashing the price but awarding those that jumped in this potential failure of a handheld early on.

Pilotwings 
Ocarina of Time 3D
Starfox 64 3D 
Super Mario 3D
Mario Kart 3D
Kid Icarus
 (nintendogs, skyward sword)
 
all in this year  !!!
 
this is like one of the best years for Nintendo in terms of ridiculous and awesome games.  I can not complain, if people don't buy it, it is because they are stupid

20 free games? That is great.

I'm still going to wait for the 3DS Lite.

I work at my local Wal-Mart. 169.00 is the current price of our DSiXL's. I will tell all my customers who are interested in a 3DS but not the current price (249.00) about this and sell who shows up around August 12th to get one.

How do you know if you will get them or not? is there any thing that like a box somewhere? lol