The newest Nintendo handheld, the 3DS, will receive a substantial price drop on August 12th. The American price is being cut by $80, going from retail of $249.99 to $169.99 and Japanese price from ¥25,000 to ¥15,000. This drop is probably to spur on lagging sales and increase the console’s adoption rate. Will I get … Read more
Today I stopped by an electronics store in Shinjuku hoping that they would have the 3DS on display and possibly have a demo model to play with. Luck was on my side so I did get some time with the unit and can offer some initial thoughts based on my play time. First off- the … Read more
Here are the details we got at the NYC 3DS press event: Two colors available at launch: Obsidian Black and Aqua Blue “AR Games” is included virtual reality minigames using camera Web browser has been enhanced Gameboy and Gameboy Color “Virtual Console” confirmed (Sorry, no GBA yet) Coming to America March 27th for $249.99 (Who … Read more
As you can see in the above picture, get ready to buy Black and White on March 6th, 2011 if you live in America! Great news and a lot sooner than the fishy April date some sites had been giving. The only other details we got were that “Black City” and “White Forest” keep the … Read more
The Nintendo 3DS has just been given a launch date: Feb 28, 2011 in Japan and March for EU and US. Some quick notes that were also announced: Mii plaza built in (can take photo of yourself and make a Mii with it) “AR Games” (augmented reality) built in to make use of the camera … Read more
This was originally a post I had on GameFAQs (UPD: They deleted it for “trolling”… wtf) but I thought I would also appeal to my users to contact Nintendo as well. I myself have not been contacted by Nintendo, nor have you probably, but we can still help try to rectify this situation because it … Read more