Nintendo 3DS General Discussion

Jarrod · Last edited by Jarrod on Fri Apr 01, 2011 11:47 am, edited 1 time in total

What is this? Another Nintendo 3DS event. Wee!
When is it? 19th, this Wednesday, though likely 20th for us.
What time is it? 1:45am in Melbourne. Oh, the event? 3:20pm EU time, I think.
Where is it? The land of beautiful women, dope bars, and good beer; Amsterdam. There's also one in New York but who gives a rats.
Why should I give a crap? Read on.

So here's the thing; the 3DS was stealth announced by a PR release out of the blue, likely because of investors pushing and manufactorers wanting to talk and rar rar bla bla. Nintendo then went "WEYO!" and finally blew the doors wide open at E3. It was pretty mad. Then they did a big Japan show in September wrhich was pretty rad. There might have been a thread on it maybe or something. They also did a recent show in Japan but not a huuuge amount came out of it, mostly because it was targeted at getting average Japanese Joe hands on with the system.

ANYWAYS, this show is big super duper awesomeness x10 to the extreme, and that's because this is basically going to be the be-all-end-all 3DS event where we learn everything. This is where we're going to learn about;

Price and launch date (maybe not for AU, but definitely US/EU).
Launch line-ups.
New games.
Online networking system detailed (friend codes ahoy)
Virtual Console 3DS detailed
3DS Ware detailed, and titles announced
3D movies somewhat detailed
The 3DS OS detailed and everything else

Also its hosted by Jonathan Ross, who is a stupidly big Nintendo nerd.

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Lobbyist · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 9:01 am�� Post subject:

Sounds interesting. Too bad i don't have any money to head off to Amsterdam. *cries*
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Esposch · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:18 pm�� Post subject:

So is this the new 3DS general?
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Cerebral · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 12:49 pm�� Post subject:

Am I the only one who is consistently surprised by how much of a nerd Jonathon Ross is? I feel out of the loop.
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Benza · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:02 pm�� Post subject:

Esposch · Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 2:27 pm�� Post subject:

Vervain · Posted: Wed Jan 19, 2011 7:51 pm�� Post subject:

For those interested, the US event will be held at 1:00am EDST tomorrow.

So under 6 hours to go until we find out the launch details!

Edit: US deets; $250 USD, March 27 release.
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kartanym · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:42 am�� Post subject:

No real surprises in the US event, very short. But our european brothers are still going, and already they've confirmed a lot more. Ubisoft have 8 titles to be launched within the first few months, including Rayman, Splinter Cell and Ghost Recon.

Jarrod · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:46 am�� Post subject:

Universal friend codes. Thank fuck.
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kartanym · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 1:47 am�� Post subject:

admeister · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:21 am�� Post subject:

It's going to sell for only $250 in the U.S, awesome!

27th of March is going to be a good day.
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theory · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:40 am�� Post subject:

The 27th won't be awesome because we won't have our US imports by then! Also the launch lineup is crap! Hope that changes. No mention of Puzzle Bobble 3DS for US or EU! What am I going to do now?

You can now preorder the 3DS on Amazon.com.

Cost is ~$275USD = ~$275AUD! That includes priority shipping (2-5 days).
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admeister · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:50 am�� Post subject:

Indeed, I just ordered mine from there. They're doing a really good deal on them.

We'll have to wait a couple of days for them to turn up, but that's fine. I'm still eagerly waiting for a U.S launch title list though.
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theory · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 2:55 am�� Post subject:

^ That was quick! Long wait though... waiting to see the local price, though it definitely won't be less than $275!
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BurnZ · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 7:40 am�� Post subject:

That top shelf is gonna cause trouble, look at the bow in it.
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Esposch · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:34 am�� Post subject:

Wait, Amazon ship things to Australia now?
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admeister · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:54 am�� Post subject:

Yes, they've been doing it for years.
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Spacecow · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 11:58 am�� Post subject:

Pikmin....

http://www.zavvi.com/10308244.html

My interest has been piqued.
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kartanym · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 12:53 pm�� Post subject:

They haven't confirmed a true launch lineup yet, just what games will be released between the march-june window. I'm more than happy, though, if I get my hands on Street Fighter or Dead or Alive in the first batch.

Also, Nintendo Australia confirmed this morning the 3DS will be out in Australia and New Zealand in March 2011. Further details will be confirmed at a press event in Sydney early February.

EDIT: Just noticed, the DSi store software will work on 3DS, and it looks like they will be available in the e-store for new customers.

Vervain · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:23 pm�� Post subject:

John Marston · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 3:54 pm�� Post subject:

Not sure if anyone has seen this but damn! it looks good!!
Sorry Embed would not work, check out Zelda!
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Jarrod · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:21 pm�� Post subject:

In Japan there are lines for the pre-orders.

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theory · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:56 pm�� Post subject:

^ Images not working. Reupload them to Imageshack or something.
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Jarrod · Posted: Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:58 pm�� Post subject:

Feeeexed.
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