Nintendo 3DS

[manuel]

The Nintendo 3DS will be released in Japan on Feb 26, 2011 for 25000 Yen.

Anybody planning to import?
I'll preorder mine as soon as preorders are up at Yamada Denki.

[nintendodork]

I was thinking about importing one, but I heard somewhere that they're going to have region-lockout.  If that's true, it's an incredibly stupid move by Nintendo, because there's absolutely no reason for it.  Need an example?  Every other portable Nintendo system.

[manuel]

I agree that it would suck big time if it was region locked.

[UglyJoe]

I'm not gonna import one, but I'll probably end up pre-ordering one from Amazon once they start taking US pre-orders.

I was thinking about importing one, but I heard somewhere that they're going to have region-lockout.

Are the carts region-locked, or is it just the DSiWare stuff like the DSi?

[manuel]

My guess is that only the downloads would be locked to one region.
It would be nice if you could have several accounts like the PSN, where I have a Japanese, a German and a USA account.

[nintendodork]

On top of what I said earlier, if the 3DS sells in North America for what it does in Japan, that's about $300.  That's $100 for every dimension!

Annnddd, it's more than the Wii was at launch. Don't think I'll be importing it, sadly.

[UglyJoe]

They haven't listed a US price yet.

[MS-DOS4]

Released in 2001?


Anyway, I won't be importing, and I'll probably just wait until a friend has it so I can see if the gimmick is worth the price tag.

[nintendodork]

They haven't listed a US price yet.

Oh, I suppose I should've worded my post better.  Fixed.  But if this follows the same price trends as the DSi, then I guess it'll still be around $250.  Which is still quite a lot.

[rotomrocks12312]

Released in 2001?


Anyway, I won't be importing, and I'll probably just wait until a friend has it so I can see if the gimmick is worth the price tag.

DAMN! I'm too slow...

[manuel]

2011! Damn typos...

I think there's no way it'll be more than 249$ in the US.

[L___E___T]

It's released for the same price as Wii, so will the games.  If you do a straight converion it ends up more dollars (but not £s) - but Nintendo have not announced their US or EU pricing yet.

I would strongly recommened AGAINST importing.  Wait the extra month and don't suffer from region lock-out of 3DS games, DSi (specific) games, DSi Ware, 3DS Ware and more.

Yes it is worth the price tag.  The connectivity will change the way you play games away from home.  I'll have one soon as well.

[MS-DOS4]

Incase some of you gentlemen missed this video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GRSdUvbLhSo


By the looks of it, you can now finally loose at Street Fighter without even having to play it, thus saving you tons of time. Also, I'll be looking forward to checking my stocks right before bedtime.

[petik1]

Streetfighter characters stand on blue cakes and ram into each other... Without you even seeing!

[nintendodork]

What was the deal with that question block card at 1:53?  It looks pretty cool, but it doesn't seem to serve a purpose.