Got my 3DS a day early!

[TanookiSuitSam]

please pick Majoras Mask. please pick Majoras Mask.

[manuel]

Manuel, how much was your 3DS?

I'm not gonna get one in Japan, but today I was out and I had seen them going for 28000yen... Aren't they suppose to be 25000yen?

What you saw was a rip-off reseller 3DS. The normal price is 25000 Yen, that's what I paid for it.

[tappybot]

That's not cool.  This was at two different reputable stores too.

So did you get any games yet?

[FamicomRetroGamer]

Looks good but not a big improvement for the DS franchise.

[Yukima]

*checks out pics*

SWEEET!!  Love that metallic blue color!

I would seriously get one if there's any new games that catch my eye.  Problem is, my brain can't quite handle 3D that well - 5 minutes of looking at a 3D TV makes me nauseated, same as playing 3D/polygonal games on PS2 for more than half an hour.  I heard there's an option to turn the 3D effects off.  Is that true?  I haven't really followed the 3DS release, so I have no clue.

[nintendodork]

I heard there's an option to turn the 3D effects off.  Is that true?  I haven't really followed the 3DS release, so I have no clue.

Yes there is.  There's a slider (sort of like a volume slider) that allows you to fully control the "amount" of 3D present in the games.

[manuel]

Yes, as dork said, you can turn the 3D off at any time. Absolutely no problem.

[L___E___T]

Manuel is the shop online in your 3DS?

[manuel]

No.
The shop and everything with it will be available at the end of May in a worldwide firmware update. Meh. 

I was quite looking forward to download some games, but this will have to wait 3 months as it seems.

[MS-DOS4]

Looking forward to finally playing Shantae Risky's Revenge

[L___E___T]

I was quite looking forward to download some games, but this will have to wait 3 months as it seems.

GB games look horrible so far...   Still praying that they are nicely presented...

[L___E___T]

Oh, I got my four new 3DSs on Friday - these are different!

They are half chrome / black with red anodised detailing.  These are development units, but I'm not sure what they can do that regular units cannot do yet.
If they're region free units able to run unsigned code (like PS3 'test') then this makes them quite exciting I think.

Forgive me not posting pictures, I'd get hung, drawn and quartered.

[UPDATE]  I don't need to worry, these guys have pictures that I can link to:

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=151821

[MarioMania]

That looks nice manuel

[manuel]

development units

Waaaah!!
I'm becoming red with jealousy here... 

[Pikkon]

Oh, I got my four new 3DSs on Friday - these are different!

They are half chrome / black with red anodised detailing.  These are development units, but I'm not sure what they can do that regular units cannot do yet.
If they're region free units able to run unsigned code (like PS3 'test') then this makes them quite exciting I think.

Forgive me not posting pictures, I'd get hung, drawn and quartered.

[UPDATE]  I don't need to worry, these guys have pictures that I can link to:

http://gonintendo.com/viewstory.php?id=151821

When I first saw your post I thought about IS Nitro kits,I wonder if the 3DS will have something similar.

Edit.

Guess Nintendo does have one called PARTNER-CTR DEBUGGER/CAPTURE.