Nintendo 3DS Dropping To $170 In North America

Yes, you read it right.

Nintendo has decided to drop the price of the 3DS (which came out on March 27 in the US) from $250 to $170 starting August 12. Now you may ask yourself, what if I already have the 3DS? What do I get? Well Nintendo did not forget about you. They are going to give 20 free downloadable titles to anyone who signs on their E-Shop by Aug 11. It will include 10 NES downloads such as: Mario, The Legend of Zelda, and Donkey Kong Junior. The NES games can be downloaded on September 1st before other have access to buy it. By the end of the year, the early buyers will also be able to download 10 GBA titles like:Metroid Fusion, Mario Kart Super Circuit, and Super Mario Advance 3. These GBA game will only be available to the early buyers and Nintendo quotes that they “currently [have] no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on the Nintendo 3DS in the future.”

Well there you have it folks. Is Nintendo planning something by dropping the price so suddenly (perhaps make the 3DS work as a controller for the Wii U?) or is this just friendly competition because Sony’s PlayStation Vita is coming out soon?

There was one more thing that caught my attention as I read the press release. It claims that “Super Mario™ 3D Land in November, Mario Kart™ 7 in December and Kid Icarus™: Uprising during the holiday season. ” These 3 titles were announced during E3 as this holiday season, but now we have a better idea when to expect at least two of them.

Stay tuned for more information.

Source: Nintendo.com
Link: http://www.nintendo.com/corp/nintendo3ds/news/