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Title: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Crimm on January 19, 2011, 12:26:37 PM

The online retailer has made both hardware units and games available following today's announcements.

http://www.nintendoworldreport.com/news/24784

With today's announcement of the North American launch details, Amazon.com has begun listing 3DS systems and titles for pre-order. For $249.99, users can put their name down for either the Aqua Blue or Cosmo Black 3DS.

Two Konami titles are also available for preorder. Contra 3DS and Metal Gear Solid: Snake Eater 3DS are both available for $39.99

UPDATE: Amazon UK is now also lists 3DS for pre-sale. Aqua Blue and Cosmo Black are available for £219.99.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: TJ Spyke on January 19, 2011, 12:32:39 PM

Wait, I don't recall a Contra game confirmed for 3DS before. Amazon has made mistakes before (listing products that never ended up existing), hopefully this is not one of those mistakes since I would like a Contra game on 3DS.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Crimm on January 19, 2011, 12:35:31 PM

There was apparently some mention of it back at E3. A cursory google search showed some very incomplete info. It was probably one of the many "Lists of Games" we saw splashed up in presentation slides.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: TJ Spyke on January 19, 2011, 12:40:17 PM

Ah, OK. I just didn't recall ever seeing or hearing anyone talk about it.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Crimm on January 19, 2011, 12:46:48 PM

Well if it makes you feel any better I sent out a "WOAH GUYS, STOP THE BUS" email to the staff asking about it.




Then I Googled it.




Go me.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 19, 2011, 01:01:36 PM

Yeah, we've known about Contra for a while. But 2 days ago I almost rushed to post that Amazon was preordering for that and a a different Konami game thinking that Contra hadn't been announced yet, only to realize it was on the list of games from back in November.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Jonnyboy117 on January 19, 2011, 01:23:12 PM

Got my black system pre-ordered. I chose one-day shipping, which currently predicts that it will arrive on March 29th. However, Amazon typically ships video game products the day before their official release date, which in this case is a Saturday, so I should actually get on Monday the 28th.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: ShyGuy on January 19, 2011, 01:42:49 PM

I'm going to walk into my local store on Launch day and pick one up.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on January 19, 2011, 02:28:50 PM

Gamestop has the 3DS available for pre-order too (at least gamestop.ca does) and its the same price for Canada! Go Canadian Dollar parity! Woo hoo!

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on January 19, 2011, 02:43:51 PM

Gamestop.com has the 3DS for pre-order, too.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 19, 2011, 02:48:17 PM

hasn't gamestop had the 3DS up for pre-order since November though?
or was that just in-store?

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Fatty The Hutt on January 19, 2011, 02:52:15 PM

Amamzon.com also has nintendogs+cats and Frogger 3DS (!) available for pre-order. No release dates for any of the games are posted.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: ShyGuy on January 19, 2011, 03:13:25 PM

Is $40 going to be the going price for 3DS games? I was hoping the iPhone's cheap app store would drive the average game price down.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 19, 2011, 03:17:57 PM

You might've forgotten, but these 3DS games aren't cheap apps.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: TJ Spyke on January 19, 2011, 03:48:07 PM

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on January 19, 2011, 02:48:17 PM

hasn't gamestop had the 3DS up for pre-order since November though?
or was that just in-store?

They started about a week or two ago, it was this month.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 19, 2011, 03:56:15 PM

No it wasn't, because I did it in late December.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 19, 2011, 04:01:34 PM

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on December 26, 2010, 05:29:44 PM

GameStop started taking pre-orders today

$50 down
SKU - 020132 (just incase they can't find it in their system)

it was in December. I made the post the day it started.
but I'm sure it was in-store only.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: TJ Spyke on January 19, 2011, 04:03:46 PM

Close enough.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Guitar Smasher on January 19, 2011, 04:04:10 PM

Quote from: ShyGuy on January 19, 2011, 03:13:25 PM

Is $40 going to be the going price for 3DS games? I was hoping the iPhone's cheap app store would drive the average game price down.

If the Canadian prices are any higher (DS games currently sell at $40-45), I'm going to throw a fit.  You know, considering the Canadian dollar is worth more than the USD now.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 19, 2011, 04:08:59 PM

Isn't the Canadian dollar worth something like a few cents more than the USD?
I remember someone pointing out the current conversion in some other thread.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: ShyGuy on January 19, 2011, 04:11:06 PM

Oh Canada...

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Guitar Smasher on January 19, 2011, 04:12:11 PM

Quote from: BlackNMild2k1 on January 19, 2011, 04:08:59 PM

Isn't the Canadian dollar worth something like a few cents more than the USD?
I remember someone pointing out the current conversion in some other thread.

Yes, and most economists are predicting it to remain in the range of 0 - 10 cents above parity for the next several years.

It was probably I who pointed it out, since I was already getting peeved that Wii games were getting price increases years after they were released.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: TJ Spyke on January 19, 2011, 04:43:35 PM

The US and Canadian dollars are basically equal. The difference right now is less than half a penny. $1 US equals $0.9958 Canadian.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Caliban on January 19, 2011, 05:23:41 PM

Yay, same price for us. It's been a while since I've been at EB, but I'm probably just going to pick it up at Future Shop.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: fordrob on January 19, 2011, 07:33:35 PM

Pre-order done and done (in black, of course)...no more ice blue DS Lite for me, thank you very much...until I want to play Zero Mission again, that is...

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: MegaByte on January 19, 2011, 07:41:03 PM

I'm waiting to see what sort of trade-in deals are offered.  Though, I guess they won't make much of a dent this time, given the price jump.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Shaymin on January 19, 2011, 07:41:27 PM

Apparently Japan didn't get the memo (http://www.andriasang.com/e/blog/2011/01/20/3ds_lines/). 260+ in line for preorder. Gamestop would kill for this.

Title: Re: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders
Post by: Caseyfam on January 20, 2011, 04:27:57 PM

$260 is still sounding a little steep for me...
Oh well. I'll get one in 3 years when the prices drop and the 3DS lite XL comes out.