This doesn't make sense, I definitely saw download cards on sale at Target when I went to buy my XL this past Sunday morning.  They were sitting right next to the retail copies on a 3DS display.

Then they likely printed it out on the receipt, as per what the article says. :)

Are the download cards in japan akin to itunes giftcards, with a 'scratch-off' on the back? 

Maybe it's so people don't copy the code. Then go home and and enter it

You can't copy a card code. They need to be activated at the register to be used.

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Read Disco Stu's post again, he said he saw the cards for SALE next to a 3DS display.

I read an article a few weeks about when this game came out in japan.

95 percent purchased the physical copy
5 percent purchased the digital copy

I don't anticipate the number to much different or better here in North America <_<

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Read Disco Stu's post again, he said he saw the cards for SALE next to a 3DS display.

And Nintendo of America said they weren't doing that in North America, so it was almost certainly what Neal said it was. Although, knowing Nintendo, it really wouldn't shock me that much if they were doing it and didn't bother to tell the PR people.

found this on BestBuy:


http://goo.gl/WO1Uf


not necessarily a card, but maybe more than just GameStop will be selling codes(?)

Nintendo Power... Shonen Jump... and this? Shit. The digital age is saying fuck you to everything now.

Do I need to continue to quote the article I wrote? :P

According to Nintendo of America, there aren't any cards. "Some retailers are using other methods." I further used GameStop as an example (which NoA did to me when I asked) saying that they post the download code on the receipt. As per what Nintendo of America representatives told me, there are no cards; just printed codes on receipts and other manners similar to that.

So, until someone goes and buys one of these cards and shows me that it is a card with the code printed on it, then I'll believe what a Nintendo of America representative told me. They could be wrong, but I will err on the side of the company that published the game.

I can confirm this, when I bought my XL I wanted a digital version of mario and they just printed a receipt with a code. I used that code in the e-shop and had mario downloading without problem.


I guess this will be a well kept secret or something for Gamestop because the employee had to really dig around to find the sku for the digital copy.

Ah, i see. My bad.


Anyway, yeah, my brother also bought the digital copy (dem Club Nintendo coins) and indeed brought home a soulless receipt.