Author Topic: Amazon Now Accepting 3DS Pre-orders (Read 5469 times)

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.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #1 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.

Crimm · « **Reply #2 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.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2011, 12:40:17 PM »

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

Crimm · « **Reply #4 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.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #5 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.

Jonnyboy117 · « **Reply #6 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.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2011, 01:42:49 PM »

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

Fatty The Hutt · « **Reply #8 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!

Fatty The Hutt · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2011, 02:43:51 PM »

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

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #10 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?

Fatty The Hutt · « **Reply #11 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.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #12 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.

NinGurl69 *huggles · « **Reply #13 on:** January 19, 2011, 03:17:57 PM »

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

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #14 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.

NWR_insanolord · « **Reply #15 on:** January 19, 2011, 03:56:15 PM »

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

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #16 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.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #17 on:** January 19, 2011, 04:03:46 PM »

Close enough.

Guitar Smasher · « **Reply #18 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.

BlackNMild2k1 · « **Reply #19 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.

ShyGuy · « **Reply #20 on:** January 19, 2011, 04:11:06 PM »

Oh Canada...

Guitar Smasher · « **Reply #21 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.

TJ Spyke · « **Reply #22 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.

Caliban · « **Reply #23 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.

fordrob · « **Reply #24 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...

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