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PSA: Last Day to Register for Free 3DS Games

Posted on Thursday, August 11 @ 07:52:26 Eastern by Anthony Severino

Right after the Nintendo 3DS price drop, Nintendo, worrying about early-adopter resentment, announced a 3DS Ambassador Program which entitled anyone who already owned a 3DS 20 free games. All you have to do was to sign into Nintendo's 3DS eShop just once before the price drop officially takes effect to get the games for free. However, that ends today, as the price drop officially goes into effect tomorrow at all retailers.

That means that today is the last day you can register your 3DS at Nintendo's eShop. To be clear, you don't actually have to "register" for the program, just signing into the 3DS eShop at any point today will automatically register your 3DS.

Some retailers have already begun selling the 3DS at this discounted price. If you can find one today at Target, Wal-Mart, or another retailer for the new $169.99 price, you can get the low price point and register a your new 3DS in time to take advantage of the free games. Right now might just be the best time to get a new 3DS. After today, you can still get the new low price, but no free games.

Buyer beware, though. These free games are tied to the 3DS, not the owner, so if your 3DS breaks, or if you buy the inevitable 3DS Lite or 3DSi, these free games cannot be transferred.

So, who is getting a 3DS today?

Tags: Nintendo, 3ds, Nintendo 3DS

Comments

Josh_Laddin
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Aug 11th, 2011 at 10:03 am
I bit the bullet and bought a (replacement) 3DS at Best Buy a few days ago, and made sure I asked ahead of time that I could just bring the receipt in after the price drop and get the difference back. Of course, that was before I knew that Target was dropping it early... and there's not Wal-Marts near me.

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tinymhg
Joined: Jun 2011

Posted: Aug 11th, 2011 at 11:09 am
I’m ever so happy for you Josh.*envy jealousy greed bitterness resentment spite and sarcasm drenched*

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thedarkstar
Joined: Feb 2011

Posted: Aug 11th, 2011 at 12:14 pm
I bought one on the 9th. The 20 free games, 80 dollars less (Wal-Mart), and the fact that my DS Lite had a flaky button was just too much to turn down. Man, and I thought I was giving this whole "3DS" thing a pass!

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danielrbischoff
Joined: Nov 2009

Posted: Aug 12th, 2011 at 12:24 am
Welcome. We're happy to have you here.

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Commiebot
Joined: Mar 2007

Posted: Aug 11th, 2011 at 1:39 pm
Thanks for the little caveat at the end, I almost got hopeful.

I also feel like I'm betraying my kind; I have no interest whatsoever in mobile gaming right now. My old and trusty DS is collecting dust: the last game I played on it was TWEWY and it claims I've been negligent to it for over a year and a half. If not for the Sony Ericsson I probably would be completely removed from mobile gaming.

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