Like free games? Own a 3DS now? You're in for a treat

The Bastard Gamer · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 8:28 am

http://www.engadget.com/2011/07/28/nint ... re_twitter

The 3DS is going to get a dramatic price cut soon, but if you bought a 3DS before the price cut is put in place then you'll be getting a ton of free games.

In August the 3DS will drop its price to about 169 in the US, but if you bought yours before that, you can go to the eshop and download 10 select NES virtual console games and 10 select GBA virtual console games for FREE!

I know Nintendo is generous with giving away stuff for free but that's alot of free stuff. Good call, Nintendo. I tip my hat to thee.

BoboTheMonkey · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 10:25 am

Trying to stimulate the slumping 3DS sales by cutting the price at this early stage in it's cycle? Concerning.

Havokk · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 12:29 pm

Now I am really depressed over not having a 3DS I could have got one but no money for games
THIS COULD HAVE SOLVED THAT DX

Mr Black · **Posted:** Thu Jul 28, 2011 2:35 pm

Havokk wrote:

Now I am really depressed over not having a 3DS I could have got one but no money for games
THIS COULD HAVE SOLVED THAT DX

It's going to be on sale at Walmart, Future Shop and Best Buy for $200 next week. I haven't heard anything on a price drop here in Canada beyond the sale I just stated though, but I would expect that we would be getting one too seeing as how Europe, Australia and Japan are getting one.

The Bastard Gamer · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:21 pm

If you're eligible you can actually download your ten NES games right now. Go to the eshop and go to Your Downloads. The ten NES games will be there, select "redownload" for each one.

Crono · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 1:43 pm

I'm doing it right now.

You can tell they have no framework for giving away games to select people ... there was no systems update prior to this happening, so it looks like they just went through and marked everyone who qualified as owners of these titles already.

It makes it rather annoying to get to the area ... ten times. (Menu > Settings > Your Downloads ... every time)

Oh well.

The Bastard Gamer · **Posted:** Wed Aug 31, 2011 2:00 pm

They didn't include the save state feature for these games like they did for the Game Boy games. Which is weird.

DeltaZX · **Joined:** Sat Aug 13, 2011 10:48 pm **Posts:** 9

The Bastard Gamer wrote:

They didn't include the save state feature for these games like they did for the Game Boy games. Which is weird.

Actually, all of the NES games we're getting are going to be released on the eShop to buy. These versions will have updated software including online features. I'm assuming that this is when the save state feature will be implemented... which is fine with me because we get to update to the full version when they come out.

churoasasin · **Joined:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:31 am **Posts:** 48

The thing I don't like is that they didn't edit them for the 3DS in the slightest, you still get the "Hold Reset while you turn the power off" thing in Legend of Zelda, and the controls for Mario are all fucked up due to the fact that A is still jump.
I can't even play Mario on my 3DS just because I cannot get used to that at all.

Fox · **Joined:** Tue May 27, 2008 1:07 am **Posts:** 1526

They aren't going to go in and edit the text but yeah being able to remap the buttons would have been nice. It isn't a dealbreaker you just need to stick with it and your brain rewires itself.

The Bastard Gamer · **Posted:** Mon Oct 03, 2011 2:51 pm

churoasasin wrote:

The thing I don't like is that they didn't edit them for the 3DS in the slightest, you still get the "Hold Reset while you turn the power off" thing in Legend of Zelda, and the controls for Mario are all fucked up due to the fact that A is still jump.
I can't even play Mario on my 3DS just because I cannot get used to that at all.

I never found that jarring at all. In fact that's easier for me because I was raised on the NES and I always remember pressing the A button on the NES controller lets me jump, so putting it on the 3DS with the same controls works just the same.

churoasasin · **Joined:** Mon Jun 20, 2011 11:31 am **Posts:** 48

The Bastard Gamer wrote:

churoasasin wrote:

The thing I don't like is that they didn't edit them for the 3DS in the slightest, you still get the "Hold Reset while you turn the power off" thing in Legend of Zelda, and the controls for Mario are all fucked up due to the fact that A is still jump.
I can't even play Mario on my 3DS just because I cannot get used to that at all.

I never found that jarring at all. In fact that's easier for me because I was raised on the NES and I always remember pressing the A button on the NES controller lets me jump, so putting it on the 3DS with the same controls works just the same.

When you've been playing Super Mario World and NSMB for so long, it fucks with you.

Fox · **Joined:** Tue May 27, 2008 1:07 am **Posts:** 1526

So what is the word on those GBA games?

The Bastard Gamer · **Posted:** Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:20 am

Free GBA games came out on Friday you can download them now via the Your Downloads section on your e-shop.

Like free games? Own a 3DS now? You're in for a treat

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