Classic corporate shills. It would have been a nice gesture from Nintendo, in this economic climate, to offer not as an incentive to buy (everyone wants wii and DS anyway) but perhaps just a small token to the families doing it hard who have to pony up for their kids Christmas gifts anyway. Less money, same amount of presents at the same cost.. someone has to be hurting somewhere and unfortunately Nintendo’s key demographic will be those FAMILIES.

The choice between Santa and scrooge, Nintendo choose scrooge. Disappointing, but then, I am an idealist and think there is a point where a company can start giving back to more than its shareholders. Would be nice to see the other consoles who adapted to the economic climate, with price cuts and legitimately awesome bundles, do well this holiday season. But we all know which console will be under the Christmas tree this year… it prints money!