As we’re all aware, Nintendo has been forced to give the Nintendo 3DS a much publicised — and much discussed — price drop for the 3DS. The new RRP is $250, but we’ve just gotten word that Dick Smith are about to start selling the 3DS for a ridiculously low $199.
There’s one caveat — it’s for three days (starting tomorrow) only. The sale lasts until Sunday.
The deal is available both in-store and online and it’s a pretty ridiculous deal if you ask us.
Nintendo 3DS for $199 at Dicksmiths [OzBargain]
Neo-Kaiser
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 10:55 AMWell, if you’re going buy something that you’re not going to use you might as well buy it for as little as possible.
Aliasalpha
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:15 AMBy that logic, isn’t it better to wait until people have bought them with this deal, realise they never use it and sell it on ebay so you can pick it up for half price?
Jimu
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:55 AMIve used mine EVERYDAY since I got it.
Reign
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:01 PMFor what?
It can’t be gaming…
Jimu
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:04 PMIve only had it since Jul 16th, but mostly gaming. Some net surfing lots of streetpass getting.
And now some DS gaming as I got the shits with Zelda.
Richard Smack Version 2
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:27 PMI really laughed out loud at that
Jacob
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:54 PMhow is the zelda game, is it ocarina of time?
Trjn
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 10:56 AMThis seems like a reasonable deal. Might have to give up on my idea of waiting for decent games, so I can play Zelda on the plane.
PrettyTones
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 10:58 AMWhile we’re on the subject, has any 3DS owners being able to link their console to their Club Nintendo account? I changed some details for my Club account (email address) and I haven’t been able to link it after the change…
Jimu
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:55 AMI did!
It seemed to take about a week before it would let me, but it finally did.
MrTaco
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:25 PMI had issues linking mine due to the capital letters in my password. As it turned out, the dictionary of the text entry system was taking out the capitals as I was creating the new word it didn’t recognise, so when I tapped OK and it turned the letters into stars, I couldn’t see that they were lower-case. Entered the whole thing in letter-by-letter and it worked straight off.
Braaains
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 10:59 AMGeez… it’s starting to look like a fire sale.
Sar Selack
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:10 AMOh, my God, we’re having a fire. Sale. Oh, the burning! It burns me! Evacuate all the schoolchildren! Amazing Grace. This isn’t a fever! Can’t even see where the knob is!
Jeremy
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:15 AMSouth Coast Boutique is having a fire sale???
PrettyTones
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:32 AMlol, you blowhard!
Richard
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:20 PMAnd scene.
Alinos
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:53 AMQuick wheres John mclane only he can save the day
Jonathon Tree
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:01 AMDAMN! I already just bought a whole bunch of stuff and spent all my money and now I hate myself and I wish I was DEEEEAAAADD!!
This could be the shot in the arm Big N needs…
Howl
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:42 PMYou’ve made a huge mistake.
deathtoll
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:01 AMLOL @ Neo-Kaiser
Mark, you gotta check your spelling. There’s no ‘e’ in ridiculously. But maybe there’s a pun in there I missed?
deathtoll
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:03 AMNM, u fixed it!
Mark Serrels
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:04 AMFixed!
Jaggerjack
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:04 AMI thought it was deliberate because the 3DS is also launching a RED colour…. Isn’t that the pun?
boomtish
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:25 PMSpell-checkers are all the rage these days!
Baron
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 1:25 PMSo are snare drums
Daniel
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:02 AMStill nothing of interest to play though….Outside of Zelda, the system is still a dead zone for games
WiseHacker
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:03 AMThe price maybe falling, but there is one thing that still keeps me from buying local – the region locking.
noko
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:05 AMWhat about ozgameshop?
Jaggerjack
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:06 AMOr zavvi etc.
Is it theoretically / actually possible to remove region locking in the future with a system update. I mean I know it’s not going to happen, but is it possible?
We changed the darn rating system in the country, we can change this darn region locking too!
Trjn
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:09 AMI think the Supreme Court has already ruled that region locking is anti-competitive and any measures to circumvent it are legal. It should be illegal to have region locking, but somehow I don’t think that part of the ruling is enforced.
Krystal Ruch
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:07 AM$199 is still too much for a dust collector.
boomtish
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:25 PMPlease go away with your hate crimes
Richard Smack Version 2
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 2:46 PMhate or truth :D
GentlemanJ
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:30 AMI’m still rocking my massive grey brick which has done a comendable job of playing Pokemon and Phoneix Wright…maybe it’s time I considered an upgrade…what’s it like playing DS games? Cause that’s all I’ll probably be playing on it.
Stevorooni
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:47 AMIf you’re upgrading from the original DS then you’ll definitely notice the brighter screen and bigger stylus.
Using the slide pad instead of the dpad is more comfortable for some games too.
The only downside will be the battery life…
Douglas
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:48 AMThe upscaling of graphics to vertically fill the screens certainly isn’t perfect – I for one was kinda repulsed by it initially – but you eventually get used to it, and you have the option of disabling the upscaling and playing the games at their original resolution. Beyond graphics, there’s pretty much no real difference; no incompatibility problems ensue, and the circle pad maps to the d-pad as well if you’re more comfortable using it instead. I’m certainly quite pleased with it, being that I literally own no 3DS games and just play DS games on it.
Jimu
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:57 AMIs better, you will see.
Even the lite was better.
I will always miss Advance backward compatibility though.
GentlemanJ
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:19 PMThanks for the tips. Might get one just so people are not as horrified and fearful of their saftey when I pull out my massive and deadly grey brick on the train.
Backwards compatability was the bee’s knees. I would have never of discovered Golden Sun without it.
Maddie
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:49 PMMy slot 2 flash card fixes this problem. Being able to play Pokemon Yellow on the DS Lite really is a beautiful thing. Brings back memories from about 12 years ago when I never managed to finish it.
Also Lemmings on DS lite is just fantastic. Playing actual DS games is probably less than half of what I do on the DS though. I certainly don’t feel the need to “upgrade” anytime soon. Battery life is still fantastic.
Dean Mandrean
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:39 AMI’d buy one if they were around $50
Jimu
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 11:58 AMI’d buy two!
boomtish
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:26 PMHell I’m thinking of buying another one I love the 3DS!
Richard Smack Version 2
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 2:46 PMwhat are you retarded?
N0NEoftheAB0VE
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:08 PMYeah I’m in two minds about this – son has a DS Lite my daughter is turning 6 this year and will want a DS too, if I get her a DSi no problem, but if I get her a 3DS then I’m gonna have to get two of them because once her older brother sees what a 3DS does in comparison to a DS Lite there’ll be jealous rages ahead.
Soooo, might wait till Xmas (If DSE is going $200 someone else will blink lower than that before the year is out) and get them both one :)
Dimsey
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:27 PMIf I had $200 to spare I’d probably get in on this, though it still mightn’t be worth it considering the only games I’m interested in are Ocarina of Time and Lylat Wars – games I already played like a over a decade ago.
MikeZdoesit
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 12:36 PMhaha ! Clearly getting rid of them :P
MasterSys
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 1:06 PM3DS for $200, or I could put aside $50 extra + shipping costs to get a PS Vita with guaranteed decent games at launch to boot… Yeahhh PS Vita seems more appealing.
Gladice
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 1:43 PMThis. Shame it’s delayed though.
As much as I’d like to replay OOT on a portable, it’s not worth ~$250.
Husky
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 2:05 PMHow’s the build quality? I’ve heard rumours about the screws being overly tight and the bezel on the bottom screen wreking the top. Even though I havenn’t touched my DS since soul silver and I reckon the Vita will be the goto handheld this gen, I’m a sucker for mario and pokemon games which you can only get on the 3DS, so I know I’ll buy one eventually.
light487
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 2:40 PMHaha.. great picture.. so good on so many levels.
js
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 4:33 PMDoes the 3DS have no region-locking for original DS games?
ThrashTitan
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 4:37 PMDAAAAAMN. I dont get paid until next week. I guess I didnt REALLY want one..
Nathan
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 4:46 PMThe Dick Smith site is down! Ahh! I want one now!
Stephen Alexander
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 9:12 PMJB will be selling it for the same price for a few days starting tomorrow. I wonder if Dick Smith have the same time limit in mind.
whatthi
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 9:52 PMwow looks like a good deal might get it since im gonna get my tax refund soon…
im am so so so gonna buy this AND LET IT GATHER DUST AS IT HAS NO GAMES THAT INTERESTS ME YET!!HOW DO I UNDO THE CAPS LOCK?SORRY IF THIS SEEMS SARCASTIC IN type form *oh there you go its back to NORMAL, NO ITS NOT..
squee
Thursday, August 11, 2011 at 10:25 PMFront page of the next dick smith catalogue guys.. will be on for at least the next 2 1/2wks before going back to the $249 RRP.
Esspytood
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 12:14 AMi’m hoping to get one tomorrow just so i can get flipnote. just so i can watch that guy getting kicked in the ass over and over.
Doraiya
Friday, August 12, 2011 at 9:35 AMStill not worth it. There are absolutely no games to play, the Nintendo Store is an overpriced joke and there is no hope on the horizon.