Australia will be the first western country to get the New 3DS from Nintendo

[HexaGuy]

 

As per the all the new Australian focused Nintendo Direct, Australia will be the only country outside of Japan to be able to purchase the New 3DS in 2014.

The console won’t be sold in Europe or the US until 2015.

The release date is set at November 21, 2014.

 

 

 

 

 

YESSS!!!! I can't believe this is happening. Australia is usually the last one to get availability of a certain product, not the first.

I'm. So. Excited. 

 

:DDDDD

 

Source:

 

http://www.kotaku.com.au/2014/09/australia-will-be-the-only-country-outside-of-japan-to-get-the-new-3ds-in-2014/

 

 

EDIT:

1. YES, the charger is sold separately. 

2. For those who say, 'Australian is not western, it's eastern.', the term is referring to Australia's culture being more, 'Western.'

[AlwaysFSX]

Pity products from the Japanese.

[RevoltTrain]

Can I ask, what's the difference?

[XTankSlayerX]

Errr... Really? Nintendo...

[Marvzl1357]

That's noice!

[Lavachyste]

It's insulting to Australian people. They already talk with a funny accent and now, they have the retarded "console"....

[Hazorazor]

We don't speak in a funny accent, in fact its all relative. I mean we think all others maybe apart from the British have really odd accents.

[Antistatic12]

Sweet, I will go pre order one next week.

Already on EB Games website.




EDIT

 

AC adapter is sold separately. The Nintendo 3DS AC Adapter (sold separately) or AC adapter provided with a Nintendo 3DS /3DS XL/DSi/DSi XL system is required.

This is really odd. To me that basically means, Nintendo is rushing out units to stores and in order to do that they have to sacrifice the AC adapter, as in not including in the box. As all iterations over the years of the DS line I have bought have always had the AC adapter.
Why would Nintendo rush units to Australia first? (not that i am complaining, It is super cool. As we usually get things late), Why not a bigger market like the US. This announcement really has me vexed.
So if you are buying into the System for the first time you have the console at $219.95 / $249.95 + AC adapter for $14.95 = $234.90 / $264.90

 

[thirdworldking]

idc for Nintendo but its nice to see all the us cunts bitchin cause they didn't get it first

[lutewan]

aaah pls change the title u r not the only ones to get the new 3ds u r the first

[Psykomantis00]

It isn't the only country, Japan will have them first. 

[DIV1D3]

It's insulting to Australian people. They already talk with a funny accent and now, they have the retarded "console"....

~.~

"funny accent"? "retarded "console""??

1. We may have funny accents to your kind over in 'Merica, but same goes for anyone in a different country to another, given both countries speak English.

2. Erm, u kaulin deh DS deh console??? I prefer, the term "handheld gaming platform". 

But also, freakin cool, maybe we should make everything Australian exclusive. Yethhhhhh     

[Hoppa]

The screen still has the same shitty resolution (400x240 top and 320x240 bottom). - as far as I know.

 

They need to improve that first.

[Biased Opinion]

we better get that balling pokemon special edition. I don't really feel like importing one along with a jap copy of the game. If you have never seen it here it is. http://kotaku.com/these-limited-pokemon-new-3ds-consoles-sure-look-luxuri-1634769652

[Lavachyste]

~.~

"funny accent"? "retarded "console""??

1. We may have funny accents to your kind over in 'Merica, but same goes for anyone in a different country to another, given both countries speak English.

2. Erm, u kaulin deh DS deh console??? I prefer, the term "handheld gaming platform". 

But also, freakin cool, maybe we should make everything Australian exclusive. Yethhhhhh     

 

The Australian accent sound similar than English accent to me, but I do prefer the Australian one.

[scaryjam823]

Ps1 or gtfo

[HippY]

The Australian accent sound similar than English accent to me, but I do prefer the Australian one.

A`ight Mate?

[Lavachyste]

A`ight Mate?

 

I don't read australian, I just hear it......sorry

[StingBull]

Released dates are from the bizarro world but this doesn't really mean Nintendo likes you now, Australia.

I'm thinking what happened is Nintendo doesn't think the console do well in Europe and NA without a compelling game. That's why they will wait next year for those markets. But no one cares about Australia so they can release there now with no game to play.

[ManWithBeard1990]

Sweet, I will go pre order one next week.

Already on EB Games website.

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Wait, is the charger sold separately? Surely not.

[NICKT]

I like how it's even being sold as the "New 3DS".

Imagine if Sony or Microsoft came out with the "new Xbox" or "Playstation New". People would lose their shit because it's a fucking horrible marketing decision and pisspoor naming scheme.

 

Nintendo's dropped the fucking ball, majorly. Putting aside the horrible design choices they've made back with the Wii and then-on, they had a similar fiasco with the whole Wii-U naming ordeal, you'd think they would have decided not to be idiots this time 'round.

[Guest]

All 3DS models since the original have been sold with the charger separately.

 

One reason is that it cuts down the cost of the unit and packaging of the unit.

 

Another is that Nintendo have a vast amount of people that trade in their old units for the new one and they generally keep a charger or two spare.  So long as the connector is the same then they don't need to sell you another charger.

 

If you really hate it then pick up a 3DS USB charger on eBay for like $3 instead of the premium Ninty cost.

 

 

I find it hard to agree that Nintendo have made terrible decisions from the Wii on wards.  The Wii, the DS, the 3DS have all printed money for the company.  The Wii U isn't strong but at least it plays 1080p @ 60Hz which even PC developers are shrugging at these days (I'm looking at you Capcom and Ubi.....)

[qwertywarrior]

wait wait ........

 

Australia is a western country ???

but its no where near the west

its in the east part

[Antistatic12]

All 3DS models since the original have been sold with the charger separately.

 

One reason is that it cuts down the cost of the unit and packaging of the unit.

 

Another is that Nintendo have a vast amount of people that trade in their old units for the new one and they generally keep a charger or two spare.  So long as the connector is the same then they don't need to sell you another charger.

 

If you really hate it then pick up a 3DS USB charger on eBay for like $3 instead of the premium Ninty cost.

 

 

I find it hard to agree that Nintendo have made terrible decisions from the Wii on wards.  The Wii, the DS, the 3DS have all printed money for the company.  The Wii U isn't strong but at least it plays 1080p @ 60Hz which even PC developers are shrugging at these days (I'm looking at you Capcom and Ubi.....)

My 3ds came with a charger in the box.

So did my 3DS XL, even my DS lite did.

Looks like some countries are getting different packages.

[Biased Opinion]

wait wait ........

Australia is a western country ???

but its no where near the west

its in the east part

The culture here is more Western influenced than anything else dispite where it is located