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

[Razarza]

Australia is south of Japan. 

Oh really, I had no clue.

[Razarza]

so what ur saying

is if the whole world adopts western culture then we should get evey compass and throw them in a fire pit ?

Oh stop being a silly bugger. You can't divide a globe into east and west, there is no point at which one starts and the other begins. The term "The West" was used in the literal sense before The Americas and Oceania was discovered by Europeans, before then 'The West' was Europe and 'The East' was the middle east and Asia also known as the Orient. Nowadays since we all know the world is round and cannot be divided into east or west, countries that are prominent in western culture are known as western nations.

 

If you truly think that Australia/New Zealand are not western nations because of their geographical location then you must also believe that South American countries share the same culture as North American and European countries.

[Victorious Secret]

Now parents get to deal with "hey mom, I want the New 3DS. not the new 3DS. But the New 3DS"

FFS Nintendo, get your naming in order. 

[RatedBlam]

Are people really being confused about Australia being a western country.

Countries smack bang middle of the Europe that are east of the US are western countries for example.

West is relative to where are on the globe.

[Psykomantis00]

Oh really, I had no clue.

Yea bro, I checked. It's right there. 

[snes]

They sell it without a charger, because too many customers complained that they had to pay for a new one, when the already had one that could still be used with their new system. Also, not forcing you to buy a charger, if you don't need one. I myself bought a $2 USB cable and use that with my iPad's charger.

 

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.

 

Hey, Mr PC *******, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. The new 3DS is not the successor. It's just a hardware revision. Similar to the DSi, which no one had to upgrade to in order to play DS games.

 

Just so you know:

Sony did release new systems. The PSOne, The PSTwo, the PSP 2000 and 3000 series, the PSP Go, the PlayStation 3 Slim and Super Slim and even a newer version of the Vita.

Microsoft made multiple hardware revisions of the first XBOX and the 360 Slim.

That isn't even a complete list. Not one cared, because us console gamers care more about the games and less about numbers.

[Builder]

I hope all of these revelations that Australia is not a "Western" country leaves everyone with the impression that the whole West vs East thing is a hallmark of Eurocentric globalization and that such directions don't actually make sense on a sphere.

[CatCloud]

Sweet, I will go pre order one next week.

Already on EB Games website.

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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

incorrect, since the 3ds line came they stopped adding the power cable, at least in Sweden. I could be wrong but that's what I've seen, I don't care really because I have my DSi XL cable and a USB cable to charge my 3ds Xl and 2ds

It is a pain for new people though.

[Sonefiler]

"australia"

"western country"

[Antistatic12]

incorrect, since the 3ds line came they stopped adding the power cable, at least in Sweden. I could be wrong but that's what I've seen, I don't care really because I have my DSi XL cable and a USB cable to charge my 3ds Xl and 2ds

It is a pain for new people though.

All DS/3DS lines in Australia have the AC adapter in the box. so I guess Nintendo must be making the change with this model to what happens in countries like yours.

It's just a bit annoying.

I wonder if there will be any backlash here in OZ. Just wait and see I guess.

As you said, it will be a pain for new people as they might not realize, get home and wonder where the charger is.

[CatCloud]

All DS/3DS lines in Australia have the AC adapter in the box. so I guess Nintendo must be making the change with this model to what happens in countries like yours.

It's just a bit annoying.

I wonder if there will be any backlash here in OZ. Just wait and see I guess.

As you said, it will be a pain for new people as they might not realize, get home and wonder where the charger is.

the clerk should inform the buyer, if it's ordered online it should say on the product page.

If they miss that.. Well I'll laugh out loud.

[NICKT]

They sell it without a charger, because too many customers complained that they had to pay for a new one, when the already had one that could still be used with their new system. Also, not forcing you to buy a charger, if you don't need one. I myself bought a $2 USB cable and use that with my iPad's charger.

 

 

Hey, Mr PC *******, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. The new 3DS is not the successor. It's just a hardware revision. Similar to the DSi, which no one had to upgrade to in order to play DS games.

 

Just so you know:

Sony did release new systems. The PSOne, The PSTwo, the PSP 2000 and 3000 series, the PSP Go, the PlayStation 3 Slim and Super Slim and even a newer version of the Vita.

Microsoft made multiple hardware revisions of the first XBOX and the 360 Slim.

That isn't even a complete list. Not one cared, because us console gamers care more about the games and less about numbers.

 

Hey console peasant, I'm guessing reading isn't your strong suit, suppose you're better at playing the role of an idiot.

 

PS1, PS2. INSTANT CLARIFICATION OF A LINEAR PATH OF DEVELOPMENT. 2 > 1, simple, concise and to the point.

Xbox, Xbox 360, again, pretty easy to see and get the idea that one is better and newer than the other. Granted, Microsoft kind of went a bit weird with the Xbox One.

The PSP, or perhaps the last letter meaning PORTABLE gives a bit of a clue as to it's purpose, it's not intended as a successor to anything, it was on it's own. When they brought out the PSP Vita, again, you can see that it's a superior product through it's naming, it's sort of a PSP+, which is what you want to convey with your naming.

Xbox 360 slim and PS3 Slim, dude, are you even trying? It's all in the name, the only different is the slimmer models, people who look at that name will instantly realize that exact fact.

 

Wii and Wii U? The Wii U was meant to replace the Wii, yet the naming scheme and the marketing around the new way to interact with the console through the tablet made everyone think the Wii U was exclusively the tablet which is why it had issues.

The fact this 3DS doesn't have a model name is concerning, and yes there are exclusives for it, maybe even more potentially in the future so you can't say that it's just a hardware upgrade but still essentially a 3DS. It's on a similar design level as the PSP Vita, the same concept of a handheld console but with a new feature or two and extra power, yet the way Nintendo are calling it "the new 3DS" is just ridiculous.

 

So just shut your mouth, please.

[dizmo]

I've never really considered Australia to be part of the Western world.

 

 

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

That's because Australia was a penal colony for Britain.

[Technous285]

Absolutely, insults are hard to come by down here because terms of endearment include:  Wanker,  dickhead, bastard,  fucker,  ugly prick, ugly mother, fugly prick, goose, c**t, mongrel and knob.  Which leaves insults to be rather long descriptive sentences that leave the abused under no confusion as to what they are.

 

Example of an insult:  "Mate, your simply a fucking parasitic c**t, leaching like a worker scab on the arse of a mud crab. Piss off and stop talking yourself up like a big man rather than the piss weak bullshit artist you are. "

 

Example of mates at a BBQ,  "eh! get us a bear ya big c**t!"

 

You should hear me when I'm playing Diablo 3 with some Yank friends of mine over Skype... I've lost track of how many times I've dropped "c**t" & "c**ntmuffin" in a long chain when getting gangbanged by mobs when playing my Demon Hunter (even at Lvl 70 with like 40-45 levels of Paragon, we're play ln like Lvl 60 Expert as my friend/s start the game) as I need some knockback and my good moves are on cooldown.

 

Back on topic, I saw the email from Nintendo Australia (subscribed to it ) about how in the first Nintendo Direct Australia, the New 3DS & New 3DSXL would be releasing in Aus and New Zealand for $219.95 AUD (New 3DS) & $249.95 (New 3DSXL) respectively, yesterday, and I'm glad that they're not bundling in yet ANOTHER DSi/DSiXL/3DS/3DSXL/2DS AC Adaptor with the New 3DS/XL, since I already have a pair of the fluckers (DSi & Pokemon X/Y-release 2DS).

[PerfectTemplar]

HERECY! THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE

 

Wait, is the charger sold separately? Surely not.

Welcome to the land of unfair pricing.  

 

 

 

(It has nothing to do with tax or minimum wage)

[TJ_Hack3r]

All hail the right side nipple!!!!!!

[JaeDee884]

They sell it without a charger, because too many customers complained that they had to pay for a new one, when the already had one that could still be used with their new system. Also, not forcing you to buy a charger, if you don't need one. I myself bought a $2 USB cable and use that with my iPad's charger.

Hey, Mr PC *******, you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. The new 3DS is not the successor. It's just a hardware revision. Similar to the DSi, which no one had to upgrade to in order to play DS games.

Just so you know:

Sony did release new systems. The PSOne, The PSTwo, the PSP 2000 and 3000 series, the PSP Go, the PlayStation 3 Slim and Super Slim and even a newer version of the Vita.

Microsoft made multiple hardware revisions of the first XBOX and the 360 Slim.

That isn't even a complete list. Not one cared, because us console gamers care more about the games and less about numbers.

There were DSi exclusive and DSi enhanced games. So yeah you kinda did have to upgrade to access the whole catalogue. And because this has a extra stick and two more shoulder buttons I give it 8 months before N3DS exclusive titles launch.

[Puddleuk]

The 'New' 3DS is not the 3DS successor, its a hardware revision. Most likely the last until the real successor to the 3DS line (Project Fusion?) gets announced in 2016-17. Probably settled on the 'New' as a marketing thing. Apple did it with the 'New' iPad.

 

Those in the know will know what the 'New' 3DS is and those that don't can ask a gamer or their local game retailer for clarification, its a new version of the 3DS with improvements. Simple.

 

[Misanthrope]

I'm more interested in the fact that apparently Australia is the only western country that's geographically in the east...."that's beauuuuuutiful maaaaaan"