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Americaland Nintendo has confirmed that it will be launching two new special edition DS bundles on Friday in the States - but Nintendo Europe says there are "no plans" to release them here.
The new bundles - one for Zelda: Phantom Hourglass and one for the Best Friends version of Nintendogs - each come with a specially printed DS model.
My birthday's next weekend, by the way.
The Zelda one (pictured, unless I've forgotten) is gold with a Triforce logo in one corner, while the Nintendogs one is pink with a footprint in the same position. Neither is as nice as my red and black one, so ner.
Although neither version is available in Europe, we do have a choice of white, black, pink and silver.
The new DS bundles will go on sale in the US for USD 149.99, which saves a few "dollars", which you could then spend on Slitherlink or Picross DS if you're any kind of human.
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reality_cheque
21/11/07 @ 12:12
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I would love the Zelda one, but while ninty continue to ignore us I shall continue not spending money on a DS.
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kissthestick
21/11/07 @ 12:31
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Europe is a great place to live :)
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JohnnyWashnGo
21/11/07 @ 12:58
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Well they released the Zelda Minish Cap bundle for Gameboy SP a while back which I have a few copies of in my Nintendo hardware collection.
Because of that, I really need the Zelda DS bundle shown here. My collection would be missing a chunk without it :( |
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"Europe is a great place to live :)"
Yep, but not to buy it seems, it's better to shop around in the US these days. As an example, Ratchet & Clank is €69.99 in most stores, so with €1.00 = $1.48 that's over $100 you're paying for a single game. One game, $100. My brain's still trying to wrap itself around it. |
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madcat-1980
21/11/07 @ 15:56
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VMerken: Well, unfortunately that's the price we pay for having at least a semblance of a fair society ;)
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Yep, but not to buy it seems, it's better to shop around in the US these days. As an example, Ratchet & Clank is €69.99 in most stores, so with €1.00 = $1.48 that's over $100 you're paying for a single game. One game, $100. My brain's still trying to wrap itself around it. Yeah, but that's only becuase the dollar is so worthless at the moment. It's not as if games are over priced right now, it's just really really really cheap to buy stuff in the US if you live in Europe due to the conversion rate. So for example for this DS it works out to about 100 or so euros. So you might as well import one if you really want it. The prices in Europe don't go up, the dollar is just getting weaker.
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"The prices in Europe don't go up, the dollar is just getting weaker."
I was just reflecting on the fact that certain video games, at this point in time, are being sold at a price in Euros, which would break the $100 mark in the US. It's simply mind-boggling. Also, console games are being sold at 70 Euros now, wow. It used to 50 Euros. Will need some time to adapt. Prices in Europe do go up by the way, for various reasons. Grain shortage and expensive fuel, for example, have resulted in a regular loaf of bread breaking the 2 Euros barrier. Beer and other grain-based products will become more expensive, too. A bad cacao bean harvest is going to result in a 10% price increase for all chocolate-based products at the beginning of 2008. But, will you see those prices go down once there is enough grain or cacao beans again? Nope, and we will probably see some inane reasons to "explain" it, like "now the index/inflation rate has caught up" or something like that.
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