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Japan - Nintendo 3DS price drop, ambassador program details

by rawmeatcowboy
28 July 2011
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Ambassador Program details

- be an owner of a 3DS prior to August 10 at 23:59
- access the Nintendo e-Shop at least once no later than August 10
- download games from the Famicom and Game Boy Advance 3DS Virtual Console lineup
- Famicom is due to be added to the Virtual Console lineup by the end of the year
- Ambassadors will get access to a lineup of 10 titles in advance, on September 1
- Titles include Super Mario Bros., Donkey Kong Jr., Balloon Fight, Ice Climber, The Legend of Zelda, and five unspecified titles
- Ten GBA games will be available by the end of the year
- this includes Super Mario Advance 3, Mario Kart Advance, Metroid Fusion, Made in Wario, Mario vs Donkey Kong, and five unspecified title
- made available exclusively to Ambassadors
- no plan to sell them in the future as paid releases
- Famicom titles won't have instruction manuals and will not be compatible with simultaneous two player play at first
- final paid versions will have these features
- ambassadors can upgrade for free when the final versions are available
- Game Boy Advance VC titles will also lack instruction manuals
- view manuals online
- Game Boy Advance titles will disable the system's Spot Pass and Street Pass features
- will not be able to transfer them to other 3DS systems once Nintendo makes available software for transferring games between 3DS systems

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