gamingeek said:

OMG YES!

Ravenprose said:

Amazon deal: $20 game credit w/ Super Mario Galaxy


Woo hoo! I ah gots ah mine!!!

Hmm, I could buy a Nintendo Points card with that credit, and get Lost Winds 2 Cave Story!  

Holy boob! SMG2 for basically $30! SOLD! Out of all the games this year i would pay anything for SMG2, but hey a deal is a deal. Now with that money I can get something else I didn't have the money for... probably some PS3 game I have been wanting to get.

This probably won't arrive on time so to fix that I will buy this game when it hits, keep the receipt and when this copy arrives sealed, I will take back the sealed copy to where i bought SMG2 and return it.

Ravenprose said:

I thought I was the only one who did that.

I do it all the time for games that have special deals at places that get it late.

gamingeek said:

Has anyone thought of a good way to put an analogue stick on a handheld?

Can't they put a hole in the lid of a folding handheld so it wont be crushed and would sit flush overall?

Or have a screw on analogue nub?

It's easy, the Wonderswan already did it effectively.  They can just copy that.

Ravenprose said:

Amazon deal: $20 game credit w/ Super Mario Galaxy


Woo hoo! I ah gots ah mine!!!

Hmm, I could buy a Nintendo Points card with that credit, and get Lost Winds 2 Cave Story!  

Yeah, I got mine too.  Now all I have to do is live until May 23 and remember to use the code.  

gamingeek said:

Lame images of DS.

Those look like shit. Who put those up as being representative?

Dvader said:
Down at the bottom where it says store.

Damn, I would have used it if I'd noticed it was there. Oh well, next time, for sure.

Thanks, Vader.

robio said:

That is a surprisingly complimentarily editorial from IGN about the 3DS. I think they've hit the nail on the head though. Even though it's far too early to say this, I think Nintendo already hit the nail on the head with this handheld. Handheld 3-D could actually be pretty cool. Think about playing Mario Kart and tilting the screen to get a better look at who is driving nearby you. I could appreciate that.

And the more I think about it, the more I don't think the timing of this announcement isn't that strange at all.  Negative press about Nintendo was starting to surface again about hardware shortages, software not selling, lack of a big game until Galaxy 2, etc. Whether or not that stuff is true is one thing, but by making this announcement now, Nintendo once again gets some glowing press.  At least they are in most of the mainstream press, which ultimately is the most important for them.  Plus the DS is enough of a monster that they don't have to wait until E3 for an announcement about it to get picked up. Besides now they have some hype going into E3 and will get just as much of a favorably reaction once they unveil the system (assuming it doesn't look like the original DS).

Good analysis, except for the bolded part.  You were right before the comma in that sentence.