Ready for the price cut? Are you guys finally getting a 3DS or you’re still not interested even with the new price tag? Let us now because this news just won’t stop! Jump in!

HARDWARE & SOFTWARE NEWS

Yeah, just one section today…the thing is, Mr. Iwata finally decided to talk about the price drop on the 3DS and apologize to everyone who bought the console from day one… yes, it had to be done, even if it doesn’t do absolutely NOTHING for us customers at least we can be mad because of what he says in the letter and not for the lack of explanations. Let’s read the letter…

To Those Customers Who Bought A Nintendo 3DS Before The Price Change

Greetings, everyone. This is Satoru Iwata from Nintendo.

Thank you very much for purchasing a Nintendo 3DS.

We have just announced a price drop for the Nintendo 3DS system effective on August 11 [August 12 in North America].

In the past, there have been price drops for video game systems some time after their release in order to broaden the user base further. However, never before has Nintendo chosen to issue such a dramatic price drop less than 6 months after a system release.

We are all too keenly aware that those of you who supported us by purchasing the 3DS in the beginning may feel betrayed and criticize this decision.

This unprecedented timing for a price cut is because the situation has changed greatly since we originally launched the 3DS. We decided it was necessary to take this drastic step in order to ensure that large numbers of users will continue to enjoy the 3DS in the future.

If the software creators and those on the retail side are not confident that the Nintendo 3DS is a worthy successor to the DS and will achieve a similarly broad (user) base, it will be impossible for the 3DS to gain popularity, acquire a wide range of software, and eventually create the product cycle necessary for everyone to be satisfied with the system.

Those customers who purchased the 3DS at the very beginning are extremely important to us. We know that there is nothing we can do to completely make up for the feeling that you are being punished for buying the system early. Still, we would like to offer the following as a sign of our appreciation to you.

We feel a strong responsibility to develop the 3DS as a platform — to ensure that, in the end, everyone is satisfied; we will make every effort to do so.

Additionally, we know everyone is waiting for Super Mario 3D Land and Mario Kart 7. They are scheduled for release in November and December, respectively, so we ask for your patience until then.

Thank you again, and we look forward to your continued support.

Alright, how are you guys feeling? Can you feel the anger building up inside? That’s good. The fact that Iwata blames 3rd party companies for the lack of support is really embarrassing, this golden boy is starting to loose every hint of shine he had left, let’s hope he can do better than this and really pull this mess up…

Good night sweet prince...

In addition to this, the Ambassador Program received two new titles as confirmed for it…Super Mario Advance 4: Super Mario Bros. 3 and Kirby & the Amazing Mirror, when it comes to the NES games the ambassador program says that they will be paid games later one for everyone else to get, but talking about the Gameboy Advance ones…well they say: “The company has no plans to make these games able to the general public in the near future” I honestly don’t know which part of every press release is for real so you’ll have to excuse my skepticism about this.

Let’s hope next week carries better news

‘See you then, @Greenmousa, out.