Malaysian selling price of the 3DS will definitely >1k. Original DS phat was going for RM850 when it launched and that was one of the lower prices around with many other places quoting RM900 and above. It's crazy the kind of markup that gets placed on Nintendo products sold in Malaysia. You only have to look at PSP vs DS and PS3 vs Wii to see what I mean.

Anyway, at least now I'm in Europe so I get the benefit of a nice USD exchange rate :-) And cheaper postage, muah ha ha. Can buy, send to my sis, and get my sis to send to me. Now to save £1 a day for it coz there's no way I'm going to buy an overpriced EU version of the 3DS.

Can't wait for teh US launch. Am planning to be in Canada for the Chinese New Year period but I guess I'll miss the launch window OH well, at least I have a sis living in Canada who'd be able to mail it to me ....

3D does effect the battery life. Western media are reporting that the 3DS has a 3-5 hr battery life. Pity it can't be like the DS Lite (which had a uber long battery life)

Pre-orders have already started in the UK but I'm holding out til there are better pre-order goodies and til I know whether the unit is region locked (rumored to be).

They're listing about £200 for the unit so far (though as everyone knows, prices are unconfirmed - we'll have to wait til Jan 19 for some sort of possible trickle of info from Nintendo)

Underwhelming? Erm, they can do overwhelming, but if it costs £500 would anyone buy it? Nope. Already people are saying the prices are pretty high for a handheld.

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Added on January 14, 2011, 8:33 pmLol that was a quick reply. Oh yeah, it's night time and Malaysians are all prob back home
shooting off for ameeting now

This post has been edited by Johnathan Sia: Jan 14 2011, 08:33 PM

Lol planning the Malaysian holiday with the missus. We;re looking to see if we can get tix at £500 a head. May be travelling around Christmas since that's our current preferred schedule.

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Added on January 18, 2011, 1:49 amAm so looking forward to this. Only one more day to wait. Am waiting to see whether it's region locked before I put in my pre-order. Already know what two games I'll get. Professor Layton and SSFIV.

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Added on January 18, 2011, 1:52 amJust saw this on my twitter feed from Gonintendo:

http://gonintendo.com/?p=147570 Watch live streaming of the European Nintendo 3DS Preview Event in Amsterdam

This post has been edited by Johnathan Sia: Jan 18 2011, 01:52 AM

Don't forget that streaming starts at 2pm GMT which means 10pm Malaysian time

I'll see you guys here at 10pm Malaysian time then (sounds so strange to say that and not mean that people are going to turn up late...)

Eh? It's not that late...

When the preview launch event starts of course... and servers everywhere struggle

oooh... auto connectivity currently being mentioned... Sleep mode is being described and sounds like it works like WiiConnect 24

Loving the idea of one single friend code per DS!

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Added on January 19, 2011, 10:23 pmHuge in Europe

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Added on January 19, 2011, 10:24 pmHere's a live update site that covers US & Europe at the same time
http://www.vooks.net/story-19859-Nintendo-...Live-Blog-.html


This post has been edited by Johnathan Sia: Jan 19 2011, 10:24 PM

Love the 1 code thing

Shite.... 35 characters in SSFIV 3DS?!?!

PES 3DS!!!!!

Hang on.... no PES was announced for US? I think that means I'm getting 3DS from UK then...

Damn. I'm sold (again). Nintendogs+cats now has facial recognition technology and also measures the distance of your face from the screen.

3DS launched in Europe on 25 March!!! Woot! I can get it earlier :-) Retail price is decided by retailers... Won't be cheaper than US price I'm sure. Prob £250 or

But UK gets PES! Muahahahahaha!

So, anyone want a UK version? I can drop a couple of pre-orders

Piracy would NOT be cool. That's the major problem with the NDS now (Although in Europe, PSPs are incredibly far behind DSs).