3DS Shocker

Today Nintendo made a huge announcement that set the games world ablaze, and that was they were cutting the price of the 3DS by 30 percent, from 249 to 169. Keep in mind that it's only been six months since the handheld came out. Nintendo has also stated that they are in a slump and sales are down quite a bit year on year. Is this that shocking though? No, I don't really think so, and I think it's a move Nintendo needed to make, although maybe a bit sooner than they had wanted.

Most people know that the console hasn't been doing the numbers that Nintendo had wanted it to, and some may say that's the rather high price point, and others may say it's the lack of games available for the system, or you could say that it's both of those things. The console is a cool innovation to say the least, and there's room to do some cool things for it, but there's not much going for it. Now though, I'd say that things are looking up for Nintendo. There's some things that still need to be worked on, and Nintendo is facing still the upcoming threat of the PS Vita, as well as the wide availability of Apple's touch devices, but this early price drop, and the games coming out for it this fall, I feel will actually start to put the 3DS in peoples pockets.

Now, at 169, with StarFox 3D, Kid Icarus, Mario Kart 7, Super Mario 3D Land amongst others coming out, I think the catalogue is starting to look pretty solid for the little handheld.

Not to mention the promise of GameBoy Advance games on the eShop.

As well though it is important to note that for those who already have 3DS's they will get 20 free games to download to their 3DS; 10 NES games, and 10 GBA games, including the original Legend of Zelda and Metroid Fusion amongst other great games. For those who already have one and are suffering the lack of games that's definitely a bonus.

I'm personally excited. I think the move was a bit early, and earlier than I expected but it's the right move for Nintendo to make to start moving units, and start putting games out there. Nintendo isn't really hurting but they needed to make a big and bold move, and I'm glad to see that they have definitely stepped up.

Now let's see how they do with the Wii U.