3DS Ambassador!

As of last night, Nintendo has deemed me fit to be a 3DS Ambassador! What does one have to do to get into this elite club? Why, simply purchase a 3DS before the $80 price drop! Wait, that's not a good thing at all.

Due to sluggish sales, Nintendo has dropped the price of the 3DS by $80 to $170 (which is well worth it, honestly) after about six months of sales. It's unfortunate they had to do it, but I think it was completely expected with Sony announcing the PS Vita at the same $250 price point. $80 was more than I would have expected, however. At any rate, anyone who accesses the 3DS eStore before some date I forget is automatically made a "3DS Ambassador" and will eventually get 10 NES and 10 GBA games to download to their 3DS. Nintendo hasn't released the full list, but what they have (although the language suggests that it might be subject to change) looks like some quality, albeit a lot of stuff I've already played. It's a nice gesture, and one they didn't have to make, so I'm glad they're doing it. Still, I think I'd have rather saved the $80...