Nintendo 3DS

[Stark]

Well crap, now Dave has me looking for 40 coins myself ...

[dsheinem]

Well crap, now Dave has me looking for 40 coins myself ...

The Ubisoft sale has some good stuff for cheap with a lot of points. I picked up the fitness game for Wii U for the wife, and may try it myself. 50 points, $12.50.

[Stark]

Found out that the Pikmin 3 download I got for buying MK8 had a survey waiting. I guess I wasn't thinking that downloads would have one (not sure why.) That got me to Gold, I won't try for Platinum.

[retrosportsgamer]

If you need a free 10 points - Rusty's Real Deal Baseball is actually free (but you purchase the game modes) and then you get the post play survey

[FerretGamer]

Another year and another code redemption spree on June 30. I'm set for the Platinum rewards this year and have over 600 coins that I will save for now. The store is REALLY bare right now.

[jay_red]

Started doing surveys this morning for the new Nintendo year, just off of stuff in my to do list, I had 100 coins worth. I have a stack of codes to redeem as well, and would not be surprised if i could be at least gold by the end of the day.

[Zing]

Staples in Canada did a clearance on their video game hardware. All items 50% off. I was out looking for a 2DS (found one $69) and the store had a Cosmo Black launch system for $79. I couldn't pass that up. The serial number is seriously low. I should have checked the firmware revision first, but I updated it without looking.

I gave my Flame Red system to my girlfriend, but she mentioned how she would prefer blue. I didn't even know the system came in blue until then. I couldn't find any in-store (the stores have been cleaned out by now), but I found a few scalpers on Kijiji. I have contacted them all and inquired about serial numbers. I found one that has an Aqua Blue launch system, and I'm going to pick it up today.

This means I own all four of the original colours, before Nintendo revised the system/packaging to the small box: Aqua Blue, Cosmo Black, Pearl Pink, and Flame Red. If Nintendo had a better account system, I'd actually use multiple systems myself, but I am not going through the hassle of transferring account every seven days.

I also didn't realize that Pearl Pink was initially exclusive to the Nintendogs bundle. The bundle was released during the holidays of 2011, but the standalone system made it out a few months later in 2012.

Another thing I found interesting is that the early system power supplies are made in the Philippines instead of China.

[BoneSnapDeez]

The most amazing thing is that you can find video game hardware at Staples.

[Cronozilla]

Not as amazing as the fact that they are also a chemicals company. They bought the largest supplier for hospitals a few years ago.

[Snatch1414]

I bought a brand new copy of the first Phoenix Wright and it didn't come with a code. At first I thought just Nintendo made games came with them, then it seemed like everything came with a code. Anyone know the standard here? Just curious. I paid too much for Phoenix Wright figuring I'd buy new for once and I'd get a code.