Nintendo has revealed via its official Japanese website that it plans to discontinue manufacturing the original Aqua Blue Nintendo 3DS console. On the 3DS hardware page the colour is listed as “scheduled to end production shortly”. No reason has been given regarding the decision.
Here’s a reason, no one is buying it anymore
Yea, it mainly sold on launch day, because it was a better colour than the black :P Then Nintendo released the Red, and the Pink, and the bundles for Christmas…Anyhow, it is a nice colour, but really, people want a darker blue.
I wanted a darker one took, so I bought it but all the new colors are even better like the black gold one and the new darker blue
Black is always a much larger seller at launch then the other colors. Your point it moot
It’s not moot. Moot means it’s irrelevant whether he’s right or wrong, not simply that he’s wrong.
i guess i have to keep my Aqua blue 3DS ,, when it becomes rare fuck it Im gunna sell it ,,
When that times come,you’re already dead and your children are enjoying the money they get by selling your 3ds
Because 3D technology will be worth a ton 200 years from now?
No, because the fucking color wouldn’t be available anymore.
i like that color:)
@Christopher Weil The techo punk shit 3DS was better than the black one?
My sides, their moving on their own.
Yeah, I didn’t like the Aqua Blue Color, so I got the Black one instead.
RED IS THE BEST!
does that mean…. my aqua blue day one 3ds will be an ANTIQUE?
Lol, special someday. ^^
I know that feel :)
yeah I now have a aqua blue ambassador 3ds :D
Me Too, Strange thing is I prefer the lighter blue to the darker one. That’s just me.
Me Too, 3Ds is AWESOME
Me too! :D But I still wish red was a launch color…Look at that sexy thing! /shot
Red is a launch color.
No, it wasn’t.
Black and Blue was.
Facts, my boy, facts.
Makes sense. I haven’t seen a single one out there. I guess the other colors just sold better. I got myself the sexy red one!
Same here my sis tried to convince me to get this blue one too, glad i didn’t .lol. love my red one!!!! :)
Me to!
:O
Hmm. . . I wonder why. I really want the Midnight Purple 3DS though! Will the Cobalt Blue 3DS be a Japan exclusive?
Well the red one was for a while, but then we all got it as a choice, which i chose!!! might swap to cobalt blue if we do get it!!! :)
ahahaha oooo eeee (im getting the purple 3DS for my BD which is soon)
De facto limited edition?
With all the new colors coming out, I was kinda disappointed that I had bought an Aqua blue, first day 3DS. But this makes me a little happier though. In like 50 years, the rarest 3DS will no doubt be the Aqua blue one. Though its unlikely that it will ever be worth any money. ha.
Even rarer is black zelda..
Now I’m glad I got blue. ;__;
Good.
That colour is so misleading >_< still wonder why north america dosent have the white 3DS yet :/
Same here, not available in the UK either!!! :(
The white one is available in the UK but only as part of a bundle with Mario 3D Land
Oh yeah, i thot id seen it, but couldn’t see it.
My reason to buy a black DS instead of the aqua blue one was the plain black colour of the topscreen. It was just out of place with the deep blue colour the DS had.
But… the blue is so awesome!
yeees, indeed
Want a green one. Anything else is irrelevant.
agreed
*high five!*
You, sir, are awesome
all of ya can suckma dick
doin it yum apple flavor :)
My turn next, yum strawberry, how amazing is that!!! diff flavours!!! :P
This DS’s color doesn’t look nearly as good in reality than it does in the promotional pictures of it.
It’s only a color :)
i have blue and it is fucking awesome when it is rare i will sell it for 1000$ or keep it for a trophy
Sure, I wish I would have been able to pick a cobalt blue first day, because I would have over that gay-ass blue that was available. But the fact is when I’m playing my 3DS I’m not thinking about the colour anyway…and I’ve been playing it since launch day while others have been waiting for the colour of their choosing…
Meh, I got a Black one. I assume it is just because other colours are coming out and this blue is the most boring, I think I read somewhere that Black outsold it 2:1. I always hated how the circle pad and the top screen being different colours didn’t go with the blue, so I got a Black one so that it matches. I stuck a Cobalt case on it anyway. The red looked better at E3 than it does in real life, so I’m fine with my own. Unless, however, this comes out, then I’ll sell mine to my sister and get this one:
http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lvzujsCi481qzp9weo1_500.jpg
Aqua blue 3ds ftw!
I got a blue one….only because they didn’t release Purple or Red for launch.
Well their price just went up on ebay
No matter what people say, this is still a great color to me. None of the other colors interest me that much. I mean, it’s just a color, it’s not like there are any other differences between mine and other 3DS’s that would make me buy a new one.
One word: Green
One word: Meh
It’s too bad, I was just thinking after they announced midnight purple that it was nice to see Nintendo starting to get back to multiple color options for their handhelds like they had back in the game boy days… hopefully the darker blue color will replace it.
On the other hand, though, my launch Aqua Blue 3DS will be somewhat of a collectors item now!
Sick! now mine will be vintage xD
I heard this would be in Japan only.
Lame. This is the best color they have offered.
So I have a limited edition 3DS by accident.
SAY WHAAAAAAAAT??? Holy Crow Why??? C’est Ma Colour! No fair. Not. Cool.
Well, now i have a good reason to keep my Aqua Blue 3DS.
Who says they’re gonna cancel production of the Aqua Blue in NA?
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well thats sad. the blue is much more hetero in person over pictures. maybe this means a green 3DS is incoming?
I wanted red, but I guess now I’m proud of Ambassador Blue…:3
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Are you guys debating on colour of 3DS now?
I have an Aqua Blue 3DS (UK), got it for Christmas. Never been happier. It’s a better music player than my iPod touch, and yes, I do use it for gaming…
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So now I’ll have this color and the “Classic NES” GBA SP. Should I be considered lucky? haha
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