We already know that the New Nintendo 3DS doesn’t ship with a charger and this has sparked many a debate, but a worrying thing is is that the official Nintendo 3DS charger is hard to come by in the United States. Amazon only have a small amount available on their website and it’s also hard to find on Best Buy, GameStop and Walmart, which are four of the biggest retailers in the country. You can always buy a third-party one which are slightly cheaper, but I always prefer to have the official Nintendo ones which are only $9.95.
Thanks, Twilight Warrior
Really tempting to be a capitalist stooge right now. I have 4 of those things.
You’re going to sell your soul for like $50?
In Canada EBgames charged me 25 bucks for one
wow thats a rip off who do those guys think they are making you do that.
Yeah I know I know mostly go to Future Shop for Amiibos and stuff like that now
19.99 at futureshop and bestbuy in canada and they have a lot at that price which is double what it was before the n3ds.
canada does make Gamer’s pay More then in the USA
If you use a 3rd party charger it will void your warranty.
lol You beat me by one minute.
Just keep in mind, using a third party charger voids your warranty!
WHAT THE ACTUAL FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU- Are you kidding me?!
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Quick! Get Miku some food cuz she looks like a twig!
go look up how much original Famicom/nes adapters go for that are in the box in mint condition
Just get one off Ebay there real cheap batter then Game stop
You can buy one from Nintendo online store.
Ya that could work but ebay works for my Mom.
as my dad would not give a shit about it.
It’s obvious Nintendo doesn’t want you to trade in your old 3ds. And I can’t say I blame them, it would be bad for business..
So Fucked Up Nintendo just give them what they need in life
I wonder if they made a deal with some u.s retailers to not release the chargers with the new 3ds so that people would buy up these stores remaining chargers.
and as you know that its Nintendo that wont do it because they just don’t want to make to much it will make their workers too tired thats what i think but work is about getting tired and making money what does nintendo don’t want to make their men and women money they should talk to Reg he will do somthing about it
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2015 21:53:34 +0000 To: josh.sheriff@outlook.com
Thanks Scalpers.
Just to point out like Amiibos, new 3DS systems, any retro games….its a US problem:
http://www.gamezone.com/news/the-amiibo-mecca-has-been-found-3412610
3rd party chargers wont void your warranty. Only using a charger that’s not licensed will void your warranty. Everything you can buy for nintendo at walmart are officially licensed by nintendo.
HA i have tons of them, bought a ton of the charging cradle bundles for 2 bucks each when they where on clearance at my local kmart XD
News Flash!!! Nintendo under-stocked another product!!!
I’m looking at you, Shulk amiibo.
Understocking builds a manufactured demand for a product. Which in turn brings good publicity to said product. It’s business 101 and Nintendo has been doing it for decades.
I’ve realized that it’s a good business practice, but the consumers aren’t really a big fan of that idea.
Are people scalping 3ds chargers?
No… haha.. no way.. thats a good one, you guys almost had me..
Really, Nintendo? You release a new Nintendo 3DS model without charger, and don’t supply enough with chargers in the stores?
Questionable marketing tactics.
Good thing I own 6 of these.
Thanks Nintendo for pulling a dick move. It costs a few cents to make one, are you really going to be like that and say to people “buy one for $10” when only 45 millions 3dses and maybe 20 million dsis are out there?
Come on nintendo. If you aren’t going to include the charger at the very least make sure they are plentiful. Fortunately I have 2 brothers with 3ds chargers so I’m good. But come on.
Nintendo, I’m really getting tired of your stinginess and your forced scarcity. Make enough so people can buy them, I know your afraid of overproducing, but you can’t continue this trend.
I love how gamestop is also making people trade in their chargers to get $75-100 off the purchase of a NN3DS
I’ll just adjust the old cradle, it’s cheaper.
Japan and EU had their first taste of not having the chargers included when the 3DS XL was introduced, so I knew it would happen to NA sooner or later. Oh yeah nobody bothered until it happened to them…
Wow. If you don’t release the console with the charger, like others have said, you could at least make it easy to buy the needed charger & make sure there are plenty out there for sale!