New 3DS in Australia and New Zealand November 21st

[Deleted User]

Nintendo Australia : In the first ever Nintendo Direct Australia broadcast today, it was announced that New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL will launch 21st November in Australia and New Zealand, at the suggested retail prices* of AU$219.95 and AU$249.95 respectively - AC Adapter sold separately (AU$14.95) or utilised from Nintendo 3DS/3DS XL/DSi/DSi XL systems. The consoles will be the newest members of the Nintendo 3DS family.

This is only one month after Japan release & who knows how long before North America and Europe release.

 

[FireGrey]

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Today Nintendo of Australia did the first Australian exclusive Nintendo Direct.
The only thing in the direct was the New Nintendo 3DS and New Nintendo 3DS XL, as well as detailing that Xenoblade Chronicles is on it's way next year.
This is the second region to have an official announcement about the New Nintendo 3DS.
It was announced in the video that Australia and New Zealand will be the only regions outside of Japan to get the New Nintendo 3DS in 2014.

-The release date for the New Nintendo 3DS in Australia is November 21st 2014, the same days as Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.
-The New Nintendo 3DS will RRP for $220
-The New Nintendo 3DS XL will RRP for $250

 

[Deleted User]

I just reported this :

http://gbatemp.net/threads/new-3ds-in-australia-and-new-zealand-november-21st.371945/


Looks like the threads have been merged

 

[Veho]

The New Nintendo 3DS will RRP for $220
The New Nintendo 3DS XL will RRP for $250[/p]

Is that Australian dollars?

EDIT: WiiU's thread says it's Australian dollars.

 

[Deleted User]

Is that Australian dollars?

Yes

 

[FireGrey]

I just reported this :

http://gbatemp.net/threads/new-3ds-in-australia-and-new-zealand-november-21st.371945/

damnit was making it while playing dota so I didn't notice that someone else had made it

Veho it is in AUD

 

[Veho]

Yes

Veho it is in AUD

Thank you.

That's not bad, actually.

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Im in the UK, PAL region.

Rev up those imports im getting me a New 3DS in 2014!

 

[Vappy]

Aus and EU are cross compatible for games, but what about connectivity? Is there an Australia specific eShop, and can an Australian 3DS interact with a European one, eg. for system transfer?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

Aus and EU are cross compatible for games, but what about connectivity? Is there an Australia specific eShop, and can an Australian 3DS interact with a European one, eg. for system transfer?

In EU/PAL systems you can set your region to anywhere in PAL territories and it will access the eshop for that region so long as you have an IP address to match.

 

[FireGrey]

Aus and EU are cross compatible for games, but what about connectivity? Is there an Australia specific eShop, and can an Australian 3DS interact with a European one, eg. for system transfer?

I have used the UK eshop before the NNID update, but you should be able to use a UK NNID on it.

 

[Gahars]

Is that Australian dollars?

They're called "Dollarydoos."

Some people are so culturally ignorant.

 

[Meow-Meow]

No plans to release in EU / US? What? Why? Surely those are bigger markets than Australia and surely it's not simply geographical distance that prevents them from shipping to the US. How much more could it possibly cost?

 

[Purple_Shyguy]

No plans to release in EU / US? What? Why? Surely those are bigger markets than Australia and surely it's not simply geographical distance that prevents them from shipping to the US. How much more could it possibly cost?

Australia is waaaaay smaller than all of America and all of Europe.

So they can probably only supply Australias units first.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

No plans to release in EU / US? What? Why? Surely those are bigger markets than Australia and surely it's not simply geographical distance that prevents them from shipping to the US. How much more could it possibly cost?

This says absolutely nothing about there being no plans to release in other regions. It's practically guaranteed to release elsewhere. Why Australia get it's own announcement is beyond me, but this definitely doesn't say "no" to anywhere else

 

[Meow-Meow]

This says absolutely nothing about there being no plans to release in other regions. It's practically guaranteed to release elsewhere. Why Australia get it's own announcement is beyond me, but this definitely doesn't say "no" to anywhere else

Spare me your roll-eyes, he specifically said 'no plans to release in America or Europe in 2014'.

Obviously the console will be sold outside of Japan and Australia eventually, but I was confused as to why that will happen significantly later.

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

Spare me your roll-eyes, he specifically said 'no plans to release in America or Europe in 2014'.

Obviously the console will be sold outside of Japan and Australia eventually, but I was confused as to why that will happen significantly later.

In 2014. We were already aware it wasn't going to be released this year, the initial announcement said basically the same thing, with an expected release in 2015

 

[Meow-Meow]

In 2014. We were already aware it wasn't going to be released this year, the initial announcement said basically the same thing, with an expected release in 2015

Oh, how stupid of me not to have followed the news surrounding the new Gameboy.

Boy is my face ever so red!

 

[ov3rkill]

Australia, New Zealand are both compatible on Europe region games?

 

[Vappy]

yellows8 confirmed on irc that Australian and European 3DS are identical apart from the user-set region.