Mister Jack

I continue to reject the notion that purposely limiting supply is good for anyone but scalpers. If they made a bunch of units for a few months and then stopped that would be one thing. It's still a shitty practice, but at least I would understand it. However, that's not the case here. This isn't a "limited" edition they keep running out of. This is a "ha ha fuck you, you'll never own one" edition. There are so few of these so-called limited editions to go around that most people, myself included, don't even get a CHANCE to buy one. I would happily throw my money at them as soon as possible to get the MM edition before they stop making it, but nobody will let me because there aren't enough units for everyone who wants one. That's bad business no matter how you slice it. How is not taking the money of thousands and thousands of people supposed to benefit them? Also, I don't put a lot of stock in that "desperation" angle either where they're counting on people to look for the special ones, then give up and buy the regular one out of frustration. Not only is that extremely manipulative (and unnecessary) but I just don't think that's how it works. I'm sure there are people like that out there, but I bet there are just as many who will decide to not even bother. I'm one of them. I could maybe go for the Monster Hunter one if there comes a point where Nintendo is obviously never making the MM version again, since that one looked pretty nice to me too, but I outright refuse to buy red or black. I'm not spending 200 dollars on a version I don't want, so Nintendo can either get their shit together or they can fuck off until they make some other edition that interests me because I'm not going to reward their incompetence.

Does anyone need 50 more Club Nintendo coins to get something from the reward page? I have a Bravely Default code I'll never use since I already redeemed all my coins and I'm willing to give it to whoever needs it to hit the threshold for something.

So we all know that Nintendo sucks at keeping stock available, be it the 3DS, Amiibos, Gamecube adapters, or just about anything else, and usually the two prevailing theories are that either Nintendo is completely incompetent (which is what I think) or that they deliberately make fewer units to increase demand. However, I read a third possibility recently which, while still shady and asinine, at least makes more sense to me than the "increasing demand with no supply" idea. I have no idea if this is true or not, but someone suggested that maybe they're shipping so few units so that they can guarantee 100% sell through, which they can in turn report to investors so they can look good. Like I said, completely shady, but I can see a sort of logic to it. Many of Nintendo's investors don't even know the first thing about what they do. All they care about is whether or not they're making money, and they probably like to hear Nintendo say that they sold out every single unit they shipped. Never mind that they only shipped a dozen to each store.

Well if it's there, it wasn't in the demo for some reason.

So long, Club Nintendo.

The P5 hype train has room for one more passenger...

Thanks anyway, man.

I would be shocked if you actually find one, Ethan, but I appreciate you taking the time to look on my behalf.

Target canceled my order... I spent all day thinking I had gotten to be one of the lucky ones for once only to have it yanked away from me almost twelve hours later. YOU GAVE ME FALSE HOPE, YOU FUCKING BASTARDS!

I wouldn't recommend buying any 3DS that isn't at least an XL, either. I've tried it both ways and the original screens are garbage.

Yup. Got confirmation a little while ago, and the website updated to "out of stock" about 20 minutes after I got the email. I think I'm in the clear!

*Edit*: Never mind. I ain't got shit.

Ethan, the check I'm writing to you right now contains my life savings... NEVER MIND THAT SHIT. I JUST MANAGED TO PLACE AN ORDER ON TARGET'S WEBSITE RIGHT AFTER THEY MADE THEM AVAILABLE AGAIN. I STILL DON'T HAVE THE CONFIRMATION EMAIL THOUGH SO I DON'T KNOW IF MY 3DS IS SECURE. OH GOD PLEASE DON'T CANCEL IT.

I just happened to wake up early this morning so I went to all three Targets around my area less than an hour after they opened, hoping that maybe I would get lucky. All three of them got in the Majora's Mask 3DS. All three of them had sold out before I could get there. You know how many they got? Four. FOUR. There were only four of the other colors, too, which means each Target store only got a total of 12 measly units to go around. It's always going to be like this, isn't it? Nintendo is never going to get their shit together and make enough hardware for everyone who wants to buy it. I'll still wait to see if by some miracle the stock replenishes and I can act fast enough to get one, but learning they only got four on launch day is not encouraging at all.

I'm thinking of getting the new Shantae on the Wii U but I need to beat the previous one on Steam first. I originally had it on my iPod (no steam version back then) but I never finished it because the map was atrocious and I constantly got lost. I doubt they fixed that in the steam port, so hopefully I can power through it regardless. Outside of the terrible map, it really is a very good game.

I don't accept that first point as a valid reason at all. Because the game has fewer modes of play, that makes it worth more? What? Even Call of Duty won't drop its prices without being dragged kicking and screaming the whole way, but most other games, whether they're multiplayer or not, go down in price after a while because there comes a point where it's no longer the new hotness and if they still want to draw in new players they have to make it cheaper than whatever said new hotness is. I will concede your second point though. There will probably never be another Mario Kart or Smash Bros on the Wii U, and I guess Nintendo is well aware of that. Even if you buy a Wii U five years from now, if you want Mario Kart then your only choices will be to either buy Mario Kart 8 or fuck off. Having said that, why is New Super Mario Bros Wii U, a launch title, still 60 bucks? There have been other Mario platformers since then. Better ones, too. How many people would honestly pick NSMBWU over 3D World when they both cost the same? Even Gamestop lowered the price of a used copy to 40.

The Nintendo premium is such a load of crap. What exactly am I getting that makes it worth paying full price for a Nintendo game two or three years after release? It sure isn't online multiplayer.

Well if you want the first party one I guess that's true, but at least there are third party options available at more reasonable prices.

I really hope they're not that stupid. There is literally no reason to intentionally limit the supply of a new console. All that would do is create fewer sales for Nintendo and more for scalpers.

It looked like Dead Island again and I fucking hated Dead Island. Parkour isn't enough to salvage that game for me. Also I'm just sick of zombies in general.

Do you live outside the US? Both of those things you mentioned are on amazon, but I was checking the US site. And to clarify my previous point, if this were any other company in the world other than Nintendo the scalpers wouldn't piss me off nearly as much. Scalpers are always bad, don't get me wrong, but if we're talking iPhones or PS4s or something like that, you can usually be sure that eventually there will be enough for everybody, even if you have to wait a bit. Nintendo, though? Frankly, I have no idea how many waves of the Majora New 3DS they intend to put out. Hell, for all I know they might intend to put out two or three shipments and then never make them again, and if that happened you just know they'd all be gobbled up by scalpers, meaning everyone who wanted to buy one legitimately, including myself, is just shit out of luck for this special edition handheld. It's like Ethan said: Nintendo sucks at keeping up with demand, which both encourages scalpers and punishes their fanbase.

Scalpers. Fucking scalpers. I can't even sign up for a mailing list to be notified of the Majora 3DS on Amazon because all the units are being monopolized by scalpers! The fucking thing isn't even out yet! I tried to preorder one almost a month in advance and there literally isn't a single store within a hundred miles of me that's getting any more! None! I'M TRYING TO PLAY BY THE RULES HERE. GOD DAMN IT.