Limited Edition 3DS "Toad"

Jumping back to last Christmas there was a competition in the UK (maybe else where as well but not sure) with the Club Nintendo where if you enter two codes from selected new 3DS games you would be entered for a chance to win a limited edition 3DS. Three choices where available and they was Mario, Toad and Peach. Mario and Peach did not look good in my opinion since the Peach was just a pink colour with a small gem design in the middle and Mario was red with a blue trouser like design with two buttons (sounds good but it wasn't to me). So I picked the Toad edition which was red with white spots and that was that, several months later after deciding to check my e-mails finally I was shocked to find I was one of the lucky winners.

Now after months of waiting it arrived last week!! it was funny because the week before I had sent a e-mail to Nintendo to see what was happening since the quote was May. The reply had come the morning of delivery saying there had been delays from Japan since how rare the designs was. Was very shocked when I came home to find a parcel waiting for me, at first I thought I had messed up and forgot a pre-order.

The 3DS as turned out better then I thought and I'm happy Nintendo did not slack on it, I was expecting some kind of sticker to be honest. Anyway the 3DS is white with the top red with white spots, its also got the shiny finish on the top with the slight glitter look like the other 3DS's. I've also found the buttons more responsive compared to my old red design, were if I wanted to switch off I would have to hold the power button down for several seconds. With this one just a simple click and the turn off screen appears.

So yes I'm very happy and it's one of the few good things to happen this year which is about time. I've transferred everything over from my old red one which was a lot of fun, did not realise the progress bar for the transfer consisted of Pikmin carrying the data over.

I traded my red one in for a decent price and picked up some new games, yeah who did not see that coming. Picked up Gravity Rush, Resistance Burning Skies, Lego Batman 2 and a time card for Star Wars Old Republic. So I'm sorted for the time being now and ohh I played the demo for Gravity Rush, it was brilliant and I'm very pleased that I have now got a unique game for the year.

Was quite upset when nothing was announced at E3 this year, in the past I've always been able to find a unique weird handheld game that was a diamond in the rough. Timehollow, Ghost Trick, Phoenix Wright and Another Code just to name a few that blew me away with their great stories and gameplay. Was really hoping for something for the 3DS this year but nothing so far but least now I have a game for the Vita, I will go into more detail about it when I get a chance.

Anyway back to the topic and finish this post off, how cool is that 3DS! so on that note I will catch you all later folks and have a good one.
~Iznic