If you are planning on purchasing a 3DS you may want to stop and read this. Starting August 12th you’ll be able to purchase a 3DS for only $169.99. This is excellent news for those who haven’t purchased the 3DS yet and even better news for those who want to purchase it just for Ocarina of Time 3D. But, for those who bought it before the price cut you haven’t been left in the dark. Nintendo knows how upset this maybe for you guys but they are trying to make it up to you by giving you 20 free eShop games, 10 NES and 10 Gameboy Advance Virtual Console games, under their Ambassador program. Jump inside to view the statements that was given by Nintendo on this.

This was what Nintendo released about the 3DS price drop:

Nintendo of America today announced plans to drop the suggested retail price of its portable Nintendo 3DS™ system to $169.99 in the United States. The new price takes effect Aug. 12 and makes an outstanding value even better.

And this is what we got about the free games that Nintendo is offering to its loyal customers who bought the 3DS before the price cut:

Starting Sept. 1, Nintendo 3DS Ambassadors will be able to download 10 NES™ Virtual Console™ games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including Super Mario Bros.™, Donkey Kong Jr.™, Balloon Fight™, Ice Climber™ and The Legend of Zelda™, are slated to become paid downloadable games, but Ambassadors get them early for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will be available to Ambassadors for download at no cost.

By the end of 2011, Nintendo will provide Ambassadors with 10 Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. These include games like Yoshi’s Island™: Super Mario™ Advance 3, Mario Kart™: Super Circuit, Metroid™ Fusion, WarioWare™, Inc.: Mega Microgame$ and Mario vs. Donkey Kong™. These games will be available exclusively to Ambassadors, and Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public on the Nintendo 3DS in the future.

So if you plan on purchasing a 3DS am sure you can wait about 2 weeks to get it at the new price and for those of you who have already purchased the 3DS am sure you will enjoy the Ambassador program.

Source: Examiner, Zelda Dungeon