Buy select titles from 3DS eShop, get Donkey Kong for free
10/6/12 9:20am
Not too long ago, Nintendo started selling digital copies of full retail 3DS games on it’s eShop and the company has decided to celebrate this new arrangement with a very special giveaway.
If you purchase one of five select titles from the eShop, then link your eShop and Club Nintendo accounts together, and then register the newly purchased game at Club Nintendo by January 6, 2013, you will receive Donkey Kong: Original Edition absolutely free!
DKOE is a perfect NES port of the classic arcade title (which includes all of the levels) that has never seen a release outside of Japan, which Nintendo has no plans of actually selling anytime soon.
Here are the five eShop games that come with Donkey Kong: Original Edition:
Professor Layton and The Miracle Mask: Available October 28
Paper Mario: Sticker Star: Available November 11
Cross Words Plus: Available Now
Art Academy: Available Now
Style Savvy : Trendsetters: Available October 22
This is a nice way for Nintendo to reward its customers who use the eShop and I’m glad the folks at the “Big N” are taking their commitment to the digital space seriously. I also must admit it makes the eShop a more attractive option for my pending purchases of Layton 5 and Sticker Star.
The only downside to the whole promotion is that it takes Nintendo 3-4 weeks after your initial purchase to email the DKOE download code….well at least you’ll have a new game to help pass the time.
For more details about the promotion, click the link below.
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Whatthefnu
This is a double-edged sword, though. Sure you get a nice little reward for buying a game you were already planning on getting, but at the same time, you're also pushing the idea that digital distribution is the way to go. It's the same reason they offered double Club Nintendo coins for "New" Super Mario Bros. 2.
It's simple marketing, really: make the process seem super attractive and better than the old, physical method. Once enough people are downloading without prompt (10 years from now or so), they slowly stop using boxes and discs altogether. I hope I'm wrong, but it's just something to consider.
TCJJ
The catch is that they also get more money: the games cost more on the eShop than from retailers. So technically, you're paying for the "free" game, anyway.
Kaneco
Talking about going digital. It's inevitable! We'll be there sooner or later...and we'll have no choice but to embrace its coming. =/
Whatthefnu
Yes, it does. It says "If you purchase one of five select titles from the eShop" right at the beginning of the second paragraph. I can't find your original comment outside my notifications page, though, which makes me think you realized the mistake.
And how does that make you feel? No more wide-eyed wonder when you show your kids your old copy of Mother 4 years from now. No more security that if your console dies, you can just get a new one and pick up right where you left off without waiting hours to download everything again. No more taking games to your friend's house for a party without packing up your entire console. No more instruction booklets, box art, or that satisfying "click" when you push a game into your DS/3DS. No more mental satisfaction that you truly "own" a game, among many other reasons I'm sure most people don't have the patience to read. You can't tell me you're happy about that.
Ferret75
You have to purchase it from the shop? I was hoping it would be a code included with the retail copy... I was planning on buying Paper Mario in the future.
Iamsang1616
Tempting, but I like box art for some reason, so I'll pass. Interesting offer though.
LeoSmashRoyale
Sorry Nintendo. I prefer hard copys of my games.
dreamkaster64
Too bad I already have the game boy version of that game
seandub13
sadly im nit interested in these games paper mario looks ok and i know Professor Layton is meant to be really good but i have never played one of the games