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[Classic]

Last day at Albertson's. 

[Classic]

Oh shit this isn't the chat thread.

[bluaki]

I got this stuff in the mail today:
[spoiler=nyu suri dii esu][/spoiler]

I don't really want to unfold the town map right away but here's a picture I found of it:
[spoiler=I'll probably frame it after I move][/spoiler]

and the hard part of setting this up: picking a second NNID that isn't "bluaki"

[Snowy]

How much was the shipping itself? How long did it all take? Only a few days?

[bluaki]

How much was the shipping itself? How long did it all take? Only a few days?

It was two days. I ordered on March 15, it shipped from Osaka (at 23:30 EDT), and delivered to me in Florida on March 17 (at 14:30 EDT). Pretty insane. They didn't even give me an option of any kind of slower or cheaper shipping option. It was delivered by DHL, which is very rarely used by anything else I've seen. I even changed the delivery address last night from my home to my work without a delay.

For my particular order, in USD:
Item total: 170.68
Subtotal at checkout: 158.20 (Japan includes 8% sales tax in their list prices, but apparently Americans don't have to pay Japanese sales tax so Amazon automatically discounts that out)
Shipping: 14.78
Total: 172.98

So basically I paid $2.30 more than a Japanese person with free shipping would have paid for this same order. Even with this one VC game, it actually cost less than buying an American N3DS would by enough of a margin to buy a standard-price retail 3DS game. The console even included a charger.

Of course, the shipping fee is worse if you're not spending as much. Buying just this $12.50 Pokémon game box would cost $7.74 in shipping.

[Snowy]

damn, that's pretty nuts. I've always wanted one of the black new 3ds.... maybe when I get paid next lol. I literally cannot believe how cheap and fast that was. How was the account creation? Did your american one carry over? Prime?

[bluaki]

damn, that's pretty nuts. I've always wanted one of the black new 3ds.... maybe when I get paid next lol. I literally cannot believe how cheap and fast that was. How was the account creation? Did your american one carry over? Prime?

No, Amazon uses a different set of accounts in each distinct site region. Japan does offer a Prime subscription similar to the US one, but I don't think it offers any shipping benefits outside Japan.

This was my fourth order from Amazon Japan. The other three have each been figures: one actually offered International shipping like this one but the others only ship to Japanese addresses so I needed a forwarding service which costs more in shipping fees and requires paying that 8% sales tax. Supposedly, since less than a month ago, almost all video games sold by Amazon (not third party sellers) can ship to US.

[bluaki]

I bought Pokken yesterday with its controller. Surprisingly, that controller works as a standard USB-HID device, meaning you can simply plug it into a PC to use it without any special drivers. Even PS3 works with it (with correct mappings), but without joysticks of course only a few games are actually playable.

I've always wanted one of the black new 3ds.... maybe when I get paid next lol

You are aware that 3DS systems are region-locked, right?

I'm somewhat surprised you'd want not just one but two Japanese-region 3DS-family systems. Yes, it's true that for now the black console isn't available in North America, but I wouldn't be too surprised if that changes later this year. There's only been two US N3DS SKUs so far: Animal Crossing and Pokémon.

I almost wanted to buy the black system instead but decided on white because it fits many of the faceplates better and it stands out more among my mostly-black handhelds collection.

by the way, here's Nintendo's official kisekae plate list: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/hardware/accessories/plate.html
My console came with 64. I also have 23.

[strongbad]

How do you like pokken? Watches some people playing it at a smash tourney and it looked p cool

[Snowy]

I've always wanted one of the black new 3ds.... maybe when I get paid next lol

You are aware that 3DS systems are region-locked, right?

I'm somewhat surprised you'd want not just one but two Japanese-region 3DS-family systems. Yes, it's true that for now the black console isn't available in North America, but I wouldn't be too surprised if that changes later this year. There's only been two US N3DS SKUs so far: Animal Crossing and Pokémon.

I almost wanted to buy the black system instead but decided on white because it fits many of the faceplates better and it stands out more among my mostly-black handhelds collection.

by the way, here's Nintendo's official kisekae plate list: https://www.nintendo.co.jp/3ds/hardware/accessories/plate.html
My console came with 64. I also have 23.

yeah I know lol.

My 2DS is really cool but it's super tough to bring it outside of the house and not get scratched since it can't fold.

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

Last day at Albertson's. 

congrats!! where to now?

[ME##]

Last day at Albertson's. 

congrats!! where to now?

tar get

[Classic]

The Target in town. 

[Snowy]

is that a new video game?

[Classic]

Oh shit this isn't the chat thread.