2DS Gets a Price Cut to $79.99 in North America

Darn! Right after I got my buddy the $89 one for his birthday! Lol!

I would only recommend a 2ds for those wanting to save money. Plays & handles great but after upgrading to the New 3DS XL, I can't go back..

I would like to guess this new price is to move inventory, Maybe the Pokemon crystal versions are on their way for a western release.
I have my eye on the Yellow and the Green crystal 2DS models.

I got my son a 2ds for Christmas last year and it has been well worth it! If only for the Netflix(he hasn't asked for my phone since)

Could be tempted if they had a proper account system, but as I'm forced to repurchase many of my digital download games then forget it - especially that those stubbornly high eShop prices.

Too bad it would be useless to me, I can't transfer from New 3DS to older models. They desperately need a proper account system. Very unlikely to happen though.

I don't really like the 2DS. For some reason my daughter's one no longer recognize game cards and same with my 4 yr old son's. And there's nothing wrong with the cards themselves, cuz they work perfectly fine on my New 3DS. And one of the 2DSes I only bought last June.

I was tempted to get one of these once upon a time. In the end I decided that the screen was too small. Would be a great option for parents who don't like having to share their own hardware with the kids.

Good deal if you're in the market for a 2DS.

Well, that's one way to get more kids to play Pokemon.

Not that I care about the 2DS but at least now people really don't have much of an excuse "oh 3DS is too expensive for me". I mean come on how much cheaper can you get than this? It is by far the least expensive gaming platform out there.

It seems like pretty decent value to me.

This is honestly a steal, buy one if you don't have a system in the 3DS family because there are some great games on this portable family

@DinoFett *NA release. Europe got the Red, Blue and Yellow ones.

@Pokefanmum82 well then call Nintendo and get them to fix. I have got them to fix both a GameCube and my wii when disc drives went in both. Nintendo made me pay shipping on the wii, but nothing for the gc. Both were out of warrenty by a couple months. Stuff breaks, especially electronics. Nintendo stuff doesn't break as much...

"it makes sense to cut the price further,"

b/c the New 3DS components make this old outdated technology. No NFC reader, no 2nd "nub", no improved CPU. This price cut should have happened as soon as the New 3DS released.

The only real question is - does this portend a New 2DS for the holidays?

And yes, I know, the upgraded 3D view is the big selling point on the New 3DS models, but you can't ignore built in NFC, a nub and faster processing speed for games like XC and HWL. No SNES games on VC either.

I guess there will be another price cut in black friday

If it happens in our good ol' Europe, that's one Christmas present I can give some friends of mine for sure.

If this doesn't scream, "imminent new hotness is forthcoming," I don't know what does.

Mono sound and small screens. Heck no! I'll stick with my 3DS XL.

I also have to wonder if the price of refurbished 3DS systems from the North American Nintendo Store website is also going to drop. A refurbished 2DS with Mario Kart 7 preinstalled is currently $75 and one without the game is $60 (May 11th, 2016).

Now if only the New 3DS XL price could drop down a notch.

Nice one!

Tesco.com had a few offers on these for £70. But I never went for it. I really should though. I want to get one purely for the purpose of re-colouring it to look like a DMG-01 GameBoy!

@Pokefanmum82 If you bought it less than a year ago, it's under warranty, and something like that would probably be totally covered. If it's out of warranty, they'll charge a bit (I think it's generally about half the price of a new one), but when you get something repaired by Nintendo, you then have a full one-year warranty from the date of the repair, so it's basically like getting a new one. Definitely worth looking into.

Got two of these at a similar price last year, one for each of my kids for Christmas. My seven-year-old loves hers and has easily gotten my monies worth out of it. Turns out, my older daughter doesn't enjoy gaming quite as much. But still, a terrific value here for parents of young children.

Even at its regular price, the 2ds is excellent value for money, so this is a steal.

I imported an NA white/green 2ds bundled with MK7 a few months back & have to say I actually prefer it more to my n3ds (which I absolutely love anyway). Much more comfortable to hold imo, with a nice weight & feel to it, reminding me very much of the gba with its design & L/R bumpers.

Loved it so much I went out and bought the 20th Pokemon Anniversary Blue 2ds too.

Still too steep for me as I already own multiple 3DS' for my family. When I find one for $50 or less, I'll definitely pick one up. It feels infinitely better in my hands and I only use 3D where it adds to the experience instead of just being 'neat' to look at.

Edit: The reasons I picked up the "new" 3DSxl were a) Xenoblade, b) the 3D tracking. (With my vision, the 3D on the older units was practically unusable... When I do use 3D, the new units actually make it tolerable) and c) the built in NFC reader. The larger screen doesn't hurt either (again - eyesight). Basically, the reasons everyone did but I did it hesitantly. If it weren't for it being easier on the eye strain I may not have.

Give me a more powerful "new" 2DS(XL) with a larger screen and all of the button and features of the "new" 3DSXL and I would definitely use it more often than the 3DSXL.

Geez, that means the actual system is worth $50! A wonderful deal that is now even better for a budget model.

Basically what they were at when I bought one for my then girlfriend on Black Friday a couple years back. Well more than worth it at that price.

I dont live in America but I think that's a great deal! I bought one from an online supermarket last year for about $60 with a case and then I took it on a long road journey (I wasn't driving) playing Mario Land. I recommend the 2DS for that sort of thing....

With my R shoulder button currently busted, I'm kinda tempted to get one of these myself.

@Pokefanmum82 : Have you checked whether they damaged the slot? Years ago, my little brother, who was six at the time, used to leave his DS lying around, would chew his stylus, and eventually it stopped reading game cards. One of the metal connectors in the card reader was missing, and I assume that my little brother broke it by sticking the stylus into the slot. Considering how young your children are, they may have done the same.

Oooooooo if they actually came out with a n2DS like others have commented (that could run smash 4 and hyrule warrior legends) I would be soooooooo happy! Almost never use the 3D on my regular 3DS.

@rushiosan you can't transfer from the new 3DS to an older model?

Looks like my son may be getting one for his birthday (then maybe he'll keep his hands off my new 3DS XL)

@leo13 Nope. You can only transfer from an older model to a New model. I can confirm this, as I just recently transferred my original 3DS data to my New model, and it gave me a notification that I can't transfer back.

This is a freaking steal. $80 for a handheld with an amazing library of games.

@Superzone13 Thanks for the info. I can't think of why I would want to, but you never know.
What I really wished I could do when I bought the N3DSXL was split the games up. I have 3 young kids (ages 2 4 and 6) and I had been downloading my games and their games on my 3DS and then my 3DS XL. Then when I got the N3DSXL I didn't want them to play it so I wanted to split the games up and put the kiddie games (like Lola's Math Train) on the other 2 and my games (like Splinter Cell) on the N3DSXL, but even calling Nintendo they wouldn't help me do it (so I basically wanted to transfer a couple of games, but not the rest). That was frustrating. I'd rather own my games digitally, but where we now have 3 3DS units (and may soon have a 2DS to bring it to 4) I'm torn. I don't want my cartridges getting lost or loaned out and not returned (I have 3 young kids), but I want to be able to play my games on any of the systems I own. I wish they'd let me register all 3 to the same NNID. If that were the case I would have purchased Smash Bros 3DS, but I wasn't willing to buy 3 copies to play 3 player ($120) when I could buy 1 copy for the Wii U and play 8 player.

Wow sorry about all the babbling, but it's a little frustrating. I dream of an NX where you buy the Home Console half and then attached as many portable units to it as you want and if you buy the games digitally you can push them back and forth digitall between the units(don't get your hopes up). Nintendo isn't that customer friendly.

Dang, a lot of news today. Guess we won't be seeing a Direct anytime soon...

@leo13 the technical explanation of why you can't transfer to an Old console from a New model is because the New 3DS has a bigger NAND storage capacity (2GB IIRC), while the normal 3DS is 1GB.

It's funny...when I went in to purchase my new N3DS XL, I was originally going to get the 2DS but the sales associate did a wonderful sales pitch and earned his store an additional $100. Of course I'm a pushover, but hey...I think I did the right thing and I'm glad now that I didn't get the 2DS, since I love the folding feature and the size of the screens...plus I'd really miss the 3D effect!

Man with all the talks with 3DS and New 3DS XL on the market nowadays, I almost forgot this 2DS ever exist. If it could drop to $59.99 by the holiday season maybe I'll get one for my niece.

That brings it officially below the launch price of the Game Boy.

Everyone should be able to join in!

@Gridatttack I didn't know that they had increased that for the N3DS. That's cool. Is that where the DSiWare games are stored? Does that mean I can install more DSiWare games on my N3DS than my 3DS?
Is that where Wario Ware Touched will be stored when I get it with my Nintendo coins? I really wish they'd sell us DS games on the eShop

@leo13 Yes, that's where DSi Ware is installed (And I believe the ambassador GBA games does too)

So indeed, in theory, you can install more DSi games on the New 3DS.

This is a ridiculously good price.

The Wii U should be AT MOST 179.99 by now IMO.

Awesome!

2DS is a great system if you want a secondary for streetpassing or local Pokémon trades. Bought mine on sale for $50 and I don't regret a thing.

A good deal! I picked one up for my desk at work a year or so ago. Couldn't be happier with the decision.

USA =/= North America

This is a great price point and I would recommend the 2DS to large handed people like myself. It's actually the most comfortable to hold for longer playing sessions. I bought the Seagreen 2DS when it dropped to $99.99 (before Xmas2015). I am quite happy with it. I think I would actually pick up one of those Pokemon crystal versions that were released in Japan. I'd literally buy any one of the four that were released (yellow, green, blue, red). I actually think Nintendo will release more varieties of their handhelds this year. There aren't many games to be excited about so maybe some collectible handhelds will do the trick. I'm an absolute sucker for Nintendo handhelds.

@Amrulez That would be an awesome price point. Nintendo may drop the price this holiday season for one final run of sales. It will drop before NX comes out i'm sure. I'm thinking about picking up a second Wii U to keep in the box in case my gamepad breaks.

Finally, a handheld system from Nintendo that is selling at the exact same price point as the Game Boy. I don't know why that makes me so happy.

Thus, we are one step closer to seeing the 2DS included as a prize in cereal boxes!

*note: I actually love 2DS, no offense intended by the joke

Cool! i will tell my friends so they can join me in Sun and Moon O/

Great! Even the DS Lite was still $99 when the 3DS launched, so this is the sweet spot for the budget member of the family.

Now if we could only have a Wii U price cut. It's been nearly three years since it was set at $300, and even a $50 cut could help the communities for games like MK8 and Splatoon.

Kind of confused with what this article is saying and what I see at Walmart. I went to my local walmart and to get the 2DS with Mario Kart 7 pre-installed was $89. Without Mario Kart 7 it was $79. Do I buy the 2DS without Mario Kart 7 and Nintendo offers a free download code for Mario Kart 7?

Edit: I overlooked the date in this article saying May 20th. Maybe Walmart will adjust the price then for the Mario Kart 7 bundle.

i actually took back my new 3ds xl and swapped it out for a 2ds because it suits me better.

@leo13 What the other guy said, no, you can't. Once you move to New 3DS there's no way back.

@ogo79 I think the 2DS is super comfortable to hold, but I enjoy the faster processor, increased RAM, bigger screen and 3D.

@leo13
the only reason i even bought a handheld was to play the ds castlevania games, thats really all i needed it for. and its a mean little castlevania machine it is

@ogo79 in that case I would have done the same thing, but for me I play TONS of 3DS games