The Legend of Zelda New Nintendo 3DS Cover Plates Now Up For Pre-Order From Official UK Store, Out Now Elsewhere

note that amazon Germany these are currently being sold at a premium by third party sellers

Interesting to note that these are being restricted to one per customer on the Nintendo store. I wonder if that means these are limited edition?

Kind of tempting, but not sure the black one will go well with my white 3DS and not a fan of the other one.

Besides, got my Monado plates on order.

Either I missed some info or this is quite a surprise. I thought the triforce one was announced only for Japan. Looks super good. Now the only thing left is the decision between this and Xenoblade cover.

Just pre-ordered the black Triforce one!

I wanted to get a regular New 3ds for the cover plates, but Nintendo are, unsurprisingly, grossly overcharging for them. Guess I'll be sticking with my old 3ds until prices come down.

Its a shame that both cover plates seem to only suit the black 3DS.

I will cry if I cant get my hands on these. ; ;

@rjejr

Ok, shut down the net today, you win it all! Clapping furiously!

I was waiting for these, ordered the MM one as fast as I could, almost certain it'll sell out.
Not a fan of the triforce one, plus it only seems to suit the black 3ds anyway.

I don't have a New 3DS (I'm sticking with my Zelda 25th Anniversary 3DS until I can afford the upgrade) but I've preordered both cover plates anyway because, no doubt, these will sell out and then become a scalperland (read: eBay) exclusive.

EDIT: glad I did because, lo and behold, they're gone, already! Hitting eBay in 3, 2, 1...

I'd get both, use majoras top and triforce bottom. However I live in America

Ordered both + Xenoblade Monado plates!
Now just to chose between these 3, my ambassador plates, the awesome wood effects or the 000 smash plate!
Its a nice problem to have though

Sold out on Nintendo. 2 euro before post each on amazon. I'm out.

I just got 4 other cover plates yesterday and as lovely as these are I just do not need them.

This is cruel, posting this for all to see- when America may mever get these

USA!USA!

@tux_peng
Yeah . . .

Sooo... When Nintendo releases its next gen handheld console, is NA just going to go 2 years without bringing it over just because a bigger model is bound to come out?

Can't wait to get these in North America, oh wait, never mind. Thanks Nintendo of America.

Annnnnnd sold out already. Stock issues again, Nintendo?

Anyway, I have a white New 3DS and these actually look better on black. And now I see the Xenoblade 3D box is coming in black (presumably to distinguish the exclusive New 3DS platform) and the header colour is black on the box art. Starting to feel Black is the new White at Nintendo...haha! On top of that the premium Wii U was black whilst those preferring white were left with basic.

I didn't order them...I kinda wanted them, but I've got the Majora's Mask edition New 3DS XL so they'd just be a pointless collectible to me that I'd be keeping packaged up forever (I've no intention of buying a regular sized New 3DS) and denying somebody else of having.

I only hope that most of the people who got them actually wanted them and weren't just buying them to resell on Ebay and Amazon

It's available on GameStop Italy right now for those who live here. I'm gonna go check MediaWorld if it's available as I have some loyalty program points to claim.

@ToxieDogg I bought mine to keep as collectable items.
I managed to pre-order both of them and then they were sold out minutes after I had successfully put a pre-order through.

OMG already sold out

So, you get in from a hard days work and the latest on the wanted list has been and gone. The story of a working Nintendo fan!. If anyone finds another uk retailer offering these for sale please post the details.

WHAT!!!!!!

@Alundra-1998 Glad you got them if it's something you want to keep

From my perspective, the artwork on the plates is really nice, but I've got no use for them as far as their intended purpose goes so I passed on ordering them in the hope that somebody else who genuinely wanted them would be able to get them. There's plenty of places I can download and print the artwork off from if needs be.

Damn! ordered from Amazon.co.jp - I'm in Japan in APril so will pick up from my friend's house. . but Damn! sold out?

"Don't worry about your data running out, you can survive one day at work without mobile internet."

That's what I said to myself this morning!

What's worse, the only reason I used up the Internet was because my phone switched from wi-fi to 3G last night when on YouTube.

Oh well, I doubt the black one would have looked best on my Ambassador 3DS; plus I got the Xenoblade one on order so don't feel toooooo bad.

so sad it sold out so fast

@Moose_4 I'd say the Monado plates look just as good on the white than the black.

Sadly for me the Majora plates are the only ones I'm interested in. I'll stick with the black plates that come with my N3DS until more stock arrived our something even better comes along.

Sold out! they should've at least asked if ambassador edition owners want one before selling them all imo

Bummer, they're already gone. Reaaaally wanted one of these too.

@Morbius annoying isn't it? I was so excited to get an email saying they were for pre order and then they're already sold out. Gutted.

I hope they release a white version of the black cover plates

@G0dlike

I went through my draw today and thought i havn't even undone my ambassador Smash cover plates. Then after i ripped the cardboard off i realized the barcode was 000.
Is that the only difference with the normal smash plates?

@gcunit

I agree, the Monado plates look good on either colour 3DS.

But i have only just started the game on wii/wiiu in the last few weeks. I bought it years ago and never had time to play it. Only 10 hours in.

So i doubt i will be buying the Game/plate combo. Might buy the plates if released separately later.

Sold out!!! I haven't picked up a New 3ds yet (I've been busy playing Majora's Mask on my 3DS XL and it plays just fine so didn't feel the need to upgrade yet. Plus haven't been able to find any store near me that is stocking them and really wanted to try out the New version before buying to see how the screen size felt). But was really wanting that black zelda plate. If cover plates are gonna be as hard to get hold of as amiibo, then I might not bother...

Seriously, if even these coverplates will be hard to come by, Nintendo really has to get it´s head out of it´s own ass..

@Monkeh best comment yet!

N nailed a good design with the gold Link Btwn Worlds 3ds. I love mine. So what if I load a little slower. No thanks.

I thought about pre-ordering these yesterday but decided I didnt like either design.

totally sold out when i checked this yesterday. I hope Nintendo bring more designs over here as the selection is really small at the moment (unless you want to import). hardly surprisingly they sold out (scalpers aside, they were always going to be really popular) they're definitely the best looking face plates over here at the moment. I hope they restock them

Ohoh! I preordered this before the news here! I've been furiously searchng when they appear. Finnish stores seem to have preorders open.

I actually have order in two places. First I preordered those from cheaper place but then I don't trust their stock system, I ordered from website that I know will stop taking preorders once full. I really have to cancel the other one and hope I do get the latter.

I have so manypreorders running that it's hard to keep up with!

CDON still has both available for preorder (MM and Xenoblade - it's the site tho that I am not so sure can they keep up with preorders)

Game in the UK has the Triforce one for £14.99

http://www.game.co.uk/en/new-3ds-cover-plate-the-legend-of-zelda-triforce-481486

Awesome, I just pre ordered the triforce one, and I think this will look great on a white 3DS. Good to get a couple of the better faceplates over here in New Zealand!

@pashazade Thanks for the heads up, got one ordered, just got to find a mm one.

@Morbius I'm in the same boat, I wonder if game will put the mm one up soon

I have to be honest, I'm not too keen on the Majora's Mask ones. I love the black ones though!

can't believe they sold out already

These are both available from Amazon.de for a very reasonable €18.31 each

http://www.amazon.de/Nintendo-Zierblende-Zelda-Majoras-Mask/dp/B00TGW53WS/ref=sr_1_1
http://www.amazon.de/New-Nintendo-Zierblende-Zelda-Triforce/dp/B00TGW541I/ref=sr_1_2

Unfortunately I can't find a single Amazon.de seller that will ship to the UK (for a reasonable price).