Holy Toledo, Batman! I mean Zapp... I came in expecting maybe a paragraph or two and you actually put some damn good effort in your thread. I am waiting myself for the holiday season since Mario Kart and a few other must have games are coming out then. I believe this thread should be your audition to become a writer on VGC. I'll give you my vote for galactic man of the year.

Toss in the new arrival of Netflix and the deal just got sweeter!

I know you corrected yourself in the post but I just wanted to point out something, really quick:  I hated friend codes on the DS and the Wii.  With the 3DS, it's not so bad.  Just add the code (which takes no time at all, thanks to the touch screen) and that's it.  You're done.  It tells you who's online, what their name is, what their playing, what their favorite game is, and shows a pic of their Mii.  You can change your name and your Mii but once you and someone are friends, your friends.  Quite user friendly, this time.