For anyone saying there is no need for a charger because there is one when buying the older model, there is also no need to sell newer 3ds since users have olders already.

There is no such thing as too much chargers, I'm Always complaining why I forgot the charger at home and don't have one at family building n or x.

Well by that point, I wouldn't even buy the thing... Remember, its Nintendo's job to convinse me to buy it and not the other way around. The only real benefit to it is legit, the faster CPU so if they took that out, I wouldn't even care about it

In which ways? I've always been a multi-platform owner, either on Playstation/Nintendo, Pc/Nintendo, or last generation with all consoles. My thought of polish, when I hear it, is that a game is bug-free and what is there is done very well. That describes Nintendo games much better than most games I play. Sony games have a similar amount of polish.  I never think of polish as "feature-packed" or having many different things in it. In fact, if we try to thinkg about the etymology of polish when referring to media content, we can look at the literal definition of polish, "make surface of something smooth and shiny." That usually means removing a lot of extra features rather than adding them. Many games have plenty of features that don't work on top of features that do work well. It can be a chore to play such games because you have motivation to see the good qualities but have to lug through a lot of crap. I consider those unpolished games. And Nintendo is really good about cutting out things that don't work, are boring, or are buggy.  

I personally think that this is a lame decision too. But only first-adopters will face the problem of buying a separate charger, which is very cheap

So you would make such a big deal and waste the money on gas to go back to return it and not just pick up a charger for like $5?

They are clear about it. You wouldn't know that there was not charger if they were not clear about it. It's going to say it on the box. Every place that sells them will likely have the chargers available. 

QUICK! Put up flame shield. lol

In my opinion it's the best move they can make! You can buy a charger if you want one, but if you have one or more at home you save money!

Considering the MSRP for a Nintendo 3DS AC adapter is $19.99, would you really prefer to pay an extra 20 bucks for the system? I would personally prefer to save the $20 and if it were necessary, get a $3-5 one off Amazon. I'll put the other $15 towards some game.

You can get a charger for under $10 with free shipping online. Not really a big deal if you ask me.

$4.99 plus free ship @Amazon for my fellow Canadians!

http://www.amazon.ca/Fosmon%C2%AE-Premium-Folding-Charger-Nintendo/dp/B00JOLAK2O/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1421259778&sr=8-2&keywords=3DS+charger

if i were in charge, i'd make a law that forbids to include chargers.

also, devices would need standartized chargers.

also, there would be a sticker on the product which tells you what type of charger you need.