Playing devils advocate.

The alternative might be they put one in the box and increase the price by $10 to cover it.

Then alot of people would now be paying $10 more for something they dont need as they already had one, plus the environmental cost.

I picked mine up for £6 so i didnt really feel the need to rage.

Sigh. I personally think it is highly annoying that every stupid device comes with an ugly, highly inefficient charger that I stuff away so that I have this useless stuff. If it uses a standard-format, I simply can buy ONE efficient charger for all these devices. I disagree with Nintendo that they don't use micro-usb, but I agree with the omission of the charger. As they didn't change the format since the DSi, this is some sort of standard. And it isn't the case that these chargers are rare and hard to get or very expensive. You don't have to buy one from Nintendo, if you don't want them to get more of your money. Your played angryness is overdoing it, while it can be annoying at first it is really no big deal, I can confirm it as an 3DS XL owner. So I don't understand why you blowing this so out of proportion. It is OK to make a thread about and that you don't like it, but saying everyone disagreeing with you is making damage control is beyond ridiculous. There really is no sensible reason to be that upset, as it is no big deal to purchase an charger if you need one. And the if is very big, I think there are probably only half as much chargers in existance as 3DS-systems. I know I have two chargers (from DSi and 3DS) and three systems (an additional 3DS XL) and soon four (the new 3DS). What would I do with four chargers?

BTW, do you even intend on buying a new 3DS?

While it is proprietary, they allow many to create their own chargers that work fine. They are 4 bucks on amazon.

I agree. It would be nice if they just used micro USB. I would say prob USB 2 though since it's still more common than USB 3.

this topic reminds me of why i fell out of love with nintendo. everything about them has moved to what is the least possible thing they can deliver and still be considered a product. i always get a good laugh at the threads that claim nintendo games to be the most polished games on earth immediately after starting to play other systems i realized how deficit and half-finished most nintendo games are compared to their competitors.

You NEVER EVER get stuff for free from companies. In one way or another you pay for it. In the case of the new 3DS they probably would keep the pricepoint and get the package cheaper at other stuff, SD-card, CPU or battery probably.

Not for Americans. I've never purchased a Nintendo product that hasn't come with the basic materials required to operate the hardware.

Well, you know what I mean by "free." At the end of the day, I am losing a charger that should have came with the n3ds XL. Yes, I can easily buy one but thats not the point. I would much rather have them include it than not have them include it. Will it make a difference in my buying decision? Of course not but that doesn't mean I wouldn't rather have it than not have it

Would you prefer a smaller battery or a weaker CPU if the charger was included?

What exactly am I overdoing? The fact that i'm stating it's unreasonable to exclude a necessary part of a product? Ok then...