Wasn't there like a 300 plus thread on this or did that get locked?

OT: They should include it, maybe if people voice their opinion on it they'll change. Not much else to do honestly. Voice your say, call them out on it, and then call it a day. At the end of the day, it's a pretty shitty practice for something that can't cost that much to manufacture.

Yea cause that is totally worth spending $250 to play a small number of games that can play without the memory card... Which games are those anyway? And how many?

Well since I already have a 3DS i have no problem with them not providing a power supply. Especially when you can buy one for a dollar on ebay. (be it 3DS to USB charger or a normal one)

But for people that dont have one I know its extremely stupid.  I mean not everyone that buys consoles can read and then they will be like "what? No power supply I will return it". Even people that can read and see it has no power supply dont go to ebay and check for cheap ones they just buy ones that cost 10 bucks and are angry about it.

For me its not as bad but almost as bad as the Vita having cartridges but still requiring a memory card 30 years after game cartridges had the ability to save your progress. And exactly because of the extra 30 bucks or so I had to pay for a memory card I never got a Vita (until I fould one preowned including a memory card).

I agree that everything that is needed to use a system should be part of that system.  If they dont want to add a normal power supply because it costs to much money then at least add a 1 cent 3DS to USB cable like this.


This one is like 10x cheaper to make because it has no circuitry or whatever because the WiiU/PS4/XBO/PC or whatever you connect it to has the important parts. This cable here is just copper metal and rubber.
(You know like in old consoles a crappy composite cable was included  you can use it but if the bundled thing is not good enough for you you can still upgrade)

There is probably more.

Lego Harry Potter Years 5-7
Asphalt Injection
Ultimate Marvel vs Capcom 3
F1 2011
Dynasty Warriors Next
Shin Kamaitachi no Yoru
Dungeon Hunter Alliance
Army Corps of Hell
Shinobido 2
Blazblue Continuum Shift Extend
Michael Jackson
Mahjong Fight Club
Let's Try Bass Fishing Fish on Next
Lord of Apocalypse
Touch My katamari
Virtua Tennis 4
FIFA 12
Mortal Kombat
Ninja Gaiden Sigma Plus
Ragnarok Oddyssey
Street Fighter X Tekken

Funny thing is, the Gameboy came with batteries included...

Well, can you save your progress of the game without a memory card? Cause from what I heard, you cant? Which of course, will make purchasing any games pointless if you can't save ur progress

edit. the answer is in the post below.

It's certainly possible to save files on the game cartridge, but it depends on the developer. No Sony game uses that feature, but my copy of FIFA Soccer (the very first one from 2012) does support it. 

I don't see why they wouldn't include it and it seems like a pretty crappy practice since it makes you pay extra unless you already own a DSi or 3DS. I hope that they change their decision or include them with more shipments since I know a lot of people who are upset about this.

Well, if no Sony games use that feature, I am pretty sure that its safe the assume that the vast majority won't use that feature as well... So imo, it still makes quite a bad practice for not including at least a 1gb memory card with the console just so people can save the game.

And of course, the memory cards are expensive as hell compared to microsd cards so yea. Imo, that is far worse than what Nintendo is doing with the n3dsXL even though that is also pretty bad and their excuse is laughable