Nintendo has finally dated the ten GBA games that so-called 3DS ambassadors will receive, and it's this Friday! On December 16, those who bought a 3DS before its big price drop will get ten free Game Boy Advance games, which is nice.
Here's the full list of games for the Japanese ambassadors. We can expect them to mostly be the same:
- F-Zero
- Super Mario Advance 3
- The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
- Fire Emblem Seima no Kouseki
- Kirby & the Amazing Mirror
- Mario Kart Advance
- Mario vs. Donkey Kong
- Metroid Fusion
- Wario Land Advance
- Made in Wario
I should point out that, so far, the Friday date has only been acknowledged by Nintendo Japan and Nintendo Europe. Again, one would assume that North America is to follow suite, but if there's any difference, we shall of course let you know. Either way, I'm impressed by the fact that Nintendo didn't just give out garbage for free. Those are some decent games!
Game Boy Advance 3DS Ambassador Program Begins on Friday [andriasang]
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8:40 AM on 12.14.2011 | 
You mean I'll finally get to play the only Zelda I've never played? For Free? Fuck Yeah!
Super happy about Fire Emblem being on here too, can't tell you how much I love that series too.
god, all these games are incredibly solid.. I've been waiting impatiently as it is for these.. Now idk if I can contain myself
(side note.. I got a new keyboard and I'm not used to it yet.. So if my typing over the next week or two is worse then usual, that'd be why.)
The Ambassador program may have been a little silly in name and execution, but the free games I'm getting (many I haven't even played!) are totally worth it, whatever "it" is.
I'm assuming Made in Wario is WarioWare
Also, for those asking, 'Made in Wario' is apparently the Japanese title for the 'WarioWare' games.
I wish I had bought my 3DS sooner.
Darnit Nintendo, stop making me love you so much... :']
Related:
PEOPLE - PLAY MINISH CAP FIRST, PLEASE.
It came out at the end of the GBA's lifecycle, when the DS was already basically out and kicking - pretty much everyone I knew missed it, and that's a shame. Please play and spread the good news of Minish Cap!
I'll be honest, I was kinda hoping Advance Wars would make it, but that's a pretty nice list either way.
Because I really don't see any of those staying exclusives for any length of time :P Unless they meant exclusive in the pre-order sense of the word that you get 1 month before everyone else gets a shot at it lol.
"Related:
PEOPLE - PLAY MINISH CAP FIRST, PLEASE."
I totally Second that it was a great game that I myself almost missed out on ^^ PLAY IT
Do you have any information on how hard it would be to import SD data/games from my stock 2GB to a new one? I haven't bothered looking it up, but I probably want to upgrade at some point. Also, I'm reaching the end of my "block" limit in terms of allowable games on the UI - does that stretch?
Thanks in advance!
They're giving some great GBA games to the Ambassadors, but screwing themselves by not putting them up for purchase to the general public. They could make some money off these games in the shop because these are games that people actually want.
You give me free shit all the time. The other douchebags don't.
HUUUURRRRRRRGGGGGGGG!!!
Especially glad that Fire Emblem 8 made the list. There are actually a few titles here I would rank as "top 10 games on GBA" material. Now if only Nintendo had teamed up with Konami and given us Aria of Sorrow....Still my favorite Castlevania game ever.