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All Nintendo-published Nintendo 3DS games are available in the Nintendo eShop. This means that Nintendo 3DS users have three options to buy select games. They can purchase a physical copy at retail, a digital copy from the Nintendo eShop, or they can just buy both! If you’re wondering which version of Animal Crossing: New Leaf you should get, Nintendo President Satoru Iwata recommends buying the digital version of the game, which launches in the Nintendo eShop at midnight.
The Animal Crossing games hold a special place in our hearts. They're not free from our judgment, however. Let's rank them all!
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Swap OoT for Majoras Mask and Pokemon for Xenoblade Chronicles and you might be on to something with this list.
that way there is no trade in value and you cant sell it on ebay ect lol
I only buy digital if there is a financial incentive to do so. If the retail version was $40 and the eShop version was $35 I think the digital version would get a lot more sales.
"Animal Crossing is a game that I hope people will play throughout the whole year. But we want people to play other games too. So something I would recommend is the digital download version. I think a title like Animal Crossing: New Leaf, which you can play throughout the year, is ideally suited to this format."
Honestly I have to agree with them. I hate buying digital games that are in retail but with this I was actually considering getting it digital just so I could play it whenever and not have to constantly switch games out if I want to play something else.
Comes out tomorrow and I still haven't decided....the negative is waiting for the download, which will be long and boring =/
True, this type of game, like harvest moon is best when you have it available anytime, and not having to worry about cart swapping. I would like for digital prices to be lower but i guess that wont happen anytime soon
Buying it on the eShop tonight, while a lowered price would have been nice, the fact that I don't have to go to a shop at midnight (is there even a midnight launch around my area?) and that I won't have to carry multiple game carts in the future is enough for me.
While I understand why a lot of people like physical media, when it comes to my Vita and my 3DS, I pretty much go digital only; I used to buy physical copies, but carrying game carts grew old, and truth be told, I have barely played Harvest Moon new beginning, Gravity rush, Tales of the abyss and other games simply because I didn't have access to them when I felt like playing them.