Get a New Nintendo 3DS early with the Ambassador Edition

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Do you want one of those New Nintendo 3DS systems but you aren't content to wait for its retail release? Do you live in Europe? Are you a Club Nintendo member? Do you fulfill unspecified criteria which are not, in fact, related to the original Nintendo 3DS Ambassador program? Then Nintendo may have given you the honor of purchasing its New Nintendo 3DS Ambassador Edition right now.

The bundles include a special edition white New Nintendo 3DS (not to be confused with the New Nintendo 3DS XL), exclusive Ambassador Cover plates which depict the Japanese kanji characters for 'Nintendo' and the classic circled logo, a set of Super Smash Bros. cover plates, and a charging cradle. Selected users have until 11:59 pm UK time on January 12 to make the purchase - after which they'll just have to wait like everybody else.

Nintendo still hasn't confirmed when the new handheld systems - which add two new shoulder buttons, a C-stick, a wider 3D viewing angle, Amiibo compatibility, and more processing power to play exclusive games like the Xenoblade Chronicles port - will release in Europe and North America. They hit Japan, Australia, and New Zealand late last year.

Connor Sheridan
Connor Sheridan
Former GamesRadar+ News Writer

I got a BA in journalism from Central Michigan University - though the best education I received there was from CM Life, its student-run newspaper. Long before that, I started pursuing my degree in video games by bugging my older brother to let me play Zelda on the Super Nintendo. I've previously been a news intern for GameSpot, a news writer for CVG, and was formerly a staff writer at GamesRadar+.