Some of you may remember that I'm a brand ambassador for Nintendo. They've announced that they plan to drop the suggested retail price for the <a href="http://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nintendo.com%2F3ds&amp;esheet=6810314&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=Nintendo+3DS%E2%84%A2&amp;index=1&amp;md5=55607f78208920111ed1ef41ee28dae0">Nintendo 3DS<sup>™</sup></a> system to $169.99 in the United States effective Aug. 12. Obviously, that's great news...unless you've already bought one.

Do not fret, my fellow early adopters -- Nintendo has just shared with their ambassadors that anyone who purchased the system before the price drop is getting 20 free downloadable games from the Nintendo eShop.

(Good move, in my opinion!)

To claim your games use a wireless broadband Internet connection to connect to the Nintendo eShop at least once before 11:59 p.m. Eastern time on Aug. 11

Then on Sept. 1, you’ll be able to download 10 NES<sup>™</sup> Virtual Console<sup>™</sup> games at no charge and before they are available in the Nintendo eShop to the general public. These games, including <em>Super Mario Bros.</em><sup>™</sup>, <em>Donkey Kong Jr.</em><sup>™</sup>, <em>Balloon Fight</em><sup>™</sup>, <em>Ice Climber</em><sup>™</sup> and <em>The Legend of Zelda</em><sup>™</sup>, will eventually become paid downloadable games, but you’ll get them early and for free. Once the paid versions of the games are posted to the Nintendo eShop later in the year, the updated versions will still be available to you to download at no cost.

By the end of 2011, you’ll be able to download 10 Game Boy Advance Virtual Console games. These include games like <em>Yoshi’s Island</em><sup>™</sup><em>: Super Mario</em><sup>™</sup><em> Advance 3</em>, <em>Mario Kart</em><sup>™</sup><em>: Super Circuit</em>, <em>Metroid</em><sup>™</sup><em> Fusion</em>, <em>WarioWare</em><sup>™</sup><em>, Inc.: Mega Microgame$</em> and <em>Mario vs. Donkey Kong</em><sup>™</sup>. These games will be available exclusively to people who acquired their Nintendo3DS prior to Aug. 12 2011, and Nintendo currently has no plans to make these 10 games available to the general public (i.e. those who purchased the Nintendo 3DS on or after Aug. 12 2011) on the Nintendo 3DS in the future.

Pretty darn cool, no?

Of course, if you haven't bought a 3DS and want all 20 games buy one before the price drops on August 12 -- or wait until then to buy one at a much cheaper price. Either way, if you're in the market for a 3DS, you win!