Link, Mario, Luigi < The Witcher?

Limited edition schmitty-titty edition. Limited editions are indeed just pure marketing as some have said here. All they are is a packaged 'product concept' of perceived value higher than a previous or lesser product. They usually also contain 'perks' that other versions will have sooner or later... minus the extra cost (recolored console controllers not included).

Want to feel the sting of buyer's remorse? Pay extra for buying a 'limited edition' anything. It'll make your wallet cry and until your cold heart smacks some cents back into it.

I think the most important factor is that Poland missed the early years of consoles, be it Nintendo's or Sega's, presumably for political reasons (communism and that shit). Instead we had some Chinese rip-offs like this one. Polish kids and teens just weren't part of that "Nintendo family" and Nintendo also never tried to make up for it when the market opened up and legit gaming consoles became affordable to Poles. I believe that to this day Nintendo isn't even officially present in Poland, unlike Sony and Microsoft (although MS also took their sweet time to officially support Live in Poland, I think that only happened in 2011, when the Xbox 360 had already been highly popular here for years).

i actually kinda want one of those
but i got a thing for clone consoles

Why do you have a thing for inferior consoles?

because they tend to look inventive
and some actually are inventive

there is a megadrive clone that allows you to insert the rom board of a cardrige so that the console has a build in swappable game

a little feature i think is rather cool

I see. This Pegasus does look very stylish.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pegasus_%28console%29

Tell me about it. I tried to get this original Pegazus, which is kind of a classic in Poland, but I just can't find it anywhere. But to this day there's tons of these rip-offs in Poland. I actually bought a weird crappy handheld console that contains hundreds of garbage games (but all of them using sprites ripped from famous console and arcade games) a while ago, although I ended up gifting it to a German buddy who was fascinated by it.

The insane thing is that there's new models all the time and the quality even seems to be going up a bit. Just take a look at some of these:
"PSP"
"PSOne"
"PS3"
Handheld
Another handheld

Sadly most of them are simply modeled after famous consoles by the big manufacturers but from time to time there's still something more original. And some are even capable of running simple 3D games by now. :D

The reason it happens and works is because of what I said though. I am disgusted by the act you speak of though also. The same thing happens with concert tickets for just about every big name band.

When AC/DC put out their new album in 2008 I wanted to go see them on tour as they're my favourite band and I never had the opportunity before. The tickets were $99 and I stayed up so I could buy one the second they came on sale at 10:00am in the morning. I had my computer's clock synchronized with NTP to atomic time so I would wait until it struck 10 exactly and instantly reload the Ticketmaster page. I did so, and from there I was guided through a process and put in a queue where I was assured that my priority place in line was preserved but I'd have to wait for their computers to be able to serve me. It made it clear to NOT reload the page or click on anything or I'd lose my place so I left it sit there. 20 minutes later the page finally completed and informed me that the tickets were sold out.

In other words, in the fraction of a second it took me to click on the button to buy a ticket the second they went on sale, on a computer with a clock synced with atomic time - the entire concert was sold out. Bullshit! Later, all the tickets showed up on scalping site TicketsNow (also owned by Ticketmaster) for $600-5000 instead of the $69 and $99 face value of the tickets. I was so outraged by this practice that happens every time with every concert and the Canadian government does absolutely nothing to go after the scalpers responsible for this nor Ticketmaster for running the shady operation. So, they keep doing it to this day.

Most people cave in and buy the overpriced scam tickets from scalpers one way or another. I am not most people though and I refuse to play the game. I will pay the price it says on the ticket and not 10 cents more - on principle (not counting the hidden fees they goon you on above the face value), and as such - I have never been to any concert anywhere in probably 20 years or more except for small venue/club shows where this practice doesn't occur.

So I can relate to what some people are feeling about this. I personally would pass on the console(s) even if they paid me to take one and brought it to my door, and even if it was one of 10 limited editions being made - as I'm just not interested, but the fact that people are roped into these things emotionally and then get burned by people taking advantage of them in the manner that they do is indeed disturbing and I can imagine very frustrating for someone really wanting the device, much like me wanting to see AC/DC even though I know I probably never will.

ive seen some of those around

have you heard of the retro N 3 and 5 ?

they are basically emulators in console form that accept official cardridges
and you can play
nes
famicom
snes
supwer famicom
megadrive
gba
gbc
and gb games on it

the price tag is a bit steep ( 170 euro ) but the idea alone is cool

Hmmmm might be interested in this

This reminds of that guy that went to Dota 2 tournaments, bought all the merchandise he could afford and then sold all the in-game digital extras that came with it for humongous profits.
There are opportunists everywhere. There's little you can do about it.

Well awalterj, you are assuming that the new 3DS XL Majora’s Mask Limited edition isn't a "sad shit brick" in the first place.
But have you considered that it is in the best interest of capitalism that things break so that companies can sell us stuff again.
So we can argue about why a 3DS is what it is, but just out of curiosity, are you aware why light bulbs break?
Or why we have Moore's law which forces video game developers to have incredibly bad development cycles?
Well capitalism happened...

did it come with a little statue of the mask dude? I wanted to get one but my local mom & pop shops was sold out :/ watch eb the day of have it for 200+ lol >:(