I know they've already ruled out the possibility that the digital version will be cheaper but...it really should be. I was originally really excited to download this, but the more I think about it the more I'm thinking that I might just buy the retail version. The price is likely to be the same and it also gives me the options to lend it to people and eventually even trade it in if I wanted to. I don't normally trade in Mario games but I'd rather have the option than not have it. The one advantage of having a digital copy of a game is that it's always on your system. Games like Mario Kart, Animal Crossing and Brain Training will no doubt benefit from being always on the system. With Mario, however, I tend to burn through them in a few days and probably don't go back to them for a few years.

My main concern with digital copies is a common one: long-term playing.  I've gone through 3 Super Nintendos over the last 20 years but I'm still able to play all the games I got back in the early 90s because I have the cartridges.  If they had had digital releases back then, Nintendo at some point after the end of that console life cycle would stop supporting re-downloading to new systems and I would be SOL.


Eventually, my 3DS may not work anymore and that might be 10, 20 years from now.  Mario games, even the lesser ones, especially lend themselves well to picking up again after years between playing them, so I will want to hold on to this game for decades to come.  Therefore, I will buy tangible copies of most games.

Do it like Sony does it where download copies are like $4 less. Not a huge drop, but $36 compared to $40 would entice people to buy it digitally. At the same price, I think it's silly.

i notice alot of ppl fail to see the major selling point of digital purchases,nintendo eventually plans to have a system in place much like psns media center allowing your purchases to be account bound..psp users have the opurtunity to transfer their psp downloads and games to the vita.
up until now if you had a gameboy advance you could use your gameboy cartridges,ds only gba,3ds only ds..if a digital account bound store was in place long before now..ambassador or not you would have all your gba on your 3ds..this opens up oppurtunities for future systems to still be able to play 3ds games purchased digitally..while those who have cartridges will find newer consoles not backward compatible as it has alwats gone that way...personally im getting nsmb2 digital..it the only solid way to ensure my game for the future..i dont plan on still having my 3ds 2 systems iterations later.
nor do i think its should be cheaper due to being digital...why should it be? that makes no sense..sony didnt do it with retail and digital releases..why would nin?..and for those that scream they should get free back ups digitally if you purchase retail..thats just ignorant..why?..so you can go trade in the cartridge,make sum profit..and keep your digital back up?..nintendo isnt stupid..they are tryin to stop used game markets..not help them..i think ppl just overall have ridiculous thoughts when it comes to this..buy it digital..or buy it retail..those are your choices..its perfectly fair..stop crying

and that crying statement is in general to alot i have read elsewhere..not aimed at those above..for the record

sony didnt start making it semi less until years later..i fully remeber the psp go and psp digitals being full price for quite sumtime..it wasnt until they started losing money ( not due to digital ) that they implemented that