Free-To-Play 3DS Title Allows You To ‘Haggle’ Add-On Prices!

Briefly: Today’s Nintedo Direct presentation was sweet as always (and including the Mario Kart 8 release date, which I’m beyond excited for), but the big N also revealed a very odd eShop title with an even stranger purchasing system.

The game is called Rusty’s Real Deal Baseball, and according to the announcement, “Ex-pro baseball player and dog Rusty Slugger owns a sports shack. He’s broke with 10 puppies to feed, so he offers a variety of baseball mini-games for sale, themed around the simple pleasures of baseball. Players can bat, pitch, catch and even umpire.”

The game sounds simple enough, but it’s Nintendo’s purchasing structure for the title that’s really intriguing: “The initial software containing a part of the first mini-game is free, but players can purchase additional mini-games in a unique way: by haggling to lower the real-world price for each downloadable game. Additional games start at $4 apiece, but giving Rusty items or listening to his problems might improve his mood and motivate him to offer steep discounts. The game is scheduled to launch in April.”

So… You can haggle with the NPC to bring the price of the add-on’s down. That is incredible.

In any case, take a look at a few screenshots below, and let us know if you’ll be checking this one out!