Free game download for 3DS buyers this Christmas

Nintendo has announced a fresh incentive to help drive its handheld console throughout the Christmas period in the UK.

Anyone who buys a 3DS XL and registers it with Club Nintendo by January 15th will be entitled to a free game download from Nintendo’s eShop.

They’ll be free to choose one from the following – Super Mario 3D Land, Freakyforms Deluxe Your Creations, Alive!, New Art Academy: Learn New Painting Techniques and Share Your Art, Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask and Nintendo presents: New Style Boutique.

Download codes must be redeemed between January 1st and January 31st 2013. All 3DS XL’s purchased since its release in July 2012 are eligible for the offer.

The deal is available in the following countries – UK & Ireland, Germany, France, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Belgium, Portugal and Russia