Travel my way down from scotland, was worth it out of these world. To siddhartha1 what defines a hard currency, is determined by several factors, the trust of the economic and political system, whether that currency is held in reserves by other countries, whether it is freely traded on the global exchanges, the free flow of money in and out of said country, etc. and i ve learned by now to just wait it out, especially since i m in no hurry for a 3ds (until kingdom hearts comes out, anyway). but it not the fault of the user mistel, it the fault of bad management which was betting a whole company on a product which is only in a single country popular, if ever. with increased prosperity and mobility came a need to travel transportation crossing state borders and interstate commerce.