It kind of reminds me of Harvest moon, when there's any kind of event you can't go to the shops for anything. :( I love events, but I just wish in ACNL you could do mayor duties and in hm you could visit shops.
The oldest one I have now is probably close to 3 years old it's the old small model and it still works great, I bought it used at GameStop. I also got another old model XL used it's over a year old possibly 2 yrs, it works great. I got a 2DS as well last year, it's really sturdy. And near...