and Krazy, walmart told me 90 days with them, after that you had to send it off unless you bought the 3 yr plan
That's either the store's return policy or their short warranty. When you buy a console new you get a 1 year warranty from the manufacturer, in this case Nintendo. If you still have the operations manual open it up and check page 54 under Hardware Warranty.
Yeah, from what I understood you had 90 days to return it to the store but after that you would have to send it off, but with the 3 yr plan I can still return to walmart for the next 3 years instead of sending it off. At least I think that's what they were saying.