
Nintendo has now launched its Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire - Special Demo Version in Japan and PAL territories, which includes unique gameplay and Mega Evolutions that can then be transferred to the full game when it's released; North American details are also coming through.
As you may have seen, we're distributing 30,000 UK codes right here on Nintendo Life — if you're in the UK you can get all of the details and register right here.
Last month, meanwhile, Nintendo Australia promised that select Club Nintendo members in Australia and New Zealand would receive an exclusive email code for the Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire demo starting from the 15th October onwards, and sure enough that day has arrived with Nintendo delivering on its word.
If you’re one of the lucky Pokémon fanatics living in a relevant location who has today received an exclusive code via email for the special demo version of Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, then head over to the 3DS eShop now, tap the menu tab on the front page of the shop, and hit the ‘Redeem Download Code’ icon. From here, enter your exclusive demo code, and jump straight into your new adventure.
The special demo version of the upcoming Pokémon games requires 1935 open blocks. If you're not in the UK or Australia / New Zealand then distribution details and opportunities are all different; below is a full lowdown via Serebii, including fresh information for North America.
- Japan — CoroCoro November 2014 Issue — From October 15th 2014
Chao Magazine — December 2014 Issue — From November 1st 2014 - United States — Pokémon Trainer Club Newsletter — From October 21st 2014
- Canada — Pokémon Trainer Club Newsletter — From October 21st 2014
- United Kingdom — Nintendo Life, Amazon, Smyth Toys Superstores, ShopTo and the Nintendo UK Official Store — Sent through e-mail from October 15th 2014
GAME — Nintendo Zone — From October 15th 2014
Wikia and Bin Weevils — From November 2014 - The Netherlands — First Look & Autumn Tours — November 2014
GameMania Stores — From October 15th 2014 - Italy — Topolino and Il Giornalino Magazine October 2014 (Not redeemable until October 15th)
Focus Junior — Early November 2014
Nintendolandia Tour — October 18th 2014
Milan Games Week — October 24th to October 26th 2014
Fieramilanocity & at Nintendo stand in G come Giocare — November 21st to 23rd 2014 - Belgium — F.A.C.T.S. Festival — October 18th/19th 2014
Nintendo On Tour Mall Tour — November 2014 - Portugal — Lisboa Games Week & Comic Con Portugal — November 6th-9th 2014
FNAC, Media Markt and El Corte Inglés — From October 15th 2014 - France — Paris Games Week — October 29th - November 2nd 2014
- Spain — GAME - Nintendo Zone — From October 15th 2014
- Official Nintendo Magazine — From October 15th 2014
Manga Fair - Barcelona — October 30th to November 2nd 2014 - Germany — McDonalds Nintendo Zone — From October 15th 2014
- Australia — Club Nintendo — From October 15th 2014
Retailers — From November 3rd 2014 - South Africa — BT Games, Toy Zone, Toys R Us, or AWX — From October 15th 2014
- South Korea — eMart, HomePlus & LotteMart Stores — From October 18th 2014
It's exciting news to see Pokémon Trainer Club members in North America get involved; how many of you in the US and Canada are hoping for an email?
Wherever you are, good luck!
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Even though I'm not getting the full game I made a account on that pokemon site to get myself a code.
I would say, where is scandinavia? but they have a campaign for it, the first thousands who enter the email , get there demo code, and i was really early, so i will probably get it at friday
I received my code 2 weeks ago, but I was told that it won't work until today. I am going to try to download it now.
@97alexk I didn't list any that had already expired or run out, that's all. No deliberate snub or anything
Watch the Pokemon Trainer Club gain 20,000 members in the next two days.
Did I need to be a member before today to receive the code?
I got a code from Club Nintendo! Wasn't expecting that.
The demo actually made me less excited for the game. It's not very well made. I like the BuzzNav, though.
I hate the code BS they've been doing lately. It just makes stuff more limited- a lot more annoying than doing stuff over Wi-Fi.
I'm from the U.S! I got signed up yesterday. Now we wait...
@Nintendo_Ninja Same here but thought that us wa getting it today on here guess not
@Drawdler agreed
@Drawdler I know! The main thing that annoys me is "_____ DEMO RARE! $50!!"
Yay
sigh till the 21st? rly? but hmm some ppl getting it by email ugh to much work i dont even remember what emails i used -.- this is such a hassle when they can just release it for everyone without codes
Meh. I don't care enough to download the demo and make yet another account. I'll just wait it out.
Got it, downloaded and played it, I might replay it again tomorrow, to see if there's more different Pokemon that can be transerred to the main game.
The story of the demo was very underwhelming though.
Nintendo was jerks and didnt give it to me yet give it to my brother why!😡😡😡😡😡😡😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Got the code today in Aus. Never played Pokemon ever, downloaded the code. I'm 40 years old, maybe I was born during an age that Pokemon doesn't really appeal.
For Russia, you either received a code when attending the IgroMir game expo or because you are a subscriber to the Mir Nintendo website (World of Nintendo, the official e-tailer of Nintendo of Russia).
Details:
http://vk.com/mirnintendo?w=wall-51893306_10832
I do have an account with Pokemon, Umm but I don't think I Oppt-in on the Pokemon Newsletter thing & what the big ordeal that Nintendo is doing that you have to get an email for the demo. I mean come on its just a demo. But anyways I'll check it out today to see if I oppt-in on the Pokemon newsletter.
Just to add more details to the US/Canada: You only need to register and opt for e-mail communications by October 20th to get the newsletter.
Saw this on reddit last night while I was trying to fufure it why my kids have had accounts for years but never once got a newletter. After investigating I did have my kids acvount set up to accept emails but my Parent acvount was set to no, which is exactly the same thing that happened with Club Nintendo and the SSB codes. Guess I need to start getting s lot more spam.
@MadAdam81 demo spoilers According to Serebii, after replaying the demo 10 times, you won't get anything for replaying it. If you replay it, you can earn some Poké Balls and Heart Scales to transfer to ORAS, but you can't catch/recieve any more special Pokémon.
Are just gonna send the code to the e-mail, or like th UK, we need to add the e-mail to a list?
@Patchouli more like 100,000 if i was from canada i would be one of them.
Quick question for my brother,do you you need to preorder from game to download it from their store?
And what about those countries that not on this list? No demo for us then....
If I have a UK 3DS but don't live in the UK currently, would a download code from my country work on my 3DS. I expect the answer will be no but it doesn't hurt to ask.
is it sad that I have no idea what pokemon trainer club is, so there goes my chance of scoring a demo code, sadness
Or they could just release the demo to everyone. ....Naw. That would be conventional.
@RoomB31 I'm thinking if you search that name, find the website, then register an account, all of your problems would be solved.
more junk mail, but i guess for this its worth it!
How do we get it in Ireland? i was hoping to get one on this site, and nintendo normally lists Ireland with the UK, but when i put in my Email, it tells me that i cannot get one because i am not in the uk. Can someone please help?
i have a pokemon trainer club account but i cant figure out how to find where to "opt-in" for emails from them. anybody know where it is or how to find/do it??? im in the US if it matters.
(edit) ok i think i finally found it. and i wasnt opted-in to recieve emails so i wouldnt have gotten the code. damn that would have sucked so bad! but i found the box and clicked it so i hope i get it... so exited for this!!!
@Dragmire800 I had the same issue and I'm in England. Have you tried using a smartphone to register instead? As soon as I did that it accepted mine
Wait, I'm in the US, So I won't be getting the demo until the 21st. Is it any good?
@SteveButler2210 My smartphone is an Irish one. My iPad didnt work, my Laptop didnt work. i will try my phone. Thanks
Already have a trainer club account, have no idea when or why I created it perhaps it had something to do with me having pokemon X. Not sure if I'm opted in for emails or not and I can't get into my account despite reseting my password and asking for my user name. So really hoping I'm already opted in for emails.
How do you get one if you're in Ireland?
Nice to see our neighbours in the UK just left us out to dry.....
@Dizzard I dont think we can get them i couldnt find anything anywhere
@OterFTW im from norway too guess we ain't getting any codes
So for north americans, does it apply to all members of the trainer's club or only a select few? (silently prays for it to be the former)
Someone help, really confused... I can't comment on the registration for the demo because it says i'm not even in the right region even though i'm in the UK and is saying my email has to be a UK email even though it is? xD
@Dragmire800
I just read on bulbapedia that Smyths Toys and ShopTo are giving codes out to Irish members. So try signing up for that?
Seriously hope that its not select people only in north america like it was with smash because that was ridiculous XP
i would really like a code im a big fan of pokemon i have played every main games and some spin offs
@Dizzard you have to preorder the game to get it from those places. Bulbapedia says that GAME will be distribution codes through Nintendo zone in the uk and Ireland. That is the first time I have read that about being in Ireland, but I thought all GAME stores shut down in ireland
@creeperchamp I signed up today and got a code almost instantly!!! Thanks Nintendo life.
@Edwards Are you kidding me? I signed up hours ago and still nothing You're lucky!
@Edwards damn you and your beginner's luck! now that I have the attention of someone with a code though - question time: they're releasing 250 codes per hour, so I'm just wondering what time did you get yours? I'm intrigued to know if they're sending the emails out actually on the hour each hour or if the email can come at any random time. Don't want to be constantly checking emails if I don't have to!
If it's select Pokémon Trainer Club people only, then I'm assuming I'll be unlucky and not get a demo.
How exactly does it work with getting it from a McDonalds Nintendo Zone?
Do you have to just be there for some minutes or to manually interact with the zone to download it?
Yeah NL Thanks for giving codes to those who only registed today while some of us visit the site everyday in europe.
In my country I have to pay 5 euros to have the code... Even so you could send some codes to us too!!!
I m in a point where I have no hope for playing the demo, I will give my shinies poliwhirl and scaterbug to the kind person who give me the code.
why cant other than UK get a code (╥﹏╥)
@SteveButler2210 I got one at 10:07 (But as that was the first one I dunno whether it means much).
Oh great so does this mean we are going to get a flood of people signing up here just to beg for a code like when the Smash Bros one came out?
how do I get the demo code in ireland
I'm from Canada and member of the trainer club too so I really hope to get a code... but I don't understand why they don't just put the demo on the e-shop. They don't want people to try the game? o.O
i'm on trainer club for a long time dose this mean i get the demo
Really hope the demo is good xD
@Edwards hey can you share the code with me I'll trade you a diance
@Ravano i have already used the code I'm afraid. The demo is quite disappointing tho to be honest.
@Edwards Hmmmm I still wanna try please and I still can trade you diance send me your friend code
You can also download from Nintendo zone at your local game shop in the UK!
Can I have a code someone
What's on the demo anyways? Like...just battle a couple trainers kind of thing? (besides the mega stones, lol)
my 3ds doesn't show nintendo zone any where. anyone know why?
@Dragmire800 Yeah, GAME are gone from Ireland now.
It would have made far more sense to distribute codes through GameStop in Ireland.
can someone give me there code
@Undead_terror In my honest opinion, I believe that people that aren't buying the game shouldn't get the codes. Trying to get myself the steelbox edition because Kyogre is amazing <3
Pokemon trainer club? Is that even a real thing?
I just got mine!!! <3
how
@Grimmjowned Well, I could've sworn that demos were made to persuade people to get the game, and not to let people who have it play a little early. I guess I am wrong. QQ
Can someone Email me a code please? [email protected]
and how do i sign up for this pokmon newsletter im seeing mentiond here?
@Scary_Old_Lady You're not wrong but if someone openly states that they don't want the full game, then I think it's unfair on us who are getting it and want the extras to be short of one code.
@Grimmjowned Well it's free, a special download and I might get CN coins from it, I wouldn't tell any body else what they should do, and there could be a small chance of me liking it enough to get the game like scary old lady said, but other then that, get the demo and don't tell other what they should and shouldn't do especially when it comes to a free demo....
@Grimmjowned I didn't want the full game of some demos that played, but after the demo, some games I revved up (And one of them was Sonic 06 in a way)
How do we get the code
@MadAdam81 Can you make a video of you playing through it, and send it to me???
Apparently I had the opt-out emails button on my pokemon account. Thank you NL for giving me a heads up <3 Saved me from being all sad and stuff on the 21st =D
@Drawdler are u in Australia because I am and I became a member before October 15th and still haven't gotten my code
@Taggsta
I'm 39 and Pokemon is my favourite game series. We can't all like the same thing of course but you could be missing out. When my cousins first showed me Pokemon Red/Blue back in the day I dismissed it and they insisted I play and I was hooked, and have been playing and replaying ever since
Got mine! (Sweden)
So I tried to reset my password at pokemon.com and guess what people?Every time I try to make a new password and fill everything and continue I get the''invalid or time out costumer service blahblahblah" message,I emailed costumer service,the send me an email about password reset blahblablah,link on gmail gets me to the password reset page,I again send them my gmail so they can send me the password recovery with the pikachu pic at the top,guess what?Same freaking thing again,I make a new password,get invalid or time out message again.go to costumer service,they send me the same useless info,I send them this message,''I see you cant help me cause your just spamming the same mail over and over,thanks a lot for helping me your service makes me want to get electrocuted by pikachu.''And you guys are not going to believe this,they spam me the same retarded mail again.
It seems I will not get the demo cause of my issue on my account,oh well theres the gamestop event for diance,I already got the gengar,yeyyyy!!!Gamestop more like stopgaming with their ridiculous ways to attract gamers.
@thaantman same thing happens to me,resetting password ain't working.
Well I'm certainly not gonna sit in a McDonald's (of all places...) playing with my 3DS like a little kid..
ORAS THE HYPE IS REALL!!!
@Taggsta
Hah, I'm neary 30 and never played Pokemon since those started to be in when I was 15.. but still went for the code (Nordic Countries, Bergsala) and received it today and played and looked fun tho
I wonder if that 1000 for Nordic Countries in total? Probably...
...and now with this I've probably left out someone Pokemon fanboy
I have been playing Pokemon since it first came out. I am so excited for the demo and the realse of ORAS
@Taggsta I hope you enjoy it!
But... why different dates? Why are America, Canada, and France so far back from the rest of the world...? I just do not understand Game Freak sometimes...
No way to get it in ireland? Feck
No latin america?? There's even south africa there! What's wrong with you, nintendo?
@BlueFiend10 Yeah. I've had a membership for years, but I don't think I bought anything from CN, so I'm shocked that I was selected.
At least you have a chance to get it later, unlike the Special Smash Demo.
I just registered and so far nothing!
I opted in for the email a week ago and I never got it yet! But all my friends got it...
EDIT: I GOT IT! Don't worry those who didn't get it yet. Just be patient c:
If ANYONE HAS AN EXTRA US DEMO CODE PLEASE SEND IT TO ME.
It would be HIGHLY appreciated, and I am very enthusiastic about this due to my message being in all caps
I would LOVE a code!! Seems like Nintendo has forgotten all about me with these codes, therefore, the hunt is on!!
I have an extra code for the North American demo. Tag me in a comment with your mail. I'll send it to the first mail I see.
@Isaggi please send it to me my email is [email protected]
@zonlo56 Hi, I've just sent the code to your mail. Let me know if you get it.
@Isaggi got the code.THANK YOU!!
@Isaggi YEAH downloadeing it right now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If any one could send me a code i would be so stoked! been trying to get one for ages and haven't succeeded after subscribing and registering to multiple sites and spending a fair bit of money in the Eshop to and nothing :/.
My emails [email protected] would be awesome if someone had a spare.
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