Tag: Nintendo Zone
News UK Nintendo Zones Are Now Only To Be Found In Branches Of GAME
StreetPassing is now a little harder
When Nintendo revealed StreetPass, it felt like a glimpse of the future. The ability to effortlessly share data with other 3DS owners was a forward-thinking novelty and to this very day we can't help but get excited when we see that flashing green light on our console. Nintendo made the whole process a little...
Previously Japan-only items on the way
Animal Crossing: New Leaf was a major hit on 3DS when it arrived in the West in 2013, selling millions of copies and becoming a mainstay for light-hearted chatter on social networks. Its blend of repetition, daily chores and cute whimsy made is a mainstay on a number of systems for weeks, months and -...
News Nintendo of America Keen to Boost StreetPass Participation and Explore New Ideas
The company is "looking for more creative content that we can use"
This is an official "StreetPass Weekend" in North America, in which Nintendo Zone StreetPass Relay points are not only giving 3DS owners hits from their local area, but from around the region. Nintendo of America has publicised it with a couple of short videos, including this...
News SpillPass-Pi Could be a Clever Workaround for All The StreetPass Hits You Need
Gives you your own personal Nintendo Zone
For those that haven't heard of it, the Raspberry Pi is a computer that, slowly and surely, could be a revolution in computing. It's a super-cheap computer that comes only as a circuit board with some connectors and ports, and it's up to individuals to plug it into a monitor, keyboard and internet...
News Nintendo of America Announces StreetPass Weekend and Nintendo Zone Shake-Up
You should also take your 3DS / 2DS to your New Year party, apparently
The 3DS may have blazed ahead with tasty sales figures this year of the back of major retail game releases, but it's easy to forget that it has more to offer. StreetPass is still cited by some as the best thing since bread was first sliced, and is a concept that's spawned many...
News Improved StreetPass and Nintendo Zones Coming to North America Later This Month
Make sure you take your 3DS with you wherever you go
Earlier today, Nintendo of America announced a handful of new improvements and features for its ever-growing StreetPass and Nintendo Zone services. You may recall that Nintendo previously enhanced all of its StreetPass and Nintendo Zone locations with StreetPass relay functionality, which allows...
News Get Best Buy's New Leaf Items Without Having A Best Buy
For your home, from your home!
Best Buy’s recent collaborations with Nintendo haven’t been limited to their E3 demo events. Animal Crossing: New Leaf players can also log on to a store’s Nintendo Zone at various points over the next eight weeks to grab four different items. But what if you don’t live near a Best Buy, or have no way of...
News Nintendo Deal With O2 Adds Thousands of Nintendo Zone Locations in the UK
Giving oxygen to the service
Remember that thing called Nintendo Zone? It's an app on your 3DS that connects to thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots in your region — it doesn't work on home connections — and provides exclusive content such as videos to watch. It's there to encourage us to take our portable system on the road and fire it up in...
News Pokémon: DP Battle Dimension Shows Now Available via Nintendo Zone in Europe
Watch some cartoons while in the pub
Nintendo Zone, the 3DS service that connects to thousands of Wi-Fi hotspots to deliver exclusive content, is included primarily to encourage us to take our portables on the road with us — it can't be accessed via a domestic internet connection. As part of the incentive the feature includes trailers or content...
News Nintendo Zone Launched in Europe
Free content on the go
The release of Nintendo Zone in Europe has been a slow process, compared to North America, but with today's system update the service is officially available in Wi-Fi Hotspots around the region. Once your 3DS update is complete your handheld will be primed to pick up the service, so if you haven't updated yet, what are you...
News Sport Clips Set For a Home Run on Nintendo Zone in U.S.
Yes, that means baseball, amongst others
Nintendo Zone is one service specifically set up to encourage you to take your 3DS on the road, with connection spots in a variety of locations around the U.S. It already offers content such as demos and even discount coupons, and the latest offering from Nintendo of America is streamed sports videos...
News Full-Length Pokémon TV Shows Come to Nintendo Zone
Time to hit the road
3DS owners in the United States and Canada will soon get access to full-length episodes of the Pokémon cartoon series via the console's Nintendo Zone application. Starting on 6th February, Nintendo Zone will feature a dedicated Pokémon section including the episodes, game information and important Pokémon-related news. The...
News Nintendo Zone Heading to UK Airports
It's taking off
Nintendo UK has confirmed an agreement with the curiously-named Boingo Wireless to provide free Wi-Fi access in a number of major British airports, a move that will also bring Nintendo Zone to the UK for the first time. This is ideal news for jet-setters who fancy a bit of eShop browsing while waiting for their flight. It's important...
