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@SportyMarioSonicMix Yeah 2 accounts for 2 3DSs, that will work fine. There are no household/IP restrictions.

3DS is only compatible with SD cards, it only has an SD card slot. No USB ports available for hard drives.

@SportyMarioSonicMix Nintendo will block you essentially. If you try to login to your account on a second system you'll get an error like "This account is already linked to another 3DS console."

Re: not enouch space, you can get a bigger SD card and move all the files over. 3DS can work with SD cards over 32GB, as long as they're formatted FAT32. For Windows you will need a special tool, like guiformat by Ridgecorp. Use the largest cluster/allocation unit size available, usually 64KB/65536.

It's also possible to swap between multiple SD cards, but it's tricky since save data is stored on the SDs and not the system. Games like Pokemon have a restriction to prevent having multiple save files, so if you have and play the same game on multiple SD cards you might end up with invalid save data. Stick to one big SD card if you can.

But you don't have to worry about downloading everything right now, redownloading your purchases from the eShop is going to remain functional "for the foreseeable future".

@SportyMarioSonicMix

1) Save files for digital games are stored on the SD card, so the available blocks is whatever is listed in Settings -> Data Management -> Nintendo 3DS -> Software (top screen)

2) No sadly, an account can only be attached to one 3DS at a time. And you can't simply login on a second 3DS either, you would either need to do a system transfer or contact Nintendo to have the account transferred.

"By default the game blasts out in mono, but there are three options for those playing with headphones that gives the music and effects a less harsh sounding quality."

I wouldn't recommend changing it from mono. The stereo effects basically seem to split some audio channels left and some right. That effect might be OK if you've never played these games, but it's really weird if you're used to the music.

Huh, interesting that Shin Megami Tensei IV is the first Atlus game to be getting a permanent drop to $20. I would have some thought some the earlier stuff like Etrian Odyssey IV and Code of Princess would have gone first. Whatever, if they then cut 50% off that $20, that'll be enough for me!

@jpfan1989 http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pseudorandom_number_generation_in_Pok%C3%A9mon#RNG_Abuse

Manipulation of the game's randomness machine thing to get what you want--flawless 31/31/31/31/31/31 IVs, shinyness, good natures, etc.

@MF_MaxiMillion They're supposedely applying their VGC filter to the BW/BW2 to XY transfer. From the official site (http://www.pokemonxy.com/en-us/strategy/):

"Note: You may find yourself unable to use Pokémon Bank or Poké Transporter to deposit any Pokémon created illegally by software unauthorized by The Pokémon Company and Nintendo into your online Boxes, or to move these Pokémon between online Boxes."

So, you may start finding RNG'd and "legally cheated" Pokemon, but there shouldn't anything outright impossible.

Yup, time to turn SpotPass back on. With all the repeats I thought Nintendo Video had basically been abandoned.

Woo McMahill! Haven't seen him since NWR's interview at the BW2 launch.

@OptometristLime Don't know about DSiWare being dead, but a price of 300 points on the DSi Shop is a first. The original categories were Free, which was the Internet Browser and Flipnote Studio, 200 points, 500 points, and 800+ points (I believe there are three "+" games, those being Shantae at 1200, Thorium Wars at 1000, and Cave Story at 1000 points). Until now, everything fit into one of these categories, period.

And after checking the game on my DSi, I've found that the game is still in the 200 points category, which makes sense. Definitely an oddity.

tsk tsk tsk

RNG, noobs.

Well, looks like I'm never buying an on-sale third party eShop game again, at least until that discount hits 50%. Oh well.

The Wii U event was in September 2012.

Aw, it's only a timed-exclusive on OUYA? Sucks for them.

First Xbox One, and now this. Internet won again, it seems.

@BlackSpy Yeah, the ads used to be kinda confusing, odd, and dubstep-filled, but Marketing decided to take a hard turn toward the casuals. There are three commercials roaming around now that involve three different families visiting NoA to play some Wii U. All start with someone saying "Nintendo!" so the consumers know what they're seeing. The three ads then deviate a bit: There's one with a father and his son, where the kid just goes crazy over the thing, proclaiming it the "Bestest system in the whole world" or something, and the father says "I like this!". Another has a family with a father with a soul patch, and it basically ends with the mother basically saying "[The Children] need to play, that's an important part of their childhood". And then lastly, we get a family saying they've seen a Wii U at the father's brother's/friend's house, where they kinda enjoyed it. They also mention that they didn't know it was a whole new thing. And then at the end there's a banner saying, "See why more families are upgrading to the Wii U!".

Yeah, the ads have completely lost any focus on teens/gamers, but for the current market Nintendo's trying to hit, I'd say they're pretty effective. It's like Marketing just said "Ok, yeah, people keep thinking this is an upgrade, let's just outright target that."

Ooh, it's also 10 A.M.? Simultaneous announcements are usually good stuff...

I won't have a Wii U for a while, so Super Metroid it is. I believe the upgrade cost will always be $0.30 for these Famicom Anniversary games, so that'll be fine with me.

Noooo Nintendo Channel. ;-;

Yeah, I wasn't the biggest user of all its stuff, but there's a lot of exclusive content there, aside from Nintendo Week (which NintenDaan has thankfully put on YouTube! ). Yeah, Ultimate Wii Challenge as Austroid said, some kinda Excitebots challenge where some people are in a casino or something, a 7 or so minute piece on Retro when Prime Trilogy was coming out... Looks like I'm buying a capture card to back up this stuff. That is, if NintenDaan didn't already back that stuff up. He was good about that.

Wow, Nintendo's giving a good amount of control over sales to the devs.

NOPE

@Chrysalis Nope, SF and BN were both great. I prefer the modern-dayness of BN just a slight bit more, but I really love SF, too.

@Kagamine I believe Reggie was quoted E3 2011 as being some sort of fan for Killzone. And while not an executive, Sakurai owns things.

Guess I'll be saving my 150 coins, haha.

Yeah, this was quite the surprise. I mean, it was surprising enough when it was announced for Japan, but then this happened... It's such a short gap. Many are saying Game Freak is rushing Gen V, and I'm inclined to agree--Gen V has been weird being on the same system as Gen IV, so it'd make sense to try to get out 3DS games in the form of Gen VI as soon as possible. Some are speculating it may be a sort of a parallel to Gen II as Gen V was to Gen 1; only 100 new Pokemon or so, and maybe some evolutions of Gen V Pokemon.

As for a Europe announcement, even if one isn't announced for whatever reason, this event should work fine for European games. At least, the European Wi-Fi event for shiny events last gen worked for NA games.

@Janett Mighty Switch Force, easily. I'm not sure in terms of quality, but always go for the time-limited one.

I was going to wait out on Mighty Switch Force until it came to Wii U, but yeah, that's a great price.

Darn.

Own Donkey Kong and Super Star Ultra. Tempted by the original Super Star and the others, but my coin reserves aren't vast and I'd rather it be counted for next year.

@Red_Kinetic Not sure about Wuhu Island Loop and Bowser Castle 1, but Wuhu Mountain Loop had a part that would let one fall of the track and come back 30 seconds ahead of everyone else.

So Time Trials will always still be able to be borked, as the patch is deletable, but this is wonderful news for online.

Glorious.

Already have, Pictobits, so I'm done. Don't have enough coins to get everything willy-nilly anymore.

The first actual Wii U game trailer, and not one for other systems. Wow.

"as much as 70% of 3DS owners in Japan and the U.S. have connected to the internet"

Such is the power of prompting a connection on setup.

Here's hoping that target is met.

Just something minor: When you boot a 3DS or head back to the menu with some in-app button, your icons of the stuff on your SD card takes a bit of time to load. These used to be blank spots, but are now blank slates.

YES. I should win a bet with a friend. Free B2 for me!

Worth the 150 coins, not the $5. That's just from someone who never does anything with high scores.

Ouch.

Nifty. A bit odd to raise everything by 50 coins over what they'd normally be, but nifty.

Darn, darn, darn.

I was assured by a Nintendo rep two months ago (yeah, lots of stuff can change in that time) that 3D Classics Kid Icarus would not be available in the eShop. I suppose that meant that it could still be sold elsewhere. Ah, well.

3D Classics Kid Icarua won't be offered on the eShop publicly, at all. At least, that's what customer support claimed two months ago.

Of course.

Last figure what about 8 billion dollars. Awesome.

Hahaha, Nintendo quoted this on their description. Seems good.

I already bought Picross a few months ago, but Art Style looks good. I'm a bit iffy on Radar Mission, but I'm a sucker for these promotions.

Nifty, just read the press release and was hoping there was a report on it.

Don't forget the little jingle that plays at the beginning of a round, which is obviously the Metroid jingle that plays when you start the game.

This may be a bit of a dumb question, but are we supposed to retweet the tweet that said "News:..." or a specific competition tweet, like in the case of Jam City Rollergirls?