Unified account system confirmed for the 3DS!

[heartgold]

Nintendo customer service:

A unified account system will be implemented later this year with the launch of the Wii U. Eventually this same account system will be made compatible with Nintendo 3DS systems.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=481353

About freaking time, yep I'm definitely going digital on 3DS now.

 

[Maikel Steneker]

That is great news! I really hope they won't make any stupid mistakes with this, then I'll certainly start buying digital downloads for my 3DS.

 

[Arnold Schwarzen]

I hope everything you download can be tied to your Club Nintendo account like can be done on PSN. Also typo in thread title reads "comfirmed"

 

[CharmingLugia]

This is going to be interesting.

 

[Izen]

The "eventually" part worries me. I love Nintendo, but when they fail to set dates for things, they really take forever.

 

[yuyuyup]

That is great news! I really hope they won't make any stupid mistakes with this, then I'll certainly start buying digital downloads for my 3DS.

I don't understand why this news item causes the decision for you to buy eshop games ?

 

[KingVamp]

That is great news! I really hope they won't make any stupid mistakes with this, then I'll certainly start buying digital downloads for my 3DS.

I don't understand why this news item causes the decision for you to buy eshop games ?

Maybe
1) You didn't need your old system (rather lost or sold) to transfer or save you games
2) Games are more future proof
3) Possibility of playing smaller games on more than one Nintendo system
4) Possible Club Nintendo integration

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

The "eventually" part worries me. I love Nintendo, but when they fail to set dates for things, they really take forever.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

Not sure how this is "breaking news" but...it's news. Will be nice for...uhh...something.

 

[loco365]

I AM THROWING MY MONEY AT THE SCREEN BUT NOTHING IS HAPPENING.

Anyways, with that out of my system, I think I may get a Wii U now. Makes me wonder if they'll integrate this in the Wii, although that doesn't sound too realistic.

 

[Hyro-Sama]

This should've been implented a long time ago.

 

[chris888222]

About freaking time.

Still good nonetheless.

 

[Clarky]

That is great news! I really hope they won't make any stupid mistakes with this, then I'll certainly start buying digital downloads for my 3DS.

I don't understand why this news item causes the decision for you to buy eshop games ?

Maybe
1) You didn't need your old system (rather lost or sold) to transfer or save you games
2) Games are more future proof
3) Possibility of playing smaller games on more than one Nintendo system
4) Possible Club Nintendo integration

surprised you missed an obvious one, that virtual console games could be shared between your 3ds and Wii U, seeing as Nes titles are slowly cropping up on the e-shop. Would be a great idea, likeliness of happening is a debate for another day

 

[KingVamp]

surprised you missed an obvious one, that virtual console games could be shared between your 3ds and Wii U, seeing as Nes titles are slowly cropping up on the e-shop. Would be a great idea, likeliness of happening is a debate for another day

That's what I meant by #3,but your post is a better way of putting it.

 

[FireEmblemGuy]

Still can't play my Wii VC games on my 3DS, don't care.

 

[Clarky]

surprised you missed an obvious one, that virtual console games could be shared between your 3ds and Wii U, seeing as Nes titles are slowly cropping up on the e-shop. Would be a great idea, likeliness of happening is a debate for another day

That's what I meant by #3,but your post is a better way of putting it.

Ah I see what you meant now, fair dues

 

[Pleng]

That is great news! I really hope they won't make any stupid mistakes with this, then I'll certainly start buying digital downloads for my 3DS.

I don't understand why this news item causes the decision for you to buy eshop games ?

Maybe
1) You didn't need your old system (rather lost or sold) to transfer or save you games
2) Games are more future proof
3) Possibility of playing smaller games on more than one Nintendo system
4) Possible Club Nintendo integration

You think this will allow me to eventually transfer titles downloaded from an EU system, to a US system?

 

[ferofax]

Still can't play my Wii VC games on my 3DS, don't care.

of course you can't. you can't play games coded for Mac OS on Windows, can you? same goes for this. until they make a 3DS version of that game, no you can't.

 

[KingVamp]

You think this will allow me to eventually transfer titles downloaded from an EU system, to a US system?

Not if region lock still holds. Other words, if the transferring of games between 3ds' of other regions doesn't work, expect the account to be region locked as well.

of course you can't. you can't play games coded for Mac OS on Windows, can you? same goes for this. until they make a 3DS version of that game, no you can't.

While I didn't know if it is possible or not,I didn't know why,but this argument doesn't seem quite valid.

 

[Clarky]

That is great news! I really hope they won't make any stupid mistakes with this, then I'll certainly start buying digital downloads for my 3DS.

I don't understand why this news item causes the decision for you to buy eshop games ?

Maybe
1) You didn't need your old system (rather lost or sold) to transfer or save you games
2) Games are more future proof
3) Possibility of playing smaller games on more than one Nintendo system
4) Possible Club Nintendo integration

You think this will allow me to eventually transfer titles downloaded from an EU system, to a US system?

seeing as I think the region lock on the 3DS is more to do with the eshop than anything else, no, i doubt you will be able to transfer from EU to US

 

[p1ngpong]

The "eventually" part worries me. I love Nintendo, but when they fail to set dates for things, they really take forever.

https://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Valve_Time

Not sure how this is "breaking news" but...it's news. Will be nice for...uhh...something.

No news in USN is "breaking news" because it is always second hand, so title amended.