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Ok so you can add the same NNID as on your Wii U, would that mean that IDs are no longer locked to one Wii U Console?
So 90% of the people here cheering and fuck-yeahing are very confused about what's just been announced.
No people, you still won't be able to happily spend hundreds of $/€ on eShop games and have peace of mind.
If it's stolen/lost/take_a_bath, you could easily burn 1000$ (20 major games, not so uncommon).
Ok so you can add the same NNID as on your Wii U, would that mean that IDs are no longer locked to one Wii U Console?
No, it's only to share the balances between two consoles instead of having two different currency accounts. If you have two 3DS, you are screwed anyway.Ok so you can add the same NNID as on your Wii U, would that mean that IDs are no longer locked to one Wii U Console?
No, it's only to share the balances between two consoles instead of having two different currency accounts. If you have two 3DS, you are screwed anyway.
They didn't tell about two 3DS without WiiU, but I guess it will be only 1 3DS + 1 WiiU only.
The NNID and console tie will still work the same way. You can't share it across consoles to share games, games are tied to the console not the NNID, so no cross-buy (one VC bought on WiiU-VC won't be available on 3DS-VC).
What will be possible is to Buy 3DS games/content using a WiiU and vice versa. It's what they announced two years ago, being able to use computer/phones/any devices to purchase content for specific consoles linked to your NNID.
Never say never, I don't think it's out of the question. Though that would only apply for certain consoles like NES, handheld VC is 3DS only and will probably stay that way.Nintendo should take a look at Sony's cross-buy option that they offer
so
if you buy a VC on 3ds or WiiU, you get both
but that will NEVER happen
with a NNID it should not be a hard thing to do
and
will the Deluxe Digital Promotion with items on the 3ds
Don't forget Fusion was an Ambassador game, so if you're not an ambassador you probably won't be able to get Fusion for the 3DS.This is cool, give us some cross buy options for virtual console and multiplatform releases too please.
I would also love to get my Wii points turned in to eshop credit. It is not like I have extra eshop credit laying around since you can just pay for whatever you buy and I have not recieved any gift cards or anything. The Wii points I end up buying more than I need because they only sell in blocks and I usually end up with extra.
And what is the hold up with GBA virutal console releases for 3DS? Do you know how much I would love to play Zero Mission and Fusion on my 3DS or even Wii U?
Don't forget Fusion was an Ambassador game, so if you're not an ambassador you probably won't be able to get Fusion for the 3DS.
According to Wikipedia there are no plans to make the ambassador GBA games available to the general public.I don't see the reasoning behind that. Were ambassadors promised exclusivity?
They got the games "free". (20 games, you paid an extra $80 so that is about $4 per game).
I don't really get their virtual console strategy. The Wii Virtual Consol had so much more to offer so much faster...was this just because of the massive install base? 3DS and Wii U virtual console selection is such crap compared to Wii.
According to Wikipedia there are no plans to make the ambassador GBA games available to the general public.
From the beginning they said the NES titles would be available for everyone though. The GBA titles, not so much.But isn't that sort of a meaningless statement? Are there any plans to bring any GBA games to eshop? I have not heard anything announced. So it is just as accurate to say there are no plans to make any GBA games available to the general public.
I don't even think N64 for Wii U is announced either, so officially there are no plans. I know Gamecube has not been officially announced either in spite of some bad information that lots of people latched on to. Edit: I did see this about the Wii U on the official website "In addition to NES and Super NES games, titles from the Game Boy Advance and other systems will be available in the future."
You think they will leave Ambassador titles off Wii U simpley because they were ambassador titles? Some of those NES titles are available already I believe.
This is a complaint I have. I don't understand why the Wii virtual console library was so great and these new consoles are giving us crap like Wario's Woods and still no N64 games.
I think the main problem people have with the update isn't the NNID update, but instead the limits it still has compared to the other major console makers (=competitors). A dedicated handheld console like the 3DS is a fantastic piece of electronics as a dedicated gaming device, but if you're going more and more into digital, it's kinda hard to see why the stuff can't be backed up from an alternative source i.e. the internet.
Sony can do it, Microsoft can do it, Steam can do it, pretty much every other digital store can do it. Now if only Nintendo would do it too. Not too much to ask is it?
From the beginning they said the NES titles would be available for everyone though. The GBA titles, not so much.
Both Microsoft and Sony are electronics powerhouses.
Nintendo, however, is not.