Just wait, it shouldn't be too long, besides, absolutely none of the currently released 3DS games require higher than 9.0 to run, so you can play everything without having to update. (I'm assuming you have some cartridge games? Or have you played them all ?)i bought n3ds too, i dont know if i should update firmware on it so i can transfer my emunand from old 3ds xl to the n3ds. it has two eshop title but they are warioland 3 and mega man 1 only. maybe i shouldnt