PSA: the 3DS Ambassador game download process is...

[FireGrey]

They're not putting it "in the center" because not everybody is eligible to get the games. They manually added the games to every single account.

Otherwise, they'd have to do an update to make the eshop check for the serial number, send it to the server where it would search for if it's on the list, send back response and then start getting the eshop data, every single time you started the eshop. Then people would whine it's loading too slow.

As you say though, it'll be misleading to people IF they don't send a message about it. But if they do, there's absolutely nothing to complain about, since the process is as simple as beating someone with a stick.

There is no doubt that when they send it to everyone manually, then they will also send them messages detailing how to get the games.
Maybe even a shortcut button on the message to download them without having to do the steps.
So the method explained would only be if some idiot ignored the message and like 8 months later he finds out about it.

 

[skawo96]

I don't know.
*removes himself from the discussion*

 

[Terminator02]

They're not putting it "in the center" because not everybody is eligible to get the games. They manually added the games to every single account.

Otherwise, they'd have to do an update to make the eshop check for the serial number, send it to the server where it would search for if it's on the list, send back response and then start getting the eshop data, every single time you started the eshop. Then people would whine it's loading too slow.

As you say though, it'll be misleading to people IF they don't send a message about it. But if they do, there's absolutely nothing to complain about, since the process is as simple as beating someone with a stick.

There is no doubt that when they send it to everyone manually, then they will also send them messages detailing how to get the games.
Maybe even a shortcut button on the message to download them without having to do the steps.

There's no way nintendo made an OS that is smart enough to have cross-application communication to bring people to the Account Activity screen within the eshop by pressing a button within a message, I simply can't believe that's going to happen, I just hope they at least send a message to everyone telling them how to get their content.

And i don't know why everyone keeps throwing manually in there, it's not like a nintendo worker personally put you on a spreadsheet when you logged into the eshop and is now copy-pasting the message to every single person.

 

[skawo96]

There's no way nintendo made an OS that is smart enough to have cross-application communication to bring people to the Account Activity screen within the eshop by pressing a button within a message, I simply can't believe that's going to happen, I just hope they at least send a message to everyone telling them how to get their content.

Well, they DID that on the Wii :|
*removes himself from the discussion again*

 

[Terminator02]

There's no way nintendo made an OS that is smart enough to have cross-application communication to bring people to the Account Activity screen within the eshop by pressing a button within a message, I simply can't believe that's going to happen, I just hope they at least send a message to everyone telling them how to get their content.

Well, they DID that on the Wii :|
*removes himself from the discussion again*

What are you referring to?

 

[skawo96]

There's no way nintendo made an OS that is smart enough to have cross-application communication to bring people to the Account Activity screen within the eshop by pressing a button within a message, I simply can't believe that's going to happen, I just hope they at least send a message to everyone telling them how to get their content.

Well, they DID that on the Wii :|
*removes himself from the discussion again*

What are you referring to?

They very often send messages that have a special button that takes you to a specific page of an application.
Like, for example, when they released the free Kirby Channel just now, there was a button that took you to the download page.

 

[Terminator02]

well then i guess we'll see if the 3DS can do it

 

[skawo96]

I do believe there have been messages already that had a button that started a game and took you somewhere specific. (Spotpass related stuff, like getting throphies and such). Not 100% sure.

 

[Terminator02]

ok, i take back my cross-application communication statement, but we don't know what nintendo is going to put in that message, so it'd be best to just bite my tongue until it's been sent

 

[SamAsh07]

Cross-application tunnel eh? They should do this with 10 buttons in a single article, one for each NES game.

 

[BoxmanWTF]

wow, it seems that the ambassador certificate isn't on nintendo video, and is a seperate application you download during the ambassador process thingy

Spoiler

 

[SamAsh07]

wow, it seems that the ambassador certificate isn't on nintendo video, and is a seperate application you download during the ambassador process thingy

Spoiler

Thanks for that, it's a good thing since Nintendo Video is useless here, and I presume even at Saudi there are no Nintendo Video videos.

 

[shakirmoledina]

it does not seem like a very big job but for one who deserves a noob title, he wont be able to do it.

 

[Arwen20]

I'm glad someone included download instructions on this website. Otherwise I may not have found the ambassador games download screen on the e-shop.

 

[Terminator02]

so has anyone gotten one of those system messages about it? if so could you write down what it says?

 

[machomuu]

so has anyone gotten one of those system messages about it? if so could you write down what it says?

You're supposed to get one? I just downloaded the games, I didn't get any message.

 

[Terminator02]

they really didn't even send one out? *facepalm*

 

[klallen1991]

The message for the Ambassador program is in the "NEWS" section on eshop.

 

[Quietlyawesome94]

The message for the Ambassador program is in the "NEWS" section on eshop.

Of course it is, but it doesn't tell you how to download the games. If others hadn't posted how to download the games. I would have never thought to look in the "Settings" for games I had never downloaded. regardless of what people say, I still think this was a fail way to send the games out.

 

[machomuu]

they really didn't even send one out? *facepalm*

If you are apart of the program, just go though the process, the games should be there.