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3DS Getting Demos, Add-On Content
As part of the upcoming 3DS system update next month publishers and developers can offer demo versions of certain software titles. The demos will have a limited number of play sessions, however.
Additionally, Nintendo is allowing the ability for "add-on" content for 3DS games through the eShop. "This is a feature a number of software creators have been looking forward to," said Nintendo president Satoru Iwata at the company's latest fiscal earnings report. Downloads will also be possible while the Nintendo 3DS is in sleep mode.
While it won't be part of the update this year, Nintendo will also make the eShop available on the Web so it can be accessed from PCs and smartphones.
"At the beginning, you will not be able to directly purchase software from your PC or smartphone," Iwata stated. "Instead, you will need to take a photo of a QR code at the Nintendo eShop by using the camera of your Nintendo 3DS. The Nintendo 3DS will then open that specific page of the Nintendo eShop. That function is already included in the upcoming system update for the Nintendo 3DS.
"In the future, we will make it so that you will be able to purchase software by using your PC or smartphone."
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