eshop to expand and evolve, demos on their way, and more!

Ign just made an article on it

According to Ign, in Nintendo's semi-annual financial results briefing, Iwata detailed the future of the Eshop. According to Iwata, Eshop content will soon be accessible via PCs and smartphones, including the ability to make purchases. The feature will not be avialable in the upcoming firmware update, but will be in future firmware updates.

"At the beginning, you will not be able to directly purchase software from your PC or smartphone. Instead, you will need to take a photo of a QR code at the Nintendo eShop by using the camera of your Nintendo 3DS," Iwata wrote, describing the feature. "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."

Also, as the picture above states, demos are coming! and the 3DS will be able to download content (such as downloading a game off of the eshop) while in sleep mode (despite somehow not being mentioned in Nintendo's Direct Video) aswell as the ability to download dlc from the eshop for specific games (probably meaning dlc that requires you to purchase them).

I hope mario kart has some dlc. A few more drivers or some extra tracks could really extend the life of the game.TankZorz

yeah, though I hope we dont have to pay for the characters.

A browser based store with a better layout would be awesome.

Demo's hopefully start with the next system update and bring a Mario Kart 7 demo. Hopefully Nintendo mandates demo's from now on.

DEMOS! Oh yeah, finally! Partay!

Sweet stuff. Finally, Nintendo make a sensei decision.

At least it seems Nintendo released how hard they failed and they try to save the 3DS, nice to see that something might change, I'm still an angry launch-day buyer

Demos are limited? Boooooo!

Demos, finally, oh thank you thank you.

Demos, finally, oh thank you thank you.

SakusEnvoy

Don't expect anything great... it took them almost a **** year to even announce demos on the eshop. Nintendo are so far behind the game.

Okay I'll change the title so that people dont come in expecting a chance to freak out :P

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Demos, finally, oh thank you thank you.

Morrinator

Don't expect anything great... it took them almost a **** year to even announce demos on the eshop. Nintendo are so far behind the game.

Better late than never, and the Wii and DS can both do demos.

I really dont get this "its a little too late" or "they are far behind" nonsense going on. Will people not get demos off of the eshop for 3DS because the home consoles could do demos for like ever? Are people not going to use the 3DS's verson of a paid dlc system because the other consoles could already do it? (excluding the Wii). No, people are not going to do that. They are going to get the demos because it would be nice to be able to try out a first party 3DS title and even high profile 3rd party 3DS titles before buying it. People are going to use the paid dlc system because it would be nice being able to buy more levels, maps, characters, etc that werent found in the original game.

So if you ask me, Its "about time" not, "A little too late"

As with everything so far on the 3DS it looks great on paper. Lets see it in action first

DLC's what I'm excited for the most. Maybe Capcom can put up some more maps for Resident Evil.

Awesome, looking forward to this update.

DLC's what I'm excited for the most. Maybe Capcom can put up some more maps for Resident Evil.

Phoenix534

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DLC's what I'm excited for the most. Maybe Capcom can put up some more maps for Resident Evil.

elbert_b_23

Yay! Well, maybe yay. Hopefully they mean they'll give some good post-release story DLC not just some maps. Those are fine for Mercs, but for Revelations I'd hope they'd put some hard work into the DLC.

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Demos, finally, oh thank you thank you.

Gamingclone

Don't expect anything great... it took them almost a **** year to even announce demos on the eshop. Nintendo are so far behind the game.

Better late than never, and the Wii and DS can both do demos.

I really dont get this "its a little too late" or "they are far behind" nonsense going on. Will people not get demos off of the eshop for 3DS because the home consoles could do demos for like ever? Are people not going to use the 3DS's verson of a paid dlc system because the other consoles could already do it? (excluding the Wii). No, people are not going to do that. They are going to get the demos because it would be nice to be able to try out a first party 3DS title and even high profile 3rd party 3DS titles before buying it. People are going to use the paid dlc system because it would be nice being able to buy more levels, maps, characters, etc that werent found in the original game.

So if you ask me, Its "about time" not, "A little too late"

This is great news, and I'm looking forward to demos and DLC as long as it's nothing like $10 Yoshi armor.

finally there will be DLC for games.I hope they put or add leon as a playable character in resident evil the merchanaries3d.

finally there will be DLC for games.I hope they put or add leon as a playable character in resident evil the merchanaries3d.

I agree with everything you said, Gamingclone, it's about time! It'd be a little too late if they had said they'd support DLC 6 years ago and are only doing it now, but they never said that. I'd also like to point out that a few third-party Wii games actually do have paid DLC, and Animal Crossing:CF had free DLC.

This is great news, and I'm looking forward to demos and DLC as long as it's nothing like $10 Yoshi armor.

JollyGreenOne

Oh, I forgot about those :P

And yes, I think DLC will be nice as long as its not something like unlocking part of the game or making us pay a rediculous sum of cash for something that should be dirty cheap or free.