Nintendo Customer Service: Wii U and 3DS to have unified eShop account system

A unified account system will be implemented later this year with the launch of the Wii U. Eventually this same account system will be made compatible with Nintendo 3DS systems. At this time we have no additional details to offer and nothing to indicate how or if this will work outside the United States and Canada. In the meantime, if the system has a problem, taking it to an Authorized Service Center will maintain the Nintendo eShop account. If the system is stolen, we can transfer the account to a new system once we are provided with a valid police report.
Of course, you asked this question because of the upcoming launch of New Super Mario Bros. 2 in retail and digital formats. What you need to know is that the digital format will only be available in the United States and Canada. We have nothing to announce regarding Latin American availability.NoC customer service member, David Marshall

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great news!

Sounds promising.

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Oh oh!! I can see it now: sheep will start claiming Nintendo did it first and Sony copied it... oh well!! :roll:

It's not a bad thing, it's a good thing!

Way to go Nintendo!!! It only took you 5 years after the PSP and PS3 could do the same thing!! Awesome!! Maybe one day people can have an actual account name instead of numbers!!! Come on Nintendo, you can do it!!!

Hell it's about time.

>starcraft reference

Glad they've announced this. They need a solid online framework. I'm interested to know if they will have a paid premium service.

something the vita and ps3 already does, 'yawn"

Bu Bu Bu BUT SONY alwas copy nintendo.

something the vita and ps3 already does, 'yawn"

Chris_Williams

you mean psp lol.

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something the vita and ps3 already does, 'yawn"

Kashiwaba

you mean psp lol.

Of course, you asked this question because of the upcoming launch of New Super Mario Bros. 2 in retail and digital formats. What you need to know is that the digital format will only be available in the United States and Canada. We have nothing to announce regarding Latin American availability.NoC customer service member, David Marshall

Enforcedspot

this is one reason sometimes i hate them, latin america gets screwed just like USA gets screwed over japan with less games for example, nintendo doesnt tries very hard with fans

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something the vita and ps3 already does, 'yawn"

Chris_Williams

you mean psp lol.

You could do that with PSP 4 or 5 years ago

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you mean psp lol.

Kashiwaba

You could do that with PSP 4 or 5 years ago

It doesn't count unless Nintendo does it first.

Oh oh!! I can see it now: sheep will start claiming Nintendo did it first and Sony copied it... oh well!! :roll:

GreenGoblin2099

Actually Sony did copy someone, Microsoft. :twisted:

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Oh oh!! I can see it now: sheep will start claiming Nintendo did it first and Sony copied it... oh well!! :roll:

EliteM0nk3y

Actually Sony did copy someone, Microsoft. :twisted:

Well, didn't know MS had a handheld... :roll:

So it's sort of like a Cloud? It's obviously not cross-compatible though.

It shouldn't be eventually it should be at lanuch.

Better late than never.

hey! who told N the internet existed!

Oh oh!! I can see it now: sheep will start claiming Nintendo did it first and Sony copied it... oh well!! :roll:

GreenGoblin2099

more like "About Time Nintendo Does This."

finally ninty

Doing it late is better than never.

better late then never i suppose

Way to go Nintendo!!! It only took you 5 years after the PSP and PS3 could do the same thing!! Awesome!! Maybe one day people can have an actual account name instead of numbers!!! Come on Nintendo, you can do it!!!

ironwarrior2

Yea they do have user names on the Wii U