IDK but very nice if true.
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3DS XL First Impressions/Previews
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IDK but very nice if true.
Grok4Spock
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Wii Points can only be used on Wii. Nintendo Points can be used on Wii OR DSi. You have to use a 3DS cash card since the eshop doesn't accept points..
kobashi100
Banned
i will go in my local shop on saturday. if true I will trade in my original 3DS.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Sorry I never asked, the only system info I really have is from demos and the Mario Kart channel. I never bought anything from the online store. So transferring that data's not that important to me.
kobashi100
Banned
oh thats no good. Would rather have the cash!
Caelestis
Member
Ah thanks for clearing it up for me. Guess my points will go to waste then as there is nothing in particular that I want on Wii. :/
JennyTablina
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Uggh GAF, not sure what to do.
GAME's deal is REALLY good, but I am working on Friday at 2pm (with an hours journey to my workplace from there...), if I get to a GAME for 9am - buy the XL....how long will the transfer take generally? I have a pretty full SD card with the Ambassador Games and a bunch of eshop titles.
I currently have a preorder with Tesco that, with a practically free copy of Pokemon White 2, also cuts the 3DS XL price down to £159 - I guess I could sell the 3DS myself on via Amazon, but I'ld rather trade in due to my model suffering from faint scratchlines on the top screen.
GAME's deal is REALLY good, but I am working on Friday at 2pm (with an hours journey to my workplace from there...), if I get to a GAME for 9am - buy the XL....how long will the transfer take generally? I have a pretty full SD card with the Ambassador Games and a bunch of eshop titles.
I currently have a preorder with Tesco that, with a practically free copy of Pokemon White 2, also cuts the 3DS XL price down to £159 - I guess I could sell the 3DS myself on via Amazon, but I'ld rather trade in due to my model suffering from faint scratchlines on the top screen.
kobashi100
Banned
20 mins minimum, up to 40/50.
IdreamofHIME
Member
Wait, huh? How does that help you do a system transfer?
You could share them with some worthy souls
I did a transfer when the Zelda 3DS came out, was a pretty full card. Took me about 15-20 minutes.
EDIT: They want you to buy the XL first, take it home, do the transfer from your original 3DS and THEN take the original 3DS back to the store to get the special promo trade in value. But it's locked in as store credit.
EDIT: They want you to buy the XL first, take it home, do the transfer from your original 3DS and THEN take the original 3DS back to the store to get the special promo trade in value. But it's locked in as store credit.
Finland. I haven't seen it cheaper than 209, so the possibility to get it ASAP but not having to pay it quite yet, is worth the extra 20 for me. Importing it ain't too much cheaper than the cheapest place I've seein in Finland + it would take longer + it would be too much of a hassle if there was something wrong with my 3DS XL.
JennyTablina
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I was under the impression from reports that the credit value would be given back in whatever form you purchased the XL in, long as you did it within 24 hours?
kobashi100
Banned
It bloody should be.
Very shady by game/gamestation making you taking it in store credit.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
Not really. The trade-in offer isn't for cash, it's for store credit trade-in against a 3DS XL.
They don't have to offer anything to those upgrading who want to system transfer. Honestly I'm kind of stunned they are letting people pay the £180, take both systems and come back for the £100 credit.
Store credit is not so good. Specially if you have already bought the 3DS XL.
When I was last in work the documents were all saying it was in store credit. I would be surprised if they changed that fact as the wording said that we would have 'A trade in deal where the XL only cost £79.99 when trading in a 3DS' meaning that we would give £100 store credit for it. It then went on to say we were also 'offering the trade in deal retroactively, so that customers can transfer the data over at home and bring the 3DS back after the transfer is complete'. Hence I assume it is credit.
Thanks for the replies, although not quite what I was hoping to hear
I thought it would be like the DSi to 3DS transfer function, which has a 'custom' option allowing you to pick which specific DSiWare titles get transferred to the 3DS.Hori has announced some officially licensed screen protectors in Japan, and has two types available:-
http://www.hori.jp/products/multi/3dsll_top2/
The first is Hori's standard 'two layer' filter design which you apply manually:-
http://www.hori.jp/products/3dsll/3dsll_filter/
The second uses Hori's 'Wow So Easy!' or 'Pitahari' design which should make it easier to apply the filters without getting dust stuck inbetween, and the top screen filter also features an extra anti-reflective layer over their standard filters:-
http://www.hori.jp/products/3dsll/3dsll_pfilter/
Both types available for pre-order at Play-Asia:-
http://www.play-asia.com/Liquid_Crystal_Protection_Filter_3DS_LL/paOS-13-71-1jn-49-en-70-53av.html
http://www.play-asia.com/Pitahari_Filter_for_3DS_LL/paOS-13-71-1jn-49-en-70-52fx.html
Actually thats not quite right, both Wii Points and Nintendo Points cards can be used on either Wii or DSi, although once added they can only be used on that particular system:-
http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/dsi/en_na/shop.jsp#purchase
I can confirm this myself as I just registered an old Wii Points card on a DSi to purchase some DSiWare.
Nintendo eStore Cards can be used on Wii, DSi and 3DS, but will be converted to a set amount of Points if entered on a Wii or DSi, rather than a credit amount as on 3DS.
JennyTablina
Member
I suppose that makes sense really, ensures that the money will still be spent with GAME at a later date. Might keep with the Tesco order instead and take my chances selling it off, seems most of the amazon sold systems have the light scuffs that mine has anyway...
I guess 209 sounds ok. What's the tax rate in finland? Plus the service you get.... Ah well. Fuck it. The few bucks, who cares?
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eighty(one)
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Crap. So, here in US I cancelled my red preorder, moved it to blue. The above video is tempting me back towards red. I like the blue in pictures, more than red. However, I have yet to see a crisp unboxing of the blue (as sharp as the above video's quality) - Gah! It's fully paid off, but the long wait is making me jump back and forth. I like both colors, but I've never been this torn on a color. If it were arriving sooner, the indecision wouldn't exist. I'd have to bite the bullet and decide....someone please, if buying blue, take a crisp video in normal/bright/warm lighting conditions?
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Canis lupus
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How much does Amazon Italy ship to Finland?
AtomskEater
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Nice. Stretched mode doesn't look bad at all. Good news, I never bought a DS so I have a good backlog to play on this.
Stealth20k
Banned
looks the same to me
The more I look at it, the more I want it. I can't afford it, not with both The Last Story and New Super Mario Bros 2 coming out at the same time.
September is going to be a damn good month. I'll pick it up then. So how many of you are going to sell your 3DS after transferring everything? I have a few friends willing to buy it off of my hands for $100 so that should help me buy some games later on. I don't see a reason to keep it after transferring all my games/Ambassador crap to the XL edition.
September is going to be a damn good month. I'll pick it up then. So how many of you are going to sell your 3DS after transferring everything? I have a few friends willing to buy it off of my hands for $100 so that should help me buy some games later on. I don't see a reason to keep it after transferring all my games/Ambassador crap to the XL edition.
I've already sold mine on the bay for 95£, no transfer problems for me since I already did it on my sis' one, which I will then re-transfer on my shiny new XL
That's it. I am so getting the red one. Looks great!
Man so many people having transfer issues. Or rather worried about how they'll transfer once they get the XL. If only Nintendo allowed for actual user accounts that we could simply download.
Luckily for me, when I pick up my XL I won't have to worry about transferring anything as I sold my old 3DS a long time ago.
Luckily for me, when I pick up my XL I won't have to worry about transferring anything as I sold my old 3DS a long time ago.
All I know is that 1:1 is almost exactly the same size as a GBA/SP, going by PPI.
Judging by the DS pics above, full screen GBA games should look fine as well.
Stealth20k
Banned
not like thats backwards compatible
RPGCrazied
Member
Ambassadors.
Does anyone have a step by step guide to transfer over your data to an XL and wipe your old 3DS if you decide to sell your system early? I wanna keep my ambassador status.
As in backup, sell 3DS, buy XL, restore?
You can't. Transferring your data requires both systems to be present and have a wifi connection.
So what are my options then?
Vyse The Legend
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MatthewB92
Member
Buy the XL and transfer the data.
For trading in: Hope GameStop does some sort of "come back today/within a week and get bonus credit" thing, I suppose.
That's really irritating, especially seeing as they don't offer SHIT right now for a 3DS. :/
I was just going to craigslist mine early, then put that cash towards an XL. Ugh.
Hero of Legend
Member
Say hello to a new Ambassador!
I managed to transfer a store 3DS into mine. It was well worth losing the Mii Plaza stuff, but luckily nothing from my retail games were deleted.
I also formatted my 3DS to make it feel my own again rather than work off the store's stuff, while still having my precious Ambassador games!
Got my Mii back to the same design thanks to Mario Tennis Open having my Mii still in its card save.
So now I don't feel so pressured to get an XL ASAP, but what I'm curious about is if the transfer limit is tied to the digital account (which will transfer over to any other unit), or its tied to the unit itself, so where ever the account goes or comes into the unit, it still counts down the limit.
Hopefully not, you shouldn't be forced to lose all transferring capabilities of your account. Once your done with a handheld then that shouldn't be a problem.
Also, Yoshi's Island is a bit of an eyesore with the ghosting, what's the verdict on the XL and ghosting?
I managed to transfer a store 3DS into mine. It was well worth losing the Mii Plaza stuff, but luckily nothing from my retail games were deleted.
I also formatted my 3DS to make it feel my own again rather than work off the store's stuff, while still having my precious Ambassador games!
Got my Mii back to the same design thanks to Mario Tennis Open having my Mii still in its card save.
So now I don't feel so pressured to get an XL ASAP, but what I'm curious about is if the transfer limit is tied to the digital account (which will transfer over to any other unit), or its tied to the unit itself, so where ever the account goes or comes into the unit, it still counts down the limit.
Hopefully not, you shouldn't be forced to lose all transferring capabilities of your account. Once your done with a handheld then that shouldn't be a problem.
Also, Yoshi's Island is a bit of an eyesore with the ghosting, what's the verdict on the XL and ghosting?
I wonder if that puts you in a better spot? Though I guess it might be harder to sell post-3DS XL, but at least you're not trying to take advantage of an offer or anything.
Alright this sort of convinced me not to wait for the silver.
Say hello to a new Ambassador!
I managed to transfer a store 3DS into mine. It was well worth losing the Mii Plaza stuff, but luckily nothing from my retail games were deleted.
I also formatted my 3DS to make it feel my own again rather than work off the store's stuff, while still having my precious Ambassador games!
Got my Mii back to the same design thanks to Mario Tennis Open having my Mii still in its card save.
So now I don't feel so pressured to get an XL ASAP, but what I'm curious about is if the transfer limit is tied to the digital account (which will transfer over to any other unit), or its tied to the unit itself, so where ever the account goes or comes into the unit, it still counts down the limit.
Hopefully not, you shouldn't be forced to lose all transferring capabilities of your account. Once your done with a handheld then that shouldn't be a problem.
Also, Yoshi's Island is a bit of an eyesore with the ghosting, what's the verdict on the XL and ghosting?
Hero of Legend
Member
I don't get it.
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