Did some Googling fu and can't seem to find a straight answer. I sold my 3DS a few months ago on a whim and didn't backup anything. Nintendo was having a refurbished sale on clear blue/red 2DS and I've wanted one, so got one. I won't be able to re-download things I've bought before like Animal Crossing and Monster Hunter right? I'll be SOL because I didn't backup or keep my 3DS around to do a system transfer?
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I forgot how Nintendo downloads work when getting a new 3DS
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tim_pkmn89
Member
Call Nintendo and they should be able to help you transfer the account.
Your save files are lost though.
Your save files are lost though.
Deadpool_X
Banned
You may need to know the serial number of the old system for the transfer, though...
……forgetit
Member
Do you have the 3DS's ID number? If not you may be Sol.
yeah this. just call Nintendo and tell them what happened. they might be able to help you, especially if you set up a NNID on your old 3DS.
darkness_s
Member
No serial number. I could try to reach out to the person on Ebay. Now I remember why I didn't want to go Digital only with the 3DS
I had to do a transfer to a new 3DS about a month ago, so I called Nintendo and they asked a few questions about purchases I had made to verify that I was the owner of the account and that was it. They didn't ask for old serial number.
Not Spaceghost
Spaceghost
No serial number. I could try to reach out to the person on Ebay. Now I remember why I didn't want to go Digital only with the 3DS
You could try and lie to nintendo reps saying you dropped your 3DS while biking and it got run over by a truck and all the serial numbers and stuff are permanently destroyed.
Then give them your NNID and the new systems serial number and see if they'll transfer the stuff?
Alternatively you could just try and call and insist on only giving them your NNID?
Or like you said try and reach out to the ebay buyer and snag the the serial off of them?
what, downloads with Nintendo, or selling systems with all your games on them willy-nilly?
darkness_s
Member
They didn't ask me for the old serial number, just the NNID, the new serial number and to tell them some of the games I had in the account to verify ownership.
This is good to know for future reference. I have loved my move into getting all of my games digital, and Nintendo is always the system I worried about because of this right here.
Thanks for posting your results!
Ok cool. I did setup a NNID. I'll see if that works.
Robin64
Member
Happy ending!