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[Persona7]

I had this before but I did a system transfer and it disappeared completely.

 

[Jomjom]

Is this the game that ties the Zelda timeline together?

 

[zigg]

I had this before but I did a system transfer and it disappeared completely.

Didn't disappear when I did mine.

Is this the game that ties the Zelda timeline together?

Yes. All the branched timelines converge into one epic battle against

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Tingle

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[SegaShack]

This is great. I sold my DS lite in Summer 2011 to get a 3DS, however the bottom screen had all these weird white lines that would run through it after owning it a week. I then returned the 3DS and got a DSi and DL'd Four Swords on it. However once the XL came out I sold the DSi and got an XL, not realizing that Four Swords was removed from the eShop.

I only knew one other person who owned Link to the Past for GBA when I was 10/11 and we played Four Swords not knowing what to expect and it was an amazing experience. Similarly the Gamecube game was also a lot of fun. I am excited to try it again.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Thank you! Didn't have a 3DS last time this was online.

 

[Kid Ska]

Does this have any form of multiplayer?
It would be a little silly if it didn't, but I'm just checking.

 

[Ermac]

How many blocks is it?

 

[JetBlackPanda]

How many blocks is it?

iirc 121?? or 112

 

[rpmurphy]

Does this have any form of multiplayer?
It would be a little silly if it didn't, but I'm just checking.

Local up to 4 players.

How many blocks is it?

112 blocks. Remember, you need to have this in the internal memory, not SD card.

 

[An-Det]

Thanks for the heads up. I didn't have a 3DS the last time this was free, so I just downloaded it.

 

[darkjedi187]

Already have it on both my 3ds's bt great new for people who never got a chance to get it.

 

[MarkusRJR]

Is it available on the DSi shop? I transferred all my stuff over to my 3DS, so my DSi XL no longer has the game.

 

[NeoGAF.]

I'm jumpin on this asap

 

[Draconestra]

OMG yes!! I can't wait to get home and download this. Thanks for the heads up OP!!

 

[genjiZERO]

Super awesome. Thanks for linking.

 

[Anbec7]

Why only in the US? ): WHYY

 

[TheOGB]

Oh thank god, lost this and some other awesome DSiWare way back. Glad to finally have it on my 3DS XL.

 

[Lee Chaolan]

Wish this had true online multiplayer so I could play it with my friend a few states away. Still, can't complain for free!

 

[Sendou]

Thanks for the heads up. Already have it on my original 3DS but much prefer playing it on XL.

 

[Silvawuff]

Grabbed it. Thank you for the heads up!

 

[illusionary]

I would take a rerelease of four swords so my friends could get it over the crappy GBC port of a NES game that is SMBDX.

Very much agreed

Still, this is great news for those who are eligible!

 

[Nemo]

You sure this isn't in Europe too? I remember having it somewhere on my 3ds

FYI, the GCN game (Four Swords Adventures) was a different, stand-alone title, that did not make use of the GBA cart in any way.

The Anniversary Edition is pretty much a straight port of the GBA game with a couple of bonus areas and a single-player mode.

I need FSA ported to 3DS now, someone give me Iwata's number

 

[BasilZero]

Kind of a dumb question but if we have downloaded this....do we keep it ? Or does it disappear kinda like what Steam does with free weekend access to their games?

 

[ryanofcall]

Hmm hopefully for europe soon, too. So my friends can download it. xD

 

[zroid]

Kind of a dumb question but if we have downloaded this....do we keep it ? Or does it disappear kinda like what Steam does with free weekend access to their games?

it's permanent! you even get a Club Nintendo survey, I believe.

 

[BasilZero]

it's permanent! you even get a Club Nintendo survey, I believe.

Thanks!

Also no survey , just checked but hey at least I got the game!

 

[zroid]

Thanks!

Also no survey , just checked but hey at least I got the game!

It should come in after a week, like all DSiWare games. Nothing upfront.

 

[emag]

You sure this isn't in Europe too? I remember having it somewhere on my 3ds

I need FSA ported to 3DS now, someone give me Iwata's number

Four Swords Adventures is amazing (and much, much better than this GBA mini-game). I'd love to see a 3DS port or sequel.

 

[zroid]

An HD version of FSA on Wii U would be amazing

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if it's online

 

[Salsa]

Fuuuck on vacation without the 3ds till the 5th

at least i have it on my dsi xl

 

[-GJ-]

Sooo... Is this available on the European eShop as well? I can't seem to find it, but I've seen multiple Dutch websites report on it already.

 

[GuardianE]

112 blocks. Remember, you need to have this in the internal memory, not SD card.

Wait, really? Why?

 

[Lee Chaolan]

An HD version of FSA on Wii U would be amazing

Spoiler

if it's online

That'd be a dream come true. Wish more of Nintendo 1st party stuff was that way =/

Also, it's a shame this isn't available ont he DSi Shop. Would love to play this with my brother.

 

[Madao]

Wait, really? Why?

it is a DSi game. those games only work if run from the internal memory. the memory that is used for this is a DSi only memory chip so it doesn't matter if you have 3DS games downloaded.

also, the 3DS doesn't have internal memory for 3DS downloadable games since everything goes to the SD card. there's no point in specifying that a game must be on the SD card when that's the only option for 3DS games.

 

[georly]

Sneaky sneaky nintendo. I know why they made it free again. I know exactly why.

I found out when i tried to put it on my old 3DS (i transferred to an XL). It FORCES you to make a nintendo network ID. It's a trojan horse. With all that talk about nintendo network ID last night at the shareholder's meeting, it's NO coincidence that this is FREE today. It's also a promo that only lasts 4 days to get you to do it sooner than later. Sneaky sneaky.

 

[LOLDSFAN]

Cool.

I won't be playing it with anyone else though so I hope I still enjoy it. :[

 

[clay_ghost]

Sneaky sneaky nintendo. I know why they made it free again. I know exactly why.

I found out when i tried to put it on my old 3DS (i transferred to an XL). It FORCES you to make a nintendo network ID. It's a trojan horse. With all that talk about nintendo network ID last night at the shareholder's meeting, it's NO coincidence that this is FREE today. It's also a promo that only lasts 4 days to get you to do it sooner than later. Sneaky sneaky.

Its new year in Japan (and other part of asia) , I am not surprised they gave something for free.

edit

wait its not lol its just Chinese new year. You maybe right then.

 

[GuardianE]

it is a DSi game. those games only work if run from the internal memory. the memory that is used for this is a DSi only memory chip so it doesn't matter if you have 3DS games downloaded.

also, the 3DS doesn't have internal memory for 3DS downloadable games since everything goes to the SD card. there's no point in specifying that a game must be on the SD card when that's the only option for 3DS games.

So there's a separate DSi memory chip in every 3DS? And so that memory is never able to be upgraded? I had no idea. I don't purchase many downloadable titles from the eShop.

 

[Eusis]

Disappointing it's not on the DSi Shop too. I wanted to get it on my DSi XL.

So there's a separate DSi memory chip in every 3DS? And so that memory is never able to be upgraded? I had no idea. I don't purchase many downloadable titles from the eShop.

You can work around it by copying games onto the SD Card. Basically the Wii fridge situation before they put out an update to temp copy over to system memory.

 

[Conor_Fool]

Soo I don't have a single friend who owns a 3DS. Well, I guess I know one kid with one. Is this game worth it to play single player?

 

[RagnarokX]

I played this single player back when they released it... more tedious than, fun, unfortunately. I really wish they would have made it online multiplayer.

The levels you unlock after everything are insanely hard.

 

[Regiruler]

Single-player can be fucking brutal if you decide to go back to it: it seems to give you harder dungeons after you beat vaati on the second difficulty above the lowest.

 

[rekameohs]

So there's a separate DSi memory chip in every 3DS? And so that memory is never able to be upgraded? I had no idea. I don't purchase many downloadable titles from the eShop.

Yup. And like Eusis said, you can store them on the SD card and move them back to the internal memory when you want to play them, like the Wii before the SD card update. The 3DS has 1054 blocks (megabits) of internal memory and the typical DSi game is around 50-100. Click here for the NA list. So you're looking at around 15-20 DSi games before your space fills up.

 

[GuardianE]

You can work around it by copying games onto the SD Card. Basically the Wii fridge situation before they put out an update to temp copy over to system memory.

That's so bizarre to me. So you can copy to the SD card, but you can't play it from the SD card, so it's strictly for back-up purposes? And is there any way to back-up your saves then? Is that included in the main file?

Yup. And like Eusis said, you can store them on the SD card and move them back to the internal memory when you want to play them, like the Wii before the SD card update. The 3DS has 1054 blocks (megabits) of internal memory and the typical DSi game is around 50-100. Click here for the NA list. So you're looking at around 15-20 DSi games before your space fills up.

Thanks. I guess this was the only way they were able to get DSiware games to work on the 3DS.

 

[zigg]

You can work around it by copying games onto the SD Card. Basically the Wii fridge situation before they put out an update to temp copy over to system memory.

Right, a manual process. You're basically swapping entire games between internal Flash reserved for DSiWare and the SD, and can't play them while they're on SD.

This is all because the DSiWare API makes binaries that expect to read and write to Flash directly, as was the case on the DSi (and analogous to Wii.) The 3DS eShop API, OTOH, was built with SD in mind. To work around that they'd have to hook it somehow or emulate a DSi, and the latter doesn't appear to be in the 3DS's horsepower capabilities.

 

[Jito]

Hey Nintendo!

Fuck you from Europe.

 

[BobbyRobby]

Awesone. Told some friends who have gotten a 3ds since the last time this happened.

 

[Burning Justice]

Oh, nice. Already have it on my XL, but going to download it on my old 3DS.

 

[Card Boy]

Hey Nintendo!

Fuck you from PAL territories

fixed

 

[Greenzxy]