380:
the continent, as opposed to only those 3DS users who have passed by that specific zone. Through this feature, users were able to StreetPass a maximum of 6 users at a time from other parts of North
America. This feature helped raise awareness about Nintendo Zone and what it could offer to 3DS users. It encouraged 3DS users to access a nearby zone in order to meet users from other parts of the continent and to gather more StreetPass relay points. Through this feature, many users were able to exchange information and gameplay items with other users. It also encouraged interaction between 3DS users who own the same game to initiate item exchanges that each users would be able to take away with them once the events are over.
515:
394:
152:
523:
462:
36:
545:. The download station consisted of a standard retail DS hidden inside a sealed box with a special DS Download Station cartridge inserted in it. The cartridge acts as a server for customers to download new game demos or videos. When Nintendo released a new demo cartridge to retailers, they simply load the cartridge into the DS locked in the sealed box.
548:
A DS Download
Station could distribute only one game at a time, but can send the demos to up to fifteen DS systems simultaneously. The games can be downloaded by navigating to DS Download Play on the Nintendo DS's main menu and browsing for a DS Download Station in range. Players could choose from a
379:
In
December 2013, a new feature was added on in celebration of National StreetPass Weekend. This feature combined and mixed together all Nintendo Zones within North America into one and allowed users who come across a Nintendo Zone to streetpass and exchange data with other 3DS users from all around
570:
The US and
European version of the DS Download Station are completely different from the Japanese version. The Japanese version uses three PCs, each connected to an Internet connection. The difference in design was due to most retail locations in the US at the time not having an available Internet
447:
North
American Nintendo 3DS users were able to access the Nintendo Zone inside these following places: Best Buy, Home Depot, and CrossIron Mills in Canada; and AT&T Retail Store, and McDonald's in the USA. Users could find nearby Nintendo Zones by searching for their city or postal code on the
367:
consoles in August 2013. When a 3DS owner visited a
Nintendo Zone location, his or her StreetPass data would have been stored there then transferred when another owner visited with the same games. The viewer would always remain on even if it is out range of a Nintendo Zone.
358:
communications. Nintendo Zone content was available at over 29,000 locations in the United States. The service launched in Europe on April 25, 2012 with approximately 25,000 locations. Nintendo announced in July 2013 that the service would receive
375:
teamed up with
Nintendo of America to allow users automatic access to the zone within 42 Boingo-serviced airports within North America. This has offered a new range of encounters and features without any additional cost.
1543:
329:
The
Nintendo Zone Viewer application allows the Nintendo DSi and 3DS to detect and use the Nintendo Zone service. This application has been discontinued worldwide, but all other Nintendo Zone functionality remains.
1528:
1538:
1533:
567:
and more. From there it would load a simple menu & loader application to facilitate loading the demo of the player's choice. The demos remain on the DS until the power is turned off.
318:
or download station. The service had demos of upcoming and currently available games and may have location-specific content. When the service debuted, users could also connect to the
1523:
883:
1629:
404:
779:
1501:
557:
857:
1229:
1239:
914:
371:
On
December 8, 2011, a 3DS update began that allowed users to access new Nintendo Zones through a variety of new hotspots. A press release showed that
574:
There had been nineteen different volumes of DS Download
Station, with each volume differing in content between North America, Europe, and Japan.
1506:
1330:
1244:
594:"Nintendo Zone test service were available at the Nintendo World store beginning November 14, 2008, but were discontinued as of April 25, 2016"
940:
692:
60:
of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
1049:
314:
was a download service and an extension of the DS Download Station. Users could access content, third-party data, and other services from a
1216:
1211:
1206:
1201:
891:
754:
835:
1234:
501:
434:
131:
577:
The DS Download Station had long since been discontinued, with all the Display DS units being resold in the normal retail market.
57:
1105:
1249:
483:
479:
347:
112:
727:
84:
53:
46:
1461:
1163:
1115:
787:
809:
69:
354:
regions of Japan. Over 1,000 DS Download Stations in Japan were planned to be converted into Nintendo Zones to enable
91:
1493:
1323:
472:
1137:
1042:
319:
98:
706:
1438:
593:
1267:
80:
1619:
1316:
1014:
991:
645:
65:
1624:
1511:
1476:
1432:
1147:
1035:
61:
1173:
601:
177:
1483:
671:
549:
wide range of games that refreshed every quarter of the year. The first game demos released were
416:
363:
enhancements. The StreetPass Relay Points system was introduced as part of an firmware update to
260:
615:
1092:
1567:
1397:
1370:
1289:
1082:
105:
1598:
1517:
1168:
372:
315:
343:
1418:
1412:
732:
514:
1613:
563:
351:
339:
229:
200:
1471:
1365:
1360:
1339:
1296:
1275:
1087:
641:
616:"- Nintendo - Customer Service - Nintendo DSi/Nintendo DSi XL - End User Agreement"
364:
273:
269:
17:
522:
151:
1591:
1077:
1018:
995:
542:
461:
265:
1110:
360:
915:"Nintendo of America Announces StreetPass Weekend and Nintendo Zone Shake-Up"
1466:
1178:
965:
551:
538:
294:
986:
Gwinn, Eric (February 14, 2006). "Nintendo signals gaming's next wave: ".
534:
in early 2006. As the name states, these are stations that can be used to
1573:
1444:
1406:
941:"3DS owners can now get StreetPasses from Nintendo Zone retail locations"
649:
535:
531:
355:
323:
165:
486: in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
288:
780:"EarthBound is Now Available; Enhancements to Nintendo Zone Announced"
1383:
238:
209:
571:
connection, and therefore, a self-contained solution was necessary.
884:"Get Ready For National StreetPass Weekend Beginning This Saturday"
858:"BOINGO AND NINTENDO TEAM TO CONNECT NINTENDO 3DS USERS ON-THE-GO"
521:
513:
247:
191:
530:
The DS Download Station was an in-store demo service launched by
52:
Please help to demonstrate the notability of the topic by citing
1312:
1308:
1031:
1027:
455:
387:
29:
1009:"The Legend Builds: Nintendo DS Offers Bold New Features".
755:"STAY CONNECTED WITH NINTENDO ZONE – EVEN ON THE GO"
412:
728:"Nintendo Zone Adds Pokémon Episodes and Game Demos"
1558:
1492:
1454:
1396:
1353:
1346:
1266:
1194:
1187:
1156:
1130:
1070:
1063:
287:
279:
259:
221:
183:
173:
161:
707:"Nintendo Conference 2010 - Presentation - Text"
810:"3DS Update Introduces StreetPass Relay Points"
401:The examples and perspective in this section
1324:
1043:
558:Brain Age: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day!
8:
144:
636:
634:
632:
419:, or create a new section, as appropriate.
338:In collaboration with the restaurant chain
1630:Products and services discontinued in 2018
1489:
1350:
1331:
1317:
1309:
1222:
1191:
1067:
1050:
1036:
1028:
143:
502:Learn how and when to remove this message
435:Learn how and when to remove this message
132:Learn how and when to remove this message
585:
913:Whitehead, Thomas (December 6, 2013).
693:"Nintendo Zone Viewer Service Update"
7:
484:adding citations to reliable sources
47:notability guideline for web content
882:McMinn, Kevin (December 12, 2013).
25:
939:Grubb, Jeffrey (August 6, 2013).
526:View inside a DS Download Station
518:A DS Download Station at E3 2005
460:
392:
342:, the service originated in the
150:
34:
836:"Nintendo Zone Viewer Overview"
646:"Nintendo Conference Fall 2008"
471:needs additional citations for
45:may not meet Knowledge (XXG)'s
604:: Nintendo. November 14, 2008.
1:
1588:denote discontinued services
1164:Nintendo DSi system software
415:, discuss the issue on the
178:Online distribution service
27:Online distribution service
1646:
54:reliable secondary sources
43:The topic of this article
1583:
1379:
1284:
1225:
1138:Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
1101:
320:Nintendo Wi-Fi Connection
149:
1439:SpotPass and StreetPass
527:
519:
413:improve this section
862:Boingo Press Releases
525:
517:
1544:Taiwan and Hong Kong
1477:StreetPass Mii Plaza
1433:Nintendo Fan Network
1148:Nintendo Fan Network
480:improve this article
403:may not represent a
1174:Nintendo DS Browser
1116:Wi-Fi USB Connector
790:on January 12, 2014
644:(October 2, 2008).
602:Redmond, Washington
598:Nintendo of America
452:DS Download Station
146:
18:DS Download Station
1484:Flipnote Studio 3D
1235:Touch! Generations
1013:: 1. Feb 9, 2006.
541:and trailers to a
528:
520:
448:Nintendo website.
49:
1607:
1606:
1554:
1553:
1392:
1391:
1306:
1305:
1290:←Game Boy Advance
1262:
1261:
1258:
1257:
1126:
1125:
512:
511:
504:
445:
444:
437:
309:
308:
205:November 14, 2008
196:November 27, 2008
142:
141:
134:
116:
44:
16:(Redirected from
1637:
1599:Nintendo Switch→
1490:
1398:Nintendo Network
1371:New Nintendo 3DS
1351:
1333:
1326:
1319:
1310:
1250:Game Boy Advance
1240:Wi-Fi Connection
1223:
1192:
1083:Nintendo DS Lite
1068:
1052:
1045:
1038:
1029:
1023:
1022:
1006:
1000:
999:
983:
977:
976:
974:
972:
962:
956:
955:
953:
951:
936:
930:
929:
927:
925:
910:
904:
903:
901:
899:
894:on April 7, 2014
890:. Archived from
879:
873:
872:
870:
868:
853:
847:
846:
844:
842:
832:
826:
825:
823:
821:
806:
800:
799:
797:
795:
786:. Archived from
776:
770:
769:
767:
765:
751:
745:
744:
742:
740:
724:
718:
717:
715:
713:
703:
697:
696:
689:
683:
682:
680:
678:
668:
662:
661:
659:
657:
638:
627:
626:
624:
622:
612:
606:
605:
590:
507:
500:
496:
493:
487:
464:
456:
440:
433:
429:
426:
420:
396:
395:
388:
305:
302:
300:
298:
296:
251:
242:
233:
213:
204:
195:
154:
147:
137:
130:
126:
123:
117:
115:
74:
38:
37:
30:
21:
1645:
1644:
1640:
1639:
1638:
1636:
1635:
1634:
1610:
1609:
1608:
1603:
1602:
1595:
1579:
1560:
1550:
1518:Virtual Console
1488:
1462:System software
1450:
1388:
1375:
1342:
1337:
1307:
1302:
1280:
1254:
1221:
1183:
1169:Flipnote Studio
1157:System software
1152:
1122:
1097:
1059:
1056:
1026:
1008:
1007:
1003:
988:Chicago Tribune
985:
984:
980:
970:
968:
964:
963:
959:
949:
947:
938:
937:
933:
923:
921:
912:
911:
907:
897:
895:
881:
880:
876:
866:
864:
856:O'Neil, Katie.
855:
854:
850:
840:
838:
834:
833:
829:
819:
817:
816:. 6 August 2013
808:
807:
803:
793:
791:
778:
777:
773:
763:
761:
753:
752:
748:
738:
736:
726:
725:
721:
711:
709:
705:
704:
700:
691:
690:
686:
676:
674:
670:
669:
665:
655:
653:
640:
639:
630:
620:
618:
614:
613:
609:
592:
591:
587:
583:
508:
497:
491:
488:
477:
465:
454:
441:
430:
424:
421:
410:
397:
393:
386:
373:Boingo Wireless
336:
293:
272:
268:
255:
246:
237:
234:August 28, 2016
228:
217:
208:
199:
190:
168:
157:
138:
127:
121:
118:
81:"Nintendo Zone"
75:
73:
51:
39:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
1643:
1641:
1633:
1632:
1627:
1622:
1612:
1611:
1605:
1604:
1596:
1589:
1584:
1581:
1580:
1578:
1577:
1570:
1564:
1562:
1559:Emulation and
1556:
1555:
1552:
1551:
1549:
1548:
1547:
1546:
1541:
1536:
1531:
1526:
1514:
1509:
1504:
1498:
1496:
1487:
1486:
1481:
1480:
1479:
1474:
1469:
1458:
1456:
1452:
1451:
1449:
1448:
1441:
1436:
1429:
1422:
1419:Nintendo Video
1415:
1413:Nintendo eShop
1410:
1402:
1400:
1394:
1393:
1390:
1389:
1387:
1386:
1380:
1377:
1376:
1374:
1373:
1368:
1363:
1357:
1355:
1348:
1344:
1343:
1338:
1336:
1335:
1328:
1321:
1313:
1304:
1303:
1301:
1300:
1293:
1285:
1282:
1281:
1279:
1278:
1272:
1270:
1264:
1263:
1260:
1259:
1256:
1255:
1253:
1252:
1247:
1242:
1237:
1232:
1226:
1220:
1219:
1214:
1209:
1204:
1198:
1196:
1189:
1185:
1184:
1182:
1181:
1176:
1171:
1166:
1160:
1158:
1154:
1153:
1151:
1150:
1145:
1140:
1134:
1132:
1128:
1127:
1124:
1123:
1121:
1120:
1119:
1118:
1113:
1102:
1099:
1098:
1096:
1095:
1090:
1085:
1080:
1074:
1072:
1065:
1061:
1060:
1057:
1055:
1054:
1047:
1040:
1032:
1025:
1024:
1001:
978:
957:
931:
905:
874:
848:
827:
801:
771:
746:
733:Bloomberg News
719:
698:
684:
663:
628:
607:
584:
582:
579:
510:
509:
468:
466:
459:
453:
450:
443:
442:
407:of the subject
405:worldwide view
400:
398:
391:
385:
382:
335:
332:
307:
306:
291:
285:
284:
281:
277:
276:
263:
257:
256:
254:
253:
252:March 28, 2018
244:
243:March 28, 2018
235:
225:
223:
219:
218:
216:
215:
214:April 25, 2012
206:
197:
187:
185:
181:
180:
175:
171:
170:
163:
159:
158:
155:
140:
139:
42:
40:
33:
26:
24:
14:
13:
10:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1642:
1631:
1628:
1626:
1623:
1621:
1618:
1617:
1615:
1601:
1600:
1594:
1593:
1587:
1582:
1576:
1575:
1571:
1569:
1566:
1565:
1563:
1557:
1545:
1542:
1540:
1537:
1535:
1532:
1530:
1529:North America
1527:
1525:
1522:
1521:
1520:
1519:
1515:
1513:
1510:
1508:
1505:
1503:
1500:
1499:
1497:
1495:
1491:
1485:
1482:
1478:
1475:
1473:
1470:
1468:
1465:
1464:
1463:
1460:
1459:
1457:
1453:
1447:
1446:
1442:
1440:
1437:
1435:
1434:
1430:
1428:
1427:
1426:Nintendo Zone
1423:
1421:
1420:
1416:
1414:
1411:
1409:
1408:
1404:
1403:
1401:
1399:
1395:
1385:
1382:
1381:
1378:
1372:
1369:
1367:
1364:
1362:
1359:
1358:
1356:
1352:
1349:
1345:
1341:
1334:
1329:
1327:
1322:
1320:
1315:
1314:
1311:
1299:
1298:
1297:Nintendo 3DS→
1294:
1292:
1291:
1287:
1286:
1283:
1277:
1274:
1273:
1271:
1269:
1265:
1251:
1248:
1246:
1243:
1241:
1238:
1236:
1233:
1231:
1228:
1227:
1224:
1218:
1215:
1213:
1210:
1208:
1205:
1203:
1200:
1199:
1197:
1193:
1190:
1186:
1180:
1177:
1175:
1172:
1170:
1167:
1165:
1162:
1161:
1159:
1155:
1149:
1146:
1144:
1143:Nintendo Zone
1141:
1139:
1136:
1135:
1133:
1129:
1117:
1114:
1112:
1109:
1108:
1107:
1104:
1103:
1100:
1094:
1091:
1089:
1086:
1084:
1081:
1079:
1076:
1075:
1073:
1069:
1066:
1062:
1053:
1048:
1046:
1041:
1039:
1034:
1033:
1030:
1020:
1016:
1012:
1005:
1002:
997:
993:
989:
982:
979:
967:
961:
958:
946:
942:
935:
932:
920:
916:
909:
906:
893:
889:
885:
878:
875:
863:
859:
852:
849:
837:
831:
828:
815:
811:
805:
802:
789:
785:
781:
775:
772:
760:
756:
750:
747:
735:
734:
729:
723:
720:
708:
702:
699:
694:
688:
685:
673:
667:
664:
651:
647:
643:
637:
635:
633:
629:
617:
611:
608:
603:
599:
595:
589:
586:
580:
578:
575:
572:
568:
566:
565:
564:Mario Kart DS
560:
559:
554:
553:
546:
544:
540:
537:
533:
524:
516:
506:
503:
495:
485:
481:
475:
474:
469:This section
467:
463:
458:
457:
451:
449:
439:
436:
428:
418:
414:
408:
406:
399:
390:
389:
383:
381:
377:
374:
369:
366:
362:
357:
353:
349:
345:
341:
333:
331:
327:
325:
321:
317:
313:
312:Nintendo Zone
304:
303:/nintendozone
292:
290:
286:
282:
278:
275:
271:
267:
264:
262:
258:
249:
245:
240:
236:
231:
227:
226:
224:
220:
211:
207:
202:
198:
193:
189:
188:
186:
182:
179:
176:
172:
167:
164:
160:
153:
148:
145:Nintendo Zone
136:
133:
125:
114:
111:
107:
104:
100:
97:
93:
90:
86:
83: –
82:
78:
77:Find sources:
71:
67:
63:
59:
55:
48:
41:
32:
31:
19:
1620:Nintendo 3DS
1597:
1592:←Nintendo DS
1590:
1585:
1572:
1516:
1502:Best selling
1472:Face Raiders
1443:
1431:
1425:
1424:
1417:
1405:
1366:Nintendo 2DS
1361:Nintendo 3DS
1340:Nintendo 3DS
1295:
1288:
1276:R4 cartridge
1230:Best-selling
1142:
1088:Nintendo DSi
1010:
1004:
987:
981:
969:. Retrieved
960:
948:. Retrieved
944:
934:
922:. Retrieved
919:nintendolite
918:
908:
896:. Retrieved
892:the original
888:Nintendonews
887:
877:
865:. Retrieved
861:
851:
839:. Retrieved
830:
818:. Retrieved
813:
804:
792:. Retrieved
788:the original
783:
774:
762:. Retrieved
758:
749:
737:. Retrieved
731:
722:
710:. Retrieved
701:
687:
675:. Retrieved
672:"Iwata Asks"
666:
654:. Retrieved
642:Satoru Iwata
619:. Retrieved
610:
597:
588:
576:
573:
569:
562:
556:
550:
547:
529:
498:
492:January 2014
489:
478:Please help
473:verification
470:
446:
431:
422:
402:
378:
370:
365:Nintendo 3DS
337:
328:
311:
310:
274:Nintendo 3DS
270:Nintendo DSi
222:Discontinued
128:
119:
109:
102:
95:
88:
76:
1625:Nintendo DS
1539:South Korea
1512:3D Classics
1106:Accessories
1078:Nintendo DS
1058:Nintendo DS
1011:PR Newswire
652:. p. 5
543:Nintendo DS
266:Nintendo DS
261:Platform(s)
184:Launch date
122:August 2022
58:independent
1614:Categories
1534:PAL region
1111:Rumble Pak
966:"Nintendo"
581:References
539:game demos
425:April 2014
361:StreetPass
340:McDonald's
92:newspapers
66:redirected
1467:PictoChat
1179:PictoChat
1019:451258182
996:420372643
945:Gamesbeat
924:March 31,
552:Tetris DS
417:talk page
384:Locations
297:.nintendo
169:Denyu-sha
162:Developer
56:that are
1574:freeShop
1561:Homebrew
1455:Software
1445:Swapnote
1407:Miiverse
1347:Hardware
1268:Homebrew
1064:Hardware
1015:ProQuest
992:ProQuest
971:April 3,
950:April 3,
898:April 3,
867:April 3,
841:April 3,
820:July 19,
794:July 19,
764:July 19,
739:July 19,
712:July 19,
677:July 19,
650:Nintendo
621:July 19,
536:download
532:Nintendo
411:You may
356:SpotPass
324:DSi Shop
166:Nintendo
1586:Italics
1507:DSiWare
1354:Console
1245:DSiWare
1071:Console
990:: 5.5.
784:Reuters
656:May 22,
334:History
316:hotspot
289:Website
283:Offline
106:scholar
70:deleted
1384:Amiibo
1131:Online
1017:
994:
759:MCV UK
352:Kansai
348:Chūkyō
280:Status
108:
101:
94:
87:
79:
62:merged
1568:Citra
1524:Japan
1494:Games
1188:Games
1093:Sales
344:Kantō
113:JSTOR
99:books
68:, or
1195:List
973:2014
952:2014
926:2014
900:2014
869:2014
843:2014
822:2015
796:2015
766:2015
741:2015
714:2015
679:2015
658:2009
623:2015
350:and
322:and
301:/3ds
299:.com
174:Type
156:Logo
85:news
1217:Q–Z
1212:J–P
1207:D–I
1202:A–C
814:IGN
482:by
295:www
1616::
943:.
917:.
886:.
860:.
812:.
782:.
757:.
730:.
648:.
631:^
600:.
596:.
561:,
555:,
346:,
326:.
248:JP
239:EU
230:NA
210:EU
201:NA
192:JP
64:,
1332:e
1325:t
1318:v
1051:e
1044:t
1037:v
1021:.
998:.
975:.
954:.
928:.
902:.
871:.
845:.
824:.
798:.
768:.
743:.
716:.
695:.
681:.
660:.
625:.
505:)
499:(
494:)
490:(
476:.
438:)
432:(
427:)
423:(
409:.
250::
241::
232::
212::
203::
194::
135:)
129:(
124:)
120:(
110:·
103:·
96:·
89:·
72:.
50:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
