Nintendo and Best Buy Team Up for Exclusive 3DS Content

Remember, SpotPass only works when the wireless is switched on.

The E3 conference better knock my socks off.

I wonder if this will work if your sitting in your car in the parking lot or if you will have to take your 3DS in the store

Man, I'm hoping I'm not missing out on much, as we're lacking a Best Buy.

I'm a little paranoid about walking into a Best Buy store with my 3DS. I wouldn't want to be accused of pilfering when I walk past the registers with an obvious, square electronics device in my pocket, its LEDs flashing.

is there any news on anything like this for the uk

We have a best buy but my 3DS hates most wi fi hot spots and won't connect.

Yes! There's a Best Buy within walking distance from my apartment.

Cool, I'll actually be near a Best Buy that day.

Will we be able to stand outside a Best Buy to get this content? I really don't want to walk in and out of there with a 3DS in my pocket. Employees will think I'm stealing something. :/

It's good they offer content though i hope no one will miss out on good stuff if he can't go there. And it could be a good place to get StreetPassed then too.

Cool, hopefully my local bestbuy is on the list so I can go snag the free stuff!

sweet it only takes like twentyfive minutes to get to closest bestbuy

Movie trailers eh, very nice.

What's in store? Me going green with envy >: (

niiice! i hope best near me will have this. it better do.

this is what nintendo doesn't get about here in the states: a large part of the population is rural. that's why street pass bombs for many people. we just do not have the density of population that japan does, yet they keep making deals that exclude much of the population. i would think it is the same in australia, another country that is spread out.

nintendo needs to hear about this new thing called 'the internet' and learn how to use it to their buyers' benefit.

Why limit this to specific stores? Content like this should be available to everyone online.. This just once again shows how archaic Nintendo's views on online content are.

Why.... why don't we have best buy over here

A Best Buy is only 5 minutes away from me

But this is really exciting. My 3DS has YET to get a spotpass hit or even get a spotpass notificiation from my own Wireless Router- mind you, there's 6 other wireless routers up in the area. Hoping Nintendo's June update can fix this.

Interesting... too bad my nearest Best Buy is 10 miles away. Hope they plan to spread this to a McDonald's or something.

Sigh.. another thing i'll be missing out on... Just look at my flag and you'll know why...

@Everyone:
As long as you show that the system is in your possession when you walk in, you should be fine everyone. I walk into my nearest local Gamestop, Walmart, etc. w/ my camera in it's pouch about my neck, GBA SP in my pocket, I even sometimes take out my camera to take a picture of a product model # for online research later. Just make sure that the associates know the devices are yours. You all should be fine.

i like this idea a lot. all the more reason for me to go out in the world and bring my 3DS with me. huzzah

cant tell you how much i hate best buy, especially in rockford il. recently they replaced most of their movies and music with video games and game demo stations.

@everyone complaining about this stuff not being online, how archaic Nintendo's online system is, blah blah blah.

This is a deal struck with Best Buy. Best Buy is likely PAYING Nintendo to offer this content (much of which will probably be offered online after the BB distribution ends). The benefit of this is that 3DS owners are going into Best Buy and will likely be tempted by games and other tech things Best Buy sells. They will buy said things there, and not at, say, Gamestop or Target.

I'm not sure how this makes Nintendo's online program worse than Microsoft/Sony. Many PS360 games offer exclusive preorder items (costumes, weapons, sometimes even entire missions) for games that are different at every store. Customers have to choose where they want to preorder and no-one has the option of actually getting, you know, the entire game at launch (unless they preorder/buy 5 different copies from different stores). This really isn't that big a deal guys. At least this stuff is free to anyone.

1000 Best Buy stores, hopefully some in Canada. The nearest Best Buy store is like 30 miles away, anyway _

Remember, SpotPass works when the system is in sleep mode.

Why not just do it for everyone with SpotPass?

I hope we could also get this kind of support in my country!

There are 4 Best Buys within 20 miles of my home. I've taken my 3DS into 2 of them w/o being accused of stealing. So, don't worry about that.

i have the face of a criminal. they always think i'm stealing someting >.<

If best Buy is running this promotion, I think they'll expect to see people walking around the store with 3DS systems. In other words, no arrests.

Yeah, they have gotta expect people to bring their 3DSs. If they don't believe you, show them your activity log. Or show it to the video camera as you walk into the store so you can show em that as proof. Also my Best Buy is over 200 miles away =(. Hahaha.

Is this best buy in the states alone or also canada?

I have wireless enabled but I disabled street/spot pass functionality. I would have to know what content is there first before I consider turning that function on temporarily.

@Rob_mc_1 The information exchanged from those functions are minimal — only nicknames, birthdates, hobbies, games you love/are playing, and your Mii. If your reason for not turning those on is about privacy issues, there is none, but you will be missing out a lot by not doing so.

@tokengirl: until nintendo learns that there is a huge market for their stuff that do not have easy access to best buys, toys r us, dozens of others around them with 3Dses, etc, then they are failing the consumer.

i repeat: nintendo needs someone to tell them about the 'net and how to put it to use. blah, blah, blah....

@k8sMum: you've missed Token's point — this one isn't really about Nintendo getting the word out about StreetPass/SpotPass/whatev', it's about Best Buy getting people into their stores and buying games there as opposed to buying them at GameStop, Target, Toys 'R' Us, etc. and so forth. Best Buy is probably paying Nintendo quite a bit for the privilege of hosting this program, i'd imagine.

@HADAA My choice is not about privacy concerns.

I hope they have support for Hawaii. We only have two.....one is hard to get to and the other is a ten minute ride away from me. There are way more Gamestops than Best Buys in Hawaii. >_> Beside buying games from Best Buy cost more than Gamestop. (Well here anyway.)