...but the title seems pretty wrong there. it only says you can purchase software on those devices. as in, right now if you want to go to nintendo's eshop you have to do it through their service. this is basically akin to steam being 'hey you can buy it through our client or you can buy it through your browser too.'
not that you can play it for anything else. just buy for your device. since your 3ds can download in sleep mode, if there's wi-fi around it'd just automatically download at that point.
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The future must protect the clone's past. "Maybe it's a tentacle, molesting the planet itself. - Aschen Brodel.
Were in talks with Nintendo about that and I agree, I think [Resident Evil Revelations demo would help sales a lot. For that to happen we need to get permission to use a larger filesize than demos currently are allowed. - Capcoms Christian Svensson
argh, Nintendo realized the needed to remove the limit for the eShop, but they're putting a restriction on the demos?
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