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Miiverse, Nintendo Network ID Now on 3DS

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You should be excited about Miiverse launching on 3DS last night. Miiverse is the most underrated feature of Wii U, one that's largely overlooked because it’s been locked into a system few people have.

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But now Miiverse is on 3DS, thanks to a system update that went live for the handheld last night.

Nintendo has also introduced Nintendo Network ID onto 3DS, which means your 3DS and Wii U are now linked in a few ways. Friends lists are still sadly separate, but money lives across both platforms. Nintendo now requires a Nintendo Network ID to download from the eShop, too.

Not sure why you should begin browsing Miiverse immediately? Let me present a few examples from the brilliant Twitter account @BadMiiversePosts.

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Follow me on miiverse. See my post and I would really love to play online games with you. Follow me @ d_real_prince

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okay, just did a rundown. I could be wrong on this, because there's been a lot of people complaining how to do the whole posting screenshot

miiverse 3ds games

The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds - Screenshots

Animal Crossing: New Leaf - Screenshots

3D Ecco the Dolphin - Screenshots

My Style Studio: Hair Salon - ?

Jump Trials Supreme - screenshots

3d Galaxy Force II - screenshots

Life with Horces 3D - Screenshots

Pokemon X & Y - ? (doesn't look like it from other fans)

Mario Party: Island Tour - screenshots

Mario & Luigi: Dream Team - Screenshots

Mario Kart 7 - Screenshots enables

Super Mario 3D Land - Screenshots

New Super Mario Bros. 2 - Screenshots

Luigi's Mansion: Dark Moon - Screenshots enable

Scribblenauts Unmasked: A DC Comics Adventure - Screenshots

Skylanders SWAP Force - Screenshots

Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney - Dual Destinies - Screenshots

Sonic Lost World - Screenshots

Monster Hunter 3 Ultimate - ? (doesn't look like from other fans)

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Animal Crossing Series

Super Smash Bros. Series

The Year of Luigi

I'm surprised with Pokemon X/Y and Monster Hunter 3, those would be perfect to show off your characters with.

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@hailinel: right now looking at Life with Horses 3d screenshots..... facinating..... I'm a morbid man. But Honestly wouldn't mind posting like a screenshot from Mega Man 2 and go "This dragon still is awesome"

WAIT A MINUTE? There isn't a Life with Horses 3d giant bomb page? maybe that's for the best.

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@ruthloose said:

Really Quick Question: Does this mean your purchases are now tied to your Nintendo Network ID account now instead of your physical 3DS? I really want to purchase Pokémon Y but I am scared to buy digital games on the service due to this issue.

No, purchases continue to be tied to hardware. You can transfer from one system to the next (I just did from 3DS to 3DSXL) and freely redownload if you delete stuff to make space. But you are in a tough spot if your 3DS gets stolen (if it bricks or you put it through the washer or something, I think Nintendo customer support can help you restore to a replacement).

The hope is that eventually they'll transition to a fully device-independent account but this is only a minor step towards that.

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@crithon said:

is there a list of games I can post screenshots on?

There are only fourteen or so games with Miiverse communities, last I checked. I don't know of any list, so your only way to really tell is to go into Miiverse while playing one of those games and seeing if the option presents itself when you create a new post.

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is there a list of games I can post screenshots on?

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Really Quick Question: Does this mean your purchases are now tied to your Nintendo Network ID account now instead of your physical 3DS? I really want to purchase Pokémon Y but I am scared to buy digital games on the service due to this issue.

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@hailinel:

Note to self: Start a Fire Emblem: Awakening screenshot thread in 2015. (We both know that if they're going to add legacy games, they're going to add that legacy game.)

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@hailinel:

So this is only a feature going forward, then. I can't take screenshots of Project X Zone or whatever.

They'll add communities for legacy games as time goes on; don't know which games will be added when, though.

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@hailinel:

So this is only a feature going forward, then. I can't take screenshots of Project X Zone or whatever.

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@hailinel:

Wait a minute. Does this mean I can take 3DS screenshots now? If so, damn it. I've already beaten the screenshot-good games.

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@mormonwarrior: No problem. The way Miiverse screenshots work is actually not that different from how they work on the Wii U.

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@hailinel said:

@mormonwarrior: While playing a game with a Miiverse community, press Home, and open Miiverse from the menu. When you create a new post, you can attach a screenshot of whatever is currently displayed on the top or bottom screen. Then you can exit Miiverse and continue on with your game.

That seems kinda clunky. Taking an in-the-moment screenshot seems tough in that case...I guess I'd have to hit the home button right when something happens? I'll mess with it later.

Thanks for the help!

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@mormonwarrior: While playing a game with a Miiverse community, press Home, and open Miiverse from the menu. When you create a new post, you can attach a screenshot of whatever is currently displayed on the top or bottom screen. Then you can exit Miiverse and continue on with your game.

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I set it up and it's pretty cool. How do I take/post screenshots from games though? I only know how to do that from Animal Crossing because it's a built-in feature in that game.

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@crithon: Things like that tend to get moderated quickly. And Miiverse or not, it's still the internet.

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BURN WITH ME

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@jsnyder82 said:

Say what you will about Nintendo, but the Miiverse is maybe the most inviting community for gamers that I've ever seen.

So for it to come to 3DS is fantastic.

That's because its easily the most heavily moderated community.

That's a good thing.

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@hailinel: First imagine I loaded up, was a player shoving an Axe in the back of Reese in animal crossing..... I like Swapnotes more, because it's between my close friends.

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I bought the Nintendo Wii U today : D

Me too!

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@crithon said:

so, is this a replacement for removing swapnote?

It partially serves the same purpose of Swapnote, but it's hard to say if they would have continued support of it with the launch of Miiverse regardless of the incidents that led them to shut Swapnote down.

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so, is this a replacement for removing swapnote?

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Hopefully this helps in attracting the 3DS crowd to consider a Wii U, and hopefully Nintendo implement a cross-buy system and perhaps start releasing HD versions of their 3DS eShop exclusives for the WiiU.

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I bought the Nintendo Wii U today : D

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Because I have a US 3DS and a European WiiU I doubt I'd be able to link them together anyway. So that's a bummer.

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The pokemon section already got some awesome art. I'm loving this.

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Miiverse is cool but I was most excited about the L+R to activate camera change. I lost count of the number of times I accidentally activated the camera

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Say what you will about Nintendo, but the Miiverse is maybe the most inviting community for gamers that I've ever seen.

So for it to come to 3DS is fantastic.

That's because its easily the most heavily moderated community.

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I just finished singing up for this, but there are only like 10 game communities. They are all games that I don't own, so I guess I don't really get the point of the Miiverse if it's only for super new games.

They'll open communities for older and less popular games later. Can't flood it with a hundred+ communities all at once.

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I realize this is something that won't affect a LOT of people, but I was kind of surprised by it: if you have money in the 3DS eShop in multiple currencies, it will *delete all other money, nonrefundable* when you do the conversion, so make sure to spend any money outside your home country first.

(In my case, it's because I live in Canada, but my mom lives in the States, and buys me gift cards for holidays. So I had both Canada and US eShop money.)

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8 sentences, 1 picture, and 3 tweets. Good article.

Anyways, are purchases still locked to the system they were bought on or with NNID on 3DS is that now being moved to the account level?

Yep, still locked to the system. The account-level purchasing hasn't been implemented yet.