December 21st, 2011

A few screenshots from Swapnote

75 Comments

Swapnote is confirmed to be arriving on December 22nd in Europe and Japan, and I imagine it’ll also be coming to North America on that same day. Either way though there are screenshots of the application that you can find after the break.

  • Free of Birth

    Cool

    • Shatgan

      I don’t get it, why america never gets announcements like japan and europe? well, at least when you read that jap and eu getting something at the same time, america also gets it

    • CrispyGoomba

      @Shatgan It’s fine with me, just as long as we get it as well, I won’t be complainin’.

    • http://gravatar.com/elffcc Big E

      @Shatgan Not always. Examples: Tingles Rupee Land (Don’t remember full title), Disaster: Day of Crisis, The Last Story and a few more games…Oh, I can use the Wii Shop Channel as an example. Nintendo was releasing different games for each region of the world.

    • Naner

      @Big E: Yes, but when it’s released simultaneously on Europe and Japan, it probably means the whole world is getting it at about the same time. A good example was last week’s GBA ambassador games, which were released on Thursday and Friday for the whole world, but NOA only announced them Saturday or Sunday.

    • Mike S

      @Big E Yeah, Nintendo really favores Japan when it comes to the Wii shop channel, they have like , over 600 games there. I just hope the same doesn’t happen with the Wii U. Speaking of Wii U, does anyone think almost all the stuff on the Wii shop channel will be available on the Wii U shop from the start like what they did with DSiware on the 3DS eShop?

  • Mr Emcee ClapYoHandz

    it’s a Thursday, so yes!

    • daniel

      today at 12:00 am for us :( but ofcourse im not a freak so i will get it real late like 12:01 am

    • wut

      daniel made me laugh so hard

  • reggie fils-aime

    swapnote y u no come with update
    oh yeah thats right, its my fault
    sorry guys but hey at least you are getting it
    so what i recommend you all to do
    IS TO PREPARE YOUR BODIES!

    • DigitalGreenTea

      O hai Reggie.

    • CrimsonalCore

      Reggie, couple of months ago, you stated that you told David that if his body is ready. What have you done to him? o:

    • reggie fils-aime

      @crimsonalcore
      i did things only me and i know :O

  • Outlaw

    interesting…

  • Letat

    Its available in JP already guys
    oh and heres the new trailer:

  • http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/16a07c1e06c4010a42f31cc4d1a0702d.png ABEzilla116

    My favorite thing about living is the US has got to be, undoubtedly, hands down, the way Nintendo keeps us up to date and informed on what’s going on! :D

    But no its kinda annoying. Doesn’t take much for a spotpass notification, makes me wonder why it’s even there…

    • Alvaster

      “Doesn’t take much for a spotpass notification, makes me wonder why it’s even there…”

      FOR. REAL.
      At this point, it’s just a way to monitor us the way Apple does it’s peeps. -_-

  • Littlebigmelody

    I liked the pic that said “My favorite food is…donuts!” Swapnote looks very cute. I’d actually use it much more than I ever used Pictochat.

    • Naner

      Yeah, Pictochat was pretty useless in the sense that, even if you did have close friends with DSs, you could just talk to them. Swapnote’s best feature will be sending messages through SpotPass, certainly.

      I still wish for voice and video chat on 3DS…

    • Jetlag

      voice and video chat are on games (pokemon black and white) so why cant it a be a system feature? nintendo makes fun games, but their system software is really lacking

    • djrunn3r

      @Naner and Jetlag;;

      I’m pretty sure you will be able to insert voice clips that you’ve recorded, so at least there will be some sort of voice communication. Its certainly not live, but its a start.

  • Klad

    Yes!! We get this tomorow!!! now all we need after this is, a youtube app, BBC iPlayer (For the UK) & Video confrencing, then 3DS will be the perfect handheld gaming consol!!

    I know this is off subject but… I found this vid today, i think its the best graphics comparison on youtube at the moment.

    Resident Evil: Revelations VS Uncharted: Golden Abyss
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STdtSa9kiXA

    Check it out & share the video!!!

    • JefteNintendoNerd

      Dude, stop! I love my 3DS but the graphics are gunna be stupid compared to the Vita.

    • WarioTime

      @Jeft…..

      u should actually watch it RE:R looks pretty good compared to uncharted. Obvisouly uncharted looks better but its nice to see games like RE:R can look good against a psv game

  • WazSupChad

    Looks better than flipnote to bad it doesn’t show different colors hope they have more than just red,blue,black, and yellow.

    • MegabusterLegends3

      Well, this isn’t animation software, so I hardly think there is much of a comparison to be made. The pictochat comparisons are a little more apt, but really, Nintendo has never had this kind of messaging service before.

    • Captain Falcon

      Speaking of Flipnote… what happened to Flipnote Memo? Is it still in the works?…

    • joserachi96

      YEAH i would be nice if they just tell us flipote memo is actually going to be made,or at lease if they made a way we can transfer it to our 3ds,i want it

  • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/a-few-screenshots-from-swapnote manny

    they better let me send massage directly to my friends through the internet, and if not WHY WOULD THEY DO THAT there my friends that i want to send massages too, im pretty sure this will happen and if not WHY! what are they trying to protect, its enough they still use friend codes and i understand the reason for that, its for the kids so they don’t meet strangers, but if that person is already on your friend’s list, we should at least have some way to communicate with them, and if Swapnote does’t do that, then that would be a major bummer. The reason im like this is all my friends with 3ds’s dont live next to me and I dont get to see them often, so I really hope they let me do that

    • Joshawott

      Calm down! Sending them via SpotPass allows you to send them to people across the internet. Obviously, you will need to have them registered as a friend though.

    • Craig

      Going by your message, you’re no older than 14 and pretty immature… grow up. Learn grammar and how to talk and stop complaining about things you don’t understand – Come back when you’re educated on the matters and then rant. This is for a gaming system, not for general internet use – Gaming systems and things like PC’s are not the same things and never mix. Friend Codes have to be used to ensure that no perverts or dangerous people you don’t know can add you and abuse you. If you can deal with MSN address adding, then you can deal with a single friend code for your system… Unless you want your system and yourself to be violated in some way? Friend Codes are the only way you can be sure you’re adding who you know or who you talk to and trust. Please just grow up and think before you go on and on about things… You’ll need that skill later in life. In swapnote, you write or draw your message or a picture… You can also send sound clips you’ve recorded or pictures you have taken. You can select from several backgrounds that it provides you and it seems you can also send Mii functionalities as well but I’m not sure. The 3DS is not a social network or instant messaging program as that is nothing to do with gaming… It’s just as bad as people who say Nintendo should make android games, when android doesn’t have “games”, they’re apps and activities and nothing more and have no competative standing against games.

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/a-few-screenshots-from-swapnote manny

      I only say that because smartphones and tablets are becoming better gaming platforms and nintendo seems to be falling behind to them, so what does nintendo do,…well they bring more apps and social feature’s and something they always do bring quality software. The reason they need to do this is because the new phones are dong this and games. So to match competition with competitors, they need to take take these smart phones and tablet’s more serious or there going to wipe the Nintendo 3ds out the market. I’m pretty sure Nintendo is preparing there next 3ds to combat these issues, the ds lite came a year and a half after the original ds so the same might happen here.

  • Zack

    YES!! Now I can send random pictures of penises to all my friends >:D

    • ValDiggity

      Oh my.

      Will you be MY friend? Loljk

      But srsly guys this is gonna be epic

    • Luciano Fran

      Troll time >:)

    • djsound

      Penises in 3D 8] Where’s my 3DS? I must draw this!

  • http://This_is_not_a_real_website Username

    It’s out in Japan!

  • Craig

    @Shatgan… Uh, since the beginning of time – You guys in America had everything first and all the announcements and more recently, Europe is… So, what makes you more special than anyone else? Americans always seem to think they’re the biggest and best in the world and that they should have everything first – You’re not. You may be nice people but don’t get carried away thinking you deserve everything first and more.

    • Austin

      *facepalm* dude enough with the stereotypes. We don’t think we’re the best, we just wanna know when it comes to the U.S. (Assuming you’re from Europe) If they announced the North America and Japan releases first, and not Europe’s, you’d wanna know when it’s released to your country. Would you not?

    • Zack F

      Well then why doesn’t nintendo just have world wide release dates?

  • http://hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

    should of had text messages. i dont think i can tell someone what happened today with this. not unless i send them like 10 images. plus if flipnote memo sends flipnotes like they should, this will be completely meaningless becuz i can just send a gif image instead.

  • http://N00B internetwebdude

    I wonder if some people are gonna use SwapNote to send pictures of their PRIVATE PARTS to people on their friend list?

    • kr4zy_kill3r

      grow up dude

    • Aguy

      *pulls pants and underwear back up* uhhhhh… not me!

    • http://hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

      why bother. you can just take a picture and gmail it to someone right now. this thing is kind of useless anyway. you can do the same thing by using the Game Notes, saving it to the SD card, then emailing it on the 3ds. to be honest i think thats all what they did to make this. copy the same data as the game notes in the 3ds, and just added a thing that lets you send it to another 3ds. it took them months just to do that.

    • http://gravatar.com/jacknzack27 JacknZack

      @Hybrilynx thats true but this is much faster than your method

  • kr4zy_kill3r

    i dont get it, why does nintedo make this crappy messaging system when they can make a cool, modern one that is like the xbox 360′s, the 3ds can handle it. Also, i think the 3ds should let u just chat with other people with a 3ds, live in xbox live. Don’t get me wrong, i own a 3ds, and love, and i don’t even have an xbox 360 or a ps3, but i wish nintendo would change a little bit.

  • http://N00B internetwebdude

    It will happen.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/gilmaster63 gilmaster63

    Guys, do you know about the new update??? I think it’s for Nintendo eShop only. I dunno. Please try entering eShop RGIHT NOW.

  • Josh

    Wow a system update.. I didn’t even notice until I read this blog. Thanks Nintendo for sending me the Spotpass message!

  • Josh

    This must be a big update or a glitch, my update hasn’t even started…

    • Josh

      The update just finished, I will tell you guys what happened for those who aren’t doing the update

  • Josh

    Nothing happened :( If anybody notices something different please tell me.

  • milkybarkidenski

    i did the upadate also I havent noticed anything different ,could just be for swapnote later

  • http://N00B Cube

    …

  • Jp

    Fellow Americans, go to the eShop! I went and it said to try a system update! OUR UPDATE IS HERE!!! Well I haven’t updated yet, at least I THINK it’s here.

    • Heku

      That’s only a minor update that I still don’t know what brings, but it’s surely nothing cause I updated it and nothing new happened.

    • Omarsonic9

      It must be some update to internet browser or something..

      remember the i think update 2.1.0-4E,U,J??

      It must be like this one

    • oblivioncomet

      I think its the search bar in the eshop but i dunno i never noticed it til now

  • FlyGuy95

    wait… so you’ll be able to attach pictures to your messages…. and you can already download pictures from the 3DS browser…
    THE POSSIBILITIES ARE ENDLESS! :o

  • Revolution5268

    does this look cute or what :D

  • oblivioncomet

    this sucks……my drawing sucks compared to theirs ._.

  • http://www.nintendo.com/consumer/systems/3ds/en_na/system_update.jsp aguy

    guys i did some research and this is what the update does: Version 3.0.0-6U available via wireless Internet connection includes the following improvements:
    Date Available: 12/21/2011

    System stability improvements and other adjustments
    Further improvements to overall system stability and other minor adjustments have been made to enhance the user experience.

    click on name for source

  • miiworld2

    If I get this, I won’t play with it before Christmas, much like I’m not playing Dr. Lautrec, Sonic Generations and all of my GBA Ambassadors games till then…

    I’m soooo tempted…

  • Bewoulf2000

    It always takes forever for them to update the eshop when something cool is coming out that day.

  • Bukmon

    Swapnote is out in NA!!!

    • Heku

      Thank you sir for telling us :D

  • lucalu

    its in north america yay

    • lucalu

      i like your info bukmon

  • Junior Leiva

    America Now had Spot notes :DDDD Follow me on youtube JuniorLeivaZone25

  • JakinDaBox

    Damn Swapnote. I accidentally said i was 12 not 13 so i can’t use SpotPass till i get a code from Nintendo in 5 DAYS!

  • Joshles

    1805-2208-5114

    Add me :3
    Name- manny

    Msg me on swapnote :)

  • Aguy

    its out in NA :)