October 28th, 2011

Downloadable content will be supported by the 3DS in the next system update

90 Comments

Satoru Iwata has confirmed that, once the next system update hits in late November, it will be possible for developers to provide downloadable content for their games. This is somewhat possible at the moment, with games like Dead or Alive: Dimensions providing bonus costumes and Samurai Warriors: Chronicle providing bonus scenarios, but I imagine the functionality will be expanded to support larger sorts of content. This is “a feature a number of software creators have been looking forward to,” so hopefully they make use of it.

  • Noah

    YAY!!! I hope this will get us more courses and characters in Mario Kart 7!

    • brandon

      that would be awesome!

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      Noah, you not the only one.

      Come on DLC for Mario Kart 7.

      PLLEEESSSSEEEEE!!!!!!

      MINT BERRY CRUNCH!

    • Noah

      Hey, you stole my name! :(

    • David

      My life would be complete xD

    • MINT BERRY CRUNCH!

      Yesh
      Also, moar levels for Super Mario 3D Land and Animal Crossing

  • Username

    nice… :)

    • Username

      hello pablo

    • Username

      Hello Frank.

  • Han Solo

    I’m not really expecting any big updates for games. I wouldn’t mind seeing games like Heroes of Ruin with DLC. Even if it’s a few bucks.

    • AbuJaffer

      It’s already confirmed, not to mention it’s free.

  • Animefreak1325

    Ura Zelda please.

    • Epictaco5

      THAT WOULD BE EPIC!

  • UNDERTAKER

    1st comment :D

    the 3ds just keeps getting better and better. 2012 is going to be a good year for the big N :)

    • UNDERTAKER

      hello UserName

    • Username

      uh… your not 1st.

    • Username

      cool…

  • Bluketchup

    Now the real question is, how much will the d.l.c cost and how much space will it take up on our sd cards?

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

      I highly doubt that can really be answered at this moment or its more of a question that shouldn’t be asked. developers will price their dlc so i doubt Nintendo has much of a say in what they price it plus it also depends on the content you’re getting (new stages, campaigns, maps etc.)

  • Carlos André (2878-9847-3301)

    Awesome!

  • Zack

    Woohoo! I’m really liking the future of the 3DS. It was doing kind of bad there for awhile, but with new games like Super Mario 3D Land, Mariokart 7, all the ambassador games, the messaging system, and all of this good stuff, the 3DS will be well set to destroy the competition by Christmas. >:D

  • http://www.hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

    thats great and all (not really) but what about ds games? like metroid freakin prime hunters. games that actually last more then a week.

    • MrKoopan

      what about it, pokemon rumble blast, mario kart, super mario 3d land, ocarina of time. If you actuallyy PLAY your games they last way longer than a week, i beat hunters in three days, and this is the 3ds, it has nothing to do with a launch title for the ds. explain you question please

    • http://www.hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

      i dont want to say alot so i will say this. metroid prime hunters story mode sucks. even metroid fans know that. and im a pretty good metroid fan. its the online gaming that makes it good. 1. i need a game with online multiplayer. 2. i need a action game. and thats pretty much it. theres no online multiplayer action game thats not like 3 years old on a handheld.

      and if your wondering why im asking does this download thing work for ds games, well i dont see how it cant work out. i even used a action replay to change the mode to something like “nodes” on metroid prime hunters. nobody wants to play battle online only. i even made online teams.

    • DryYoshi

      DLC for DS games is NOT possible. And if it was they wouldn’t do it.

    • JacknZack

      if you want an acttion online game kid icarus will be coming out soon and theres a chance that will be online.

    • http://www.hybrilynx.net/ Hybrilynx

      for some reason i think kid icarus will have bad controls, from the videos i seen of it. for metroid prime hunters i keep my sensitivity level to the max. or at least 13. that means if i use the touch screen from the left side to the right side, i should make 2 completely 360 degree circles. and if you watch kid icarus videos, that looks impossible. but im sure theres options to fix that. i hope. for their sake.

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

    HOLY CRAP! I am so glad I didn’t go to sleep and instead turned on my computer to check ^-^ I have been hoping for this for so long!

  • Noah

    I think i’m seeing Nintendo’s little plan here… make the 3DS not have as many features as people expected when it releases, let the Sony fanboys talk their trash about how much better the Vita will be, then soon before Vita comes out they load the 3DS up with all this awesome stuff that they’ve probably been planning to do since it’s launch. I love it.

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

      right-o! Really I believe the 3ds Launch was a bit too early (obviously why they had nothing ready) I see it as a pre-release.

    • https://sites.google.com/site/neotechni/ NeoTechni

      But most of this is stuff PSP has supported for years.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/theyoshigamer Bryan

    I hope there’s DLC for Animal Crossing! :D

    • MrKoopan

      i guarantee there will be, plus probably some crazy online support too!

  • Michael M

    Mario Kart 7 will probably use this. I’m gonna guess thats why they are hiding waluigi. Is because they want to make him a DLC character. =P

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      Just so long as Mario Kart 7 has DLC, then I’m good.

      SHABLAGOO!

  • Dystus

    Nintendo’s future looks to be clear skies and blue waters ^_^

  • cecil

    YES!!!! i just hope for more maps and waves in resident evil mercinaries and new stages in pokemon rumble blast.Add me on 3ds my friend code is
    4382-2201-4349:)

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

      I doubt mercenaries… seems like capcom forgot about it…

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

    WAIT A FUCKING MIN… DLC… SMASH ON 3DS… SMASH BROS DLC HOLLY CRAP!!! (major fangasm here)

    • DryYoshi

      That would be awesome!

    • Xarreno

      Not just a major fangasm, an über fangasm.

  • Ryuji

    I just hope companies won’t use this feature as a cash grab, i.e., release a game with 1/2 its features and charge for the rest of it.

    • cacaboy12369

      right? i was just thinking about that

  • Techni

    Its about time. Theyre only what? 6 years behind everyone else?

    • santiago

      Not really

  • WarioTime

    anyone know whats the most GB u can get from a SD card and how much will it cost? cuz i dont want many SD cards holding different dlc,eshop games TY in advance

    • fireburn528

      16 GB. There are bigger ones (SDHDs) than 16 but they aren’t used as much because they sometimes don’t work with older machines and I’m not sure that they would work with the 3DS either.

    • fireburn528

      A 16 GB card is about $20 – $30 US dollars if you buy a cheap one.

    • fireburn528

      Did some research. The 3DS can use SDHC cards. So that gives you up to 32GB for like $45.

    • CBNS

      I have used 16GB card from day one so i can say it works with 3DS. Only problem is that it doesn’t work so well with my laptops card reader. :D

    • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

      You can get at least a 32 GB SD Card, but those cost to much right now.

      So just do what I did and get a 16 GB SD Card; they only cost $20 to $30 everywhere.

      And I have already used half of it because of all my songs (around 1,200 and 320 KB a sec. each).

      SHABLAGOO!

    • Mike S

      I’m good with 8GB until i need extra space ;)

    • RED

      you can get a 128GB one for $188.00

      I also saw a 256GB one for more somewhere don’t remember though.

  • millsy

    DLC for Mario Kart! Maybe someone like Waluigi. Or Funky Kong. Or a special cup like Hammer Cup. Or new parts like a jetpack instead of a glider. Or… You can add me on 3DS! FC:2707-1654-5789 name:millsy

  • Andy

    Milsy add me FC:3695-0049-6748

  • http://3dsblog jester

    yeah! this update is gonna make the 3DS kickass

  • CBNS

    Hopefully i can now download Dynasty Warriors Spotpass content 4-18. I didn’t get those for some reason. :|

  • http://nintendo3dsblog.com/photos-of-a-kid-icarus-uprising-float-in-japan Kaizar

    Who else wants Bowser Castle 3 & 4 and also a lot of other courses from Mario Kart Super Circuit & Double Dash & Wii.

    SHABLAGOO!

  • Ulysses

    i thought thats what spot pass was for…

  • naturetauren

    I hope this means that i can download Evil Ryu and the other dudes from Arcane Edition to SSF4. Would be awesome if that happened.

    • Thiago Freire

      That was the first thing I thought ^^

  • Neoxon

    Maybe we can finally get the SSF4: Arcade Edition DLC update for the 3DS.

  • Mike S

    I just hope it’s true DLC. Some stuff they say is DLC really isn’t. Some of the “DLC” you buy is already on the disc/cartridge and you’re just spending money to unlock it. I also hope it’s either free or reasonably priced, max about 3-5 Dollars.

    • Vigia

      That’s what I’m talking about. This will probably be something like that. A robber.

    • Mike S

      Well, we all know if there’s DLC for a Nintendo game it will either be free, or really worth paying for.

  • http://3dsblog COWS SAY QUACK

    bout time

  • Vigia

    I don’t like this. For me, DLCs are just like making a game, and release it without functions, leaving that to make more money in the future. This is bad news.

    • Jason

      actually they still release the full game but later on they might decide to make new levels for that game, instead of taking more time to make an entirely new game.

  • Xarreno

    Imagine, bonus stages for Super Mario 3D Land, with extreme difficulty and actually requiring every power-up (and its abilities like turning into a statue and that tail-spin rolling long jump) to beat them.

    That would Be TUBULAR!!

  • Cpt Calamari

    this will be awesome with monster hunter tri G to add event quests and extras like they did with the psp versions :D.

  • http://cartoondan.com cartoondan

    This is bad news to me. I stopped playing ipod games because of dlc abuse. I hope the e-shop doesn’t turn into free $2 apps filled with in game purchases.

  • pumaX

    Time to get new SD card

  • Jason

    Hopefully they will make it so youi can pay around $5.00 and get another world on super mario 3d land.

  • darkgamer001

    Paid DLC…the scourge of modern gaming
    (and yes, I know that exceptions exist, but they’re just that…exceptions)

    • Tails the Foxjound

      Shoot, who you tellin’? I went over to look at Castlevania HD on live and it was a fucking ripoff. 4 characters and 5 stages you have to pay for, SEPARATELY! That’s what, 30, 60 bucks DLC? On an already 15 dollar game? They want me to pay 45-75 dollars for a glorified DS game? FUCK THAT! I’ll just go back and replay Order of Ecclesia (or Portrait of Ruin or Dawn of Sorrow). I don’t need a new game that badly.

  • Hulk

    Hopefully we get SSFIV costumes and characters this way also

  • wiilover001

    ADD ME ON 3DS!
    Name: Alex
    FC: 3823-8730-5071

    gimme ur and ill add you!!

  • Tails the Foxjound

    Yaaaay! Now DLCapcom, Acti-vationcode-vision, and NamcoBuystuffondisc can bleed us all dry. Nintendo, I don’t know how much control you have over your third parties’ DLC, so I’m not gonna make some outlandish request. Though I do still have one request, don’t make me hate you through improper use of DLC.

  • Aguy

    i hope we can get like exclusive levels or power ups or new worlds per week or something would be awesome for 3D land :D

  • Nafizl

    I got street fighter 4210 4113 4374 nintendo 3ds

    • Nafizl

      PLEASE ADD ME

  • Ryan

    It would be cool to see DLC to come to RE: The Mercenaries 3D, Mario kart 7, or maybe even Super Mario 3D Land.

  • FalconPuncher

    …New Ocarina of Time temple? Naaah just me dreaming lol

  • Omarsonic9

    Hope its free.. or i just wish i get my own credit card -.-

    • Neoxon

      The update is free (obviously), but the DLC’s themselves will differ on cost. Some may be free, some you’ll have to pay up for.

  • FacestabMan

    I wish Capcom took the time to update SSFIV 3DS to AE 2012 but that’s never happening

    • Neoxon

      AE maybe, but the 2012 balance patch isn’t finished, yet (though I assume you mean when the patch is finally finished).

  • SpeedBlur

    sonic generatins DLC please!

  • joker gallagher

    this is very exciting, not just for games that you buy at stores (which always gives a reason to not sell that game) but also for those games in which you down load from the e-shop,

    i hope they change the way the e-shop looks, i dont like the time line of random things every week with more random things.
    they need it clean and the menue should work “like” the xbox in that it can have catagorys go up and down and content left and right. not just jumbled all together

  • CrimsonalCore

    omg, that would be awesome. owo