August 31st, 2011

How to download your free NES games on September 1st via the Ambassador Program

98 Comments

It’s not September 1st yet, so you can’t download the games via the Ambassador Program. But Nintendo has shared instructions on how to go about it once they’re online. The instructions are after the break.

1. From the Nintendo 3DS HOME menu, select the Nintendo eShop icon.

2. Scroll left and select “Settings / Other.”

3. Scroll down and select “Account Activity” to view a list of transactions.

4. The NES game will be listed here once it is available to download. Tap “Software Info,” and then “Redownload” to begin the download process.

Now continue to play the waiting game.

  • boewd

    lol the waiting game….

  • Fwiller

    Hrmm…. sounds like a strange way to go about it, but I assume it’s so others who aren’t ambassadors don’t get rewarded. :P

  • Billiam

    I love a good game of wait!

    • starfox3d!

      isn’t it just so fun??? pffftt

  • Patrick

    Can’t wait to play Super Mario Bros. :D
    To bad there are not in 3D :(

    • Vincent

      I don’t mean to be a grammer nazi, but you said the wrong they’re.

    • Patrick

      Haha sorry Vincent but I don’t know english :P

      I live in Luxembourg (Europe) and we don’t learn english here

    • Giga

      OMFG uhh, Vincent? grammar is spelled with an “a”. lol the irony.

    • Patrick

      Giga OMFG is spelled “oh my f*cking god” haha

    • MrKoopan

      Actually Patrick, OMFG is spelled “Oh My Fucking God/Gosh, because they are all in caps lock and you forgot the “u”.

      I feel bad for swearing now…

    • Brett

      MrKoopan, I applaud you for your correct grammar. Gud job!

  • Sam

    3ds, its got a circle pad, 3d screen,touch screen,online, and can apperently travel to the future

    • Billiam

      LOL

    • darklink

      it also prints money!!!

    • imvudude

      well, it prints money more slowly than the DS Lite

    • Brett

      XD

  • http://ign.com XxNintendo-OrgasmxX

    So the games wont come out simultaneously?

    • Zack

      Where’d you hear that? As for as I know, No.

    • Guy

      Where did you hear they wouldn’t come out at the same time?

  • randomguy

    da-da- do
    da-dadada-do
    dadaDA-do da do do da do

  • JJProductionsJosh

    I know this sounds nerdy, but I hope the NES games’ pixels are alined perfectly, like the 3D classics. It REALLY makes a difference on quality.

    • Perry

      totally agree. I think that they will.

  • Crazyhobo100

    Sweet thanks David:D

  • http://www.youtube.com/adv2k169 adv2k169

    this seems really complicated and obtuse. Ughh Nintendo can find a way to screw up giving me a gift…..

  • http://nintendo3ds.wikia.com J. Severe

    Just two days… ^_^

  • http://3dsblog jester

    i thought the ambassadors would get a special eshop update with the games… oh well & thanks David

  • scotty

    so freakin awesome games coming to 3ds, cant wait till thursday, playin super mario bros. on 3ds in 3D (maybe, probably not.)

  • JMAN

    Its almost like its a hidden secret to downloading these games!

  • ian

    2 more day 2 MORE GRUESOME DAYS

  • Keith

    God damn it. Seeing SMB1 there makes me all anxious to play it on the 3DS.

    Maybe if I wish reaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllly hard tomorrow will be Thursday.

    *sigh*

  • Jayde

    Oh tomorrow, you can’t come fast enough.

  • Deuce Deuce

    Want: SMB, Metroid, LoZ
    Don’t want: ballon whatever, Zelda II, Ice Climber, Donkey Kong
    Don’t Need: Yoshi, Wrecking Crew

    Oh, well, 3 good games are better than none.

  • Johnny Fakename

    Shame that the range of NES games is abominable. Apart from SMB1, they are pure crap and barely playable by modern standards.

    • WTH

      wow way to be narrow minded and ignorant

    • Giga

      SHUT UP. have you even played these games? didn’t think so

  • Mucrush

    I ain’t even sure if I AM an ambassador yet… there is no check for EU yet (not that I know of)

  • anoymous

    redownload? dont they mean download?

    • Anon

      nope, this is the easiest way for them to do it

  • Colin

    Wait, are they not all being released on the first?

  • http://www.youtube.com Joann

    im not an ambassador :(

    • Mitch

      HA. stop complaining. you didnt pay 100 more bucks did you? NO. i got the thing the day it came out, waited outside for the store to open, and when i found out about the price drop, i, was PISSED. atleast i get more games out of it tho, personially, i would like to have that 100 bucks now, use it to get a new laptop im sooooo close to being able to afford, and just get them for an emulator on there.

    • MrKoopan

      @Mitch

      HA. stop acting like a douche bag, it’s not his fault you waited for a store to open just to get something that had THREE good launch games, I know some AMAZING games are coming out, but they don’t need to make it one game a month..
      I got it on day one too, and it was worth it, but the price drop was inevitable..so calm down

  • Taylor S

    Hey David I think you meant the “Your Downloads” Section In your post above you accidently put “Account Activity”

    • Person who thinks he’s David

      no, i’ve checked it’s account activity

  • julien

    can som1 help me im europa hasnt got a check tool for the ambasadeur program help plz

  • Grayson

    hey does anyone agree that yoshi is unessisary
    (my favorite game of all time is pikmin if anyone wondered

  • Mikeh

    they totaly should make either A SSBB for the 3DS B for the ambassadors, bring back SSBM or C make SSB-3D

    • MrKoopan

      They are making SSB for 3ds, just not for a couple of years

    • ImmaStar

      That would be seemingly unfair to us non-ambassadors :P

    • Mr Rex

      knowing them they are going to call it Super smash brothers or something but yes I remember the 3DS smash bros and Wii U being announced a short while ago but work on these games won’t start for a while :P Oh well Mario kart 7 and Starfox 64 3D going 2 keep us busy… for now :)

  • secret turtle

    >_< its 1:30 am here on the 1st and its still not on! guess waiting till midnight isnt going to work.

  • Kerocam

    … C: I’m going on a 9 hour trip at 1:00 PM Mountain time Canada. C: I hope I’ll be able to download it before hand.

  • joserachi

    this sound good but will you be able to get them only on that day? :b

  • http://www.yamihoshi.nl YamiHoshi.nl

    It’s already out on Japanese 3DS’s.
    Metroid, Zelda, and Mario are on it right now.
    And the waiting game, it’s not a huge waiting at all, as they’re just 33 or 34 Blocks, so they’re downloaded really fast.

    More info:
    http://www.yamihoshi.nl/tech/?p=3835

  • http://www.wix.com/all4gaven/SimpleLogic SimpleLogic

    I can’t wait to be able to go to the Australian E-Shop to buy the games for my trip! It’s so exciting!

  • Nicholas

    Is this in sweden to??

  • ja56

    do you get them all???????????/

  • http://dailynintendo.nl Jordy

    A bit strange, but I’m happy!

  • Bilbopoop

    Not sure if it’s because I’m in Japan (I’m still using a US 3DS), but if I go to the Settings and then “Your Downloads,” I can click “Redownload” on the new games and get them. It won’t let me download them with the method provided, but this redownloading seems to work just fine for me.
    I hope that helps you guys in the US!

  • Hiro

    Did Anyone Else Imagine Listening To Elevator Music While Reading The Comments? xDD

    • mr.3ds

      OMG, I thought I was the only one!

  • DimeraX

    so that how you have to do it
    (plays Legend of Zelda solving a puzzle theme)

  • kenny

    i’m staying up till midnight to download this games

  • ii

    The games are now available in the US, but you have to go to Your Downloads, not Account Activity.

  • Colin

    I tried to download them VERY late last night, but they weren’t there. When were they posted? Maybe it’s because I went to Account Activity

    • matt30197

      They will be out on september 1th!

  • Mike

    well its not in Canada :(

    i hate when they say NA when its only in the US

  • jphil

    already downloaded them, ive only looked at super mario bros and it looked extremely good. the pixels were aligned perfectly

  • terriermon98

    i thought there were 10?

  • MarioIsWicked

    i like how on the top screen it says “Activity Type: Reward Download” gonna go play the games on my NES until they are available on my 3DS

  • Samara

    The month of August needs to be OVER!

  • JKR

    Hmm ok. Strange but ok

  • http://www.bushcrafttv1.webs.com Sam

    I cant wait till tomorrow!!!

  • animejony

    Can’t download mine :[ mine says “coming soon to e-shop” does anyone has the same problem? I live in North America by the way.

    • Aaron

      I just downloaded mine! Go to your downloads instead they are in there.

  • http://www.google.com mark

    i followed the instructions and couldn’t find my free games!

  • A

    Eh, It’s like 12:04 ish GMT here~
    When will they be available to download?
    DX

  • Explosivejones

    Its always the same nes games
    how about kirby’s adventure,or something else instead of loz or balloon fight

  • james braselton

    hi there forgot too mention september 1 is only 4.5 hours for now soo all 3ds embassadores prepair for imedatly free gae downloadng all 3ds embasadore get too your 3ds soo this is not a drill

    • A

      So It’s going by a specific time zone?

    • LazyKite

      1.40pm Thursday 1st Sept in Australia and we havent been given our games yet! ;O

  • HackerBilly

    Hurrah Super Mario Bros on the 3ds now i have a reason to play my 3ds

  • HackerBilly

    I have to sleep and wait just wait

  • A

    WOOP! UK CAN DOWNLOAD~

  • daniel

    ive tried to download them but i cant find them ive followed the instructions and everything its september 1st it says i can recieve the games but i cant find them please help

  • jet_x

    it already is september 1st in australia! why cant we do it?

  • jet_x

    WOOT! nintendo was wrong you go into TITLES YOU DOWNLOADED instead of ACCOUNT INFO

  • boss

    whens dis gna be out in england. still not in my shop yet,

  • Tommy

    Uh, i found that i had to go to my downloads – not account activity to get the redownload function.

  • http://savage-1.blogspot.com Savage

    I’m unsure about your 3DS’ but your method of enabling access to the games was incorrect on my system at least. I had to go into the titles you have downloaded scroll down and then you to have the ability to re-download. But it’s correct at all of the preceding points.

  • TheLastM3xican

    i am an ambassador.but for some reason it does not give me the redownload option.can anyone help me out?

  • http://. MarioFan1289

    it’s sep 1 and it wont let me i got my 3DS the day it came out

  • colton

    dave the way you posted it is inncorrect you go to your downloads not acount activity

  • http://www.comcast.net Urahara101

    i dunno why the software 4 it is unavailable on my 3ds

  • x3100owner

    hey , why cant’s i download the nes game ?? please , help …. it’s 3 september and when i’m trying to download , it said “this software is currently unavailable”