November 22nd, 2011

Rumor: 3DS firmware update coming on the 30th of November

157 Comments

A commercial airing in the United Kingdom has supposedly revealed that the 3DS firmware update will be coming on the 30th of November. Given that the update was scheduled for late November, this would not be surprising, but we’ll have to wait and see.

Update: You can see a video of this commercial after the break and it does indeed mention the 30th of November. Thanks to Sylverstone Khandr for sending it in.

  • Bulldog

    Great, i really want the demos and the kind of chating program

    • Dae

      Totally forgot about Swapnote till now. thanks for the reminder

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

      I think SwapNote is unrelated, because it’s an eShop Downloadable 3D App, like Hulu Plus.

      THIRD POWER!

    • uriel

      god dammmit ! why do they always wait till the last 3 days ………… :[ / :( those gameboy games wont release until the last week of december watch…. we should have had them months ago…….

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

      I don’t care about my Abassador GBA Games, because they are gonna make a lot of the Old Game Boy Advance Games in 3D Classics for everyone to buy.

      But first they are making the Gamegear Games in 3D Classics.

      And I am gonna get Sonic 1 & 2 3D Classics.

      SHABLAGOO!

    • http://gravatar.com/jacknzack27 JacknZack

      I think they said swapnote wasnt coming until december

    • The Only Pokemon Champion

      Kaizar you are a fool
      dont you know nintendo strictly said there not gonna make gba games be available for the general public
      that is anyone whos not an ambassador
      so first get your stories straight

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

      They said they have no plans to make these particular 20 games to the Public.

      MINT BERRY CRUNCH!

    • Xarreno

      Actually, The Only Pokemon Champion, is right. I remember that specifically too. The public will be able to pay for NES ambassador games later out in the year, but the gba ones were exclusive to ambassadors. That was what was first said about it. It could have changed.

  • Ttimer

    oui 1
    :DKH forever

  • Ditto

    Old news david it was confirmed like 2 days ago :L

    • CaseyJay

      Well this is the first i heard of it.. everyone in the sydney streetpass group thought it was 22nd..

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/f11segura?feature=mhee Seguraf12

    WHAT!?!? i wanted it tomorrow in time to take 3d videos for thanksgiving! :(

    • Jacob

      It was never tomorrow. I’ve been trying to tell people so they don’t get disappointed like you. It is supposedly the 22nd in Australia and no where else. David never said it was on the 22nd.

  • Kayriss

    This is the same update as the one that comes with SM3DL right?

    • Nathdnath

      and more

    • Zack

      Well sort of. The update that came with SM3DL only added the “join game feature” to the friends list. This update will include this feature, but also have many other new features.

  • Ditto

    It is comfirmed there has been a tv ad for about 2 days

  • Xarreno

    Yep, totally knew it. I’m glad you posted this because I was still unsure of when it was coming out. There was this strange rumor that it was coming out on the 22nd. I wonder where that came from?

    • Truth

      It came from the AUS release

  • JediKutatcha

    Didn’t they have it for the 4th before? Why is the difference so large?

    • Mike S

      The 4th was just a little more info on the update, it was never supposed to be the release.

  • Ruīji !

    Wow they really mean at the end of the month!

  • AM

    More then a week away :(

    At least better than more then a month away :)

  • Icex9s

    Well by that time Ill be focused on Mario Kart 7 I might forget about it by then

    • Zack

      This update comes out November 30th… Mario Kart 7 comes out December 4th.

  • http://www.youtube.com/user/KaitoJamesPartridge?feature=mhee Jaaames (:

    :D

  • JTA777

    Someone said it was on the 22nd.

    • Jacob

      That was just a huge rumor and by the looks of it, it got spread very well.

    • http://Thisisnotarealwebsite Username

      that was me……….

  • http://3dsblog jester

    i thought it was tomorrow, well in Nort America just it comes as soon as possible.

  • http://3dsblog jester

    the ad was for Europe, so i hope its different for North America

  • Mike S

    I’m VERY happy about this :) it gives me plenty of time to finish Find Mii and stack up some Play Coins :)

    • Navolas2

      I finished already and just finished getting to 300 coins… Maybe the update can change the cap from 300…

    • Mike S

      Well, the reason i didn’t finish my second quest already is because there was a time when i was using all my play coins to buy puzzle pieces.

    • Jeff

      I really wish they will add a cap to the coins… But then again, the cap doesn’t matter when you are actually using the coins. Just if you dont have something to spend coins on for a while, it gets annoying.

    • CaseyJay

      I’ve been capped out on coins for months.. it didn’t take me long to finish quest and puzzle swap.. i really wanted more mii games.. now i have to impatiently wait out this week :’( at least i have Zelda! :D

    • Mike S

      I’ve also only had my 3DS since July, and most of you probably had it since much earlier than me.

    • Han Solo

      I finished Find Mii twice, all the puzzles, got all the RE weapons, bought all the things in AR Games and maxed out my coins at 300. Besides DoA (Which I don’t want), there is nothing else to do with the coins.

      The update should come sooner!

  • Matthew

    Yes can’t wait!

    LOOKIN’ GUD’

  • Navolas2

    Really? the 30th? I could have finished Find Mii for a 4th time in the time I’ve had….. dang it…. Street pass was so pointless this past month. I finished Puzzle Swap and didn’t want to start find mii again…

    • Mike S

      You finished puzzle swap? I still need to street pass someone with the New Super Mario Bros. puzzle, i finished all the others. I also need to finish my second Find Mii playthrough, i’m on the last room :)

    • SandshrewCobalion

      Awesome you finished puzzle swap! How many puzzles are there? I have around 6 of the puzzles ←But I haven’t finished the Pikmin or Kirby ones yet

      POCKETWATCH!

    • Mike S

      There are 7 puzzles

    • CaseyJay

      Wow.. i can’t believe there are people who haven’t finished yet! Just make sure to walk in to game shops and even ask them if their store 3DS is on if you don’t get a street pass (they generally have all the pieces) also it’s a bit late for you now but any time you streetpass somebody always take a piece from a puzzle you don’t have.. Good luck guys you have just over a week!

    • CaseyJay

      oh also you can streetpass the same person once every 8 hours.. sleep overs with a mate really help streetpass games

    • Mike S

      I know a GameStop in a mall near me that has a 3DS with all the puzzles, so i guess i’ll be going there soon to get my last puzzle :)

  • Galexiathechao

    …It WOULD come out on the last day of November…

    • Icex9s

      I know right

  • Areuto

    what i really want is that the second they do a update their is a dlc pack for either street fighter or super mario land 3d

    • Mike S

      World 9 DLC for Super Mario 3D Land? awesomesauce :)

    • THE MARIO IN YO’ PAPER

      New levels? Blah. If they make downloadable levels that you have to spend money on, they’d have to do more than THAT! Yoshi character download anyone?

    • bonesawisready

      I can see Capcom just waiting to jump all over SSFIV Arcade 3D Edition

    • Mike S

      What if it’s only $0.99 to buy each extra world? pretty good deal if you ask me.

    • spencer

      they already said that dlc would be free.

    • Mike S

      Obviously not ALL DLC will be free, some we will have to buy.

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

    can somebody link me to the tv commercial?

  • http://www.en.gravatar.com GameManiac

    Wow, that’s only a week away…

    • Ness

      better late never

  • bonesawisready

    Demos plz Nintendo. And I mean a demo for every 3DS game download, and add a DS on demand service to download DS games for cheaper prices

    • Mike S

      Downloadable DS games? That’s real wishful thinking dude.

  • Catfish

    The update in north America is november 22 which is tomorrow im so excited

    • Bad Meets Evil

      How do you know it’s tomorrow in north america?

    • Totodile

      I would love to believe this, but this is too good to be true. :(

    • Han Solo

      You might want to include some proof with that before people freak out on you…

  • http://sylverstone14.tumblr.com Sylverstone Khandr
    • Mike S

      “This is not DS, THIS is Nitendo 3DS” why don’t they out that in ALL the advertisements all over the world?

    • Mike S

      *put

    • Mike S

      *Nintendo

    • Nathdnath

      Yea, I liked it! This is not DS. This is 3ds

      *Gets stuck in head
      Oh god, It’s every where!
      *Bangs head on ground
      *People start looking at strangely
      Get it away!!!
      *People start running
      *Police come and hold him down
      Oh no! NO!!!!!!!!
      *Police point guns at the guy
      *Guy gets put in a mental house
      *Whenever someone walks past he yells ” THIS IS NOT DS!!!!!!! THIS IS 3DS!!!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHAAAAHAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

  • http://twitter.com/#!/WWE_Thuggy Terrell

    bout time we get a date

  • DavmanTheSpy

    Please, please, please, please, PLEASE LET THIS BET A RUMOR. I WAITED FOREVER FOR THE FIRMWARE UPDATE AND NOW IT’S GETTING MOVED BACK? ARE YOU SERIOUS, NNIIIINNNTENDOSS??

    • http://gravatar.com/jacknzack27 JacknZack

      It wasnt moved back. all this is just rumor so everything you have heard so far hasnt been confermed. so even if you took it as absoulute it really wasnt

  • Tomiscoolrethanyou

    I CANT WAIT :)

  • 3DSUpdate

    Umm… what about the release date for the USA?

  • Kraizer

    when does is say “November 30th”?

    MINT BERRY CRUNCH!!!

    • URiEX

      @ 0:23…
      It says in the 3DS.. XD

    • Mike S

      22 seconds into the video you can see the date on the 3DS’s top screen and it says 30/11/2011. So, there you go.

  • Steven

    Does this apply to all regions?

  • http://passid.ca/Darin Wildman

    I like how they say “This is not DS, this is Nintendo 3DS.”
    Some people thought that 3DS was just another DS revision. Just like people thought the original DS was a GameBoy Advance with a touchscreen.

    • Mike S

      Yeah, and look how the DS turned out, it’s the best selling game console EVER, sitting only behind the PS2. If you include the 3DS in the sales of the DS it would actually beat the PS2, making the DS the best seller.

    • http://www.passid.ca/murphy blueeyes7

      Well, I would of thought the contrast between the Gameboy Advance and Nintendo DS would be fairly common knowledge, considering the complete name change and all.

  • Luke

    Is this update coming with demos of 3ds games in the eshop

    • Mike S

      yes

    • Icex9s

      Lets hope they have good demos like mario kart or kid icarus

    • Ness

      the demos are games that already came out like Resident Evil

  • hamaad619

    what happend to november 22

    • 3DSUpdate

      Hopefully that’s the North America release.

  • Bad Meets Evil

    Guys I’m pretty sure the 30/11/11 on the 3ds screen is just the date the video would be taken. It doesn’t say “update released November 30!”

    • 3DSUpdate

      Umm, it isnt even the 30th of November yet, so how could they take the video in the future..

      And at 0:09 , it says update will be available November 30th.

    • 3DSUpdate

      I mean at 0:06

    • Bad Meets Evil

      Exactly why I said would be taken. Not was taken.

    • Bad Meets Evil

      Oh and I missed the words at 0.06 so thanks. And also I hope this is just the UK release.

    • 3DSUpdate

      Yea, but on this post: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_3DS_system_software#Nintendo_3DS_System_Update_releases (thanks for ggizmo for giving the link)

      it says that the NA release will be on the 22nd, but you can’t ALWAYS trust wikipedia.

  • Cory

    This sucks, this sucks hard! Australia was supposed to get it tomorrow, and since we get everything before, or on the same day as them, I thought tomorrow would be the release. After all guys, this IS the UK release, not the NA release. According to Wikipedia, the updates are radical in regional releases. The US gets it around the same time as Japan usually, Europe and Australia getting is closely behind. Australia usually, sadly last. Though like two updates are on the same day for all regions. Of course it IS Wikipedia >.>

    Let’s just hope it is tomorrow! I will bet it is the 28 or something, not the 30th though. A few days before maybe. As I said though, update releases are all random. >.>

  • Mike S

    This update is adding DLC to the eShop, is anyone hoping for DLC being added to OoT 3D? To me it feels sad that i will probably barely EVER play that game again, but DLC would be awesome for it :)

  • nintendope

    man always the last day of the month for good stuff :P

  • http://thegamegizmo.com ggizmo

    hey guys I think it isn’t a rumor anymore.

    It is true, EU 3ds will update on Nov 30

    But NA 3ds will be today! Nov 22, 2011 :D

    Here’s the proof:
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_3DS_system_software#Nintendo_3DS_System_Update_releases

    • http://thegamegizmo.com ggizmo

      But AUS is still late November,

    • Totodile

      and wikipedia can’t be trusted because i bet you that someone random typed that date in LOL

    • Cory

      Sadly, earlier that said later this month, and Australia said the 22nd. It looks like someone changed it. :( time can only tell, but I doubt it will be tommorow, surely it would have been talked about somehow!

    • 3DSUpdate

      @Cory It could’ve been a typo, so they changed it.

      @Totodile Wikipedia verifies wrong material.

    • Cory

      No, it was all in articles and stuff saying that it was the 22nd. ;)

    • 3DSUpdate

      @Cory
      Not what I have heard.

    • Totodile

      Hey ggizmo you should check that link again… For NA it says late November 2011, but for EU it’s November 30, 2011 o.o

    • Cory

      It’s Wikipedia guys, people keep changing it >.>

      @3DSupdate: Oh? What did you hear then?? Because it is all over the Internet, Australia is to get the update on the 22nd. Everywhere, if you are up on updates anyway. Australia only though.

    • squirtle

      Damn Wikipedia! They changed it guys! Few hours ago it was November 22, but now it is late November!

    • http://thegamegizmo.com ggizmo

      wth, my name changed -_-

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

    I really hope the reason for a delay of this firmware is to include swapnote as firmware NOT an e-shop ap. If it’s a free ap and it’s such an important thing to the system why not just include it with firmware? makes sense to me.

    • 3DSUpdate

      It should also be a multi-task option, so you could send messages in-game

  • Philip Hanan

    THIS is why the 3DS will pwn Vita.

    • uriel

      dont be that way the vita looks cool too in fact i see much stronger third party releases for vita since its alot better graphically and yes sadly the gaming world runs on graphics now :[ …….but the 3ds will be for 1st party for sure(3rd party support will be for 3ds for now) and im sure it will do great but the vita wont loose as badly as the psp …..it would have if they just made the 3ds more powerful and made it look more cool because honestly it looks like a childs toy…… little things like that could have made the 3ds much more awesome than vita…. sort of embarrassed to play it outside of my home …i think thats why people like gaming on there phone because it doesnt look as nerdy as the 3ds (to bad its a fun machine)

    • AM

      @Uriel

      Nintendo tries to be unique with their console design. So far I have seen many people (not many of them kids) brining their DS, DSi, and 3DS out in public, and no one is embarrassed. Also, the PSP was more powerful than DS ye the DS got more 3rd party games, power is not everything.

    • Mike S

      @AM most of those third party games were just shovelware sadly, so they don’t really count.

    • Totodile

      @ Mike S what is shovelware o.o

    • Jimmy da Elf
    • Mike S

      @Jimmy da Elf I ROFL’d when i saw Justin Bieber made by SHITSOFT XD

    • AM

      @Uriel I agree that there was some shovelware on the system, but there were also great games like castlevania, Kingdom Hearts, Sonic Rush series, and Professor Layton. Of course the PSP also had some stellar 3rd party games like Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts, and Monster Hunter. But I do agree that the DS got more shovelware, but I think the quality of the better 3rd party games on the system outweigh it. Perhaps in the future, Nintendo should get back to their 1980s tactic in order to prevent certain publishers (I’m looking at Ubisoft) from publishing whatever garbage they want on their consoles.

  • Omggggggg

    22 november say here its tomorrow

  • Cecil

    The 30th?
    well who was the wise guy that said it was on the 22nd?
    oh well, on that week, mario kart 7 releases.

  • james braselton

    hi there your right i am no longer buying nintendo updates are like never comming no video recording no 3d movies no chat yet

    • james braselton

      hi there what i ment too say i am no longer buying nintendos non finished consoles

    • Zebra

      lol wooooowwww…

    • 3DSUpdate

      @Zebra

      I sort of agree with him, but I will just ignore it and keep having fun :P

    • CrimsonalCore

      This guy be trollin

  • RoamRandy

    of course, nintendo would put it at the end of november, y not on the 24th? ima sell my 3ds eventually…ima nintendo fan, but ill put my 3ds to hibernate for 2 years n see wat happens

  • will4zoo

    its funny how they say “this is not DS” XD

  • Mr. Koopah

    I’ve been patient ALL yeah for this, I hope this is worth it!

  • James

    it was supposed to be released worldwide tomorrow. this sucks i wanted to take videos on thanksgiving.

  • James

    it was supposed to come out tomorrow worldwide. this sucks i wanted to take videos on thanksgiving.

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

    HEY! Remember it’s an UK ad. That means that the update could be in two hours for NA. Well, I hope so.

  • Neil N

    of course. When Nintendo announces the month they choose for an update, they’re always going to wait til the last second

  • Pokemon Master

    Wait, won’t SM3DL come with this update so if we r getting the game before November 30, won’t we get the update earlier?

    • Nathdnath

      only a small part of the update

    • 3DSUpdate

      No, the SM3DL update is different from this one.

  • mario

    i was going to tell you that!

  • SuperSaiyanTriforce

    The 30th? That’s my birthday! :D

  • Tayo

    They done good mentioning that you can switch the 3D on and off to those who for some reason didn’t know that. Also, they even say “this is not DS, this Nintendo 3DS.” At least SOMEBODY can tell the difference.

    • Nathdnath

      lol

  • james braselton

    hi there nintendo do this all the time the alwoume updates like never come nintendo is only wanting games only on costless like were are 3d movies delay in video record feature no 3d netflix no 3d movies on hulu plus no youtube no music store the update was november 22 2011 wich is now

    • Unbeknownst

      what? couldnt understand a single thing you typed.

  • lemonman

    Look how awkward David is in the early days:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=wIZHmX4Hpr4#!

    He learned alot by constantly doing these videos.

    • Mike S

      DAMN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lol

  • Nytro X

    I seriously was waiting for the 22nd. Sold my wii, and bought a 3ds. Now I find out nintendo practically waits for the last second of the month, and during the Nintendo meeting, The north american director for nintendo tells us that its soon, I was hoping for Flipnote Memo to come with the firmware update, when Ive waited impatiently for over a year to finally use it. Now, nintendo is in some budget problem thanks to the ‘Apple company.’

  • Nytro X

    Now, im stuck with people with ambassador ‘privelages’ -lol-
    Who constantly walk around with games that are inacessabble to the majority of 3ds users… Plus, I only bought the 3ds because Im an average nintendo handheld freak. If a 3ds XL is made, Ill get it too.

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

    Just because the Videoshows a record with the date on it saying Nov. 30th, doesn’t mean it won’t come sooner.

    I would suspect it’s actually somewhere from Nov. 23 to 25.

    Because this video was clearly made in early November or earlier and back than they only knew of Late November while filming this commercial.

    WE THE BEST!

  • Nytro X

    I think I might switch to sony if nintendo is going to keep its users at bay by proclaiming something new is coming out, and wont even specify a timeline to when you can be sure its out, instead, they are like “oh, well theres a firmware update for this coming late november.” when virtually, its during december. “

  • Nytro X

    Kaizar, I cant help but agree. Nintendo never told anyone when its coming out, but they could at least keep us users up-to-date on the new items current progress. They don’t tell anyone untill its allready out.

  • Nytro X

    Keep researching…

  • lard

    me to

    • brumUK

      the update been done here today i got mine

    • 3DSUpdate

      @brumUK

      No you didn’t.

      Noone has.

  • :3XDS !

    WHY NINTENDO!!!!!!!!!!!?!?!?!?!?

  • Nytro X

    There is a possibility that it could be extremely soon. But all we gotta do is be patient. Nintendo has a problem with suprising 3ds users … :(

    • omid

      I hope the longer wait than expected to be worth it for what the update has to offer.