At the moment only in Japanese territory by Suica smart cards and the new model New Nintendo 3DS Emulator
In the last financial report and presentation to its shareholders, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed that the company worked extensively on improving services to enable users to pay for digital games simple and fast ways.
One of these studies focused on allowing users to make small payments on Nintendo 3DS with Suica smart card, thanks to the recent pattern New Nintendo 3DS, which includes an integrated NFC (as we saw in Wii U) reader.
Thus, players who want to buy a DLC or a game, just have to bring your Suica card to the laptop, when indicated, to make the payment. This service will start operating at the moment only in Japan, from next December 9, when the laptop probably receive a firmware update.
Thus, Nintendo 3DS will become the first handheld console to allow payment via NFC.
Famitsu confirms recent data announced by The Pokémon Company, responsible for the Pokémon franchise. The publisher has confirmed that it has already distributed more than 7 million copies of Pokémon Ruby Omega 'and' Pokémon Sapphire Alfa 'worldwide, but of course have not sold all units.
Emulator 3ds
This is a very broad and ambitious distribution, which has managed to make available to users 7.7 million units of the game in just 15 days. At the moment there is no European sales figures, but both versions had already sold 3 million units in the US and Japan.
It is too early to know the total sales, but Famitsu indicates that Pokémon X and Y even sold 13.29 million units. 'Pokémon Ruby Omega' and 'Pokémon Sapphire Alfa' could exceed this figure if they keep the momentum of sales, 135% better than the previous two deliveries for Nintendo 3DS.
In the last financial report and presentation to its shareholders, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata confirmed that the company worked extensively on improving services to enable users to pay for digital games simple and fast ways.
One of these studies focused on allowing users to make small payments on Nintendo 3DS with Suica smart card, thanks to the recent pattern New Nintendo 3DS, which includes an integrated NFC (as we saw in Wii U) reader.
Thus, players who want to buy a DLC or a game, just have to bring your Suica card to the laptop, when indicated, to make the payment. This service will start operating at the moment only in Japan, from next December 9, when the laptop probably receive a firmware update.
Thus, Nintendo 3DS will become the first handheld console to allow payment via NFC.
Famitsu confirms recent data announced by The Pokémon Company, responsible for the Pokémon franchise. The publisher has confirmed that it has already distributed more than 7 million copies of Pokémon Ruby Omega 'and' Pokémon Sapphire Alfa 'worldwide, but of course have not sold all units.
Emulator 3ds
This is a very broad and ambitious distribution, which has managed to make available to users 7.7 million units of the game in just 15 days. At the moment there is no European sales figures, but both versions had already sold 3 million units in the US and Japan.
It is too early to know the total sales, but Famitsu indicates that Pokémon X and Y even sold 13.29 million units. 'Pokémon Ruby Omega' and 'Pokémon Sapphire Alfa' could exceed this figure if they keep the momentum of sales, 135% better than the previous two deliveries for Nintendo 3DS.