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Re:Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games by impostervt on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @09:48AM (#9217836)
My 5 year old just got into Mario, and I was surprised I couldn't buy a copy of the original Super Mario Bros for her iPad. So I bought it on the Wii (not a great experience btw), and she loves it.

They'd get my money either way. Nostalgia is a great marketing tool.

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Re:Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games by prezjordan on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @12:06PM (#9218887)
FWIW the typical flow is to just run to the store and pick up a disc :) Digital downloads on Nintendo consoles are pretty... terrible.
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Re:Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games by jimmaswell on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @12:57PM (#9219331)
Why do you say that? Digital downloads on Nintendo devices have been just fine for me.
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Re:Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games by TazeTSchnitzel on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @01:00PM (#9219360)
The experience is pretty smooth:

1) Open the eShop

2) Find a game (tons of features sections, look by category/rating/genre, or search)

3) Tap purchase

4) Add funds if necessary, just a tap or two to use your existing credit card details

5) Purchase

6) Download immediately, or put your 3DS into sleep mode and it'll download hands-free

The only real problem is Nintendo's system for transferring to new devices.

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Re:Nintendo Opens Door to Smartphone Games by prezjordan on Tuesday March 17, 2015 @01:26PM (#9219603)
This is exactly what I meant.
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