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Nintendo: 'No 3DS store until May'

Published Saturday, Jan 29 2011, 11:24 GMT | By Mark Langshaw
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Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has announced that the 3DS store and web browser will not be accessible at launch.

Speaking to Andriasang, the exec revealed that a firmware update will add the eShop, internet functionality and the ability to transfer DSiWare in May.

The eShop will distribute Virtual Console, DSiWare and exclusive 3DS software. Enhanced versions of Game Boy classics Zelda: Link’s Awakening and Super Mario Land are among those confirmed.

Iwata went on to say that it will be possible to transfer a limited about of eShop downloads from one 3DS to another in the future.

The 3DS arrives in Europe on March 25.

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