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The latest Iwata Asks focusing on upcoming Nintendo features is now available. Much of the discussion focuses on the eShop, but Iwata and a few other employees took some time to talk about Nintendo Video as well. Iwata says that the service will be released “in the near future”.

Iwata: Now I’d like to ask some questions to Imai-san. The video download service you are working on won’t be available when Nintendo eShop opens, but this service will become possible via software distributed through the shop in the near future, so I’d like to ask you about it here today.

The world has never seen anything like this service. How did you begin thinking about this?

Imai: This service allows your Nintendo 3DS system to use the SpotPass4 feature to download 3D videos, so users can view new 3D videos each day. Until now, people have only been able to see 3D images in movies. That experience will now become much closer to them. And what’s more, if SpotPass is activated, the videos come in automatically. So first of all, I wanted users to feel that increased accessibility. They don’t have to wear any special glasses to use it in the first place, and I want to make it so that people can use it without feelilng any obstacles at all!

Iwata: They come in before you know it, so you open your Nintendo 3DS system, and even if you’re somewhere unconnected to the Internet, you can watch new 3D videos every day.


A developer at E3 has apparently said that Nintendo has no plans to introduce a “3DSWare” category on the 3DS eShop. It’s true that the company filed a trademark for 3DSWare in the past, but that isn’t an indication that Nintendo intends to use it.

Some consumers feel that downloads categorized under the “Ware” brand offer inferior content compared to retail titles. This stigma is something that Nintendo would like to prevent by removing the name.

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This information comes from Mario Kart 3D producer Hideki Konno…

“…our goal right now is to have the same number of players for both local wireless and multiplayer over wi-fi.”

Eight players is fine with me! Mario Kart Wii did offer a few extra racers, but I really have no problem with eight racers. As long as all of the tracks are available (remember some of the DS tracks were randomly left out online?), I won’t mind.

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Nintendo has released a 3D movie trailer for the upcoming release of Green Lantern. I have to admit that it’s a bit of a pain to watch since you have to download the video to the system menu. Since it’s free, though, it’s tough to complain!



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