3DS firmware update next month - report

By Fred Dutton Published 19 October, 2011

3D video recording, new StreetPass game.

A major 3DS firmware update goes live on 4th November, according to a new report.

The announcement was apparently made at a Nintendo Europe event in Munich earlier today, Tweeted by an attending freelance journalist and then picked up by Nintendo World Report.

The update reportedly brings with it 3D video recording, a new StreetPass game and improvements to the eShop.

We're chasing Nintendo for confirmation right now, but it seems like a reasonable bet. The platform holder has scheduled a webcast for this Friday to discuss the update and other impending 3DS activity.

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Comments (19) Latest comment 7 months ago

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  • el_pollo_diablo #1 7 months ago

    By improvements to the eshop, do they mean slightly better navigation, or do they mean that sone actual content will arrive in the shape of some games, previously promised 3D movie rentals, and prices in line with their competition?

    I reckon it's the former.

  • greenfanguy #2 7 months ago

    Hopefully it means the shop will be sorted permanently by type/system instead of changing it every week into different arbitrary categories that don't mean anything and don't even include all the available games.

  • Bahamut_Zero #3 7 months ago

    The lack of GBA games on their eShop is laughable.

  • Toothball #4 7 months ago

    A new Street Pass game will be nice, I finished the first two a few months back and have had nothing to do with all those coins.

  • MoGamer2006 #5 7 months ago

    Ditto - I've got a nice little nest egg to spend when the new game arrives. :)

  • Der_tolle_Emil #6 7 months ago

    3d video playback = 3d porn!

  • slippysloppy #7 7 months ago

    I used to love my 3DS but I'm not sure I care any more

  • BigDannyH #8 7 months ago

    Have they released any of the free GBA ambassador games yet?
    I lost interest when they just released the super-old games but Yoshi's Island could be fun.

  • Zozzilla #9 7 months ago

    The improvement I want most for the eShop is for the prices to be cheaper. ¬.¬

  • oupe #10 7 months ago

    No. I refuse to switch it on. How much money do you get in shops in the UK when you sell it to them? In the Netherlands I'll get ?80 for it.

  • Mister-Wario #11 7 months ago

    3D recording, eh? *strokes chin thoughtfully*

  • ChronoMizaki #12 7 months ago

    Good. I nearly finished my puzzles and nearly finish Quest a second time

  • Ror1984 #13 7 months ago

    I just want my Metroid Fusion :(

  • sickpuppysoftware #14 7 months ago

    Multiple downloads would be nice. Getting the freebies was painful.
    A shop where they don't ask a different guy from the nearby mental hospital each week to decide the shop categories.

  • escapedape #15 7 months ago

    @Mister-Wario are you sure that's your chin?

  • The_Weird #16 7 months ago

    Too little, too late for me. My 3DS is on ebay as we speak, just cant get on with it. Battery life that doesn't even cover a flight to Europe, expensive games, and no RPGs. Oh, and that dual pad add-on is an abomination!

    Might buy back in next year when the inevitable 3DS Lite/XL/Dual-Stick(3DSDS?) comes out.

  • Frosty840 #17 7 months ago

    Sane prices, viable navigation, previously promised eshop features. Would also like generalised availability of the stupid Ambassador games so I can PAY MONEY FOR GOODS AND SERVICES I DESIRE.

    For fuck's sake.

  • Mister-Wario #18 7 months ago

    escapedape: well played, sir, well played.

  • H_D_Swagger #19 7 months ago

    Let's be honest the 3ds has been a complete disaster so far. Bought one at launch expecting pro evo to be good based on the eurogamer review. Unfortunantely they failed to mention that it is completely unplayable, giving it a 8/10. Traded that for ridge racer... meh. What's came out since then? Ocarina. I have that already.
    Video recording is unimportant. I don't expect Nintendo to suddenly make the eshop relevant considering the joke it has been to this point. So basically there's mario kart, a weird 2d/3d hybrid of mario that will hopefully be good but in any video looks very slow and boring compared to normal mario and a few other games that might, might, be good. Well done Nintendo, well done. Also, if you decide to put those "slider pads" on the Wii-u instead of proper analogue sticks you can really go fuck yourself, there's no way I'm going to buy that.