Best Buy Teams with Nintendo on 3DS Downloadable Content

Nintendo and Best But have announced they are rolling out a Wi-Fi access system across 1,000 US stores. Beginning June 7th Nintendo 3DS users can head to select stores and connect via Wi-Fi for access to new content. Nintendo 3DS Spotpass to include best Buy

Details on what sort of content is limited at present but is said to include gaming extra, movie trailers and more.

The system will also use the new SpotPass feature. That will be the new online service similar to Wii’s connect24 which will use Wi-fi access points (or hotSpots, hence the name) to contact Nintendo’s servers and automatically download new items like game levels, trailers, patches, expansions and demos along with, most likely, system updates.

It’s very similar to the automatic download on the Playstation 3 that wakes up at a specific time and downloads patches, etc. However, the Nintendo 3DS needs to be on or in sleep mode (on but closed) in order for it to connect.

It can do so though any Wi-Fi access point that it is able to connect to. Hopefully, in light of a lot of recent privacy issues with location tracking, they won’t be doing any of that and will simply do a login/password handshake and a check for new content.

“We want our customers to fully tap into the potential of their Nintendo 3DS device, so we’re pleased to offer free access to special Wi-Fi and SpotPass content in-store,” said Chris Homeister, senior vice president of entertainment for Best Buy. “As a retail partner for SpotPass, this is another way that we’re delivering best-in-class gaming experiences at our stores across the country.”