DSiWare and Nintendo DSi Shop

DSiWare

DSiWare are games and applications available for download to your Nintendo DSi system from the Nintendo DSi Shop.

So how does this thing work? Basically you:

1. Get your DSi online
2. Buy a Nintendo Points Card
3. Enter the code on the points card into your DSi
4. Buy games or download free content!

Here’s what a Nintendo Points Card looks like:

Nintendo 2000 Points Card (DSi or Wii)

Once the player has found the application or video game that he or she wishes to purchase or download for free, they will have to wait for it to be downloaded onto the internal drive of the DSi. Doing so will take a short time. While waiting, Mario, Luigi, Princess Peach and Toad in their Super Mario All-Stars Super Mario Bros. 2 sprites will all race to fill box with blue liquid. Once the box is completely filled, the application or game will be completely downloaded, and the amount of Nintendo Points that it cost to purchase will be deducted from your account (if it costs anything).

Each Monday of every week Nintendo updates their press site to show off all of the new DSiWare, WiiWare, and Virtual Console video games that have just been made available in a feature called Nintendo Download. Before DSiWare the feature was called Wiikly Update, though because of the addition of a new console they were required to change the name. Each week on Nintendo Download the DSiWare games are displayed first. A short description of the game is offered. Some argue that Nintendo should reveal the list of games coming out before Monday to give people a taste of what’s to come, though Nintendo has yet to do so.

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