Hello, All, hope you and your families are doing well.
Some questions about buying and downloading 3DS and DS games, as I was trying to take advantage of some sales before the shop closes.
So, I had a terrible time trying to get going on this. At first, when I was going through the online eShop, it kept saying there was a restriction in the parental settings on the 3DS -- well, for us, the 2DS XL -- even thought I cleared all of that out to try and fix the error every time I was trying to do a direct download.
I tried going through the 2DS' eShop, but was having a heckuva time trying to get it to load without error, too.
Anywho, finally, via the online eShop, it let me go past the direct download step on to confirm purchase. Great!
Then, it said to put the 2DS to sleep to begin download. Well, nothing happened there.
So, I went back to the online eShop to look at the game to see if it said "owned" or "purchased", but nothing. It also wasn't in my order history. I checked my funds, and it went down, so I purchased something.
So, I went back to the 2DS, and into its shop, and it had the "redownload" tab, so I clicked that. And lo and behold, there was the game.
So, I let it download. A few dropped connections later, and it's complete.
My questions are:
Do 3DS and DS games show in the online eShop purchase history?
When you search for games, does it show "owned" or "purchased"?
Were you to purchase it again -- not realizing -- would it say "you already own this"?
Is there a way to add the 3DS games to the cart in the online eShop, or is it just "direct download" only?
And, in y'all's experience, is it easier to get the games in the console eShop or the online one?
Both are...frustrating...but it definitely seems easier to navigate the online shop, but it might be easier to download the games in console, bypassing the middle-man, if you will.
Anywho, thank y'all for any help here, and sorry for rambling so much. I appreciate you. Take care, everyone.