I'm not sure on the save. However, why not just get a larger SD card and do a transfer - you'll be able to keep AC (and save file) and have plenty of new space for future games.
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bumpkin
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I thought Nintendo added a backup utility for digital game saves last year sometime. I forget where it was though.
You should back up your entire SD card to your computer before you delete it. Then you will for sure have the file for the game on there somewhere, which you can probably identify by the file size later. Plus, it doesn't hurt to keep backups of your SD just in case it totally fails.
Robert at Zeboyd Games
Banned
Obviously if you spend a few hundred dollars on Nintendo, 3DS, and Wii U products a year, you own EVERY SINGLE Wii U & 3DS GAME ALREADY!!!!
I got a few hundred more coins than the minimum to get Platinum and I only owned Earthbound & NES Remix already.
& just as I was registering Link Between Worlds from the Best Buy BOGO deal...Hopefully won't be down too long.
It shouldn't lose your registration.
They did, and it is accessible directly in the 3DS data management. However, certain games are not permitted to use the backup, probably to deter cheating by making duplicate save files of online games. Animal Crossing is one of these games.
I rip every soundtrack I get from my games and stick it on iTunes, so I definitely put mine to use. The eShop credit thing would be nice though. I do have some games from there that I would still like to get. Last I checked, EU has the option of getting credit for their stars.
Yep, AC and Poke:X/Y are a few of the very very small selection (they might be the only ones) you can't backup the save with digital version, sans moving to your PC or a different SD card.
Yeah! and press the triangle button at the bottom of your bottom screen when highlighting a game you wish to backup.
Byron Bluth
Banned
I don't care if they want to do digital rewards, just please let us know in the future. We have never received a digital reward before, so it was jarring more than anything.
In the future they should just let people know what the reward is to make up their minds as to whether or not to pursue a Platinum or Gold reward.
In the future they should just let people know what the reward is to make up their minds as to whether or not to pursue a Platinum or Gold reward.
Team Top Hat
Banned
Looks like the site is down...hoping for new rewards.
Then you'd be guaranteeing the absoulte cheapest reward they could come up with every year (e.g. digital-only rewards). Otherwise, a big reward would cost them disproportionately more as more people would go for it, unless you did something heretical like say "only the first 1500 CN members to reach Platinum get the Platinum reward this year." They probably budget for the CN rewards each year, and if there's a lot of people that make it, the per reward available cost goes down. If not may people make it, then the per reward available cost goes up. Announcing beforehand would not help anyone.
Delicious Waffles
Member
I was thinking of that. Would you just have to do a copy and paste from the current SD card to the new one?
Is there anything special you need to do to back it up on a computer or do I just plug in the SD card and copy it over?
It's strange. I was thinking it might have to do with the fact I had the cartridge and, during some promotion, I bought it digitally so I'd always have it on the cart. I remember doing something to the save file so it would work. Thought it had something to do with that.
Nope, it's a straight copy.
Here's Nintendo's thing on the matter: http://en-americas-support.nintendo...d/309/~/how-to-transfer-data-between-sd-cards
Delicious Waffles
Member
Sounds easy enough. Thanks.
I've gone from 2 to 4 to 16 to 32 to 64 just with straight copy to pc, pc to new card and have lost nothing. The only hitch was formatting the 64 card to FAT 32.
Good to know! I just have too much Street Pass data that I'm paranoid on losing. But there is a number of DD-only titles that I definitely want to pick up in the future, so 2GB definitely won't be enough.
Keep an eye out for Amazon gold box deals and best buy deal of the days. I got my 64gb card for thirty bucks from best buy on Sunday.
Delicious Waffles
Member
Is there a specific SD card you need to look for when upgrading or any will be fine?
Most will be fine but remember that it must be formatted in FAT32. The one I bought was a Samsung microSD with an adapter but other brands are also good. Just do your research and watch out for scammers on eBay and such.
I got Wario, but it was mostly to earn enough points in the DDP program to redeem $5 credit on the eShop
I will play it anyway seems like a fun game, even better because it was free!
bumpkin
Member
I think he means the error page on CN with Wario shaking a coin bag...I got Wario, but it was mostly to earn enough points in the DDP program to redeem $5 credit on the eShop
I will play it anyway seems like a fun game, even better because it was free!
I got Game & Wario too for the same reason.
I got Wario, but it was mostly to earn enough points in the DDP program to redeem $5 credit on the eShop
I will play it anyway seems like a fun game, even better because it was free!
Bwahaha....poor SalsaShark...
darkjedi187
Member
Still leaning toward nes remix. How is it?
bumpkin
Member
I think it's fun, but your mileage may vary. I view it as Wario Ware with actual NES games as the focus. Remix 2 was better in that it had some of the bigger, less niche NES titles, but 1 was still pretty good IMO.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Remix 1 is better than Remix 2.
Remix 1 is the best format to play several of its featured games. A lot of those games aren't worth more than an hour of dicking around on their own IMO, but having a challenge and achievement structure built around them adds a lot of appeal and replay value for the more arcadey, score- and time-based games that make up most of its content. Going for 100% forces you to learn some nuance and tricks in these games that you might have forgotten or never knew about in the first place, and after doing so, I think you'll feel like you've gotten the full experience out of several of those games even without having access to the full games themselves. You just have to be able to put yourself in a 1985 mindset and accept that most of these games are built around much more limited and rigid controls, among other things.
Remix 2 often felt like little more than a tutorial for its games. I'd rather just play the individual games.
Remix 1 is the best format to play several of its featured games. A lot of those games aren't worth more than an hour of dicking around on their own IMO, but having a challenge and achievement structure built around them adds a lot of appeal and replay value for the more arcadey, score- and time-based games that make up most of its content. Going for 100% forces you to learn some nuance and tricks in these games that you might have forgotten or never knew about in the first place, and after doing so, I think you'll feel like you've gotten the full experience out of several of those games even without having access to the full games themselves. You just have to be able to put yourself in a 1985 mindset and accept that most of these games are built around much more limited and rigid controls, among other things.
Remix 2 often felt like little more than a tutorial for its games. I'd rather just play the individual games.
This sums up how I feel about both games to a T. The Remix 2 actual remixes are at least more fun than the regular levels in that game, though, which as SFF says are more tutorials/important moments in the games and less arcade-y minigames as they were in the original game (in which the games featured better lent themselves to that type of gameplay anyway).
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Yeah, I do think the actual "remix" stages were a little better in the sequel, so I guess it wins out in terms of original content, but that's only, I don't know, one fourth of the total package? I can't remember exactly.
Barely a fourth probably, yeah, and the most time-consuming to unlock.
Megidolaon
Member
Anyone want my Platinum reward? I was gonna download one today since I've never played any of them but if I'm being honest with myself, I know I'm not going to play any of them. I don't like NES games and the others aren't my type. I'd rather give the code to a GAFer and know that they'll at least play and have fun. So if you aren't a Platinum or there's a game you wanna get from that list, I'll PM you the code.
EscapingJail
Member
ill take it (Donkey kong please)
I'd love Earthbound, though I'd hate to take it from someone that wasn't Plat. (I used my plat for NES Remix).
e: nm, already beaten
Megidolaon
Member
Well since you posted first, which DK? the 3DS or the NES one?
EscapingJail
Member
Megidolaon
Member
Ok, PM'ed you the code. I think it said you have to have a bigger SD card than the one the 3DS comes with.
Lone_Prodigy
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EscapingJail
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I got a big memory card thanks man I really appreciate it!
I'll be sure to pass the love around again in the future
Megidolaon
Member
Sorry man. I'm on mobile GAF and I didn't see your PM until I had already said I'd give it to Escaping Jail.I thought you wanted a PM, not a quote.
Oh well.
No problem. Gotta spread that love
