TheMoon
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TheMoon,
It's the target system which has preinstalled games.
There are sellers in Malaysia selling Deluxe WiiU with preinstalled 3D World and Nintendo land.
I am interested to know if anyone did it before.
I don't think i can call since I'm living in Malaysia.
To be clear, I'm not asking which system has the preinstalled games, that was always clear. I was asking if the games are actually PREINSTALLED on NEW consoles and weren't just registered on NNIDs on used systems or even just disc copies? That's why I was asking about specifics because I'm not sure there is even such a thing as a Wii U with preinstalled SM3DW and NL as they either come in their respective cases on disc or as a download code which would avoid this whole issue (and explain why it's not covered on the FAQ).
For example, if you're buying this:
Then you get what you see. The two games in those cases on discs as pictured.
In either case, if they are indeed preinstalled on a brand new system then you can work around this potential issue by first creating a new NNID on the target system which then ties those preinstalled games to that NNID. Then you do the transfer which formats the target system and removes the NNID. After the transfer is done, you can then relink that new NNID that you created with those preinstalled games with the caveat that you'll need to remember that those two are tied to that second NNID. But like I said, this is only a workaround if that scenario even really comes into play.
Btw you don't need to actually call them, you can just contact customer service of any country by email.
Edit: read it wrongly. If the target system has the games preinstalled, what`s the issue? The transfer just removes the NNID from the old system and links it to the new one. Doesn't format or overwrite anything on the new system.
It does!
All content on the target Wii U will be lost when the console is formatted and then replaced by the content from the source Wii U, with the exception of Wii Menu content (which will be merged), Internet connection settings, TV settings, Wii U GamePad TV Remote settings, and Wii Remote and Wii U GamePad pairing