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The viewer will always remain on even if it is out range of a Nintendo Zone.

On December 8th, 2011,a 3DS update allowed users to access new Nintendo Zones through a variety of new hotspots. A press releases showed that Boingo, a Wi-Fi industry teamed up with Nintendo of America Inc. to allow users automatically access the zone within 42 airports within North America that were under Boingo. This offered a new range of encounters and features without any additional cost.

DS Download Station
The DS Download Station is an in-store demo service launched by Nintendo in early 2006. As the name implies, these are stations that can be used to download game demos and trailers to a Nintendo DS. The range of a Nintendo DS Download Station is approximately 65 feet. The download station is actually nothing more than a standard retail DS hidden inside a sealed box with a special DS Download Station cartridge inserted in it. The cartridge acts as a server for customers to download new game demos or videos. When Nintendo releases a new demo cartridge to retailers they simply load the cartridge into the DS locked in the sealed box.

A DS Download Station can distribute only one game at a time, but send the demos to up to 15 DS systems simultaneously. The games can be downloaded by going to DS Download Play on the Nintendo DS's main menu and choosing the DS Download Station (if in range). Players could choose from a wide range of games that refresh every quarter of the year. The first demos games released were Tetris(R) DS, Brain Age™: Train Your Brain in Minutes a Day, Mario Kart® DS and more. From there it would load a simple menu & loader application to facilitate loading the demo of the player's choice. The demos remain on the DS until the power is turned off.

The US and European version of the DS Download Station are completely different than the Japanese version. The Japanese version uses 3 PCs, each connected to an Internet connection. The difference in design was due to most retail locations in the US do not have an available Internet connection, and therefore, a self contained solution was necessary.

Volumes
Thus far, there have been nineteen different volumes of DS Download Station, with each volume different in terms of content between North America, Europe, and Japan. These downloads are actually physical game cartridges for the Nintendo DSes that deliver the downloads. Although the cartridges are not for resale, some have appeared on various online auction sites. ROM dumps of the cartridges have also been made available for download.

Locations
3DS users are able to access the Nintendo Zone inside these following places :

Canada
 * Best Buy
 * Future Shop
 * McDonalds
 * Home Depot

United States of America


 * Starbucks
 * McDonalds
 * ATT Retail Store

Users can also find nearby Nintendo Zones by searching up their city or postal code on the Nintendo website.

Nintendo Zone Shake Up
In December 2013, a new feature was added on in celebration of National StreetPass Weekend. This feature combined and mixed together all Nintendo Zones within North America into one and allowed users who come across a Nintendo Zone to streetpass and exchange data with other 3DS users from all around the continent, as opposed to only those 3DS users whom have pasted by that specific zone. Through this feature, users were able to streetpass a maximum of 6 users at a time but the users would be from other parts of North America. This feature helped raise awareness about Nintendo Zone and what it could offer to 3DS users. It encouraged 3DS users to access a nearby zone in order to meet other user from another part of the continent and to gather more streetpass relay points. Through this feature, many users were able to exchange information and gameplay items with other users. It also encouraged interaction between 3DS users who own the same game to start item exchanges that each users would be able to take away with them once the events is over.