Despite both being Nintendo products, the Wii U console and the portable 3DS have been oddly separated. Both have digital stores, but they use completely different account balances. That means that you can’t use the extra $10 of credit you have registered on your Wii U to buy a 3DS game.
Well, no more! Announced during today’s Nintendo Direct video conference, a December system update for the 3DS will finally permit people to share a balance between the two systems by registering their Wii U Nintendo ID to the 3DS. You hear that? It’s the slow, creaky churning of the Nintendo wheel of progress.
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YouTube is also coming to the portable system later this month.