Sooo, until you actually get back, you won't play in the first place. And before you can play, you gotta go to work or school. So, when will you play, assuming you're the average person? Chances are high that you'll need your sleep for the next morning, so midnight is outta the question. Since it's midnight, your WiiU grabs them - done. Since you preordered Smash, the automatic 'predownload' service already got you all you need, except for the last packs of data. Thu 30th Oct This feature doesn't change much about it if Nintendo underestimates it again and lacks the server power, since peak times will simply shift to around midnight.

If it's fully optimised we'd hope this will be a small 'unlock' key, which means you'll be smashing not long after those midnight launches. and, when midnight rolls around on release day, simply finish it off with the 'requisite minimum amount of update data'. In theory you'll be able to pre-download most of Smash Bros. The idea is simple - and familiar for gamers with Sony consoles, for example - in that you can pre-order a digital version of a game and do the bulk of the download before it's released.

Now Satoru Iwata has announced that fans of retail downloads may not need to wait so long for games to arrive, with a new 'pre-download' service that'll kick off with Super Smash Bros. Just recently Nintendo has begun to sell retail downloads online that can, by purchasing from the official website in North America while logged in with Nintendo Network ID details, be downloaded to your system through SpotPass.

While the Wii U and 3DS eShop stores have taken great strides in bringing Nintendo towards current-day standards in digital retail, there are still various areas of improvement.

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