<s>
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
was	O
a	O
download	B-Application
service	O
and	O
an	O
extension	O
of	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
access	O
content	O
,	O
third-party	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
services	O
from	O
a	O
hotspot	B-Application
or	O
download	B-Application
station	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
the	O
service	O
debuted	O
,	O
users	O
could	O
also	O
connect	O
to	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Wi-Fi	I-Application
Connection	I-Application
and	O
DSi	B-Device
Shop	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
Viewer	I-Device
application	O
allows	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DSi	I-Device
and	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
to	O
detect	O
and	O
use	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
application	O
has	O
been	O
discontinued	O
worldwide	O
,	O
but	O
all	O
other	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
functionality	O
remains	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
1,000	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Stations	I-Device
in	O
Japan	O
were	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
converted	O
into	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zones	I-Device
to	O
enable	O
SpotPass	B-Device
communications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
content	O
was	O
available	O
at	O
over	O
29,000	O
locations	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Nintendo	O
announced	O
in	O
July	O
2013	O
that	O
the	O
service	O
would	O
receive	O
StreetPass	B-Device
enhancements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
StreetPass	B-Device
Relay	O
Points	O
system	O
was	O
introduced	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
an	O
firmware	O
update	O
to	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
consoles	O
in	O
August	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
a	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
owner	O
visited	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
location	O
,	O
his	O
or	O
her	O
StreetPass	B-Device
data	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
stored	O
there	O
then	O
transferred	O
when	O
another	O
owner	O
visited	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
viewer	O
would	O
always	O
remain	O
on	O
even	O
if	O
it	O
is	O
out	O
range	O
of	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
December	O
8	O
,	O
2011	O
,	O
a	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
update	O
began	O
that	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
access	O
new	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zones	I-Device
through	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
new	O
hotspots	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
feature	O
was	O
added	O
on	O
in	O
celebration	O
of	O
National	O
StreetPass	B-Device
Weekend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
combined	O
and	O
mixed	O
together	O
all	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zones	I-Device
within	O
North	O
America	O
into	O
one	O
and	O
allowed	O
users	O
who	O
come	O
across	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
to	O
streetpass	B-Device
and	O
exchange	O
data	O
with	O
other	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
users	O
from	O
all	O
around	O
the	O
continent	O
,	O
as	O
opposed	O
to	O
only	O
those	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
users	O
who	O
have	O
passed	O
by	O
that	O
specific	O
zone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Through	O
this	O
feature	O
,	O
users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
StreetPass	B-Device
a	O
maximum	O
of	O
6	O
users	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
from	O
other	O
parts	O
of	O
North	O
America	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
feature	O
helped	O
raise	O
awareness	O
about	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
and	O
what	O
it	O
could	O
offer	O
to	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
encouraged	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
users	O
to	O
access	O
a	O
nearby	O
zone	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
meet	O
users	O
from	O
other	O
parts	O
of	O
the	O
continent	O
and	O
to	O
gather	O
more	O
StreetPass	B-Device
relay	O
points	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
encouraged	O
interaction	O
between	O
3DS	B-Operating_System
users	O
who	O
own	O
the	O
same	O
game	O
to	O
initiate	O
item	O
exchanges	O
that	O
each	O
users	O
would	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
take	O
away	O
with	O
them	O
once	O
the	O
events	O
are	O
over	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
North	O
American	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
3DS	I-Operating_System
users	O
were	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
inside	O
these	O
following	O
places	O
:	O
Best	O
Buy	O
,	O
Home	O
Depot	O
,	O
and	O
CrossIron	O
Mills	O
in	O
Canada	O
;	O
and	O
AT&T	O
Retail	O
Store	O
,	O
and	O
McDonald	O
's	O
in	O
the	O
USA	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
could	O
find	O
nearby	O
Nintendo	B-Device
Zones	I-Device
by	O
searching	O
for	O
their	O
city	O
or	O
postal	O
code	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
was	O
an	O
in-store	O
demo	O
service	O
launched	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
in	O
early	O
2006	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
name	O
states	O
,	O
these	O
are	O
stations	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
download	B-Application
game	O
demos	O
and	O
trailers	O
to	O
a	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
download	B-Application
station	O
consisted	O
of	O
a	O
standard	O
retail	O
DS	B-Device
hidden	O
inside	O
a	O
sealed	O
box	O
with	O
a	O
special	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
cartridge	O
inserted	O
in	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
cartridge	O
acts	O
as	O
a	O
server	O
for	O
customers	O
to	O
download	B-Application
new	O
game	O
demos	O
or	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
When	O
Nintendo	O
released	O
a	O
new	O
demo	O
cartridge	O
to	O
retailers	O
,	O
they	O
simply	O
load	O
the	O
cartridge	O
into	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
locked	O
in	O
the	O
sealed	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
could	O
distribute	O
only	O
one	O
game	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
but	O
can	O
send	O
the	O
demos	O
to	O
up	O
to	O
fifteen	O
DS	B-Device
systems	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
games	O
can	O
be	O
downloaded	B-Application
by	O
navigating	O
to	O
DS	B-Device
Download	B-Application
Play	O
on	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Device
DS	I-Device
's	O
main	O
menu	O
and	O
browsing	O
for	O
a	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
in	O
range	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
game	O
demos	O
released	O
were	O
Tetris	B-Application
DS	I-Application
,	O
Brain	O
Age	O
:	O
Train	O
Your	O
Brain	O
in	O
Minutes	O
a	O
Day	O
!,	O
Mario	B-Application
Kart	I-Application
DS	I-Application
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
demos	O
remain	O
on	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
until	O
the	O
power	O
is	O
turned	O
off	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
US	O
and	O
European	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
are	O
completely	O
different	O
from	O
the	O
Japanese	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
had	O
been	O
nineteen	O
different	O
volumes	O
of	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
,	O
with	O
each	O
volume	O
differing	O
in	O
content	O
between	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Europe	O
,	O
and	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DS	B-Device
Download	I-Device
Station	I-Device
had	O
long	O
since	O
been	O
discontinued	O
,	O
with	O
all	O
the	O
Display	O
DS	B-Device
units	O
being	O
resold	O
in	O
the	O
normal	O
retail	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
