Custom Themes For Nintendo 3DS Now Available In North America And Europe

Ishaan Sahdev

Published: Oct 7, 2014 12:45 am

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A firmware update released for the Nintendo 3DS in North America adds a couple of new features to the system, as well as support for the custom themes that Nintendo announced a few weeks ago. The update, which is Version 9.0.0-20U, adds the following features:

Support for custom themes to customize the HOME menu
Five custom themes pre-installed (more can be purchased)
Screenshots of HOME menu can now be captured
Nintendo Image Share feature accessible from HOME menu
Nintendo eShop Title Information page makes it easier to access demos and videos
Stability improvements to the system

The themes that are presently available via the Theme Shop cost $0.99 or $1.99 each, and are primarily based on patterns or first-party Nintendo characters. Third-party themes haven’t been made available yet.

Update: Custom themes are available in Europe as well.

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Ishaan Sahdev

Ishaan specializes in game design/sales analysis. He's the former managing editor of Siliconera and wrote the book "The Legend of Zelda - A Complete Development History". He also used to moonlight as a professional manga editor. These days, his day job has nothing to do with games, but the two inform each other nonetheless.