All Ambassadors receive the games free of charge as compensation for the price cut, while everyone else will need to purchase the games. Until recently, the NES games were also Ambassador-exclusives, but Nintendo is currently gradually allowing the games to be made available to the general public. GBA games are currently only available to "Ambassadors", people who purchased the 3DS prior to the price cut only a few months after the system's launch.
Sega Game Gear games are scheduled for sometime this year. Games from the Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Game Boy Advance, and Nintendo Entertainment System are currently available.
The 3DS also features a Virtual Console download service via its eShop online marketplace. Also unique to the system is its gyroscope, which allows for certain games to have their cameras manipulated without pressing buttons. It is also unnecessary to use 3D glasses to experience the 3D effect. Its main feature is its stereoscopic 3D capability, which provides a three dimensional effect providing depth rather than having everything "come at the viewer". Despite its name, it is intended to be an entirely different line of systems from the DS line. It is the direct successor to the Nintendo DS line. The Nintendo 3DS ( ニンテンドー3DS) is one of the latest installments in Nintendo's line of handheld systems. JP (as New Nintendo 2DS LL)/KOR: July 13, 2017 JP (as Nintendo 3DS LL)/EU/NZ: July 28, 2012