The Nintendo 3DS eshop went live today in Europe, and with it came two free items: 3D Classics Excitebike and Pokédex 3D. Unfortunately there are no other 3DSWare titles yet, lets hope they start arriving soon. Meanwhile there are some new GameBoy Virtual Console titles available and a whole heap of old DSiWare games to choose from.

To get the eShop on your 3DS system you will need to download the latest system update. This enables the shop as well as the Internet browser for the system. I tried connecting to the shop with my region set to South Africa, but it gave me an error saying the shop was not available in my region yet. I changed my country to the UK and it connected without a problem. There is a bit of a questionaire to answer before you can get to the shop - things like disclaimers and the usual end user license agreements and giving Nintendo and their partners permission to store all your activities.

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