After what seems like an eternity, Nintendo has finally released Flipnote Studio 3D in North America. The title is free to download for all Club Nintendo users right now.
The highly anticipated application has finally made it west after months of deliberation. Originally Flipnote Studio 3D was held back in 2013, leaving western gamers wondering if they would ever receive this ingenious app.
If you haven't already heard the buzz, Flipnote Studio 3D allows you to generate and customise your own 3D animated flipnotes. Hours of fun can be had, creating drawings for each page of your flip-book and watching them come to life.
Flipnote Studio 3D caters for artists of all levels, creating everything from simple sketches to animated cartoons. The fun doesn't just end there though - once you have created your masterpieces, you will be able to turn them into a fully animated experience via the software's powerful selection of artistic tools.
Let us know what you think of the application by posting a comment below.
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finally
Yes! Yes! Yes!
Got it!
Just curious, why is this such a big announcement? It's just an app that lets you draw, right? Basically Miiverse 2.0?
Now if only the CN servers aren't clogged at the moment....... But yeah that along with the Smash 3ds update and Protect Me Knight 2 getting localized makes this an awesome week.
I am finally using this. With that spiderman news and this finally being available this is starting to be a great week. And Friday only makes it better.
@hypercoyote can't do animations using miiverse.
How do you get it?
Aww, can't get to CN right now... Better try again later.
@hypercoyote this goes farther then that since you can make gifs and make little animated movies.
@siavm @Jazzer94 Ah, okay. So no artistic talent = not useful....lol
Awesome, but I'm afraid we'll have to wait a bit longer. The site has crashed once again. I can't wait for this new loyalty program to start, I can only hope it will handle the web traffic better.
Aw, it's actually out... What's the fun in that?
...I got on, but it wasn't there. Though when I clicked something else it kicked me off... So yeah...
Club Nintendo's still down for maintenance for me.
Club Nintendo has traffic issues...
Ok, I already downloaded, but I'm so bad at drawing...
@crzysortagamer Get a club nintendo Account if you havent already (but hurry you've got till march [31?])/log on to club nintendo and theres flip note studio waiting in your to do list.
It didn't show up on my main page, but it did when I went under Account and coin history. A big "To-Do" button and i got my code after that.
@chiefeagle02 I got mine early this morning. Woo!
Heh, managed to log in, but the site died when I clicked on the Flipnote icon.
Yes. Woke up and immediately checked for it. So glad that I can draw after I completely broke my DSi. Too bad there's no online feature.
"The wait is over at last"
.. for Americans.
I still can't find it
Without ONLINE why is this app. so wanted? I mean I can't even use it since there no body to send them via spotpass (is there a Spotpass things in it?)
So does this app has online?Or what?
@midnafanboy No. (at least not yet)
I agree that this entire thing is pointless to some people without the ability to share with 3DS friends. : /
Aw sweet. I hope I can actually get in there later tonight to get it.
downloaded. I'll never use it, but I downloaded it.
Awesome!!!
@daveh30 Cause you gotta waste save space whenever possible?
So folks, can you guys share your work in any way? I can't draw really well, but I'd be up to using this app if I can see what you guys can do .
Good for you guys while Europe still waits 😧 I didn't have a dsi so i'm just curious to see how it works. At least you can save the animations on an SD card and upload them. Still a pain though.
i cant get the stupid thing because the stupid site is still under maintanence im still pissed because its been 2 long assonising weeks and thyre still foing maintanebce
Grabbed mine at 3:45am!!!!!!!!!! Traffic was rather light, if I might add. Looks wicked cool from what little I've played. Good luck to all on here who haven't gotten it yet!!!!!
Meanwhile in Europe...
@XCWarrior yeah, cause storage space has always been at such a premium on the 3DS consoles. whats a 32G mSD card running these days? If only Sony had gone with those instead of their proprietary garbage. Coulda, Woulda, Shoulda... but i digress.
The kids might play it, I won't.
Pretty pointless without online, but I guess it's meant to just appeal to little kids and people who desperately want to animate in their 3DS for whatever reason.
I'll just stick to Toon Boom software on my PC...
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Nintendo's new rewards program better be able to handle more traffic than Club Nintendo. This is just ridiculous!
@Captain_Toad dang didn't know protect me knight was getting released! That's great news!! Have it on my import new 3ds and it's just plain fantastic. Certainly one I will rebuy in english!
Club Nintendo will return in a few days...Please understand
Hope we don't have to wait to long.
That's just great Flipnote Studio 3D finally comes out and I can't even acess Club Nintendo.
I picked it up, not sure how much I will use it but who am I to turn down a free game. In a side note I expect club Nintendo to be overwhelmed today so I probably won't be able to do any post play surveys today....
I recommend sharing on reddit.com/r/FlipnoteStudio3D , I have set up a gallery there!
As dumb as it is, I can understand eliminating the online sharing after the Swapnote fiasco...but couldn't they at least let us share videos with our registered friends?? I mean, c'mon, what's the point of creating something if you can't share it with anyone else?
@daveh30 I've been seeing more and more people who love to go digital with their games filling up their 32 gig cards. And if you are getting a n3DS, those things are a pain in the butt to swap out micro sd cards.
@invictus4000 Amen man. I used swapnote a ton with a bunch of buddies, and we kept it clean. We are friends after all, let us have fun with this thing!
Let me guess it's coming to Europe in Summer 2015
@XCWarrior I buy mostly physical, especially for anything Nintendo (i'm a collector, I just like having the box on the shelf...) I do download a lot of eShop/ VC games, but they're tiny. I have over 75 downloaded titles on my 3DS (not including DSi games, they store on the system memory... not sure how many of those I have backed up on the SD...) and it's barely made a dent in the card. not too concerned about it. Honestly, even the crappy Vita cards wouldn't bother me if it wasn't for all the free games you get with PS+... Vita games that I buy i go mostly physical as well.
can't friggin' wait for the N3DS on Friday. I pre-ordered red
Edit: and all that being said, I just realized that the 32G card i had intended to put in my 3DS when i upgraded the card in my phone to a 64G card, is still sitting in the drawer in my nightstand. that means all the games on my 3DS have barely put a dent in a 16G card. should be good for a while!
@Sherman I know, i keep getting that same stupid screen too.
What does it do? And will it be available to non-Club Nintendo Members in Europe? Is it anything like Letterbox / Swapnote was before they killed the online use?
Got mine and redeemed it inmediatly through https://eshop.nintendo.net/redeem, now it will be downloaded for when I get home, nice.
Aaaaand... CN's down. What the heck?! Looks like I'll have to wait before getting my Flipnote Studio...
I managed to sneak in just now and grab it. Club Nintendo servers are spotty at best.
I still don't understand the point of this, as I can't share anything online or with friends... so, it's essentially the same as if I were to take all the sticky notes from work and make my own animations. But hey, it's FREE!
It's been 3000 years...Flipnote Studio 3D
Finally! I've been waiting for this for the longest time! Hopefully the traffic dies down in the afternoon or evening..
gaah i cant get in ;3;
edit: i got the email sighs in relief thanks to that redeem site it will be quick
@XCWarrior
Well said, man. ARG! I got all the way to the "order now" button then it crashed on me again. Lol
Ahahaha and the site is down. Seriously Nintendo? I hope whatever takes the place of Club Nintendo can handle traffic better, geez.
@Phle
I think it will only be available to Club Nintendo members but I can't be sure. If you're not a member it's free to sign up and you still can for a month more or so.
And it is quite different than Swapnote. That was simply a messenger app that you could doodle with. This is a full-blown animation movie-making tool and is much more complex and rewarding than Swapnote.
CN's under maintenance. Nice.
Who wants one?? I got one!
I'm going to get it since it's free, but if it's pointless to have because you can't share anything created, then I don't see me keeping it very long.....sort of like the Mario Picture app thing that went with the Target E-shop cards.
Please please replace club nintendo with something like the digital deluxe promotion. I never had a problem logging into that ever.
I thought it would work for EU... But PM me if you want one!! Say the best reason why I should give it to you and the best one will have it!
I was finally able to get Flipnote right before the site went down.
@HeroOfCybertron Do you want a download code from me??
@YoshiGamer
May I have it?? ;;w;
@Flumes Yes sure!
@Flumes A079-5JJN-0GTY-S05T
@BenAV There's still Half Life 3 :>
when you get to te ORDER NOW page and it subsequently crashes or boots you out of club nintendo altogether, dont sweat. just keep trying, it doesnt mess up your ability to ORDER the item. ie you dont have to wait and hope that an email with your code actually shows up.
@ouroborous I actually had to wait 2 hours for it :l
fyi, they are unique codes that can only be used once
@hypercoyote Not just draw, but create animations, now with 3D support, so I believe you can draw something in the foreground, and then something in the background. Imagine watching in 3D two people throwing a ball or something back and forth.
damn you Nintendo of America!! i got my download code, but cant download the game because i live in México ... wtf
Good thing I got my code right in the morining before the rush
I'd download it, but they can't get their act together.
Oh geez, site doesn't work again. >.<'
@GodOfPie Oh, gotcha, so it's an improved version of the original? I rarely used flipnote before, but maybe it could be fun to do some stick animations lol
Here we go again — the usual "sever get slammed, site glitches, puts up fake maintenance messages when it's actually because everyone's trying to access all at once".
-Sigh- I guess I'll keep trying until it finally happens.
About time. They'd better not take this down anytime soon, the server is never trustworthy. I've lost 100 coins worth by having it crash during surveys when I click "finish".
got the code but when I wanted to redeem it, it says the product doesn't exist
Jeez. Talk about going out with a bang. Glitches and lost coins. Fun. This ship is sinking alright, but I think they're only shutting it down before it dies of natural causes.
This morning I was able to log on to Club Nintendo and claim my free download. However, the site froze before it displayed the download code. Since then I haven't been able to log in. I sure hope I'm still able to download the game later.
Nintendo really needs to work on making their sites more accessible during high traffic times. It's highly frustrating. Especially when users miss out on things due to the site crashing.
can't redeem the stupid code. tells me that the game is not available. what the hell?!
@minotaurgamer You live in Europe?
For those saying Club Nintendo is still under maintenance, try clearing out your browser history. The computer probably remembers the maintenance page and redirects you straight to it. Clearing the history worked for me.
@invictus4000 I live in Norway, and there people are not allowed to be members...
@YoshiGamer Mexico but I have redemeed 3ds club nintendo codes before
@minotaurgamer I don't know if it was you but you/another person also cant redeem it due to mexico :L
@YoshiGamer That's what I feared. Well that sucks. I'd try more later but I wont be surprised if that is.
I got mine. Luckily I clicked on the box to send code to email before the site crashed again. I'm enjoying it now
(shoutout to the bronies and pegasisters here)
(sympathy to the europeans. The feels!)
Love how Club Nintendo is still under maintenance.
Sigh....
Pretty glad I found about this when I woke up today, I knew it was a good choice to get my code before going to school just by judging some of the comments here. The early bird catches the worm.
@minotaurgamer @OniLink Same here, it took some hours before I could redeem the special Smash demo, but it was made available later... I hope this will be the case for Flipnote. I could email Nintendo customer service, but last time I did that they closed my account saying club.nintendo is only for US and Canada and it was very difficult to get it back again (I currently live in Mexico but I also have US residence). If it isnt made available soon, Im thinking this Feb 13th I can set my new 3DS to US, use my code there without NNID so I change region to Mexico and then do the system transfer, and Ill see if I can download it form my account activity/titles downloaded on the new 3DS now with my mexican NNID.
Ikr ^^^ just came back and I log on, and then I click it, "site maintenance".
will I be able to transfer it to my new 3ds once I get it?
I'm trying to get it but it says it's under maintenance.
I wish they sent it out in emails, it's much easier and its not as long
Soooo......... how bout that Club Nintendo maintenance......?
@AVahne So you don't have a Youtube account or across to the Nintendo Life forums? Even though it sucks not to have online, it not something to complain about because there are soo many things you can post it at.
I finally got in the morning...then back to home club Nintendo say under Mantenance... I was like shocked.
I was excited until I found out that they stripped the online sharing feature. Thanks for breaking your promise, Nintendo.
@tripunktoj I'll give it this week and see what's up. I hope is that.
STILL can't get on. Even when I can it doesn't come up...
I think we should all agree to not login to Club Nintendo all at once. Let's go one at a time. I'll go first and let the next person know when I'm done using it.
Where do i find my code?
The more I see the "Sorry! Site Maintenance" screen, the happier I am that Club Nintendo is being replaced. This is ridiculous.
@JubilifeRival You'll find your code under your To Do list on Club Nintendo.
@Captain_Toad No online? Then i don't see the point of all this.
Stupid release plan. Exclusive for CN users / US NNID? Screw this. I'm sick of supporting these guys with lots of e-shop credits and game purchases. 2015 is the right time to move on.
So I need a club Nintendo account to get it? That's some bull...........
I've been trying to get it for an hour now...why do you keep opening and closing for site maintenance!?
You just have to be very persistent! Some parts of it are easier to get through than others, but it's a nice, small download when you do finally get to it. Don't lose hope, folks!
Wow, I must have gotten lucky earlier, sounds like the site's crashing pretty hard now.
Just a heads up for when you do get in, make sure to go into the settings and turn on the advanced features. It adds a lot more stuff, including layers, which are a must for anything serious
Does anyone knows if the code work for Mexico? I am living in Mexico at the moment and my eShop is set to that and it seems it lacks Flipnote Studio 3D so when I try to redeem my Nintendo Club code it says the game is not available and suggest I check the release date, I assume the game was never released in the Mexican eShop which is weird because all the discounts listed here as North America are in the Mexican eShop as well.
Can anybody confirm that I can´t redeem the code? If I can´t and someone else wants it, I have no problem with sharing it but have in mind that if I can´t redeem it then only people at US or Canada can.
@FaustoM Same here. I think the app is only available in the US store. Bah.
Really No working in Mexico (and Latin America)..., really, instead of saying North America (according to Mexico is part of North America), should say Canada and USA only... sigh
Well, maybe to wait if we I can get this game/app, I hope that yes...
@Ash_Anne send an email if you want my code. I can´t use it anyway [email protected]
People in North America (Or people with North Ameriacan 3DSs) celebrate the release of the game they had waited so long for. People can finally get this brilliant piece of software use it to create marvelous animations.
Meanwhile... In the UK:
Still waiting.
Bah.
https://www.facebook.com/FlipnoteStudio3D/photos/a.507675755936275.1073741829.499697743400743/792435774126937/?type=1
Nintendo was the one that wanted to distribute it that way, if you go to Flipnote Studio 3D´s Facebook page, they say it would be better to release the game for free in the eShop so everyone could grab one. So it seems it was not their call.
What the heck nintendo! No world gallery?!?!?!?! What kind of nonsense is this?!?!
Seriously.
WHY ISN'T THE SITE WORKING?!
So while dedicated online for Flipnote has been gone for a long time, the actual hatena is still active. It was moved onto Hatena blogs as a group.
http://hatenablog.com/g/11696248318753691568
Who would have thought? Not too active, but we can change that.
So while dedicated online for Flipnote has been gone for a long time, the actual hatena is still active. It was moved onto Hatena blogs as a group.
http://hatenablog.com/g/11696248318753691568
Who would have thought? Not too active, but we can change that.
Double post. Weird. Sorry.
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