The first major 3DS system update will be released...

eShop containing new downloadable content, NOA said. The browser will have “the capability to show 3D images on sites specifically designed to show 3D images,” it said. Initial content available for download to the handheld game system from the eShop will include Pokedex 3D, an application that will enable users of the 3DS to see Pokemon characters in 3D. Nintendo will offer the old Nintendo Entertainment System game Excitebike, remastered in 3D, as a free download until July 7 to anybody who installs the system update, NOA said. Coming Virtual Console content available in the eShop will include the Game Boy games Super Mario Land, Alleyway and Radar Mission. New content will be added to the eShop on Thursdays. The system update will also give DSi and DSi XL users the ability to transfer most of their previously downloaded Nintendo DSiWare games to the 3DS, NOA said. Not becoming available Monday, however, is the previously announced short-form video service. That will follow “in the near future” via download of a free application that NOA said will enable 3DS users to view specially selected video content, including 3D movie trailers, comedy clips and music videos automatically received when the device’s SpotPass feature is activated. Separately, NOA said “there soon will be 25,000 locations” where 3DS users will be able to get free Wi-Fi access. As of Tuesday, a deal with real estate company Simon Property Group will provide 3DS owners with complimentary wireless connections at almost 200 Simon shopping malls in the U.S., NOA said. Device users can also access hotspots at more than 1,000 Best Buy stores and, through an expanded deal with AT&T, 3DS users will have access to almost 24,000 AT&T Wi-Fi hotspots, NOA said.