Nintendo has confirmed it's adding the ability to pre-download games for your Wii U and 3DS so you can start playing them the second the street date rolls around.

The news comes courtesy of president Satoru Iwata during his investor talk earlier today while he was mentioning ways Nintendo is planning to help make buying games simpler for audiences.The first game to make use of this feature on Wii U will be Super Smash Bros. this December, while 3DS titles will have to wait until next year.Currently you can buy a digital game from select third-party retailers or Nintendo.com by entering your Nintendo Network ID and password to have the game automatically add itself to your system's queue. Iwata has also confirmed such functionality should be rolled out to Amazon before too long.In other Nintendo news, the company posted its financial results for the second quarter of the financial year, which states that Wii U sales are up, but 3DS sales are down.

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