If you have already set up your Nintendo Network ID on your 3DS, the purchase part is pretty easy.
Please check that you can access your Nintendo Account here or you will have trouble getting to your code!
In the 3DS e-shop (shopping bag icon on Home Screen), scroll left until you see the icon for adding payment (credit card icon).
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| Left to right, top to bottom: if you use a prepaid card, you only have to enter the prepaid card number but if you pay by credit card, you need to choose how much credit to put on, choose your credit card company and enter your credit card details. Accepted credit cards are JCB, Mastercard and Visa. You'll be asked if you want the save the credit card details (the left button is no), and then to confirm the credit purchase (the right button is yes). |
Once there is credit in your account, you should be able to see your balance at the bottom of the top screen (in the images, you can see I have 500 yen).
Then it is as easy as going back to the front of the e-shop and selecting the Pokemon virtual console games. You can tell which game it is from the image in the top screen but just in case, the games from left to right are, red, green, blue and yellow.
The button for "continue", "next" and "agree" is usually the one on the right, or in orange.
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| Here is the Pokemon Virtual Console in the e-shop as of Feb 1st 2015. |
The games are downloadable and the Mew code is redeemable from Feb 27th to Mar 31st. The VC Mew code is obtainable after purchasing any of the VC games. The code will be shown to you on the receipt after the purchase of the VC game (see here in your transactions).
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| You can also click the My Transactions link in the red box after you login to your Nintendo account. |
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Click on your purchase. On the next page, the serial code will be under the text 《シリアルコードはこちら》 |
To clarify:
There are 3 Virtual Console items/merchandise for sale, for each Red, Blue, Green and Yellow VC game.
- The VC game that you buy from the e-shop from your 3DS or an in-store download card in Japan, for 1,200 yen (shown above)
- A physical package which includes a code to download the game as well as some other goodies like stickers, magnet and a map for 1,500 yen
- The 2DS bundle which comes with the VC game pre-loaded on a 2DS with a Mew for the VC game as well as other physical goodies for 10,777 yen.
All 4 Virtual Console items include the Mew code for XY/ORAS (the physical package and 2DS bundle will be a physical card with the code).
Each download of each GAME (R/B/G/Y) comes with the Mew code, so you could buy all 4 VC games for 4 codes.