Nintendo Announces Free Smash Bros for 3DS eShop Demo Release Date! [Updated]

[Update: Club Nintendo members who get demo codes for today will get four of them to play with friends, so if you don’t get one, try to find someone who did!]

Japanese players got an eShop Demo of Smash Bros. for 3DS just a few days before the game’s release there, but Nintendo of America has just announced that North America will be getting a demo two full weeks before we get the game! (And some lucky Club Nintendo players can get the demo today.)

This news first came by way of Nintendo’s all-day treehouse stream today, which is still going on and will reportedly feature hours of Smash Bros. gameplay in addition to Nintendo’s other upcoming titles. It’s live right now:

Watch live video from Nintendo on www.twitch.tv

The full game releases on October 3rd in North America, and the Wii U version is still slated for an unannounced date this holiday season.

Previously in Smash Bros.

• Twitch users uncovered the game’s secrets a bit early
• There’s a new 3DS coming with a c-stick usable in Smash Bros.
• A young girl adorably tries to name all the game’s characters

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