Editing Your Friend Card / Viewing Friend Cards; Communicating With Friends - Nintendo 2DS Operation Manual

Editing your friend card / Viewing friend cards

Select your friend card from the friend list to edit your details or view friend cards belonging to other people. Your friend card will be
identified by a icon.
Editing your friend card
Choose your friend card to edit your favorite
software, message, or other information.
Choose your favorite software Enter a short greeting of up to
from among the titles you 16 characters. This greeting will
have played. be visible to all your friends.
• You can tap on the lower screen to begin registering a friend.
• If the Mii character of one of your friends is replaced by a different one with the name "Mii," the creator of your friend's Mii might
have been added to the blocked-user list. For more information, see the built-in manual for Mii Maker available on the HOME
Menu after selecting the Mii Maker icon.
NOTE: Remember that other users will see your greeting when interacting with them, so do not use your real name or
otherwise share any personal information in your greeting.
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Viewing friend cards
Choose the friend card you would like to view.
Details will be displayed on the upper screen.
The title of the friend's favorite software,
or the title of the software they are
currently playing, will be shown.

Communicating with friends

When your friends go online (when they connect to the Internet), the appearance of their friend card changes. The software they are
playing is also displayed.
NOTE: For this to happen, they must adjust their settings to allow their online status to be visible.
Depending on what software they are playing, you may be able to join their game.
Online
• To join a game your friend is playing, you must have a Game Card for the same software or an SD Card containing that
software inserted into your system.
• Players will not come online unless the software they are playing has the ability to connect to the Internet during play.
If you want to join a game a friend is playing
The appearance of their friend card changes if you are able to join the game they are
playing. Tap Join Game to join the game.
You can only join in if the software supports this feature. For details, see the manual for
the software you are playing.
Offline
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