N3 Demo Options

[KAGE360]

i know the N3 demo has been released on the japanese marketplace, has anyone tried to download it? if so how is it? in the next couple of days i was going to start a japanese profile so i can download it. any feedback would be great, thanks!

[Ozy]

N3?

[metaldevil]

Ninety-nine Nights

[shodanjr_gr]

Are you sure that the demo is out? Just chcked the japanese marketplace but found nothing...

[prankfurter]

yeah kage where did you get the info that it was allready out?

I cant see it on the japanese market place as well...

[KAGE360]

my mistake then, i thought it was supposed to be released by march 1st, i know that is when it was originally annouced to be out. sorry for the confusion.

This post has been edited by KAGE360: Mar 2 2006, 05:52 PM

[XBANDGUY]

I am a Noob here.

How do you get to the japanese marketplace?

[KAGE360]

I am a Noob here.

How do you get to the japanese marketplace?

First off you should go to the passport site : http://www.passport.com/. Make sure you are not logged in, and click on the "create hotmail account" link. Now, here is the important part, the site will ask you where you are from, select either Japan, the US, or Europe. Remember, this is the country where the demo is available, not where you really live! You will require some information regarding those countries so MS will allow you to register the e-mail address.

Here is the info we used:

United States
Postal Code: 10012
State: New York, City New York City
Phone Number: 1-866-530-1234

Japan
Postal Code: 150-2345
Province: Tokyo-to
Phone Number: 3201-3331

Germany
Postal Code: 54292
City: Trier
Phone Number: 065112345

You can use any valid address and phone number from the country where the demo is available.


Once you have filled out the info and applied for the Hotmail account, activate it and turn on your Xbox360. Press the guide button and choose "switch profile" (X Button). Now create a new profile, and a new Xbox Live Account, make it a Silver account instead of a Gold (so you dont have to pay). Next you will require the phone number mentioned above to use your passport. You could theoretically take care of all the passport stuff on the Xbox, but it will go much faster on PC with a keyboard.

Well, that is about it folks! Pretty sweet huh? The cool thing is that you can disable (they actually are disabled from the start if you have already a gold membership installed on your box) the auto sign for the foreign accounts, hence leaving your primary "Real" account hassle-free. Ejoy the demos!

*Update*: Apparently some of this info comes from
here, the reader who submitted it did not mention the source. This info has been floating around gaming forums for sometime, we figured it was time for a site-based tutorial.

[richie579]

I've read that the demo's been released in japanese stores, on xboxyde I believe....don't know when it's gonna be on the marketplace though

This post has been edited by richie579: Mar 2 2006, 06:54 PM

[XBANDGUY]

Thanks for the info.


I will try it later!

[tonloc79]

If your ever in question about if somethings being released on the marketplace then just check major nelsons website, he posts it when it arrives.

[MrBones]

Isn't there a way to have a Japanese profile and not have half the writing in Japanese? Most of it is in English, so it's not too bad, but there a couple of things in Japanese, like some titles, and most of the descriptions, that I'd like to be able to read.

[Souske]

lets think logically here. MS makes Japanese accounts, for Japanese people. Japanese people can read Japanese. Why would MS go through the trouble of translating?

[MrBones]

Did it ever cross your mind that there may be English speaking people there?

[Souske]

it did, and then the next thing that crossed my mind is that any person who lives in Japan and doesn't speak Japanese must have a really, really hard time.